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and everything like that. 36 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:28.180 And the multiple, multiple of lawsuits over 20 that he 37 00:02:28.259 --> 00:02:31.099 has lost trying to say that he didn't lose the 38 00:02:31.139 --> 00:02:34.000 Joe Biden. So now that he's back in power again, 39 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.939 like we just see these little these little nuances here 40 00:02:37.990 --> 00:02:42.710 where he's just trying to, you know, circumvent our voting rights. 41 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:46.210 process which we really have to pay attention to so 42 00:02:46.509 --> 00:02:50.030 every single time this comes up folks i am going 43 00:02:50.069 --> 00:02:54.090 to bring it to your attention and yeah it is 44 00:02:54.229 --> 00:02:57.310 time for you to listener to maybe sign up to 45 00:02:57.349 --> 00:03:01.789 be a elections judge like we need the right people 46 00:03:01.949 --> 00:03:06.370 in place to make sure that our elections are fair 47 00:03:06.569 --> 00:03:10.150 and balanced And that's the truth, folks. Our next story 48 00:03:10.289 --> 00:03:16.419 comes from thegrio.com as well. And this one is heartbreaking, folks. 49 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:20.080 So this man, I want to be free. This is 50 00:03:20.139 --> 00:03:23.419 what he is saying. An Alabama man serving a life 51 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:27.639 sentence is denied a new trial despite learning his original 52 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:31.110 attorney defended the Ku Klux Klan. 53 00:03:31.550 --> 00:03:32.689 Yeah, wild. 54 00:03:33.389 --> 00:03:37.750 And this man, he was granted clemency in 2025. After 55 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.120 serving more than 30 years on death row and he 56 00:03:40.180 --> 00:03:43.460 plans to appeal the decision as his lawyers believe he 57 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:47.879 did not have fair representation during his original trial and 58 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:52.120 in 31 years. Robin Rocky Myers had only known one cell. 59 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:54.599 He gets a few hours of sunlight during rec time 60 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:57.409 at the Alabama prison where he is located. And in 61 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:59.909 a phone call with CNN, he doesn't mince words about 62 00:03:59.949 --> 00:04:02.810 his condition or how he wants his case to be 63 00:04:02.930 --> 00:04:05.949 fully resolved. He says, I've been locked up in one 64 00:04:05.969 --> 00:04:08.729 cell for 31 years. I don't want to be inside 65 00:04:08.789 --> 00:04:11.770 no more. When I get out, I don't want a house. 66 00:04:11.909 --> 00:04:13.849 I don't want an apartment. I want a car where 67 00:04:13.889 --> 00:04:16.649 I can drive everywhere. He said, with the certainty of 68 00:04:16.709 --> 00:04:19.889 someone who has spent too long dreaming about something most 69 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.879 people take for granted. And this is one of those things, folks. 70 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:28.160 This is one of those things that I say that 71 00:04:28.779 --> 00:04:33.310 racism is everywhere. So when people say, oh, well, why 72 00:04:33.329 --> 00:04:35.050 do you always talk about race? Why do you always 73 00:04:35.069 --> 00:04:38.790 talk about race? That's because race is literally everywhere. We 74 00:04:39.069 --> 00:04:41.860 as black people and even brown people, we as black 75 00:04:41.899 --> 00:04:45.540 and brown people in this country are constantly forced to 76 00:04:45.829 --> 00:04:50.620 to have this racial conversation. We're constantly reminded that we 77 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:53.540 are a, you know, insert racial group here. 78 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:56.500 And it's not like we can just go out in 79 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:56.980 the wild. 80 00:04:57.019 --> 00:04:59.439 We can just go out in the public and just 81 00:04:59.579 --> 00:05:03.129 be all the time. Yes, there is moments, there is 82 00:05:03.230 --> 00:05:06.550 opportunities for us to just be, but this is one 83 00:05:06.569 --> 00:05:07.110 of those. 84 00:05:06.949 --> 00:05:11.290 Things that it's like, man, My lawyer is racist. 85 00:05:11.550 --> 00:05:14.730 And where you think that, like, okay, well, you know, 86 00:05:14.889 --> 00:05:19.509 this is where the most non-racist people, the most un-racist 87 00:05:19.550 --> 00:05:20.290 people would. 88 00:05:20.149 --> 00:05:26.310 Be, would be in law, but na-na-na-na-na. Aha! No. No, 89 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:29.680 not at all. And here we are. Here we are. 90 00:05:29.819 --> 00:05:33.439 And if your lawyer is willing to defend the KKK, 91 00:05:33.540 --> 00:05:36.899 then yes, yes, you as a black man, that is going. 92 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:38.879 To make you feel uncomfortable. 93 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:41.160 And make you feel like you didn't get a fair shot. 94 00:05:41.339 --> 00:05:44.199 I can definitely see this. And definitely when my. 95 00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:47.939 Lawyer is defending the KKK in Alabama, that just makes 96 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:49.699 it even more insidious. 97 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:51.899 It really does. 98 00:05:52.050 --> 00:05:55.610 Folks, we got one more microwave news headline coming up 99 00:05:55.790 --> 00:05:59.370 after this, and then we have our main headlines, and 100 00:05:59.389 --> 00:06:02.949 we have our main stories as well. So it's a 101 00:06:02.970 --> 00:06:07.230 jam-packed Monday, folks. Stay with us. This is your Morning Experience. 102 00:06:12.069 --> 00:06:15.730 This is the morning experience, folks, and happy Monday to you. 103 00:06:15.769 --> 00:06:20.990 Thank you for joining me on this lovely day. I 104 00:06:21.009 --> 00:06:24.870 would like to say we are at the exit of summer. 105 00:06:27.050 --> 00:06:28.889 So so that that. 106 00:06:28.949 --> 00:06:29.860 Is that is that. 107 00:06:29.949 --> 00:06:32.920 So getting back to our microwave news and getting back 108 00:06:32.980 --> 00:06:37.279 to our final topic. microwave news headline so this is 109 00:06:37.420 --> 00:06:41.439 just disgusting and

like i said racism like i always 110 00:06:41.459 --> 00:06:44.939 say racism is expensive uh but this thing is just 111 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:49.800 disgustingly disgusting so this also comes from the griot.com an 112 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:54.259 illinois man is indicted on felony charges after allegedly sending 113 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:58.170 death threats to witnesses in nolan wells case and edward 114 00:06:58.230 --> 00:07:00.980 james port is one of three people who are facing 115 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:05.139 federal charges over alleged death threats connected to the Wells case. 116 00:07:05.689 --> 00:07:09.670 And a federal grand jury in Mississippi indicted 32-year-old Edward. 117 00:07:09.430 --> 00:07:11.709 James Porter of Illinois on. 118 00:07:11.649 --> 00:07:15.170 Charges related to alleged death threats sent to witnesses connected 119 00:07:15.209 --> 00:07:19.269 to the investigation into the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. 120 00:07:19.339 --> 00:07:23.439 And this is according to reporting by Mississippi's Sun-Herald. Porter, 121 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:28.439 Michelle Edwards of Ohio, and Joseph Alfredo Vasquez have all 122 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:32.500 been charged with varying levels of transmitting threatening communication across 123 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:35.319 state lines, and Edwards is accused of sending bomb threats 124 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:40.079 to the George County Chancellor's Clerk's Office and Jackson County 125 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:43.920 Sheriff's Office. And according to prosecutors, Porter allegedly threatened to 126 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:47.079 kill a possible witness and members of their family around 127 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.920 July 31st, and this is weeks after Wells' body was 128 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:54.480 discovered off Horn Island in Mississippi. Authorities claim he also 129 00:07:54.579 --> 00:07:57.459 sent the person's home address in a message and during 130 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.899 a phone call claimed he was outside of their residence. So, 131 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:04.740 if convicted, he faces up to five years in prison 132 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:11.720 and a fine of $ 250, 000. This is just crazy, folks. 133 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:17.430 This is just crazy because these people have nothing to 134 00:08:17.490 --> 00:08:22.329 do with this case, you know, but have inserted themselves 135 00:08:22.569 --> 00:08:26.259 into this. That's why I said this before and Dr. 136 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.980 Kamika Campbell, shout out to her. She hit on it 137 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:33.149 before as well, saying that racism really needs to be 138 00:08:33.230 --> 00:08:37.909 looked at as a mental health disorder. And I really 139 00:08:38.009 --> 00:08:40.929 do think that we need to really think about that 140 00:08:41.529 --> 00:08:45.440 because even when this is off the reservation a little 141 00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:48.139 bit here, but even when we think about the beef 142 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:52.000 farmers right now and how they were told that like, 143 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:55.529 you know, If you vote for Donald Trump, you know, 144 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.960 it's going to affect your beef farm. 145 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:00.320 And they wanted the racism. 146 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.620 And despite the details, despite the evidence that was in 147 00:09:04.700 --> 00:09:09.830 their face, they wanted the racism. And now they're crying about, oh, 148 00:09:09.889 --> 00:09:11.990 this is hurting our business. It's hurting our business. It's 149 00:09:12.090 --> 00:09:15.750 Argentina beef coming in. It's hurting our business, hurting our farm. 150 00:09:16.169 --> 00:09:18.269 And it's like, yes, we told you that. But y'all 151 00:09:18.309 --> 00:09:22.080 chose the racism. And it just brings me to this 152 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.299 point here. Like, why would you send death threats, you know, 153 00:09:25.659 --> 00:09:30.990 in a high profile case? Thinking that you would not 154 00:09:31.090 --> 00:09:34.370 get God. That is just weird to me. That is 155 00:09:34.409 --> 00:09:38.809 just weird energy. And that's why I really believe I 156 00:09:38.950 --> 00:09:42.649 really do believe that racism needs to be looked at 157 00:09:43.149 --> 00:09:46.409 and diagnosed as a mental illness. 158 00:09:47.590 --> 00:09:50.909 I I really do. But, hey, you know what? 159 00:09:51.190 --> 00:09:54.960 I hope that this dude gets all the years that 160 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.789 he deserves. I hope that he gets what he is 161 00:09:58.830 --> 00:10:02.419 looking for. and the other people as well because this 162 00:10:02.779 --> 00:10:06.860 is ridiculous and the Hispanic man that chose to send 163 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:12.299 death threats and everything like my fellow brown people like 164 00:10:12.370 --> 00:10:17.029 y'all are a part of this fight as well and 165 00:10:18.169 --> 00:10:23.090 even though even though Even though you may, you know, 166 00:10:24.970 --> 00:10:28.330 think that you are, think that you are a red hat, 167 00:10:29.450 --> 00:10:32.889 you are definitely not. And these red hats will let 168 00:10:32.909 --> 00:10:36.370 you know how much of a non-red hat you are. 169 00:10:37.549 --> 00:10:40.629 Kanye said it best. Even when you in a Benz, 170 00:10:41.090 --> 00:10:44.230 you still an N-word in a coupe. And this is 171 00:10:44.330 --> 00:10:46.870 what he is talking about. And this is what I 172 00:10:46.929 --> 00:10:51.600 was alluding to last segment about we are constantly, constantly, 173 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:56.100 constantly reminded about our status and race in this country. 174 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:59.730 So when people are always talking about race, quote unquote, 175 00:10:59.769 --> 00:11:05.110 that's because this country has a continual conversation and infatuation 176 00:11:05.190 --> 00:11:08.389 with race. That's why I feel as though

