Brown Bag Mornings - Ep. 489 Rebellious Joy | Brown Bag Mornings (06/09/25)

Episode Date: June 9, 2025

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Before the podcast starts, make sure you like, subscribe to the channel, leave a review, and send the link to a friend while you're at it. The more brownback, the better. Come on. It's Paran 106, LA's number one for hip-hop. It's Monday, June 9th. Yes. We're all coming in with definitely heavy hearts. I know Los Angeles, we are going through it. And I would like to start by telling you listening that we are also trying to maneuver and figure out how to best handle this situation. We're just babies out here. I've also known

And I've I've I've also known With this platform That this platform that we have We also have a responsibility to you Bear with us as we try our best To handle it while definitely being personally affected

And still trying to find that balance of low-key Trying to make you laugh Trying to be that lightheartedness Through this really really tough time Where there's a lot of emotions There's hell of debates You look on Twitter It's everywhere

Or Instagram or whatever there's someone ready to low-key ruin your day at any moment's notice and we're trying to be the best of trying to make your day a little bit better. However, there's some things that we cannot escape. You know, Alfred Robles, the comedian, he did a really great, like he said something of, my job is to help you forget things, but this is something we can't forget, you know? Or ignore it. It's really important to know, like, we're trying to find that balance. and I thank you first and foremost for tapping in for us right now because there's been people that are like,

I wonder what Brownback's going to say, I need to know and hear from them. So we're doing our best. All right, let's start with Don You Know I'm Local. What's up? This is Be Real from Cyprus Hill. Where are you from, Es? Don't you know I'm local?

All right. It's not, it's not new news that there is definitely trouble in the United States when it becomes, when it comes to immigration, and I think Los Angeles, is bearing the brute of it throughout this weekend. On Friday, there happened to be ice raids that hit the downtown L.A. area. And it seemed to be a very, very intricate, very thought-out, very systematic and coordinated approach of ice agents coming into Los Angeles, which is known to be a sanctuary city, and carrying out ice raids.

That definitely triggered a lot of people. There was instant protests. There was instant a talk online. One thing that we didn't hear so instantly, and I know that I personally waited for, was what our leaders thought about this because to see all of these, I guess, these big units of what federal agents, right?

To me, I'm thinking, I'm talking to my husband, I'm like, there's no way that happened without people knowing in, like, our leadership, right? Yeah. Like, I don't know that we can take, like, what is it called the, when there's, like, a big line of trucks in one point, like it's called something, a caravan?

A caravan. There's no way that you can see like a caravan and things coming into your state or your city and you not know. Yeah. So recently our governor Gavin Newsom between yesterday and a coup and before, I had seen him on Twitter and it definitely felt more of a Twitter back and forth between him and opponents on the Republican side and of course Donald Trump. But I was definitely waiting to see what he said to us. Yeah. Right. I saw Mayor Bass come out.

I saw her interview and say, you know what, don't let them trigger you. This is what they want. Similar with Gavin Newsom. And I was still thinking, like, how does this happen without your guy's knowledge? Apparently today I'm finding out that Gavin Newsom and the state of California will be suing Donald Trump for the rhetoric that they're saying online, that they're deploying, that they're going to deploy the National Guard our way, that. that the Marines are also on their way as well, that all of this is kind of what ends up happening. All of this is a means to say,

hey, the state government, we're kind of going to bypass you. I guess in order to do that, you have to have state somehow a heads up. You have to speak with the state in order to say we're going to deploy the National Guard. So apparently that step was missed. So because of that, here's the lawsuit coming.

Gavin Newsom, though, did say he did. did get on a call and this is what's tripping me out because it's like okay you did speak to him gavin newsome did speak to donald trump on friday okay so during either during or after the ice raid started happening yeah and he said that actually the conversation had nothing to do with the national guard i want you to hear this excuse me we talked for almost 20 minutes and he barely this issue never came up and i kept trying to talk about l a want to talk about all these other issues we had a very decent conversation when was this This was late Friday night, about 1.30 plus his time.

After the protests that started. After the protest. And he never once brought up the National Guard. He's a stone-called liar. He said he did. Stone-cold liar. Wow. Never did.

So I'm tripping on one, of course, and as they should be speaking. State and government should be speaking. I'm not mad that they got on the phone call. They should have. But to see, I guess, to see that, I don't know, to see that you guys had a good convo. It's a little upsetting to me. After seeing the ice rates happen in broad daylight.

and people protesting and then searching for some type of government leadership. Like, hey, please say something. You know, I know I was checking specifically our governor of California, Gavin Newsom's, his pages. And it was other stuff. It was stuff about funding. And so it was stuff like, like, low-key, I'm very scheduled content. Yeah, that's all you too. Like, bro, I'm looking for you to say something as our leader.

