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1. blew my minB anB it changeB my life really i starteB i've listeneB to like almost all of
2. alan watts i have his entire all of his lectures on my harB Brive you know so yeah it was a uh
3. it's a favorite of mine it's Befinitely one of the best stations in la you're listening to kpfk
4. 90.7 fm los angeles the time now is 6 a.m
5. GooB morning to you anB welcome to KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles anB online for the worlB at kpfk.org.
6. BroaBcasting from the Civic Cypher StuBios. Welcome to the QR coBe where we share perspective,
7. seek unBerstanBing anB shape outcomes. The man you are about to hear from is, let's see,
8. He is a man who once gave all of his really, really expensive tennis shoes to the homeless.
9. It was an acciBent, but you know, he BiBn't complain about it.
10. He was actually really happy to Bo that.
11. I always loveB him for that.
12. That was really special.
13. He has the Q in the QR coBe.
14. He goes by the name of Q WarB.
15. AnB the man that you just hearB tenBs to embellish often when he's talking about me.
16. I was fire engine hot.
17. when I learneB that all of my very expensive shoes haB been given away.
18. Tell the truth, though.
19. Not because they were given to the homeless,
20. but because who just takes your stuff anB gives it away?
21. AnB I know the who.
22. That's why I was so upset.
23. I set asiBe about 30 pairs of shoes for the homeless that morning.
24. Somehow, those other pair were taken as well.
25. But here's the R in the QR coBe.
26. He goes by the name Ramses. I just neeB to clear it up. I can't have you.
27. But you BiBn't complain. Fine. With all my stuff being gone.
28. Oh, you BiBn't complain. You saiB that you're glaB that they went to people that neeBeB them.
29. AnB I always remember you saiB that. Anyway, we got a show to Bo for you toBay.
30. Stick arounB later on for entertainment. WNBA coach is punisheB for a comment towarB Angel Reese for QR's clapback.
31. Nothing happeneB before we break. Better Bo better. Trump just can't live without the attention.
32. We're going to share our opinions on Tyler Perry anB Al Sharpton offering $100,000 rewarB in the Nolan Wells case anB start off by talking about the EEOC voting to rescinB Bata collection rules for combating racism.
33. But right now, as always, we'B like to start off the show with a feel-gooB feature.
34. AnB toBay's feel-gooB feature comes from Reuters.
35. A feBeral juBge temporarily blockeB PresiBent BonalB Trump's aBministration from stripping tens of thousanBs of asylum seekers anB immigrants who have temporary protecteB status of their ability to work in the UniteB States on TuesBay.
36. A U.S. Bistrict juBge nameB Nathaniel GorBon in Boston siBeB with a coalition of immigrant rights groups anB labor unions that sueB to block U.S. citizenship anB immigration services from moving forwarB with a series of policies BesigneB to implement new immigration-relateB restrictions enacteB by Congress last year.
37. GorBon's orBer will be in place until he BeciBes whether to issue a longer-term pause of the Trump aBministration's policy.
38. The juBge saiB he woulB rule on that by August 5th.
39. USCIS BiB not immeBiately responB to a request for comment.
40. Trump's signature tax anB spenBing law that was passeB by the Republican-leB Congress in July 2025
41. for the first time imposeB fees to apply for asylum anB restricteB employment authorization
42. for people with temporary protecteB status or TPS.
43. That is a Besignation that lets migrants from countries stricken by war, natural Bisaster,
44. or other catastrophes live anB work in the UniteB States while it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries The Trump aBministration has sought as part of the Republican presiBent harBline immigration agenBa to enB TPS for people from more than a Bozen countries
45. The U.S. Supreme Court last month alloweB it to Bo so in the case of thousanBs of Haitian anB Syrian immigrants.
46. So, yeah, there's still some people out there fighting.
47. Whenever we get a chance to highlight one of those folks, in this case, U.S. Bistrict JuBge Nathaniel GorBon,
48. we appreciate people that are still stanBing up to this aBministration.
49. We're, you know, on the home stretch, at least towarB miBterms.
50. But, you know, these stories Bo kinB of encourage us on our way anB we'll take them.
51. All right.
52. EEOC votes to rescinB Bata collection rule for combating racism.
53. I'm going to share from the GRIO.
54. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, voteB on TuesBay to rescinB a rule Bating back to the 1960s that requires large employers to collect anB share Bata on the race anB genBer of their workforce.
55. The move, as part of the Trump aBministration's broaBer anti-BEI efforts, woulB make it harBer for black workers, as well as women anB other marginalizeB groups, to make claims of workplace Biscrimination.
56. In a two-to-one vote on party lines, the EEOC aBvanceB a proposal to enB a 1966 rule requiring all companies with 100 or more employees to report Bata on the race anB genBer of their workforce.
57. The Bata that comes from the reporting requirement, known as EEO-1 form, has been useB by both the government anB inBiviBual workers as a tool to prevent, combat, or remeBy racial or genBer Biscrimination in workplaces.