that being 177 00:11:08.529 --> 00:11:11.700 a racist needs to be really. 178 00:11:11.500 --> 00:11:15.379 Looked at as a mental health issue. 179 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:19.330 I wonder how. I wonder how we can get that 180 00:11:19.730 --> 00:11:22.509 initiative started. Maybe I should put it on a shirt first, 181 00:11:22.830 --> 00:11:25.750 you know, like a lot of other things. Put it 182 00:11:25.830 --> 00:11:28.830 on a shirt and let's see what happens from there. Folks, 183 00:11:28.889 --> 00:11:33.330 we got our main stories and our headlines coming up. 184 00:11:33.370 --> 00:11:36.330 This one, we went a little bit deeper than we 185 00:11:36.350 --> 00:11:40.070 were supposed to, but that's okay. We keep this thing fluid. 186 00:11:40.110 --> 00:11:49.019 This is your morning experience. Welcome back to the Morning Experience, folks, 187 00:11:49.139 --> 00:11:52.259 and thank you for joining me on this Monday. So 188 00:11:52.330 --> 00:11:56.610 let's not delay anything and let's get to these main headlines. 189 00:11:56.690 --> 00:12:00.950 So our first main headline comes from The Root and 190 00:12:01.049 --> 00:12:05.490 Legal Defense Fund, LDF, calls on Congress to investigate the 191 00:12:05.529 --> 00:12:09.230 suspicious deaths of black people. Now, I know that you 192 00:12:09.309 --> 00:12:11.909 all have heard or if you haven't heard, well, you're 193 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:12.720 tuning in now. 194 00:12:13.250 --> 00:12:18.460 That there has been just this, you know, just this string, just. 195 00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:22.340 This streak of black people hanging themselves. And it's just like, yo, 196 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:24.559 what is going on here? 197 00:12:24.659 --> 00:12:25.519 So the Legal. 198 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.000 Defense Fund is asking Congress to take a closer look 199 00:12:28.090 --> 00:12:31.450 at a troubling pattern. Cases surrounding the deaths of black 200 00:12:31.490 --> 00:12:35.950 people whose families and communities say deserve more scrutiny. And 201 00:12:36.190 --> 00:12:39.909 in an August 24th letter addressed to Congressional Leader, Speaker 202 00:12:39.929 --> 00:12:44.240 of the House, Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune 203 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:48.080 and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader 204 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:51.580 Chuck Schumer, the LDF called for the creation of a 205 00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:55.710 congressional commission to investigate suspicious deaths of Black people across 206 00:12:55.730 --> 00:12:59.570 the country, improve federal data collection, and make the findings 207 00:12:59.710 --> 00:13:03.690 available to the public. The request comes as several recent 208 00:13:03.730 --> 00:13:07.470 cases have raised questions about whether local authorities are adequately 209 00:13:07.570 --> 00:13:13.659 investigating deaths that are quickly classified as suicides. accidents or undetermined. 210 00:13:13.940 --> 00:13:17.840 And yes, yes, absolutely. 211 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:19.679 Absolutely. 212 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.059 And under the current administration, I don't know if this 213 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:27.940 is actually going to occur, if this is actually going 214 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:28.460 to be. 215 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.179 Created, but yes. 216 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:32.860 And you would have to be a fool to think 217 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:37.700 that the racists don't feel empowered because they know that, 218 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.570 all right, well, this is a different kind of DOJ. 219 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:44.480 And it's a trickle-down effect. With there being a different 220 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:48.159 kind of DOJ, there's a different kind of state agency. 221 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:51.620 With there being a different kind of state agency, then 222 00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:54.600 it's like, okay, well, we may be able to get 223 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:59.210 away with a little bit more. We may not be 224 00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:04.309 as scrutinized as much as we were before. And then 225 00:14:04.330 --> 00:14:08.889 you add on my industry, the media industry, and that 226 00:14:08.970 --> 00:14:13.419 being gutted and consolidated And these stories are, you know, 227 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.759 less and less reported on because there's less and less 228 00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:18.980 people to do research. 229 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:24.039 And follow up and talk to sources and whatnot. 230 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:29.519 It's just, it's just this, like this perfect storm, this 231 00:14:29.610 --> 00:14:31.179 perfect storm that is happening. 232 00:14:31.470 --> 00:14:34.450 And yes, I am, I am. 233 00:14:34.789 --> 00:14:39.990 All for, I am all for LDF calling on Congress 234 00:14:40.049 --> 00:14:46.029 to investigate these suspicious deaths because again black people do 235 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:50.940 not hang themselves so moving on to to our next 236 00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:54.580 story here our next story it come from the griot 237 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:58.659 and a family of 23 year old jacques rabon sues 238 00:14:58.700 --> 00:15:03.129 california deputies after fatal shooting and rabon's family alleges deputies 239 00:15:03.330 --> 00:15:06.809 use excessive force when they shot him as he fled 240 00:15:06.870 --> 00:15:09.970 authorities say no weapon was found so the family of 241 00:15:10.009 --> 00:15:10.409 the 23 year old. 242 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:13.919 Has filed a federal lawsuit accusing. 243 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:17.830 San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies of using excessive force when 244 00:15:17.870 --> 00:15:21.250 they fatally shot him in a Riverside Shopping Center parking 245 00:15:21.289 --> 00:15:22.529 lot earlier this year. 246 00:15:23.129 --> 00:15:24.870 And his family's lawsuit follows the. 247 00:15:24.870 --> 00:15:29.590 Griots' coverage of a $ 33. 5 million verdict