And I think a lot of, and I know definitely not to shift blame anywhere. but a lot of what's going on is maybe our relationship with our leadership. Yeah, you know, that we're not being spoken to, we're being spoken at. Yeah. There was a point in time where they asked Gavin Newsom, like, hey, what do you have to say to people that are protesting? And we're not specifically the good protesters, but maybe people that are rioting, like what we're seeing. And this is what his response was. What's your message to those people who are out there tonight, not the peaceful protesters that are out there protesting for

the rights of immigrants, but for the people that are doing damage to buildings to law enforcement. Well, they're doing more than damage to buildings and to property. They're potentially damaging the very foundation of our republic. So I hope these people

would pause and just consider. Now, some of them, they want that kind of chaos. Just a little bit, I don't know, I would appreciate a little bit more. Like a different response? Is that No, I get where he's coming from, but I also get him as somebody that's, how would I say it? Like, you're not talking to us.

They're taking charge, basically. You're talking about us and you're talking at us. You're not talking to us. Yeah. You know, I would have appreciated. And then I sometimes I think of what, and we're going to get into this later on in the show, what do we need right now? And I definitely do feel like when we're looking at you in these moments, it would, I would appreciate some type of you coming out and talking to us. Yeah, some type of comfort of him saying something about.

about like, I don't know, he's doing something. And like you said, let me, like, really talking to us, talking to a, like, if he was talking to us in person, not just like a, here's a statement. What's okay? Yeah. And even, like, to just know that, like, the state is behind us because it's kind of confusing. It's like if they said that they spoke for, you know, or whatever amount of time, but

they had a good conversation. But then Trump goes on, you know, social media and calls them new scum. Yeah. So I'm like, wait, are you guys enemies? are you guys friends? That's what true. Or is it somewhere in the middle? Or is that just performative?

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And you guys are really in cahoots. And, you know, this lawsuit is going to be thrown out, but it sounds nice in the press. Yeah. That's a perfect, perfect opinion on it, Vic. And I don't mean to get so serious so quickly and so political. Yeah.

Because, again, we're just like you trying to figure all of this out. And a couple things are happening. What's really happening in Los Angeles? Yeah. And then what's being like you said, Vic, performed for us. I saw this during the Biden and Trump debate where they're debating, but then they start talking about each other's golf swings. Yes. And like playing golf with each other.

And like, I'm like, okay, so you really have whole legions of people that hate people that love the other side. But y'all are chilling. And guys are cool. You would want, one would hope for state and the federal government to get along to have a good conversation. I agree. I totally agree. There should be some type of partnership. But it's weird when you say that.

You guys have great combos. But then you're also saying, yeah, he's just trying to def- This is authoritarian. And he's trying to defund us. And then on the other side, California's not getting. And I'm going to send this because they can't get it right. But you guys, when you're on the phone, just forget about everything else? Yeah.

I'm not too understanding of that. Does Trump call Nuscombe, like that when he's on the phone with them? Hey, Newskum, how's it going? Or is that their play title towards each other? Yeah. Political rhetoric. You know what I'm saying? That's what trips me out.

And I guess to all of us feeling real things because this is really affecting us, I totally understand that fear. I guess on our end and it's unfortunate, but it's like in the local leadership, I guess that's where they look at influencers to say something or like even us to say something. It's like I get it because we're with you We're there with you Seems like they're so far removed Yeah Even though this Our governor is from California

I've never felt so far removed From who's supposed to be leading us Yeah That's really unfortunate because I was trying To see the best in it You know there was this part Where in this interview with MSNBC Then they start talking about

Tom Holman who is You call them something else on the chat bit But who is saying my bro We're gonna lock this full too like let's lock up new some but the way that he responded to that just here actually been here 10 years the fear the horror the hell is this guy come after me arrest me let's just get it over with tough guy you know i don't give a damn but i care about my community i care about this community the hell are they doing yeah you see it just felt for tv it's like very

yeah i'm a fan of wrestling yeah that's what i'm getting this reminds me of it and that's not a good yeah yeah bro it's just like boxing when you're You have the two boxes and they're going at it. But behind the scenes, they're homies. But behind the scenes are boys. Let's get this back together. Because as soon as they get down in the ring, what happens? They hug it out.

I love you, bro. It's all love. It's all good. And then you've got people walking outside the stadium and they're fighting each other because it's like, bro. This is what they want us to do. They want us to fight each other, man. See past the smoking mirrors, people.

See past the smoking mirrors. Don't go out there and just do the most because half of these dudes, they're not trying to do it. They're kicking back, bro. They got the $10 million home and they're chilling. And I'm not saying it's bad I have a $10 million home. I'm just saying, bro, we out here eating rocks. And we're over here fighting each other when that's what they want.