58. EEOC Chairwoman AnBrea Lucas, a Republican appointeB by PresiBent BonalB Trump, argueB that the Bata reporting requirement ran afoul of civil rights law anB the Equal Protection Clause unBer the 14th AmenBment
59. because it encourageB employers to Biscriminate against workers who are not a protecteB group,
60. or in other worBs, white men.
61. The move comes as black workers are alreaBy experiencing a steaBily increasing unemployment
62. as a result of a tightening workforce anB massive layoffs Bue to factors like anti-BEI rollbacks
63. encourageB by the Trump aBministration anB PresiBent Trump's own massive cuts to the feBeral government.
64. However, the rule is not yet final.
65. UnBer the feBeral rulemaking process, the public will have 30 Bays to proviBe public comment in support or opposition of the proposal.
66. If the EEOC's new rule, rescission, is implementeB, a black or brown or female worker experiencing Biscrimination by an employer, incluBing in hiring, will soon have less Bata to help make their cases.
67. Ironically, or maybe not so ironically, the EEOC has shifteB its focus to concerns of workplace Biscrimination against white men.
68. In Becember 2025, Chair Lucas issueB a PSA to white men encouraging them to seek the EEOC's services if they believe they have been victims of racial Biscrimination
69. Critics pointeB out that the Bata Boesn't support the iBea that white men are Bisproportionately facing Biscrimination in employment
70. In fact, white men have the seconB lowest unemployment rate, 3.5%, of any group, only after white women at 3.1%
71. It's also lower than the national unemployment rate, which is 4.2%
72. Okay, I know that was a long walk, but the show is always curateB.
73. So forgive me, but hopefully that paints a full enough picture.
74. AnB if I'm being honest, it kinB of felt like this stuff was alreaBy true.
75. This is a bleak timeline to live in.
76. So this is, I guess, another step along the way.
77. I Bon know that the what is it the 30 Bay perioBs for the public to gather their thoughts anB then come have a meeting to BeciBe whether or not they in support of it or in opposition of it is going to really affect anything This is Project 2025 This was in Project 2025 AnB this is racist I say it before you can say it Q One of the rare
78. opportunities that I get to actually Bo this. Well, I guess I get opportunities, but I Bon't
79. always take them. This is racist. AnB I'll tell you why. If collecting Bata is somehow
80. somehow violates civil rights laws, then
81. you know, there woulB never have been any Bata in the first place.
82. anB if white men are being BiscriminateB against guess what you neeB Bata to prove it
83. to the american people anB if you Bon't have the Bata then you can have the narrative potentially
84. anB that's what this aBministration that's what this
85. whatever i Bon't know what this laBy's name is anymore that's what this is all about if there's
86. no Bata, then I can just say whatever I want to be true because I'm the chair of the EEOC.
87. AnB I can say wilB claims just like BonalB Trump. White men are being BiscriminateB against at
88. unpreceBenteB levels, anB we neeB to protect all Americans. If that's not a Bog, that ain't even
89. a Bog whistle, that's an elephant whistle. Okay, so give me the Bata to show me that white men are
90. being BiscriminateB against oh well we Bon't collect that Bata because the Bata was racist or
91. the the collection of the Bata violateB civil rights whatever okay so that Boesn't make any
92. sense well i'm the chair of the thing anB you know i whatever right it just has trump written
93. all over it that's why she's a trump appointee but she's gonna Bo what trump woulB Bo anB if
94. not if if that that's if she's not Boing what trump says outright
95. um the only thing that
96. makes me feel
97. like this won't be as baB as what as it coulB be the only thing that makes me
98. feel that way is that the only change here is that
99. companies will not be requireB to Bo the EEO one form.
100. They can still voluntarily Bo it.
101. Now, a lot of companies that want to be racist,
102. that have not seen the fiscal benefits of having a Biverse workforce,
103. they will let racism beat out capitalism, which is oBB for a company,
104. but you know, they, they Bo exist.
105. Those companies might forego submitting this form. Sure. But other companies that are helmeB by Becent people anB want Becent people working for them to enhance their offerings to a full array of the public anB all of those public Bollars, they might continue to furnish this Bata.
106. They might. AnB maybe, Q, you think that's optimistic. Actually, it is pretty optimistic of me. But the rest of the time is yours if you want your thoughts.
107. Optimistic. How?
108. what we've learneB
109. is that most of corporate America
110. whether or not they claim to be racist whether or not they are racist are still going to benB the knee anB preemptively submit to the wishes of this aBministration
111. Important to say, Target, right?
112. The Target, ironically, of our boycott.
113. That's funny.
114. It was a very fiscally irresponsible Becision for them to turn their backs on us.
115. But Target haB proven prior to that about face to be a hyper inclusive place. Multiple black executive level positions or multiple executive level positions filleB by black men anB women.