against San Bernardino 248 00:15:29.629 --> 00:15:33.649 County in another fatal deputy shooting and a California High 249 00:15:33.710 --> 00:15:38.100 Court ruling on police misconduct lawsuit. And Rabone was killed 250 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:42.379 January 22nd as deputies from the department specialized enforcement division 251 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:43.639 attempted to arrest him. 252 00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:46.960 On a felony no bail unit warrant. Excuse me. 253 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:50.120 And body camera footage released by the sheriff's department shows 254 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.679 Rabone running from deputies before gunfire erupts. 255 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:55.870 And authorities have said Rabone. 256 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:59.059 As believed to be armed and that he manipulated a 257 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:03.019 black bag around his body while fleeing. However, no weapon 258 00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:04.460 was found on him. 259 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:06.539 Now, if somebody is running from. 260 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:10.360 You and have their back towards you, they are not 261 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:14.809 a threat to you. And, you know, people make a 262 00:16:14.850 --> 00:16:17.210 lot of jokes about, oh, people in the hood don't 263 00:16:17.250 --> 00:16:19.169 have aim, people in the hood don't have aim. But 264 00:16:19.230 --> 00:16:23.710 how about these paid police officers? You know what I mean? Like, like, 265 00:16:23.769 --> 00:16:27.429 can can can you not? Are you not trained to 266 00:16:27.470 --> 00:16:30.169 shoot somebody in the leg, to shoot somebody in the knee, 267 00:16:30.269 --> 00:16:32.519 to shoot somebody in the calf. 268 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:36.580 Where where it's not life threatening? You know, again, I'm 269 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.100 a journalist. 270 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:42.039 So we have constant training, constant updating, constantly downloading and 271 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:46.899 uploading of new skills. Shouldn't police officers have the same thing? 272 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:51.440 Shouldn't they, you know, hone in on their skill set? 273 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:55.539 and be at the top of their game? I'm just 274 00:16:55.580 --> 00:17:00.850 wondering here, because with somebody running away, why does it 275 00:17:00.889 --> 00:17:04.329 have to turn into a fatal shooting? And San Bernardino 276 00:17:04.789 --> 00:17:09.779 has had issues of racial profiling. They have had issues 277 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:14.599 of excessive police force. So again, I say to you, 278 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:19.730 you know, what's the result here? I think that for 279 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:21.960 something like this, people are going to have to go 280 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:27.680 to jail or heavily fined because that's when that's when 281 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:30.099 it's going to start tipping the scales here. 282 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.759 So to get to. 283 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.680

Our final headline here, just real quick. This also comes 284 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:39.380 from the griot dot com. And there's connective tissue here, folks. 285 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:42.380 A black father of nine is found hanging in North 286 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:45.859 Carolina as police say everything is on the table. And 287 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:48.759 authorities have not yet determined a manner of death for 288 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:53.000 Demetrius Fleming, who is 38, and are cautioning against speculation 289 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:58.920 as the investigation continues. And North Carolina man Demetrius Eugene 290 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:02.349 Fleming was found dead on Friday at a home on 291 00:18:02.789 --> 00:18:06.750 Roanoke Avenue from a hanging. And police chief Lawrence Wiggins 292 00:18:06.789 --> 00:18:09.630 said Fleming had already died when emergency crews arrived and 293 00:18:09.650 --> 00:18:12.549 investigators have not disclosed what kind. 294 00:18:13.289 --> 00:18:14.950 Of hanging, it was. 295 00:18:15.009 --> 00:18:18.490 But Wiggins has been deliberate about how the department characterizes 296 00:18:18.529 --> 00:18:23.589 the case, describing it as open and unequivocally a death 297 00:18:23.789 --> 00:18:27.769 investigation and says that this is not a suicide. And 298 00:18:27.809 --> 00:18:31.359 this is what I was talking about, folks, with our 299 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:34.920 first story this segment with the LDF calling on Congress 300 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:36.960 to investigate these suspicious deaths. 301 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:42.559 Because It is so, so, so easy and so quick. Oh, 302 00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:45.019 it's a suicide. Oh, it's a suicide. 303 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:49.279 And we see situations where like, you know, these bodies 304 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:52.460 are hanging from certain heights that it's like, no, this 305 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:55.940 person couldn't do it themselves or they have broken legs. 306 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:58.460 So how do they hang themselves? How do they get 307 00:18:58.539 --> 00:19:03.480 themselves up there? You know, like I have said this before, 308 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:08.950 I have a friend who has a mysterious suicide death where, 309 00:19:09.369 --> 00:19:15.690 He allegedly hung himself on a playground, knowing how he 310 00:19:15.730 --> 00:19:18.299 felt about kids, knowing how he felt about his kids. 311 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:23.859 Hung himself on a playground swing set. It's just not 312 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:29.500 making sense. And shout out, shout out to Police Chief Wiggins. 313 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:36.109 Not from, not from Simpsons. you know, but this. 314 00:19:36.049 --> 00:19:40.140 Seems like a competent officer Wiggins. Yes, nothing is off 315 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:43.500 the table and we are going to investigate instead of 316 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:47.630 this fast investigation because I feel as though, I feel 317 00:19:47.670 --> 00:19:50.519 as though that they know who did it and specific 318 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:53.200 areas they know who did it and they want to 319 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:56.299 wrap up and close the case so that the details 320 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:59.680 don't come out that's just my you know tinfoil conspiracy 321 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:02.599 hat here but yes chief. 322 00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:07.220 Wiggins Not from the Simpsons? Lawrence Wiggins? Yes. I hope. 323 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:09.759 I know it's not real, but I would hope that 324 00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:13.460 many other police chiefs would follow this motto as well. 325 00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:15.440 And nothing is off the table. 326 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.640 This is going to be a full investigation because black 327 00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:22.849 people don't hang themselves. Folks, we got some more news 328 00:20:22.890 --> 00:20:23.670 coming up after this. 329 00:20:23.730 --> 00:20:25.150 This is your morning experience. 330 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:34.039 This is The Morning Experience, folks, and this is our 331 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:37.740 main story portion of the show. Thank you for joining 332 00:20:37.849 --> 00:20:41.150 us and making us a part of your morning, a 333 00:20:41.190 --> 00:20:43.910 part of your commute, or if you're already listening in 334 00:20:43.930 --> 00:20:47.519 the cubicle, thank you for listening. and making us your 335 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:52.619 information mobile for today. So again, this story comes from 336 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:57.880 the griot and the 63rd anniversary of the March on 337 00:20:57.940 --> 00:21:01.869 Washington happened this past weekend and thousands returned to the 338 00:21:01.910 --> 00:21:06.210 Lincoln Memorial as black leaders warned of rollbacks to voting rights, 339 00:21:06.369 --> 00:21:11.099 economic opportunity and civil rights. So thousands descended on the 340 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:15.000 Lincoln Memorial Plaza and This past weekend to participate in 341 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:18.690 a demonstration marking the 63rd anniversary of the March on 342 00:21:18.730 --> 00:21:22.569 Washington for Freedom and Jobs. While there have been several 343 00:21:22.650 --> 00:21:27.430 such commemorations since the original 1963 march organized by civil 344 00:21:27.470 --> 00:21:33.559 rights leaders, Dr. MLK, a Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, 345 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:36.700 John Lewis and others, black leaders in 2026. 346 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:39.660 Say that the stakes for this year's march are higher than. 347 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:43.329 Ever following the rollback of voting rights and economic opportunity 348 00:21:43.849 --> 00:21:47.710 and the mysterious deaths of young black men in the South. 349 00:21:47.950 --> 00:21:51.720 And I would say this, I would, I would say 350 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:57.509 that yes, yes, The stakes are are are high. I 351 00:21:57.710 --> 00:22:00.789