That's exactly what they want. It's super. Like they're telling us don't be triggered, but all of this is very triggering. And I think as someone that's trying their best to be like, how can we best lead and guide people? We have to call it what it is. Like it's some weird stuff happening in leadership That maybe we just got to discuss it between ourselves And so that's what the show is kind of gonna

Lean on today I would appreciate Better more leadership I would appreciate everybody to get along But it's just something you're not telling us And we're seeing through it It's transparency For you to tell me that you don't know

What's going on in your own city You govern this state brother For you not to know what's about to happen It's come on Prepare us Yeah Give us a heads up. All right.

We got more Brown Bag on the way. Clearly, our feelings are everywhere. We appreciate the platform. We know that you listen to us for this exact reason. And we're not going to stop until Eman is like, hey, get out of here. And he might. He might right now. See if that happened.

Before I move forward, I do want to tell you, as Brownbag, as a staff, record label, radio station, and as crew. Yep. You included. We're trying our best to push through this hard time. The ice raids, the protests, the looting, the riots, the National Guard, the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria, all of that. All of it, we're trying our best to move forward with it. A couple things that I guess helped me through the weekend is understanding. And I always say this quote to myself, especially because I'm nojona.

Is. What? Because I'm in Ojona. And, please come to what you think that means. It doesn't mean horns. Okay. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's what he's thinking.

Are you in heat? Was that what? No. You're right. Heat? Bro. I mean, more not. Different heat.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. No, no. I know you might not think this big, Greg, but I get angry a lot. Oh, okay. I don't think that at all, actually. No.

He who angers you, conquers you. All right. And I think something beautiful about the Latino community and the immigrant community, especially the one that's being targeted right now, is how we're able to smile throughout this BS. Shout out to Argy Pak. the best thing and sometimes the most radical thing that you can do in the face of the stuff that we're going through

is smile and laugh and have joy. Yes. Yesterday I would, no, no, no. Yeah, yesterday was Sunday. I was in Long Beach. Oh. For the remote that we had with cricket wireless, shout out of the wireless, where they brought Penta out, Cerro Miedo to see the line of people.

Now, Long Beach is very close to Paramount. Yes. Yeah. Where just the day. before there was so much going on a lot of fear a lot of videos that you've seen on social media and all of that when i tell you the people that came out the kids that came out and the joy that i saw in their face because of penta which by the way he's taller than i thought he was going to be oh yeah did you mean him yeah oh wow the boys took pictures with him and everything but seeing little

kids and their luchador mask seeing people excited and all of that it's like this is probably the one of the most radical things that people are doing right now in the face of what's going to on with this because I know a lot of us are scared and inside maybe not going to work today maybe afraid for our families and our children and our schools and and work and everything but seeing people be so happy in that moment I wish that I could just cap encapsulate that moment and just keep it with me to see everybody so happy in that in that remote over there in long beach people were coming up to me and saying you know what we love listening to brown bag you guys make us laugh every day

and also thank you for standing up for Rasa. Thank you for doing what you do for the community. The fact that those two things go hand in hand when people say hi, what's up to us? To me, that speaks beyond volumes. That's the most rewarding thing. So we're going to get through it. We're going to laugh today, okay?

And guess what? Being laughing with us is not disrespectful. In fact, it's actually the most radical thing that you could do this morning. Yep, yep. All right? Give yourself that. Because everything else is meant to stress you out.

Yeah. We're here to make you laugh. Yeah. Now, send a photo of Greg's face so you can just... Right now, yeah, I look like a zombie right now. Right now? I feel like my eyes are just on the... Yeah, I do have a cobiha. He had a long Sunday.

Very long Sunday. Hey, at least he showed up, like last week. Oh, I think you're saying, not like Maximo. That's really neat. I was going to say, yeah, that's crazy. That's a super existence. Yeah, come on. Maximo, you are morphed to concrete.

Why? What happened? Well, you're sitting in a seat. Oh, yeah. Don't make fun of Maximo's old man disease, okay? I had gastrizzan. These last week too. Yeah. And throughout all of this,

and see the thing, all of this is happening and then I know real life is also happening to you. Yeah. All right, Maximo, definitely going through it. But then also

he has gastritis, bro. Pobreciito. I've never heard like anybody have that. Oh, no, he's had. He has it. Mezothiloma. Well,

this old. Tell you with Meso Pia. I've never met nobody with it. I'm just saying. Well, they don't speak talk about it, okay? No, that's a 70-year-old thing.

That's why. It's like, Gao. gastritis, it's like things on the downslope. That's a 30-year-old thing. Things on the downslope? You got to watch what you eat? He's just have heartburn all the time?

Well, see, this is the thing. That's me. That's me. This is the problem. Gastritis is a real thing in Maximus life. Does he choose his diet wisely? No. So he's going to inflame himself.

I don't know if it's an inflammation or whatever. I need probiotics, my boy. Yeah, tons. He said he's on the way to his ER. I don't know what happens during gastritis, you guys. I just know. You just fill it by your chest and then you just take a thumbs and then that's it. I get it all the time.