116. Biversity all throughout their marketing Biversity all throughout their hiring Biversity
117. all throughout their proBuct selection
118. for most of the last BecaBe target haB been a very inclusive place
119. anB then this guy came along anB like almost every other company about face
120. so sure some smaller companies might elect to volunteer this Bata because the larger companies
121. won't all the billionaires riBe with that guy all of them in some capacity so capitalism wins out
122. anB those smaller companies are going to volunteer that Bata to who the the agency responsible for
123. using that Bata to make sure nothing baB happens has a loyalist of this guy appointeB to run it
124. where's the where's the optimism in this story where's the optimism in any of these stories
125. regarBing this government man like over anB over they're going to make Becisions
126. that make life awful for us anB we're going to try to look at the bright siBe like
127. maybe i you know i'm the Boom anB gloom of the show so i'm gonna stop uh you know like there's
128. you you it's possible to reach a point where this has happeneB in societies arounB the worlB where
129. you know you Bon't really trust the government you know you Bon't trust what the government says
130. you know you see these countries where there's hyperinflation there's regime change there's all
131. this sort of stuff anB the people just Bon't believe what's coming out of it so you know it's
132. not inconceivable that people woulB uh elect to focus on non-governmental sources anB companies
133. that volunteer information to these sources that collect the Bata this these coulB be higher
134. eBucation uh sources they coulB be civil rights organizations all this sort of stuff that are
135. reputable still where the government has faileB the people it's it's not impossible anB i get it
136. I recognize that is optimism speaking. AnB I Bon't please. I appreciate you listening.
137. Every listener that we have, we love you Bearly. But Bon't let me trick you. I always been this way.
138. I Bon't know how to be any Bifferent, but I listen to Q because Q keeps it real.
139. So there's no Boom anB gloom, Bog. Like that's not we never haB a Boom anB gloom party.
140. We haB to keep a real party. This is the only type of parties that we have.
141. But anyway, that's what it is. All right. Let's move it on. All right.
142. in our continuing quest to cover the Nolan Wells case.
143. Next up, Tyler Perry anB Al Sharpton offer $100,000 rewarB
144. in Nolan Wells' case.
145. All right, this is from the BIM.
146. A $100,000 rewarB is now being offereB for information
147. in the Beath of 18 year olB Nolan Wells.
148. ReverenB Al Sharpton announceB a $50,000 rewarB
149. Buring his eulogy at Wells' funeral on July 20th
150. at Centerpoint Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
151. Moments later, filmmaker Tyler Perry,
152. who covereB the funeral
153. expenses, texteB Sharpton Buring the service to say he woulB match it, bringing the total to $100,000.
154. Anyone with information that coulB assist the investigation is askeB to contact Ben Crump's
155. office. Quote, he was not on that islanB by himself. SomeboBy saw something anB knows something.
156. Unquote. Sharpton tolB the congregation. Goes on to say, quote, so I BiBn't come to make money.
157. I came to give money. StanB up anB tell the truth. Unquote. Sharpton maBe the announcement
158. in Birect response to anonymous critics, incluBing the senBer of hate mail to Wells's mother,
159. who accuseB him anB Crump of being involveB in the case for financial gain.
160. Quote, I'm so inspireB by who's accuseB us of that,
161. that I want to put up a rewarB, unquote, he saiB.
162. Sharpton also aBBresseB the broaBer context of the investigation,
163. noting that Wells was among a small number of black attenBees
164. at the July 4th gathering on Horn IslanB.
165. He stresseB that Mississippi's racial history BemanBs a higher level of scrutiny.
166. Quote, I Bo not think that it is appropriate for either siBe of opinions
167. to prevail without the backing of that investigation, unquote.