don't think that they are higher than what they were 352 00:22:00.950 --> 00:22:05.450 in the 60s. But I can definitely see why folks 353 00:22:05.490 --> 00:22:08.440 are like, well, stakes are higher because for the main 354 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:13.759 reason why that the stakes being being high again, you know, 355 00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:17.140 in the 60s, that was essentially the first time that 356 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:20.480 we went through that, you know, so even the oppressors 357 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:24.000 didn't know what they didn't know. you know um and 358 00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:27.089 that was the 60s that was you know 60 years 359 00:22:27.170 --> 00:22:32.490 ago so essentially these people had 60 years to hone 360 00:22:32.529 --> 00:22:36.630 their craft you know to hone their hate essentially to 361 00:22:36.890 --> 00:22:39.730 you know get the bad things right and make the 362 00:22:39.769 --> 00:22:43.450 good things better so now that we are back in 363 00:22:43.470 --> 00:22:47.829 the situation again in 2026, I can definitely see why 364 00:22:47.930 --> 00:22:52.250 people are like, well, the stakes are even higher now. Well, yeah, 365 00:22:52.309 --> 00:22:57.990 because the wolf, you know, has now become more cunning. 366 00:22:58.029 --> 00:23:03.920 The wolf is smarter, you know, using bigger and better tactics. 367 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.849 So I get it. 368 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:08.920 I get why, you know, I don't agree, but I 369 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:12.569 get why they say that in 2026, the stakes are 370 00:23:12.809 --> 00:23:16.380 even higher. But regardless, I'm not trying to say, oh, 371 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:19.859 the stakes are higher than the stakes are higher now. Regardless, 372 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:24.160 the stakes are still high and stuff like this. 373 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:26.660 Is needed more and more and more. 374 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:29.599 And I feel as though that there should be there 375 00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:33.640 should definitely be a resurgence of the energy that happened 376 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:36.630 in the 60s and the 70s, because I feel as 377 00:23:36.650 --> 00:23:38.930 though that we have experienced. 378 00:23:38.369 --> 00:23:41.109 This rollback to thoughts of that time. 379 00:23:41.509 --> 00:23:44.910 So then now there should be pushback to those thoughts 380 00:23:45.230 --> 00:23:48.769 of that time. Just thinking out loud here, folks, like, 381 00:23:49.250 --> 00:23:54.480 you know, the sit-ins and the marches and the boycotts 382 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:58.940 and whatnot. Like, you know, maybe we need to sit 383 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:04.079 down with Uncle Reverend Al Sharpton and figure out, you know, 384 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:08.529 what does it look like from here? Because I don't 385 00:24:08.589 --> 00:24:11.319 think that we're going to get another MLK. I don't 386 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:13.910 think that we're going to follow another Malcolm X. So 387 00:24:14.390 --> 00:24:18.099 what does it look like in 2026? What does it 388 00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:22.500 look like in 2027? I'll tell you this, the morning experience, 389 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:25.480 regardless what it looks like, we are going to give 390 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:30.539 you the details on it. Folks, we got our second 391 00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:33.640 main story coming up after this. This is your morning experience. 392 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:40.660 All right, so folks, thank you for joining us on 393 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.920 The Morning Experience, and welcome back. 394 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.039 Thank you for joining me. 395 00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:48.000 So our second main story for today. 396 00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:49.750 Comes from thegrio.com. 397 00:24:49.769 --> 00:24:52.930 Yeah, you heard there's some kind of theme going on 398 00:24:52.990 --> 00:24:56.910 today with the stories coming from thegrio.com. And fed up 399 00:24:56.970 --> 00:25:00.630 with the lack of awareness about Gary, Indiana, Keith Lee 400 00:25:00.750 --> 00:25:05.130 mobilizes relief efforts as Citi continues to go without power, 401 00:25:05.309 --> 00:25:08.619 and the food critic and TikTok sensation says, is joining 402 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:12.400 a chorus of people online wondering how the predominantly black 403 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:16.650 city can be without power weeks after a tornado. 404 00:25:16.750 --> 00:25:18.410 So just some background here, folks. 405 00:25:18.490 --> 00:25:22.410 Residents in Gary, Indiana, remain without power as they deal 406 00:25:22.450 --> 00:25:25.470 with the aftermath of heavy storms that battered the state's 407 00:25:25.569 --> 00:25:29.559 northwest region. Ten days, and I'll say that again, ten 408 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:33.000 days after the storm, those in Gary were informed that 409 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:36.059 their power wouldn't be restored until Tuesday afternoon. 410 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:39.420 More than two weeks after the storm. 411 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:42.599 And so while the national media has shifted its focus 412 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:45.160 to the region, most of the initial news came from 413 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:48.569 residents using social media to raise awareness. And the various 414 00:25:48.609 --> 00:25:51.390 videos of those in need caught the attention of Keith Lee, 415 00:25:51.789 --> 00:25:54.150 who shared on his social media channels that he has 416 00:25:54.230 --> 00:25:58.529 personally driven up to Gary to assist with whatever recovery 417 00:25:58.650 --> 00:26:06.240 effort was necessary. So, like, I love this. I absolutely 418 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:10.900 love this. Um, but, but what I really realized, what 419 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:15.990 I really realized, um, is the shift and, and, and, 420 00:26:16.150 --> 00:26:18.950 and I don't know if people have less so they 421 00:26:18.990 --> 00:26:22.869 can give less.

And that may certainly be the case, 422 00:26:23.630 --> 00:26:26.660 or maybe it's just that the information just didn't get 423 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.660 out there, um, as, as fluid or as fast as 424 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:36.829 it should. But, When the situation happened in Flint, you know, 425 00:26:37.609 --> 00:26:40.410 and the situation with people not having water and not 426 00:26:40.430 --> 00:26:44.450 being like like there was a call to action. And 427 00:26:44.609 --> 00:26:51.049 I remember people jumping in action and taking, you know, buses, 428 00:26:51.190 --> 00:26:56.599 taking U-Haul trucks filled with bottled water, taking it to Flint, Michigan, 429 00:26:57.059 --> 00:27:02.170 driving from California, driving from Pennsylvania, driving from Florida. you know, 430 00:27:02.190 --> 00:27:05.799 and and helping these people out. I didn't see the 431 00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:09.759 same this time. And I don't know if people don't 432 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:13.460 know how to help. And that could certainly be the thing. 433 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:18.000 But or or just the certain economic issues right now. 434 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:21.680 And it's a little harder to give. I completely understand that. 435 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.160 But it just makes me think like, all right, well, 436 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:31.250 there wasn't that much of a communal response. And it 437 00:27:31.289 --> 00:27:35.130 just made me think like, you know, um, is this 438 00:27:35.549 --> 00:27:39.170 not getting the attention that it deserves? And I think 439 00:27:39.269 --> 00:27:43.480 that's really the case because the first video that I 440 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.119 saw was. 441 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.460 Maybe three days ago. 442 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.880 And I have been hearing this for the past two 443 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:54.420 weeks and I didn't realize how bad it was until 444 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:59.059 there was this video on Instagram and it was completely Darkness. 445 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.619 Complete darkness. 446 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:06.509 And they were like, y'all, this is at 9 p.m. 447 00:28:07.710 --> 00:28:10.890 This is at 9 p.m. And this isn't a back road. 448 00:28:10.950 --> 00:28:14.289 This is a residential area. And this looked like it 449 00:28:14.349 --> 00:28:18.930 was pitch black. And I was like, oh, my goodness. 450 00:28:19.970 --> 00:28:21.890 I thought that they were driving down a back road 451 00:28:21.910 --> 00:28:26.059 or something like that. No, this was a residential neighborhood. 452 00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:32.599 Pitch black. pitch black and then the. 453 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:36.700 Person that was talking was talking about it's still summertime 454 00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:43.690 so it's still warm it's still hot and we have 455 00:28:43.769 --> 00:28:49.769 no relief and that is very true no relief in 456 00:28:49.789 --> 00:28:52.799 the morning time during the day when it's hot no 457 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:56.700 relief at night when it's still warm and this has 458 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:00.920 been going on for more than two weeks In America, folks. 459 00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:06.500 In America. So shout out to Keith Lee for bringing 460 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:10.119 awareness to this. You know, shout out to Glenn Big 461 00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.359 Dog Davis. 462 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:16.740 Who announced he is donating $ 100, 000. But like, we got 463 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:20.339 to look at, we got to look at the powers 464 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:26.900 that be in Gary, Indiana and in Indiana. This is inexcusable. 465 00:29:27.509 --> 00:29:30.250 And as you all know, I will keep keep rolling 466 00:29:30.269 --> 00:29:34.420 out the details on this, you know, maybe, maybe this 467 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:38.490 is a situation where, you know, you, the listener, and me, 468 00:29:38.529 --> 00:29:41.799 the host, get together and and do some kind of 469 00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:45.960 fundraising effort for those people, because we already know that 470 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:50.579 the food that they had, that went bad, you know, 471 00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:55.130 and now it's, it's, it's all about recovery now and 472 00:29:55.170 --> 00:29:58.150 filling in those gaps. I'll keep giving you this information 473 00:29:58.390 --> 00:30:01.319 as it comes out, y'all. This is your morning experience. 474 00:30:04.869 --> 00:30:07.369 Welcome back to the morning experience folks. And thank you 475 00:30:07.390 --> 00:30:11.529 for joining me on this Monday. I am Marquise Lupton 476 00:30:11.950 --> 00:30:14.349 and folks, this is the part of the show where 477 00:30:14.650 --> 00:30:15.430 I give you. 478 00:30:15.309 --> 00:30:17.549 That little giddy up. Yes. You know what it is. 479 00:30:17.670 --> 00:30:21.279 It is our Monday motivation where I give you that 480 00:30:21.390 --> 00:30:23.980 gas to get through this week. 481 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:26.160 And folks this, there was. 482 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:31.759 Just one message that constantly kept on hitting my mind, 483 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:37.769 hitting my notes, hitting my journal all week and weekend. 484 00:30:38.329 --> 00:30:43.109 And that is, folks, you've come too far to give 485 00:30:43.410 --> 00:30:43.890 up now. 486 00:30:44.109 --> 00:30:47.019 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You heard that. You've come too far 487 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:52.269 to give up now. And maybe this morning... You're tired. 488 00:30:52.690 --> 00:30:54.259 I get it. It is Monday. 489 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:58.500 And not that I need another coffee cup tired. I'm 490 00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:03.880 talking about my soul is tired. You know, tired of trying. 491 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:08.930 Tired of waiting. Tired of praying. Tired of being strong. 492 00:31:09.250 --> 00:31:13.089 I get it, beloved. Tired of watching everybody else seemingly 493 00:31:13.190 -->