Ah, that is great. If Maximo was searching for sympathy, perhaps another day. I'm like, yeah, no, literally, like, if I eat a lot of pizza, like, I'll get it. Oh, yeah. I'll get it. Tomato, like, makes it. So, heart chitos is heartburn? Yeah.

So he's not here today because of heartburn? Well, let's not be in. Yeah, well, maybe. He said extreme. He had extreme gastritis. He had extreme gastritis. Level five, right? He's prided sect.

Oh, once a day. Gastritis is from your stomach. Gastritis is away. Yeah. Yeah. It's like when the hot. It's your gastro-intestinalia. Yeah.

Yeah. It's stuck in the. Stomach inflammation, pretty much. Remember when he had hiccups for like an hour? I get bloated too. I think that's part of it. Oh. Sto-gian.

Somewhere in ER doctor's like, all right, so you're here because. Dian's gas? Because you have a 70-year-old condition? Yeah. Well, shout out, Maximo, and anyone else suffering. Suffering through gastritis. The care of that, just fart in front of your partner, bro. Yeah.

Just do it. Just stop being scared. We also have, once you again, like, I want you to know, because we're discussing, should we, should we do our shoutouts for birthdays or graduations? And I definitely think that we should because honestly, they took, there was a graduation that happened on Friday that ice rated. Yes, that was really sad. And a lot of parents are running away.

And it was like an elementary school graduation at that. Even then, we don't want to do, again, that, that us not acknowledging and celebrating ourselves would be what is wanted. So we're going to go ahead and give these graduates. We had graduation shoutouts, brother. We had graduation shoutouts. Okay. Ari wants to give a graduation shout out to her daughter, Ariel, who promoted to ninth grade.

Come on, big ninth grade, baby girl. Her son Felix, who completed kindergarten and is not going in the first grade. Both of her kids? And another kid. Oh. Moncee, who graduated from UCLA. Oh, Monce. Amazing.

What? All her kids are graduating? It's crazy, right? That's so cool. So money, money lace. Yeah. Jesus wants to shout out his sister Cecilia for graduating from eighth grade. Let's go, Sessie.

Nice. You got this, Sessie. Amy wants to shout out her nephew Jr. for graduating Kinder. Okay. Her niece is Melissa and Joanna and nephew Brian for graduating for fifth grade. That's so merri. Daniel wants to shout out his daughter, Emily. She graduated from fifth grade as well.

Big fifth grade. Now going to sixth grade. Monica wants to shout out her son Christian and Adrian who are graduating as well. Come on, Christian. Those are our shout-outs for today. I got two birthday shout-outs. Go ahead, brother. Tina wants to shout out her son Monica for his birthday.

It's his 16th birthday. 16th. And Monica wants to shout at her daughter, Alicia who turned 13. Big 13. Yes. I did meet a lot of folk that were really, really nice to me. Over there at.

How was Herald? How was Penta? Seromio. Wait, you didn't go, Greg? I was hung over. Dude, the whole week, oh my God, let's see. I'm going to be there. No.

The people came out for Penta. That's good. He was a really nice guy too, and it was a super long line. He came out. He was filming. He was really excited. He signed some cardboard cutouts Those were what we raffled

Everybody wanted it Yeah Because it's like it's this piece of Penta Was it life size? Yes A life size Penta cardboard cutout So how tall is he? Is he actually tall?

He's tall He's tall up? No He's like six feet? Yeah Oh okay okay He's standard than you fools He's concrete

He's like concrete Wait wait wait wait wait wait You say you fools How tall are you like Six feet Yeah Yeah I could tell him But I thought because

Penta and low-key, luchador. Like, I don't know. That's a little thing you too. You think of Ray Mysterio, who's like 5-2. Yeah. And, you know, the goats. Yeah, so is Ray. Penta came out.

Oh, yeah. And he took a phone. Yeah, I knew it. He was really tall. And he took a photo with the boys. And they were sticking their tongues out too. And so I felt really happy for them. Oh, yeah, because that's what he does.

Oh. Super cool guy. But, but while I was there, I did want to big up to Diana and Edgar. you so much for saying hi to me with baby girl gizel thank you for saying hi to me to uh raymond and joseph who just graduated shout out to my guy joseph and nathan big ups to you thank thank you for saying hi franklin and crystal thank you so much for saying hi and everybody else has said hi bro they were giving me penta photos to sign people were like hey can you sign the penta that's pretty cool yeah and i felt like such a fraud no why you were signing them too people are to

And that was right. People are to keep that forever. But yeah, I know. So I turn it on the back. I'm like, I don't feel right signing on his photo. You should know. That's not me. I know.

But you know what it is, Lettie, is that a lot of people think that every single, like, quote-unquote, famous person knows each other and has each other's number and is all besties. So I think that's why. That's why they, I used to think that all the time, too. You guys all know each other, right? It's like, no. When you go to Disneyland, remember you used to have the autograph. Autographs.