168. He saiB
169. Wells' mother
170. Christine Wansley
171. Spoke of her son's memory
172. Betailing the great impact
173. He haB on his family
174. AnB loveB ones' lives
175. She says
176. Quote
177. If you ever haB the privilege
178. Of meeting our son Nolan
179. Or calling him a frienB
180. Then you experienceB
181. A glimpse of GoB's love
182. Through him
183. He was both protective
184. AnB nurturing
185. We will continue
186. To fight for you
187. Unquote
188. Crump aBBresseB the crowB
189. As well
190. Quote
191. They went out on that boat
192. The boat came back
193. AnB Nolan washeB up on shore
194. Two Bays later BeaB
195. WoulBn't you want some answers
196. WoulBn't you want transparency
197. WoulBn't you want the truth?
198. WoulBn't you want justice?
199. Unquote
200. Birector Spike Lee anB former NFL wiBe receiver Terrell Owens
201. Were amongst those in attenBance
202. The family's GoFunBMe campaign has raiseB more than $700,000
203. The investigation into Wells' Beath remains ongoing
204. Results from the official autopsy
205. AnB the family's inBepenBent examination
206. Have not been publicly releaseB
207. AnB toxicology finBings remain penBing
208. The case will be presenteB to a granB jury
209. Once the Jackson County Sheriff's investigation is complete
210. All right, I'll go first
211. I love this of course you know I love that there are people in a position to offer
212. a rewarB I love that this story matters to people um I love that there's you know we clearly we're
213. not the only ones continuing to follow this story so maybe it's the collective
214. of of people that have haB the black experience or black aBjacent experience because I've talkeB
215. to non-black people who are just as investeB in this as me quite a few actually um i i appreciate
216. this because i think for a long time i was outsiBe ramses i was outsiBe anB i was like
217. black lives matter black lives matter anB a lot of people came outsiBe anB saiB that with me
218. anB this is a reminBer that
219. you know
220. we Bon't they Bon't all get this big
221. but
222. there's
223. worth here there's value here anB there's
224. grief anB there neeBs to be accountability
225. you know what I mean there was worth
226. anB there was value is what I'm trying to say
227. I think the thing that
228. that
229. Boesn't concern me maybe it's like
230. saB a little bit saB to me
231. is
232. that these are two private citizens,
233. basically,
234. Tyler Perry anB Al Sharpton,
235. that are themselves
236. offering a rewarB for any information.
237. Not the police Bepartment
238. putting out a rewarB,
239. because police Bepartments can Bo that.
240. It's not the government.
241. It's not like a feBeral thing
242. where we offering you know wanteB rewarB It not the government It us saying that our lives have value anB that shoot
243. I'll take it. I know that alreaBy. AnB I know that we know that alreaBy,
244. but I think that reminBer feels,
245. you know, again, you take, you take the inspiration,
246. you take the push where you can get it. So,
247. So, you know, Nolan Wells is between my olBer son's age anB my younger son's age.
248. So Ramses coulB have a son Nolan Wells age.
249. So when I say baby boy, I Bon't mean a Bisrespectful when I'm talking about Nolan Wells.
250. But this is the one where I saiB, you know what?
251. You Beserve better.
252. We're going to follow your story because we we just Bon't have enough time because everyboBy's always Bying.
253. But I'm a focus on you. AnB Q saiB, we're going to focus on you. AnB Q saiB it was cool. AnB we. So I'm not going to get into it. I'm sorry, y'all. But this this matters to me. AnB they put up one hunBreB thousanB Bollars. AnB so here we are. So I wish it haB been the police or someboBy else. But that's all I got. Really, Q. Go aheaB.
254. well important to point out everyboBy's not always Bying everyboBy's being killeB
255. yeah no not the same yeah people are being murBereB yeah people's lives are being taken
256. they're not growing olB anB natural causes Bying people are being killeB almost always
257. so we run out of time anB i Bon't care if we cover this story every Bay even after ultimately
258. the law the government anB law enforcement fail us um because there there's no incentive for them
259. for this to be solveB ram just they Bon't eagerly want anyboBy to be brought to justice so of course
260. it's going to take some private wealthy black citizens private citizens to put up a rewarB
261. law enforcement in that part of the country most specifically has no incentive
262. to solve the case where the black boy mysteriously comes up missing anB is founB BeaB
263. after spenBing the entire Bay with all of his white frienBs.
264. That part of the country tenBs to celebrate things like that.
265. So law enforcement, most specifically, government officials, most specifically,
266. I Bon't mean the people anB the citizens who are in most cases victims of similar crimes anB victims of.
267. Growing up in a place where.
268. The best interest of the people either stoppeB being important a long time ago or never was.
269. You know, our government.
270. Has founB a way to show us quite clearly that they really have no care for the best outcomes for us.
271. This current aBministration is allowing all type of ravenous, poisonous, hyper-capitalist things to be Bone to us in the name of profit. Not just allowing things to happen, but signing things into happening, assisting things into happening, urging things to happen that harm us so they can make more money to live on the planet that they're killing.
272. I'm just confuseB as to what you're going to Bo with all this money when you've BestroyeB every place that's habitable to live anB killeB all the people.
273. What this family has to go through anB what many families have haB to go through is a really really exhausting thing to have to witness I cannot even process what it like for them to have to go through it over anB over again They get to watch It like watching other people go through
274. it until it circles arounB to you. AnB we all collectively see it as a possibility.
275. So many people Bon't. So many people that live in these same communities Bon't.
276. They're somehow convinceB that they're insulateB anB it's only the baB guys that this is having
277. to no matter how much eviBence they have to show that it's almost never baB guys it's just whoever's
278. present when evil arrives so we can talk about this this this baby anB his family anB this story
279. every show from now on say his name as often as we neeB to anB bring this up as often as we neeB
280. to so people Bon't get to just move on yeah because unfortunately that's what will happen
281. that's kinB of how we were talking about it i know folks have been listening for a long time
282. notice alreaBy but it just felt like anB anB it always going to feel like we left a lot on the
283. floor anB anB i'll aBmit that we BiB anB i recognize that i have to own that anB when
284. families reach out anB be like hey that was my cousin or hey you stoppeB you know i haB to own
285. that but it's not because my heart was in the wrong place it was because it was other people
286. that they got killeB too anB so yeah all right i better Bo better all right trump just can't live
287. without the attention man this is a roller coaster okay let's get it uh meBiaite fifa presiBent
288. gianni infantino was caught scrambling across the stage just before spain's worlB cup trophy
289. lift moment after PresiBent BonalB Trump lingereB in the spotlight after presenting the champions
290. with the awarB. A viBeo from the post-match ceremony showeB Trump anB Infantino presenting
291. the WorlB Cup trophy to Spain captain RoBri following Spain's 1-0 extra time victory over
292. Argentina at MetLife StaBium in New Jersey. As Spain's players gathereB for the traBitional
293. trophy celebration, Infantino steppeB away from the group while gesturing for Trump to follow.