00:31:17.279 get their breakthrough while you're still wondering when yours is coming. 494 00:31:17.970 --> 00:31:21.069 And maybe quietly you've been thinking about giving up. 495 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:26.799 But before you do, before you do, I need you 496 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:31.569 to turn around and look behind you. Look at everything 497 00:31:31.650 --> 00:31:36.869 you've already survived. Look at every mountain you've already climbed. 498 00:31:37.410 --> 00:31:38.549 Look at every. 499 00:31:38.390 --> 00:31:42.039 Night you thought you wouldn't make it through. Now look 500 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:47.880 at every setback, every rejection, every disappointment, every heartbreak that 501 00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:53.150 was supposed to take you out. And yet here you are. Family, 502 00:31:53.369 --> 00:31:56.390 you've come too far to give up now. You know 503 00:31:56.410 --> 00:32:00.650 that song? I just can't give. 504 00:32:00.750 --> 00:32:01.049 Yeah. 505 00:32:01.490 --> 00:32:01.750 Yeah. 506 00:32:02.029 --> 00:32:04.710 You can't give up now. You come too far. 507 00:32:05.450 --> 00:32:09.170 You didn't fight through all of that just to surrender here. 508 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:12.859 You didn't survive those difficult years just to let one 509 00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.819 difficult season convince. 510 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:16.720 You that your story is over. 511 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:21.660 And sometimes, when you're tired, you forget just how much 512 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:26.049 ground you've covered. That's why every once in a while, 513 00:32:26.730 --> 00:32:30.670 you've got to take a look back. Not to look backward, 514 00:32:30.769 --> 00:32:34.069 but to remind yourself, if I made it through that, 515 00:32:35.029 --> 00:32:40.049 I can definitely make it through this. And family, we 516 00:32:40.210 --> 00:32:43.690 know something about making it through. We come from people 517 00:32:43.750 --> 00:32:47.799 who dreamed when dreaming was dangerous. People who built when 518 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:52.019 the system said they couldn't own. People who learned when 519 00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:55.960 they weren't allowed in the classroom, when they weren't even 520 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:59.519 allowed to read, but still chose to and still chose 521 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:03.009 to learn. People who sang songs of freedom while they 522 00:33:03.049 --> 00:33:06.460 were still waiting to experience it. You see, our history 523 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:09.059 wasn't built by people who never got tired. It was 524 00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:13.039 built by people who got tired and kept going. And 525 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:17.000 maybe that's the word for you this Monday. Keep going. 526 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:20.539 You don't have to have everything figured out right now. 527 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:23.769 Keep going. You don't have to know exactly how it 528 00:33:23.869 --> 00:33:26.849 is going to work out. Keep going. You don't have 529 00:33:26.890 --> 00:33:28.930 to feel motivated every single morning. 530 00:33:28.990 --> 00:33:34.339 Beloved, keep going. Because sometimes success isn't about making some 531 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:40.309 giant move. Sometimes success is simply refusing to quit. So listen, 532 00:33:40.990 --> 00:33:44.170 maybe you're closer than you think. Maybe that application you're 533 00:33:44.210 --> 00:33:48.009 afraid to submit is the one. Maybe that business idea 534 00:33:48.069 --> 00:33:51.470 deserves one more try. Maybe that dream you put on 535 00:33:51.490 --> 00:33:54.049 the shelf needs you to pick it back up again. 536 00:33:54.970 --> 00:33:58.430 Maybe the answer isn't giving up. Maybe you just need 537 00:33:58.490 --> 00:34:02.420 to rest. And there's a difference there. Because rest says 538 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:06.619 I need a minute. Giving up says I'm finished. And baby, 539 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:12.619 go on ahead and take that minute. Sit down. Catch 540 00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:17.369 your breath. Dust yourself off. Get yourself together. 541 00:34:18.050 --> 00:34:23.309 Pray. Cry. Call somebody. Take a day. Take two days. 542 00:34:23.469 --> 00:34:24.090 Take a week. 543 00:34:25.010 --> 00:34:29.119 But don't confuse needing rest with being finished because you 544 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.400 are not finished. 545 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.900 There's still far too. 546 00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:35.940 Much inside of you, too much purpose, too much talent, 547 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:40.210 too much wisdom, too much experience, too much life left 548 00:34:40.269 --> 00:34:44.250 to live. And there are people who you haven't even 549 00:34:44.349 --> 00:34:47.409 met yet who will need the version of you that 550 00:34:47.469 --> 00:34:50.840 comes out of the other side of this season. So 551 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:54.000 stay the course, beloved. This morning, I want you to 552 00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:57.869 remember something. You didn't come this far by accident. There 553 00:34:57.909 --> 00:35:00.110 were times you didn't know how you were going to 554 00:35:00.170 --> 00:35:03.989 make it, and somehow you did. There were doors you 555 00:35:04.010 --> 00:35:07.949 thought you needed that closed, and somehow another one opened. 556 00:35:08.590 --> 00:35:11.099 There were things you prayed for that didn't happen, and 557 00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:15.309 later you realized God was protecting you. So don't let 558 00:35:15.369 --> 00:35:19.510 today's frustration make you forget yesterday's faithfulness. I will say 559 00:35:19.590 --> 00:35:22.730 that again because we need to put that on a shirt. 560 00:35:24.349 --> 00:35:29.489 Don't let today's frustration make you forget yesterday's faithfulness. Because family, 561 00:35:30.130 --> 00:35:34.130 you've already survived too much. You've already overcome too much. 562 00:35:34.670 --> 00:35:38.070 You've already grown too much. You've already come too

far 563 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:43.519 to give up now. So get up. Dust yourself off. 564 00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:48.320 Adjust your crown, say your prayer, drink some water, take 565 00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:53.159 some vitamins and take another step. And if all you 566 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:57.170 can manage today is one step, take that one. And 567 00:35:57.190 --> 00:36:00.369 then tomorrow we'll take another one and we'll get through 568 00:36:00.429 --> 00:36:04.489 this together, beloved, because this story isn't finished. 569 00:36:04.889 --> 00:36:10.730 Your story isn't finished. You finish. aren't finished. Folks, I 570 00:36:10.769 --> 00:36:12.829 want you to have a powerful Monday. 571 00:36:12.969 --> 00:36:15.869 And remember, you may be tired, you may be frustrated, 572 00:36:15.949 --> 00:36:17.969 you may even be discouraged. 573 00:36:18.050 --> 00:36:20.409 But you are still here. 574 00:36:21.449 --> 00:36:23.940 And as long as you're still here, there's still something 575 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:29.199 worth fighting for. You've come too far, beloved, to give 576 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:34.480 up now. So don't give up. Trust your dopeness, like 577 00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:38.590 I like to say at the end of every show. Folks, 578 00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:43.630 this was your Monday motivation on your morning experience. Make 579 00:36:43.670 --> 00:36:45.230 sure you tell a friend to tell a friend to 580 00:36:45.289 --> 00:36:54.500 tune in right now and get this good. This is 581 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:57.840 the Morning Experience, folks, and thank you for joining me 582 00:36:58.260 --> 00:37:02.599 on this Monday. We are moving and grooving, gliding and 583 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:08.519 sliding through these news stories, and I. 584 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:11.170 Hope you enjoyed your Monday motivation. 585 00:37:11.230 --> 00:37:14.130 Now, for things that make you say, hmm, I had 586 00:37:14.210 --> 00:37:17.949 to expand it a little bit, and I know you're saying, well, 587 00:37:17.989 --> 00:37:21.150 what do you mean by that? Well, I'm giving you 588 00:37:21.289 --> 00:37:24.769 three tips things that make you say hmm so buckle 589 00:37:24.829 --> 00:37:28.860 up folks um because these these stories here you know 590 00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:31.519 um really couldn't put them i mean i guess i 591 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:34.760 could have put them in the news section but but 592 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:37.320 i mean for things that make you say hmm we 593 00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:40.559 like to discuss things you know that'll sit on the 594 00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:45.590 hinges of your mind so this comes from the root.com 595 00:37:46.030 --> 00:37:50.710 and black america The National Urban League is saying that 596 00:37:50.769 --> 00:37:55.289 black America is already in a recession. And why do 597 00:37:55.329 --> 00:37:59.010 they say that? Well, they say that with 700000 black 598 00:37:59.050 --> 00:38:04.099 women out of