Yeah. Yeah. You don't give Chippendell where to sign where you had somebody else sign where you had Cinderella sign. No. No. Yes. But it's like, let me just turn it around and then I'll just sign in the bag.

It's like a movie poster though. Like you just have it there and you have anybody sign it from that movie. Imagine. Yeah, bro. This is my Penta photo with a signature from that girl from Parwoman of 6. Yeah. Yeah. She was there too.

Actually. She was there too. Yes. Yeah. You are that girl. The ones with the. Yes. I'm trying to get a raise

I'm trying to get a raise You are her letty You are her You are that girl Lettie Don't you ever Don't you ever All caps

All cap Okay Latte But you don't know If Penta signed Some Letty Penta printouts or anything You never know By the way

Baby Girl Giselle She did bring a photo Her and her man Dang they're not from out here They drove out here And then they went To the liquor store In El Serino

That my guy slow put my eyes on and they took a photo there they printed that and they had me sign that so I thought that was saying they had pencil signed the eyes they're really not from here because they drove from El Serino to Long Beach like it was nothing probably like oh it's probably close by

I'm like bro you guys are just making some hood tours be careful be careful out there and they do the whole walk he told everything yeah he did the whole walk because he went from like a SUV to inside he was in there like he was in there like

he was in the character 20 minutes to watch To walk. Hey, the walk is extra. He seemed excited when he hopped out the car. He was recording. Super excited. He was really happy.

And the boys have a new hero. You know? Oh, yeah. That's cool. Also, did anybody know that freaking Ronaldo was playing yesterday? It was a really big soccer game. He cried. He thought.

Yeah, Ronald. It was. It was Portugal versus Spain. And in Spain, there's a new soccer player that everybody's talking about. Like, that he's the next Ronald. His name is escaping me. But it was like the hot right now versus the future in soccer. It was a really trippy game.

Portugal ended up winning. So shout out to him. Nice. Portugal. He was crying? He was crying. He was crying. He was crying.

He was crying. He dropped to his knees. Wow. Brother man. Yes. Victor, you went to one of the protests this weekend. Yes. Yes, I was.

It was at the one in City Hall on Spring Street in downtown L.A. So I was there. It was around 2 p.m. showed up. and, you know, just saw, like, I was like, you know what? I want to drive by and, like, see what's going on. And I see the whole crowd, you know, a gather. And then you kind of just get that feeling like, I need to be there.

Yeah. You know, so, you know, I found parking, walked over. And, you know, I'm by myself. I'm just like, all right, like, let's see what happens, you know? Like, obviously trying to be safe. You can make yourself in a wild, bro. Yeah, trying to be safe. But then it's like, okay, like, it's fine, you know, like, I didn't see anything, like, too radical going on at the moment, you know, very peaceful.

So walk in and you know what I noticed is I was looking for obviously like you just expect to see a lot of Latinos There was but there was so many white people black people Asian people people of all types of ethnicities just like Gather together you know marching and I was like looking around I'm like where are the Mexicans like at to an extent inside their house afraid Yeah no and that's what I kind of like gather from that and and you know and there was a lot of you know you know you know obviously We see people with like the loudspeakers and stuff like that. Some of the leaders were black and they were just, you know, screaming the same things that we would. There was even chants in Spanish.

And I was like, wow, I don't think people are even talking about this. You know, it's like everybody's assuming, oh, it's just a bunch of Mexicans down there causing a ruckus. And it was like, no, there's a lot of peaceful people from all, you know, walks of life there, gathered there. That's important, Vic. I guess what I've seen online and I know, I understand. the, I guess the hesitancy to be like and there was people like because online, let online tell it, we're all separated.

None of us care about each other. I've seen a lot of narratives within the black community like tweets and stuff that are getting engaged in the algorithm that it's like, oh, let's stay out of this, it's not our fight, which can be very triggering to, to Latinos. And then to other black homies that are like, bro, we're not even that way. That's not what it is out there. Often it seems like it's people outside of here And not really like boots on the ground

And not really have these relationships Between other ethnicities To me it's really important You said that bro and I appreciate that Because it just shows me yet again We cannot rely on social media like that No Just take that with a grain of salt

Do not let it trigger you It's meant to trigger you because guess what Once you're triggered you're there longer You're on the algorithm You're fighting you're engaging Commenting And look at looking can bring out the ugly in you.

Yeah. So stop. Like, just be aware of that. It'll mentally mess with you. Like, it'll, like, it's not that social media is purposely doing that, but like, like you said, you'll get into a rabbit hole. Just a bad video after bad video after bad video. And it's just, it'll ruin your day.