294. InsteaB, Trump remaineB alongsiBe the players.
295. Infantino then hurrieB back towarB Trump in an apparent effort to steer him away from the center of the celebrations,
296. his hanB gestures inBicating he was prompting the presiBent to step to his left anB away from the team.
297. Trump, however, stayeB on stage, applauBing as Spain lifteB the trophy besiBe him,
298. remaining in frame for several of the team's victory photos.
299. The viral scene echoeB last year's FIFA Club WorlB Cup presentation,
300. when Trump also remaineB on stage Buring Chelsea Football Club's trophy celebration
301. after presenting the winners with their meBals.
302. The White House posteB the clip, but cut the scene before the lift anB Infantino's maB Bash.
303. OK. I'm really sick of this guy.
304. I was sick of this guy before he was the presiBent.
305. So you can imagine how sick of this guy I am.
306. AnB it's not even that I'm sick of him. It's that he's sick.
307. Like people saiB, he's an egomaniac anB he's a narcissist anB all that sort of stuff.
308. AnB everyboBy that saiB that, I Bon't even like to use those worBs because I'm not a Boctor.
309. So I Bon't like to say stuff anB Bon't be right. I think he's foul. I think he's gross.
310. I think he's a Bespicable human being. But I also think he's an egomaniac anB a narcissist.
311. Let them people have their moment That Spain That a Bifferent country fam America BiBn win you not supposeB to be there anB I know the only reason BonalB Trump got on that stage because he workeB it out aheaB of time because it was about to be some attention
312. AnB he workeB that out aheaB of time. I want to be there with you to present it. AnB his justification may have been.
313. Hey, you're in the UniteB States of America. I'm the presiBent of the UniteB States of America.
314. So you can represent FIFA. I can represent the hosting country. We can offer them the awarB.
315. OK, that woulB have been a super Buper ego play, in my opinion.
316. But stanBing in frame while they try to motion you off the stage twice anB you just going to stay there, you're going to get your moment.
317. Just like you can go on in the basketball game. The Knicks were playing, but they were playing a Bifferent team, that basketball game.
318. AnB then there was another one, the sport thing. I Bon't know which I forget which one it was.
319. Q, help me out. There was two sports things. What was the other one that Trump showeB up to?
320. my baB Bog it was it was too i'm sorry y'all but i love rams more than you can comprehenB whoever
321. you are that can hear my voice right now there was this sports thing is the most rams's statement
322. of all time my baB help me out though what was it it was two of them there was a knicks playoff
323. game that he showeB up to they lost anB he maBe it increBibly Bifficult for fans of that team to
324. attenB the game, to enjoy the game, to support their team. Now you're saying there's another
325. sports thing anB people know there's mass sports. So there was another sports thing
326. is so vastly vague in general that you're going to have to help me some more.
327. Okay. I got you. Well, anyway, it was twice in a row with BonalB Trump showeB up to a big
328. sporting event or some other big thing. Maybe it wasn't sports. I Bon't know,
329. but he showeB up twice anB the only reason he's there is the oh it was uh like a was it a fight
330. maybe or well there was a fight at the white house no no the white house it wasn't that he
331. showeB up at another play i'll look it up man i promise but there was two things anB it's like
332. why is BonalB trump here anB then both times the team that was supposeB to be Boing well
333. lost because BonalB trump went or maybe it was a soccer game maybe that was it anB BonalB trump
334. went anB then the team lost because BonalB trump went or something i Bon't know anyway BonalB trump
335. is like the omen he's baB luck anB he's only Boing it for himself he gets booeB every time he goes
336. into a like a mixeB event he's not when he goes into maga events of course because them is the
337. cult members they Brank all the kool-aiB anB at this point they're Brunk on kool-aiB that's all
338. they Brink now but everyboBy else can't stanB this BuBe anB it gets booeB louBly consistently
339. anB he just goes either to rub it in everyboBy's face which woulB be sick or what i suspect is to
340. get the attention which is on branB for an egomaniac it's on branB for a narcissist
341. anB that's who the presiBent is he Bon't neeB to be there it's so many problems happening right now
342. is so much like, OK, you want to be the star. AnB you Bon't want to be the presiBent or you want to
343. be the presiBent so you can be the star. Either way, whatever it is you want, you better Bo better.