work, the dismantling of D.I. initiatives and 599 00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:08.079 and the black home ownership rate plummeting. has the National 600 00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:11.820 Urban League sounding the alarm on a troubling reality. So 601 00:38:11.989 --> 00:38:14.949 after hitting historic lows just a few years ago, Black 602 00:38:15.050 --> 00:38:21.090 unemployment surged to 8.3, the highest spike since the COVID-19 pandemic, 603 00:38:21.150 --> 00:38:25.269 leaving the jobless rate for Black workers more than double 604 00:38:25.369 --> 00:38:27.010 that of white Americans. 605 00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:30.340 I will say that again, all right? 8.3% Black unemployment. 606 00:38:34.090 --> 00:38:37.590 Leaving the jobless rate for black workers more than double 607 00:38:37.670 --> 00:38:42.179 that of white Americans. Now, pair that disturbing statistic with 608 00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:47.780 a falling black home ownership rate and a systemic rollback 609 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:51.550 of DEI initiatives, and the National Urban League's alarm starts 610 00:38:51.610 --> 00:38:56.010 to look like a diagnosis that black America is already 611 00:38:56.269 --> 00:39:01.110 in a recession. And this is the canary in the 612 00:39:01.150 --> 00:39:05.710 cave here, folks. The canary in the mine, however you 613 00:39:05.730 --> 00:39:10.570 want to say it. We've seen this with COVID-19 and 614 00:39:10.650 --> 00:39:15.679 how black Americans were dying at a higher rate. And 615 00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:19.900 then soon after came other races. So we are the 616 00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:24.349 canary in the coal mine here. And folks have been 617 00:39:24.389 --> 00:39:28.030 saying it for a while that we are in a recession, 618 00:39:28.070 --> 00:39:29.969 but just didn't want to use that argument. 619 00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:32.940 Word because what it could possibly do to the markets. 620 00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:37.780 So we've been operating on this soft recession and now 621 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:41.769 it is hitting black Americans harder. 622 00:39:42.829 --> 00:39:46.550 It is hitting them so hard. In a statement, Mark H. 623 00:39:46.590 --> 00:39:49.250 Morrell, the president and CEO of the National Urban League, 624 00:39:49.329 --> 00:39:53.550 called out the Trump administration's deliberate policy choices once he 625 00:39:53.590 --> 00:39:58.010 declared aggressively dismantled the very protections meant to advance equity 626 00:39:58.070 --> 00:40:04.170 and stabilize communities historically shut out of opportunity. Federal diversity, equity, 627 00:40:04.289 --> 00:40:08.630 and inclusion programs slashed on Trump's first day back in 628 00:40:08.650 --> 00:40:16.309 the White House in January 2025. 300,027 federal jobs eliminated. 629 00:40:16.530 --> 00:40:17.230 I'll say that again. 630 00:40:17.230 --> 00:40:25.889 327 federal jobs eliminated and not through attrition or organizational modernization, 631 00:40:25.989 --> 00:40:29.340

but through deliberate cuts that have eroded pathways to the 632 00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:34.079 middle class built through generations of civil rights gains. The 633 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:40.969 black unemployment rate again, 8.3%. And again, Back in November 2025, 634 00:40:40.969 --> 00:40:46.710 it was at an all-time low of 4.8%. And get this, 635 00:40:46.849 --> 00:40:52.230 this sobering number that I said before, 700,000 unemployed black women. 636 00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:57.320 That is wild. That is wild. 637 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.380 So you can see why they're saying that this is 638 00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:05.760 a crisis. We are in a recession. And, folks, we 639 00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:11.150 didn't even get into... The underemployed. Because I feel as 640 00:41:11.170 --> 00:41:13.969 though that that number is even higher. 641 00:41:14.690 --> 00:41:15.289 Think about it. 642 00:41:15.269 --> 00:41:20.630 300,000 federal jobs eliminated. Do you think that these folks 643 00:41:20.769 --> 00:41:26.329 found something to the equivalent? I don't think so. I 644 00:41:26.349 --> 00:41:28.860 don't think they found anything to the equivalent at all. 645 00:41:28.949 --> 00:41:35.719 So then what happens? They then become underemployed. They then have. 646 00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:40.159 Multiple jobs, job here, job there, job there, job. 647 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:45.980 Here, multiple part time jobs just to maintain maybe the 648 00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:48.980 lifestyle that you had or a portion of the lifestyle 649 00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:51.389 that you had. And I feel as though that that's 650 00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:55.090 not something that a you can really track. 651 00:41:55.210 --> 00:41:56.110 But if you could. 652 00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.659 It's not something that is really talked about a lot. 653 00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:03.300 The underemployed. It's talked about. Don't get me wrong. 654 00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:06.920 It is talked about. Not as much as unemployed. Because unemployed, 655 00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:11.659 that's a little bit easier to track. But underemployed. I 656 00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:15.989 would really like to see those numbers. We're going to 657 00:42:16.030 --> 00:42:19.230 have a panel coming up. Coming up soon. 658 00:42:19.710 --> 00:42:22.650 Talking about black and underemployed. 659 00:42:23.010 --> 00:42:25.929 That is going to be a delicious panel. 660 00:42:26.050 --> 00:42:26.510 And folks. 661 00:42:27.010 --> 00:42:31.329 I can't wait to do that with you because this 662 00:42:31.409 --> 00:42:35.429 is going to be a, you know, insightful conversation. Things 663 00:42:35.449 --> 00:42:37.650 that make you say, hmm, we got another one coming 664 00:42:37.690 --> 00:42:45.110 up after this. This is your morning experience. Welcome back 665 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:48.539 to the morning experience, folks. And we are doing a 666 00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:53.320 part two of things that make you say, hmm.

when 667 00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:58.650 we are digging into these news articles and having these thoughts, um, 668 00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:03.929 you know, um, live on the hinges of your mind 669 00:43:04.030 --> 00:43:08.329 so we talked about the the undercover black recession that 670 00:43:08.449 --> 00:43:11.369 is happening right now so another thing for things that 671 00:43:11.389 --> 00:43:15.929 make you say hmm all right we we asked a 672 00:43:16.110 --> 00:43:21.760 doctor well honestly the article asked the doctor about some 673 00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:25.869 of the most common black health myths And as the 674 00:43:25.949 --> 00:43:30.219 school year is kicking off, you know that the kiddies, 675 00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:34.579 they are going to become sick just because they're in 676 00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:37.760 a germ petri dish, what I like to call school, 677 00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:42.159 especially the younger ones. Well, in the morning experience, just 678 00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:47.690 wanted to set something straight about some myths, especially some 679 00:43:47.789 --> 00:43:49.610 myths pertaining to black people. 680 00:43:49.690 --> 00:43:52.510 So one of the most common ones here is if. 681 00:43:52.710 --> 00:43:55.769 I don't have a headache, my blood pressure is fine. 682 00:43:56.289 --> 00:43:58.289 And if you're waiting for a headache to tell you 683 00:43:58.349 --> 00:44:01.280 that your blood pressure is high, you're playing with fire. 684 00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:05.380 You see, there's a reason hypertension is called the silent killer. 685 00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:10.000 The condition often has no symptoms until it warrants a 686 00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:13.969 ER visit. So hypertension or high blood pressure is the 687 00:44:14.030 --> 00:44:18.210 leading cause of death in America. And in 2022, black 688 00:44:18.250 --> 00:44:22.349 Americans were 85% more likely to die from it than 689 00:44:22.409 --> 00:44:26.780 their overall population. So once you start to notice a 690 00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:30.619 headache or blurry vision, your blood pressure is dangerously high. 691 00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:34.889 High blood pressure can damage the heart, kidneys, eyes, and 692 00:44:35.010 --> 00:44:35.869 other organs. 693 00:44:36.570 --> 00:44:39.130 And it is recommended to have blood pressure at 130 694 00:44:39.130 --> 00:44:39.909 over 80. 695 00:44:39.909 --> 00:44:40.550 Yeah. 696 00:44:42.590 --> 00:44:47.289 And here's another one that really, like, this myth busted 697 00:44:47.329 --> 00:44:49.860 me because I thought that this was a thing, but 698 00:44:50.090 --> 00:44:53.659 it was not. Diabetes runs in my family, so I 699 00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:56.639 will get it too. Having a parent or sibling with 700 00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:59.760 type 2 diabetes increases your risk, but it doesn't mean 701 00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:04.079 you'll develop the disease. If you live a healthy lifestyle, 702 00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:07.619 you may never develop it. And the CDC reports that 703 00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:12.550 early action can reverse pre-diabetes or delay type 2 diabetes. 704 00:45:13.469 --> 00:45:14.090 There you go. 705 00:45:14.989 --> 00:45:18.610 It does not, in fact, run in your family. You 706 00:45:18.690 --> 00:45:21.260 don't have to say, oh, well, you know, it's a 707 00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:22.940 foregone conclusion and I'm going to get it. 708 00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:26.639 Not necessarily. Not necessarily. Not necessarily. 709 00:45:27.469 --> 00:45:29.929 And this next one here, this next one, I actually 710 00:45:30.030 --> 00:45:33.920 fall victim to it too. Smoothies and juices have the 711 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:35.559 nutrients you need. 712 00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:38.980 Making a smoothie or juicing. 713 00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:41.480 Your favorite fruits and vegetables may seem like an easy 714 00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:42.639 way to get nutrients. 715 00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:45.909 However... The more fruit. 716 00:45:45.750 --> 00:45:51.389 Is processed, the more you'll lose its natural properties, including vitamins, nutrients, 717 00:45:51.449 --> 00:45:54.550 and fiber. You'll always want to eat the whole fruit 718 00:45:54.610 --> 00:45:58.230 before you jump to juices or smoothies. So there you go. 719 00:45:59.349 --> 00:46:02.469 Instead of having that apple smoothie, beloved, have an apple. 720 00:46:03.550 --> 00:46:08.579 Instead of having that strawberry smoothie, beloved, have some strawberries. 721 00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:14.900 Like there is nothing better than the source. And honestly, 722 00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:19.219 it'll be cheaper, too. How much does a strawberry smoothie 723 00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:23.039 cost versus getting a pack of strawberries? And those pack 724 00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:28.050 of strawberries will probably last you longer. And also, this 725 00:46:28.219 --> 00:46:31.989 one is a funny one, too. Fat free is healthy. 726 00:46:32.750 --> 00:46:36.030 You know, don't let those fat free or no carb 727 00:46:36.050 --> 00:46:41.599 labels fool you. Because manufacturers remove fat or carbohydrates and 728 00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:44.539 they replace them with sugar or other ingredients to add 729 00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:48.269 flavor and prevent the food from tasting like cardboard. 730 00:46:49.489 --> 00:46:49.769 So. 731 00:46:51.650 --> 00:46:56.090 Fat free, no carb doesn't necessarily mean that it is 732 00:46:56.329 --> 00:46:57.389 better for you. 733 00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.500 And then how about this? 734 00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:02.239 Because we are seeing this a lot, especially a couple 735 00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:06.989 of years ago about detoxing your body. Detox teas, colon 736 00:47:07.050 --> 00:47:11.030 cleanses and other extreme resets are often marketed as necessary, 737 00:47:11.130 --> 00:47:14.489 but they can't do what the body is already designed 738 00:47:14.530 --> 00:47:19.570