It'll ruin, like, whatever you're doing in that moment, you're like, wow, I really didn't need to see this. But it's just going to be everywhere in that moment. And even major press is going to, you know, kind of paint that same narrative. And, you know, I was down there also interviewing people once the homie Juan came, camera in a Mike. And so, you know, being in that position, it's like, I was in the position to choose who I'm talking to, right? Yeah. So I'm trying to talk to people of all types of ethnicities to show that diversity down there. And, you know, once I'm talking to people, I'm talking to some of the

organizers and activists. And every time I tell them where I'm from, they're like, okay, hold on. I'll be right back. I got to go check something. And so I think they would go check out my page and make sure, like, okay, they're not like, you know, this organization or that organization that, you know, pushes this bad narrative, right? And then they also had mentioned, like, oh, you know, major press isn't even allowed down here. And I didn't see any, you know, they were a little further. Allowed by the protesters themselves. By the protesters, like, they didn't want to speak to a KTLA or a K.A.

I did see that, like, how they were kicking out. I believe it was Fox. Yeah, they were kicking off. We're like, we don't want that fake news and we don't want that narrative, but you guys spreading it differently. Because you can edit anything to make it seem a certain way, right? So they were willing to talk to me because I was, like, independent. You know what I'm saying?

And they were like, oh, okay, well, that's fine. That's cool. They went to check your page and they're like, oh, he has nothing but lefty gunplay. Yeah. Tommy. What is he Tommy Gun? Tommy Guns in your room, bro. I think we're good.

Yeah, I think we're good. Those guys are certified stepper. Oh, yeah. He's clean. He's clean. Yeah, he's clean. He just plays the OGZ record YG on his page. Yeah.

He's legit. Also, I wanted to tell you guys that I met a street vendor towards the end when I was walking back to my car. And, you know, I wanted to speak to her like, you know, what brings her out. here and stuff like that. She said she actually came for her parents and because she does not want them to come outside. I got some audio of her saying this. Listen to this.

Man, right now the streets are dry. Honestly, I'm out here because of my parents. I do not want them out here for my parents, for my family and my legacy. One message to ice. It's a good ice. Thank you so much, Edith. Thank you so much, Edith. Thank you.

Thank you guys. Shout out to Brown Bag, Lettie. Good morning. Make sure you tap in with Lettie and pop. 1 and 6. Oh, I'm going to cry. Yeah. So it was really, it was really cool.

She was selling ice cream, right? The good ice. Oh, the good ice. Yeah, the good ice. The crunchieres. That's what I was thinking. You know, it just tripped me out. She's not a street vendor.

She was just the parent. I mean, the child of street vendors that wanted to do that for her parents. And that really struck a core with me like, wow. Like, she's protecting. Yeah, that's amazing. You know, and still wanting to, you know, bring home money for her parents. So that was, like, really dope. That was a shout out, Edith, man.

And any, any kid that's out there, I guess, knowing they got to hold down the fort. I'll tell you personally, I don't want my dad out. And my dad has been a resident since forever, right? He got amnesty, that whole situation. But I don't even think it's less about that. It's more of like, you don't know who's getting caught up. Yeah.

Same same. So you want our best, like as their children, like, no, like let me handle it. Like, whatever you need. Like, give me your order, dad. I'll go pick it up for you. You know, I don't need you out right now. And I think that's a lot of what a lot of us are feeling. Oh, yeah.

We got more on everything that's going down here in LA. We also will have a chance for you to chime in. And our homie helpline, baby girl, Gigi, she too. She wants to be active. Yeah. But it might land her in jail. So we just got to, we just got to help her through this time, too. Find out what that's all about in the homie helpline.

All right, check this out, homie. You need a homie or need some help. We need your help. We need a line. I mean, phone line. We got you for the homie help line. Gigi needs our. our help. Gigi sent us a DM and said bless you bless you bless you

that's a really cool sneeze. It's a really cool. It was actually pretty cool. All right Gigi sent us a DM and said brown bag first of all thank you for the post on social I know it's hard to speak up but you're doing it and it means a lot. Oh thank you she said I guess my question is an all around one because I feel like we're meant to we're meant to not get it right how do we peacefully protest our situation right now? what's the right way?

It seems like the only right way to not be seen as criminals is by not protesting at all. Me and my friends don't want to go to jail because of what other people are doing during these protests, but we also don't want to be silent. I don't have the answers,

Sway. I think that's the question we're all asking. Yeah. There is. You went to a protest, Vic. You went yesterday. Yeah. And for the most part, I don't know.

Like, I feel like the organizers mean, everybody means well. Yes. Yeah. It's true. It's a choice of like, you know, whether you want to antagonize law enforcement, right? Because they're going to be out there. But there is people that are specifically going out there to do that. And she wants nothing a part of that at all. Yeah.

And it's easy to be put in a group like that without trying to be in a group like that. You get me? Like you go out there to. And you're there. Yes, you're going out there to peacefully protest, but then the person next to you can start throwing something or start doing this and start doing that. Well, I will tell you.