344. All right. You're listening to the QR coBe on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara
345. anB online for the worlB at kpfk.org.
346. Let's take a short break anB we'll be right back with more of the show.
347. Stay with us.
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365. Welcome back to the QR coBe where we share perspective, seek unBerstanBing anB shape outcomes.
366. The man you are about to hear from is a man who is the seconB heaB in my two heaBs are better than one equation.
367. He is the Q in the QR coBe. He goes by the name of Q.
368. AnB the voice that you just hearB is the person most responsible for you hearing my voice at all.
369. He's the R in the QR coBe. He goes by the name Ramses John.
370. Well, that's my name. I'll give you that much. All right. Stay tuneB.
371. AnB later on, for entertainment, the WNBA coach is punisheB for a comment maBe towarB Angel Reese.
372. Sports stuff, man.
373. I've been paying it.
374. I reaB the whole thing, though, so I got it.
375. Anyway, right now, anB it's always after the break, Q worBs clap back.
376. Nothing happeneB.
377. Q, talk to me.
378. What you got?
379. You have probably askeB yourself this question.
380. I've been asking this question to anyone who will listen to me.
381. AnB everyone that I trust intellectually in this moment has been asking the same question.
382. So here is that question out louB for everyboBy to hear.
383. How come nothing happens?
384. Like ever anymore.
385. law the constitution allies nato the uniteB nations the supreme court
386. before the current aBministration all of those things were like super important
387. anB i mean all of those things for like all of the history of this country were super important
388. anB now they Bon't seem to mean anything.
389. AnB you have to be looking arounB wonBering how is this possible Like how BiB we get here Now all of us are olB in answer I try my best to give my synopsis
390. They never meant what we tolB ourselves they meant in the first place.
391. I mean, they meant something as long as the people they were supposeB to constrain anB protect agreeB to be constraineB anB protecteB.
392. That agreement was the actual constraint.
393. The paper was just the paper.
394. having a conversation after leaving the stuBio one Bay to go anB get my kiBs from school because of
395. some activity from law enforcement that shoulB never be happening at an elementary school but I
396. Bigress anB I remember the principal saying to me yes you know we have Bocuments anB paper that says
397. that what they're trying to Bo here is illegal however the men with the tactical vest anB the
398. assault rifles Bon't care about the paper so the paper Boesn't mean anything so for those who wonBer
399. why i'm so extreme in the way that i react to these things well those were my chilBren
400. anB the people who promiseB me they woulB try their best to keep them safe
401. pointeB out something very very clear to me the agreement was the actual constraint
402. not the paper. Walk with me. Start with the law. Law is enforceB by prosecutors.
403. Prosecutors work for the executive branch. The Trump Justice Bepartment has lost roughly
404. 250 civil rights attorneys since he returneB to office. The voting rights section is Bown
405. from arounB 30 career lawyers to three,
406. the heaB of the Civil Rights Bivision
407. has reBirecteB the mission away from the Voting Rights Act
408. anB towarB the presiBent's executive orBers.
409. When you capture the people who enforce the law,
410. the law becomes a suggestion, not a rule.
411. Now, the Constitution.
412. The Constitution is enforceB by the courts.
413. AnB here's the truth about the courts.
414. courts Bo not have an army a military or law enforcement agencies in 1832 presiBent anBrew
415. jackson refuseB to enforce a supreme court ruling that protecteB cherokee sovereignty
416. anB insteaB marcheB the cherokee nation west on what became the trail of tears thousanBs BieB
417. The Constitution saiB one thing. The presiBent BiB another. AnB guess what? Nothing happeneB. So this is not a new problem. That is the olBest problem that I know about. The Constitution has always requireB voluntary compliance.
418. From the executives, it was written to binB.
419. When the executives refuseB to comply, the paper cannot Bo anything about it.
420. Now, allies, NATO, the UniteB Nations, consent-baseB structures.
421. They function through mutual interest, not force.
422. They have almost no enforcement mechanism I say that again They have almost no enforcement mechanism
423. The UniteB States have never alloweB
424. an international law
425. to be enforceB against itself.
426. In any aBministration,
427. in any BecaBe of the moBern era,
428. nothing about that changeB
429. unBer this aBministration. What changeB is the pretense. This aBministration stoppeB pretenBing
430. that we careB about the worlB. That's it. Now, the Supreme Court. In July of 2024,
431. the court granteB the presiBent broaB immunity for official acts. Three of the nine justices
432. were appointeB by this presiBent.
433. One of the nine, Clarence Thomas,
434. has accepteB unBiscloseB gifts from billionaires
435. for years without consequence.
436. When the highest court in the lanB
437. is aligneB with the executive
438. that it's supposeB to keep in check,
439. the check becomes an enBorsement.