to do. Folks, your body can naturally clean itself. The liver, 739 00:47:20.150 --> 00:47:24.889 the kidneys, the body's built. The body has a built 740 00:47:25.030 --> 00:47:29.349 in filtering system. But however, I will say this years 741 00:47:29.429 --> 00:47:31.750 of habits that strain the body can interfere with those 742 00:47:31.809 --> 00:47:37.230 natural systems. So you need to balance your eating and 743 00:47:37.510 --> 00:47:41.909 not have these extreme cleanses, but have a better long 744 00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:44.519 term approach of your diet. 745 00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:49.159 Yeah. Yeah. And there you go, folks. 746 00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:52.480 There's this is this is just just a few. 747 00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:54.119 Just a few. All right. 748 00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:57.360 And this last one here is one that always gets me. 749 00:47:57.539 --> 00:48:00.260 I'm just big boned it or a big bone. 750 00:48:00.300 --> 00:48:02.849 However you say it, you know, many people believe being 751 00:48:02.889 --> 00:48:07.289 big bone accounts for a higher weight. However, bone structure 752 00:48:07.389 --> 00:48:11.010 only accounts for a few pounds, a few pounds, folks, 753 00:48:11.469 --> 00:48:15.320 not 10, 20 or 30 pound differences, just a few pounds. 754 00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:22.219 So less than 10. So beloved get out there, Get 755 00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:27.199 your workout on. Get your health consciousness on. Do yourself 756 00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:32.889 a favor. Do yourself a flavor. Eat more fruits. Eat 757 00:48:32.969 --> 00:48:39.489 more vegetables. Get active and get involved. Yeah, we have 758 00:48:40.090 --> 00:48:43.590 one more things that make you saying, hmm, coming up 759 00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:49.139 after this. This might be the smartest second hour we've 760 00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:57.570 had to date. This is your morning experience. Welcome back 761 00:48:57.630 --> 00:49:01.369 to the morning experience, folks. And as promised, we are 762 00:49:01.429 --> 00:49:06.679 giving you things that make you say thrice today because 763 00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:11.639 this information is just too good to pass up to 764 00:49:11.739 --> 00:49:17.050 not give you. So this one comes from TheRoot.com and 765 00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:21.460 African-American study departments are dwindling across U.S. 766 00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:22.059 Colleges. 767 00:49:22.610 --> 00:49:26.039 And more than 12 private colleges and public universities have 768 00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:30.960 either reduced or eliminated black program study departments and majors. 769 00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:35.079 And a Washington Post report found that over a dozen U.S. 770 00:49:35.139 --> 00:49:39.179 colleges and universities have scaled back or downright eliminated black 771 00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:43.610 African and African-American study departments and majors over the past 772 00:49:43.690 --> 00:49:48.590 two years. So much so nationwide completions

for African-American studies. 773 00:49:48.349 --> 00:49:51.010 Degrees dropped to the lowest levels in two decades. 774 00:49:51.489 --> 00:49:55.340 A number of administrators now cite as justification for the 775 00:49:55.429 --> 00:49:59.840 next round of cuts. The private colleges and public universities, 776 00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:03.019 including the University of Iowa and the University of Toledo, 777 00:50:03.059 --> 00:50:07.739 had either reduced, merged or eliminated black programs or course offerings, 778 00:50:07.909 --> 00:50:12.119 according to a Washington Post article published recently. The University 779 00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:16.219 of Iowa announced the elimination of its undergraduate African-American Studies 780 00:50:16.300 --> 00:50:19.800 major and the closing of the department after enrollment fell 781 00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:23.900 to just nine students. The Toledo University suspended admissions to 782 00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:27.820 its Africana Studies bachelor degree program to comply with Ohio 783 00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:33.099 Senate Bill 1, as reported by News 5 Channel. The 784 00:50:33.099 --> 00:50:36.829 2025 bill, known as the Advance Ohio Bill, Higher Education 785 00:50:36.969 --> 00:50:41.530 Act bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs, prohibits strikes by 786 00:50:41.610 --> 00:50:46.159 public university faculty and requires public universities to eliminate undergraduate 787 00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:50.019 majors that average fewer than five graduates per year over 788 00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:54.510 a three year span. Coincidentally, Africana studies were on the 789 00:50:54.570 --> 00:51:00.460 chopping block. Indiana University Bloomington ended more than 100 of 790 00:51:00.500 --> 00:51:03.909 its academic degree programs after a state bill passed that 791 00:51:03.969 --> 00:51:08.750 introduced several new public higher education policies. The phase-out included 792 00:51:09.070 --> 00:51:12.449 MA programs in African Studies and the African American and 793 00:51:12.590 --> 00:51:17.900 African Diaspora Studies PhD programs, according to Forbes. But wait, beloved, 794 00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:21.619 because there's more. The pattern extended to the University of 795 00:51:21.679 --> 00:51:25.579 North Texas. Staring down a $ 45 million budget deficit, the 796 00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:29.739 university shut down or merged multiple degree programs targeting its 797 00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:33.969 Africana Studies and Women's and Gender Studies minors. Texas A 798 00:51:33.969 --> 00:51:37.650 & M University canceled several courses including Introduction to Race 799 00:51:37.690 --> 00:51:40.269 and Ethnicity, Religions of the World, and. 800 00:51:40.289 --> 00:51:41.510 Ethics in Public Policy. 801 00:51:42.139 --> 00:51:46.920 Higher education institutions heavily expanded racial studies programs following racial 802 00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:49.599 justice protests in 2020 after. 803 00:51:49.340 -->