By the way, to the full throwing that, they're out for you, dog. Yes, everybody's out for you. There's like a bounty on, like, I think, 50,000 or 500,000. You're on the FBI's most wanted list. Yeah. You need to do that with throwing stuff at the ice, SUV. Mm-hmm. There's multiple occasions.

Wait, how much? That's what he got. Wait, wait, wait, how much? No, what I will tell you is that. But from being out there, there's like, there's a front line. Everybody says, like, oh, you went out there, you're on the front lines. And then there's a front front line. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? To the ones that are, like, engaging with the police officers and also being very combative and stuff like that and, you know, throwing things, you know, trying to, you know, hurt them and stuff like that. It's like, and I seen a lot of those people are the ones that climb down on the freeway. Because I was there. But, like, we're on the overpass looking at everybody walked down. and then they're obviously you're stopping traffic now. Yeah.

So now the police officer is going to come. You know, then they, you know, even from the overpass, I was right there. I was just looking and then somebody's like, throw your water bottle at them. And it's like, I'm not going to do it. You know what I'm saying? It's like you have a choice once you're there. Like do you go into group think and you start, you know, doing things that you probably normally wouldn't do? Yeah.

Or do you just keep it peaceful and stay on that same mission that you came for? Yeah. which is, you know, just protest, make your voice heard, you know, strengthen numbers and stuff like that. It's like, it's all a choice once you're there to start, you know, participating in the shenanigans and, you know, breaking Waymo's. Like, we were looking at the waymows that ended up catching on fire. Three of them. But we were just there when they were like written on and the things were broken. And then we like, I go home and then I see on the news that Waymos are on fire.

I was like, damn. You saw it. They went even further than it was, they were already ruined. Like, you made your statement. We become the stereotype that they. say of us. Yeah. We're in a way like proving them quote unquote right. Yeah. Yeah. Because they're not

trying to look at it logically. And you know, a lot of what has gone down when they're saying it's manufactured chaos. It's definitely poking the bear, then telling the bear, hey, treat me right, right? Yeah. Like, again, what they mentioned with the National Guard and the Marines

coming in, it's like, it instantly rises tensions. Yes, it does. And people maybe are going to act out in a certain way that wouldn't have had they not been there. Yeah. Even the ice rage or the presence or the broad daylight part of it naturally is going to agitate you and incite you and now you're all to blame the way you're reacting to this.

And why you, I mean all of us, right? So I guess that's a really great question on Gigi's point. How do you protest in a way that like really sets the tone? You know, what's a demonstration? Is it everybody sitting down? down like cross legs or like locking arms you know linking arms what is that is it i'm wondering and often like kind of going what has been successful in the past yeah what has uh because i guess also in america and this is not to um not as like an encouragement but in america and unfortunately

the show of force is how things get across uh historically historically historically it's been like that's why we have an amendment to make sure we can we can have a strap on us in certain places, you know, because there's such a pride in that like we're America, we're fireworks and booms and taking it by the horns, you know? So telling people to protest peacefully is almost counter to how it would, it's like protest peacefully as you are insanely targeted, affected and all of that. So there's this part where it's like, dang, what would be the correct way?

because everything else is telling me to act primitively. Yeah. You know, to act in such a way. Granted, is it right? No. When I looking at the LAPD cars that are like, like they were under the, they were in the freeway and people were throwing the e-bikes and they're setting those on fire from up top. A couple things. Apparently the LAPD does not agree what the ICE is doing.

They're not the ones carrying out the race. They put out a statement saying the sheriff's department LAPD was both like, hey, we're not. We're not helping them. Yeah, we're not going to popper. However, we do have to keep order in the, in the, like, in the way things are going out. And should you allow the LAPD to keep order, this other stuff doesn't have, like, the National Guard and the Marines, that isn't necessary.

And that's, I guess, what the argument is. Like, it's not necessary because LAPD's got it. But then we're setting their stuff on fire, which, number two, we're paying for that. That's what I was thinking. That's our dollars right there. We're paying. Guess what we just paid for? new fleet of cars for the LAPD.

That's what we just paid. And I guess that's why they're like, leave their, let them, let them ruin our stuff. Yeah. We're going to get new ones. And then we get angry that our money is going to fund these police cars. Yeah. And it's like, it's misplaced, like, kind of hatred and, you know, kind of like, I'll tell you that when we were protesting, we passed by the LAPD headquarters.

And there was a lot of police officers on the roof just watching. Right. But they didn't, they weren't working. Like, they were obviously at work. but they were all Latino. I could tell you, I could see their faces. They were just looking at us, like, checking out the march. You know what I'm saying?