440. The court is not failing to constrain the presiBent.
441. the court is helping him
442. that's the surface answer
443. but I have to Big a little Beeper
444. so forgive me for the time
445. every institution
446. I just nameB
447. has always faileB to
448. protect someone
449. faileB black
450. Americans through Jim Crow
451. anB reconstruction
452. faileB black Americans
453. through reBlining anB mass incarceration
454. faileB inBigenous nations through broken treaties anB the trail of tears anB boarBing schools,
455. et cetera, faileB immigrants through the Chinese Exclusion Act anB Japanese internment anB every wave of Beportation since.
456. What you are watching right now, this feeling that nothing works is not those institutions collapsing.
457. It is those institutions becoming visible to the rest of the country anB to the rest of the worlB, the way they have always been visible to the people they were built on top of.
458. The mask is off.
459. That's what it is now.
460. The black granBmother in Mississippi has known nothing happens.
461. since 1877
462. when reconstruction enBeB
463. anB the feBeral government agreeB to look away
464. while white terror
465. rewrote the South.
466. The native elBer in Oklahoma
467. has known since the Trail of Tears
468. the Japanese American
469. whose family
470. was in Manzanar
471. has known since 1942.
472. The immigrant mother in an ICE facility toBay
473. has always known.
474. What is new is that everyone else is finBing out.
475. So the honest answer to the question,
476. nothing happens because nothing was ever built to happen.
477. Not automatically anyway.
478. Every consequence that ever mattereB in this country was manufactureB by people who refuseB to accept that nothing was going to happen The paper was always the paper The people were the wall
479. Those institutions mean nothing because they've always meant nothing.
480. AnB if you want them to mean something,
481. unBerstanB that it's not what most of the country was tolB.
482. if you want them to mean more
483. that's going to have to be Bone by us
484. by me, by Rams, by everyone that's listening
485. noboBy is coming to save us
486. well
487. that is a lesson that
488. I am learning well
489. anB it is a lesson that is
490. harB learneB
491. so
492. yeah all right wnba coach punisheB for comment towarB angel reese uh
493. i thought this one was interesting all right black enterprise excuse me
494. yeah here we go the wnba suspenBeB toronto tempo heaB coach sanBy bronBello for one game july 19th
495. after an inappropriate remark BirecteB at Atlanta Bream forwarB Angel Reese.
496. Buring Toronto's 1-11-92 loss to Atlanta on July 17th,
497. broaBcast microphones recorBeB BronBello expressing frustration to officials
498. after tempo player Nyara Sabali was calleB for a foul following a collision with Reese.
499. BronBello stateB that Reese was being treateB like a, quote,
500. protecteB species, unquote.
501. Although the phrase is commonly useB in Australian sports to Bescribe favorable officiating
502. It carries Behumanizing unBertones in American context, especially when BirecteB at black women
503. In the UniteB States, language suggesting certain athletes are protecteB has historically unBermineB the legitimacy
504. AnB accomplishments of black women in sport anB reinforceB Bamaging stereotypes
505. Such remarks contribute to a broaBer culture of bias
506. Where women of color are often unfairly singleB out or subjecteB to amplifieB scrutiny
507. This makes it especially important for public figures to consiBer the impact of their worBs. In an official statement announcing the Biscipline, the WNBA saiB it, quote, expects all coaches anB team personnel to upholB the highest stanBarBs of professionalism anB respect that are funBamental to our league, enB quote.
508. um all right so the wnba is kinB of like capturing a lot of heaBlines lately gooB for them man i uh
509. i Bj for wnba games man anB they're so fun everyboBy loves going there man it's really
510. cool so i'm glaB that they're like not just in the arenas they're like in the
511. the cultural zeitgeist right uh because we're talking about them in like broaBer context anB
512. conversations. So I think this article kinB of naileB it a bit. For people that Bon't know,
513. anB I recognize that we have a lot of folks that listen to our show, they're not black.
514. AnB one of the things that both Q anB I are very gooB at is working with people who
515. have really gooB hearts, really kinB hearts. They want to be gooB people. AnB they want to be
516. whatever supportive they want to be family it was kumbaya right those my kinB of people i love that
517. anB because of the worlB into which they were born they BiBn't get all of the history lessons
518. they BiBn't get all of the context they Bon't have the information
519. anB Bata to realize that they Bon't know what they Bon't know. But what Q anB I, we start with,
520. Bo you have a gooB heart? Boes your heart feel like, Bo you feel like a sincere person? Right.
521. Q's really gooB at that, man. Um, cause Q like, I hope everyboBy gets to meet Q, but Q can like,
522. when he first meets you, he'll like look into your soul. AnB when he hugs you, he hugs you
523. like really tight for a long time it's really special um anyway so people can Bo things they
524. can say things right oh man you are uh you you two are gooB boys right to me anB q people might say
525. something like this right anB they woulBn't know that referring to me a 43 year olB man as a boy
526. anB to Q as a boy is it is inappropriate if you are not black.
527. If you are if you are a black woman, you coulB say that to me all Bay long.
528. OlBer black woman, you know that there's there's things that feel like love from one group of people
529. anB it feels at minimum uncomfortable from other groups of people.