00:51:50.719 The George Floyd killing. 804 00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:55.900 So, folks, we understand why this is happening. 805 00:51:56.980 --> 00:52:00.980 We understand why this is happening. And get this data 806 00:52:01.099 --> 00:52:01.480 as well. 807 00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:04.139 The data reviewed by the Washington Post showed that fewer 808 00:52:04.179 --> 00:52:08.679 than 700 African-American studies degrees were awarded nationwide each of 809 00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:11.969 the past three years. the lowest level in 20 years. 810 00:52:12.769 --> 00:52:18.780 And for the universities, those dwindling degree numbers are justification 811 00:52:18.980 --> 00:52:22.380 for cutting the program. But it's one of those things 812 00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:27.099 where every action has an equal and opposite reaction because 813 00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:31.829 of the coming down of DEI, whether it's federally or statewide, 814 00:52:32.730 --> 00:52:35.650 these are affecting these programs. And because they are affecting 815 00:52:35.670 --> 00:52:40.559 these programs, you know, instinctively, On purposely, however you want 816 00:52:40.579 --> 00:52:44.679 to put it, these deans and presidents of these universities 817 00:52:44.780 --> 00:52:49.090 are making the decisions to cut these programs. Again, it's 818 00:52:49.260 --> 00:52:52.869 it's it is what's happening downstream, what's happening federally. 819 00:52:53.190 --> 00:52:53.469 All right. 820 00:52:53.510 --> 00:52:57.809 Now what's happening downstream? So I say that to say 821 00:52:57.929 --> 00:52:58.489 all of this. 822 00:52:59.570 --> 00:53:00.030 Just go to HBCU. 823 00:53:03.130 --> 00:53:06.159 And that just seems like the most logical thing to do. 824 00:53:06.820 --> 00:53:10.500 HBCUs are experiencing some of the largest numbers that it 825 00:53:10.559 --> 00:53:15.340 has ever experienced before. And I say good. Hashtag more. 826 00:53:16.460 --> 00:53:20.800 Keep on keeping on. Keep on doing that. Go where 827 00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:24.039 you're celebrated, not where you're tolerated. So if they're not 828 00:53:24.079 --> 00:53:28.349 going to have an African and Africana studies program in Toledo, 829 00:53:28.429 --> 00:53:29.230 that's fine. 830 00:53:29.289 --> 00:53:30.730 Stay out of Ohio, beloved. 831 00:53:31.469 --> 00:53:34.170 Go somewhere else where they have it and where you 832 00:53:34.190 --> 00:53:40.230 can actually use that degree. I honestly, yes, I think 833 00:53:40.250 --> 00:53:43.769 that this is disgusting, but honestly, I also see it 834 00:53:44.190 --> 00:53:47.789 as the glass half full because now this is a 835 00:53:47.829 --> 00:53:49.780 situation where, OK, fine. 836 00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:51.599 If they don't want. 837 00:53:51.460 --> 00:53:54.400 To teach our stuff, then we will go to our 838 00:53:54.679 --> 00:53:58.659 own institutions. And instead of worrying about, you know, bonnets 839 00:53:58.719 --> 00:54:02.329 and do rags. How about getting some more PhDs and 840 00:54:02.389 --> 00:54:05.969 starting an Africana and African Studies program? Because that is 841 00:54:06.150 --> 00:54:11.070 what is needed now more than ever. So I am 842 00:54:11.130 --> 00:54:16.389 looking at our. Black institutions are HBCUs to step up. 843 00:54:16.449 --> 00:54:18.880 And I'm looking at our students because it got to 844 00:54:18.920 --> 00:54:20.079 be a twofold thing. 845 00:54:20.440 --> 00:54:22.849 They can start these programs, but y'all got to enroll. 846 00:54:23.800 --> 00:54:25.440 And parents, start talking to. 847 00:54:25.420 --> 00:54:28.579 Your kids more about HBCUs because we know and we 848 00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:32.820 see how these PWIs think of us and view us 849 00:54:32.860 --> 00:54:36.260 if they can just cut us so easily. That was 850 00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:38.530 your third things to make you say, hmm. 851 00:54:39.030 --> 00:54:41.489 Folks, we got what you watching. 852 00:54:41.869 --> 00:54:44.769 Coming up next, talking about a documentary that I just 853 00:54:44.809 --> 00:54:45.570 recently watched. 854 00:54:46.050 --> 00:54:47.559 Very interesting. Stay with us. 855 00:54:53.030 --> 00:54:55.329 This is the Morning Experience, folks. Thank you for joining us. 856 00:54:55.409 --> 00:55:00.369 So for what you watching, we are about to discuss 857 00:55:00.550 --> 00:55:04.989 death of a pastor's wife that is currently streaming on Netflix. 858 00:55:05.070 --> 00:55:11.579 So the April 2024 suicide of Mika Miller, excuse me, 859 00:55:11.619 --> 00:55:15.239 the estranged wife of South Carolina pastor John J.P. Miller, 860 00:55:15.780 --> 00:55:20.920 gained national attention and is the focus of Netflix three-part docuseries, 861 00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:23.019 Death of the Pastor's Wife. 862 00:55:23.340 --> 00:55:27.159 And this was a great documentary. 863 00:55:28.199 --> 00:55:32.260 I mean, I turned it on just for some background 864 00:55:32.429 --> 00:55:38.469 ambiance and beloved. I found myself propped up and waiting 865 00:55:38.710 --> 00:55:43.429 for the next episode. Like this thing just pulls you in. 866 00:55:44.320 --> 00:55:47.489 And like it has you thinking like, OK, well, did 867 00:55:47.530 --> 00:55:49.929 he kill her? Did he not kill her? Like, I'm 868 00:55:49.969 --> 00:55:54.070 not going to spoil this for you, but there is 869 00:55:54.090 --> 00:55:58.719 a lot to this. There really is a lot to this. 870 00:55:58.780 --> 00:56:02.039 First of all, they didn't even start off being married, 871 00:56:02.480 --> 00:56:05.929 you know. They ended up cheating on their spouses and 872 00:56:06.010 --> 00:56:08.650 then they got together. So that just lets you know 873 00:56:09.010 --> 00:56:13.130 that the relationship already started off crazy. It already started 874 00:56:13.210 --> 00:56:16.610 off bad. And mind you, he was a pastor. And yes, 875 00:56:16.650 --> 00:56:19.210 he was very much still a pastor

when he was 876 00:56:19.250 --> 00:56:23.690 doing this. You know, so like it just and it 877 00:56:23.769 --> 00:56:28.619 just evolves and just gets crazier from there. You know, 878 00:56:28.800 --> 00:56:32.360 and this is your classic white man with power. 879 00:56:33.329 --> 00:56:34.750 If I was to say so. 880 00:56:36.010 --> 00:56:41.639 And this is who people, specifically women, are talking about 881 00:56:41.699 --> 00:56:46.139 when they talk about toxic masculinity and these husbands and 882 00:56:46.179 --> 00:56:49.699 these men having toxic masculinity and these toxic thoughts like 883 00:56:50.159 --> 00:56:53.239 he would have those those thoughts. 884 00:56:53.039 --> 00:56:53.780 In his sermons. 885 00:56:54.519 --> 00:56:58.539 There'll be clips and it'll be the most cringiest thing 886 00:56:58.579 --> 00:57:01.239 that he is saying in his sermon. And I'm like, 887 00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:06.650 and people like came to this and supported this like 888 00:57:06.690 --> 00:57:11.670 south carolina what are we doing here honestly but yeah 889 00:57:12.090 --> 00:57:13.889 i'm not going to ruin it for you death of 890 00:57:13.929 --> 00:57:17.219 the pastor's wife it has so many and it's a 891 00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:23.039 documentary and it still has so many you know flip 892 00:57:23.099 --> 00:57:27.210 moments when you're like oh shoot I wasn't expecting that. 893 00:57:27.929 --> 00:57:31.840 You know, so, yeah, I definitely do see myself watching 894 00:57:31.860 --> 00:57:36.340 this again. This is one of those rare moments that 895 00:57:36.980 --> 00:57:39.679 you will hear me say this gets an A, folks. 896 00:57:40.420 --> 00:57:42.519 Yes, this gets an A. 897 00:57:43.079 --> 00:57:46.519 Highly suggest that you go ahead and watch Death of 898 00:57:46.659 --> 00:57:48.780 a Pastor's Wife because it's good. 899 00:57:49.320 --> 00:57:50.519 And when it's good, it's good. 900 00:57:51.079 --> 00:57:53.409 And when I give you something that's good, I hope 901 00:57:53.449 --> 00:57:56.590 that you go on ahead and watch it. And let 902 00:57:56.610 --> 00:57:58.489 me know what you think on the back end. Hit 903 00:57:58.530 --> 00:58:01.960 me up on IG at DA Morning without the G, 904 00:58:02.099 --> 00:58:04.139 experience spelled the regular way. 905 00:58:04.219 --> 00:58:06.429 This is your morning experience. 906 00:58:12.369 --> 00:58:14.789 Folks, this is The Morning Experience, and thank you for 907 00:58:14.889 --> 00:58:19.389 joining me on this Monday. Look, do yourself a favor 908 00:58:19.710 --> 00:58:23.670 and send somebody this show when it turns itself into 909 00:58:23.710 --> 00:58:27.860 a podcast at 10.05. I just feel like the Monday 910 00:58:27.940 --> 00:58:33.199 motivation was motivating today, you know, and I just want 911 00:58:33.239 --> 00:58:36.199 you to give that to somebody so that they can 912 00:58:36.400 --> 00:58:37.909 get through this Monday. 913 00:58:37.929 --> 00:58:39.570 Because once you can get through Monday. 914 00:58:40.170 --> 00:58:44.730 Every other day after that seems easier. Folks, you know 915 00:58:44.929 --> 00:58:47.630 I love you. You know I got nothing but love 916 00:58:47.670 --> 00:58:52.739 for you. I am Marquise Lupton. This is your morning experience. 917 00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:59.909 Trust your dopeness. and tell someone how dope you are today. 918 00:58:59.969 --> 00:59:02.699 If it comes off braggy, that's all right. 919 00:59:03.179 --> 00:59:07.110 There's nothing wrong with a little bragging every now and then. 920 00:59:07.650 --> 00:59:12.090 It becomes a problem when it's, you know, an everyday thing. 921 00:59:12.929 --> 00:59:13.889 Folks, we will. 922 00:59:13.789 --> 00:59:18.610 See you on Tuesday, the first day of September. 923 00:59:18.920 --> 00:59:20.539 Have a good one, beloved. Peace.