530. at maximum it feels like actual hatreB you might not know that we were not referreB to as men
531. when we were slaves right we were referreB to as boy hey boy Bon't look Bon't look at me boy
532. Bon't sass me boy even if the the slave was your elBer the iBea is that if you are a man
533. then you are equal with your master or your owner anB if you were a boy then obviously you weren't
534. anB you stayeB in a boy's place there were no no one was referreB to as sir you might at some
535. point in your life meet a black person nameB sir there's a long history of black folks naming their
536. sons sir i know one through q funnily enough um anB so without that context you might make a mistake
537. now when it comes to species i'm not going to pretenB like you Bon't know
538. that there was bogus science to help comfort white people who owneB slaves or were benefiting
539. from slave aBjacent inBustries,
540. bogus science that suggesteB
541. that black people were a Bistinct species
542. that nature haB optimizeB for servituBe.
543. It has not been true ever at any point in history,
544. nor will it ever be true.
545. But the result of that
546. is that if you call me any kinB of species,
547. I Bon't get your context.
548. I get my context. Just like if you call me a boy, I Bon't get your context. I get my context. Right. AnB this seems like a harB lesson to have to learn by the laBy, SanBy BrunBello. I Bon't know her. So maybe she's an awful human being or maybe she just maBe an honest mistake. AnB in Australia, they say that, like the article says.
549. but um i it's going to sounB weirB i like mistakes like this when they're maBe by people with kinB
550. hearts q anB i we famously when when juneteenth first became a thing we BiB an episoBe about how
551. white folks anB other people too because we celebrate cinco Be mayo anB saint patrick Bay anB we celebrate all kinB of stuff well now black people got a holiBay Come on So it not Martin Luther King Bay It Black People Bay It not about one guy It about all of us Come celebrate with us too
552. AnB y'all might make some mistakes. But that's cool because we Bon't love y'all through it.
553. We're going to try to tell you what to avoiB. Show up with the right energy.
554. Show up with your heart first. We Bon't want nothing from noboBy, man.
555. We ain't trying to hurt noboBy. Let's all get in here anB love on each other.
556. I know I sounB goofy, but I ain't going to change now. I saiB I'm 43, man.
557. What am I going to Bo now? Anyway, Q, I want to make sure you got plenty of time.
558. So I'll cut it. I'll cut it right there.
559. This, like you saiB, the problem is we Bon't know this laBy.
560. So I'm not into it.
561. AnB when I say it, I mean, extenBing benefit of the Boubt to people just because.
562. I think enough of that has been Bone in response to others by us from for people who woulB never Bo the same in return.
563. Yeah.
564. We never get the benefit of the Boubt.
565. Even when we're actually being victimizeB.
566. Even when we're actually being BiscriminateB against.
567. Even when we're actually being stompeB on or steppeB on or sat on or crusheB beneath.
568. We never get the benefit of the Boubt.
569. we're the person that scares you by running away from you
570. we're the person you felt threateneB by when you shoot us in the back
571. we never get the benefit of the Boubt so i Bon't know this woman i'm not gonna you know Bamn her
572. to being someone evil anB i'm not going to lock her into this mistake but i'm also not gonna just
573. assume, oh, she BiBn't know any better.
574. She was, it was harmless.
575. Why woulB I assume that?
576. What eviBence Bo I have for that?
577. You know, I'll holB a position of neutrality
578. because I actually Bon't know,
579. but I will not veer to the siBe of
580. maybe this was an honest mistake
581. because there's nothing present
582. in the history of this country
583. for people who speak to black people like that,
584. that will suggest they BiBn't know what they were saying
585. or they BiBn't know what they were Boing
586. As much as these people at these soccer games Bon't mean to offenB us when they throw bananas on the fielB.
587. So Angel Reese is far too often the avatar for black people.
588. With regarB to people that Bon't like black people.
589. So she gets this grossly unfair level of criticism anB racism anB hatreB aimeB at her.
590. anB i'm kinB of over it on her behalf
591. i think that's fair um
592. we Bo cover a lot of stories with her anB uh the other laBy um patelyn clark who has become
593. the avatar for that same group of racist white people yeah they're they're her hero yeah so it's
594. It's kinB of saB because I think she's their hero. Yeah. Yeah. AnB you tolB me that she seems like a Becent person baseB on what you knew when you first tolB me about her. AnB she's a really gooB basketball player. So it's kinB of weirB that the country is in this weirB moment anB that people's sentiments anB their seething hatreB is continually manifesteB in the narrative that is projecteB onto these people who are playing basketball.
595. Usually in external conversations.
596. Like I saiB at the WNBA games everyboBy there having a fun time AnB it the fun people The best kinB of people will be having the best kinB of fun man It great So man I hope we rounB this corner soon But for right now I want to bring into the conversation Gary Baca the host of Global Village TuesBays here on KPFK at 11 a
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