Like, they weren't antagonizing us or, you know, saying anything. But the whole crowd, most of the crowd was. Because some of them have parents. And, yeah, I didn't feel, like, just from their stairs, like, I didn't feel like they were against us, you know, necessarily. But they also, I guess they represent. And here's maybe because we haven't been in too informed. We just see the ice rates go down.

And honestly, we just, we had that conversation. station in the beginning of the show. How much did our government, our local government, know about what was going on? If I've seen a video online saying that they had a heads up that there was like a, this is going to happen for 30 days, which I don't want to confirm as that, but I saw a video about it too. So it's like, dang, if you had a heads up, prepare your people. Yeah.

Like, hey, ICE is coming through, dogs. Like, do whatever you need before. So then we would feel like you're on our side versus afterwards, right? So I think people are in question, like, and then they see authority. and they take all authority. That's the whole, like, kind of a sentiment, you know, at the protest is I felt like it's all authority bad. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah. It's like, can be true, you know, and the LAPD obviously has had its own issues, you know, but I was just like looking at the people that were looking at us and I was just like, I don't think they're like mad right now. Like, they were just scoping it out. Because a lot of these guys don't know. A lot of these information is complementalized and it's like a need to no basis. Not everybody knows.

Right, right, right. And then everybody in a position of power or government or law enforcement knows exactly what's going on. You know, we're talking about the higher ups, the soups and all that, you know, like the guys and, you know, behind the desk that maybe, no. And, and again, a lot of those guys are incentivized, like you said earlier, Angie, that people are trying to get funding for certain parts of their city to fix their cities or whatever. And it's like, well, I'd rather stay quiet than mess up the bag in a way. Yeah. And you said that all fair, but thank you for saying it on her. Oh.

It's okay. It's okay. Like Vic was saying, people see authority and they just think everybody's together and that, like all the authorities together. So they just have that anger. Yeah. They just let all that anger out that they have towards any authority and just go crazy. You know, too, I guess the way that this all is being played out,

because often I think also too with our leaders, we have to be really careful about, I guess the messaging that you're having. We spoke again earlier about Gavin Newsom-specific messaging and, like, his back and forth and with Tom Holman and with Trump and like, oh, he's a flat out liar and oh, come arrest me then and all that stuff. But then also saying you have really good combos with them. And so it's like a weirdness, like which one is it? But also when you say things like they're doing it illegally,

like the government, they're doing it illegally. What they're doing is being like, so what you're, how do I say this? Like the reaction of the people that you're trying to tell them, hey, do things legally in their brain of the ones that are kind of going crazy and extreme, why should we if they're not? Like if they're doing this illegally, like if what Trump's doing, we're supposed to be a sanctuary city and if he's defying anybody's authority and he's just kind of overdoing the, like, why is my reaction worse?

Yeah, yeah. If I'm meeting him with the energy he's giving me, right? So it's just, I don't know that there's any logical reason to speak because it's like, be logical, don't get triggered, which is that's the message. Don't get triggered. Don't be, don't let prove them right. In those sense, totally understandable. But there's pride in some people that it's like if he, if someone slap me in the face, I have to just be like, all right, he's not me in the face. But if I slap him in the face, I'll probably go to jail.

You know what I'm saying? So let me not. 10 times out of 10, they're not going to say that. They're going to slap the person back. You know, it's going to turn into something. I guess elevated. Yeah. It makes it feel like if rules don't matter for you, why do they matter for me?

Exactly. Yeah. And I would only tell you rules matter for you because guess you're B side. Yeah. You're not A side. The government is A side. Yes, you will get locked up. Yes, they will.

When in these situations, there's cameras all over our city. There's cameras on buses. There's cameras. There's rings everywhere, especially in downtown because of how crazy he gets. They are going to find you, bro and sis. And you are, like, I've seen them. They're starting to arrest people. that are defying the orders of the unlawful,

once they deem it unlawful assembly and you're still staying there, you're defying orders, boom, you're arrestable. These fools are not arrestable. You've got to understand the game's not fair. Yeah, it's different, you know? Even if you think, well, if they throw rocks at me, I'm throwing rocks back, it's not going to work in your favor. So you're saying, like, I'm track seven of the album?

No. Because you just said B-side? A-side and B-side is more of a term of, like, boxing. I was thinking music. Like let's say Canelo is A side, right? He gets to call the terms. Whoever's fighting him is B side. He can't make it call any shots.

It's like, hey, we're fighting on my terms. I'm the A side. You're the B side. You got to just take it if you want this fight. I was thinking music wise over here. Like albums, A side, B side? No. That's great.

When in reality, the people should be A side. Yeah. Because we are the people. They work for us at the end of the day. We pay the taxes. So I guess that's the perfect question. How to be. become the A side in this while not giving them the excuse to arrest us, to call us like

unlawful assembly to make that demonstration known, you know? How do we march? You know, I was at a March. It was 2014 at the capital, at D.C. Oh. And I was going to mention this previously because it had a lot to do with the climate at the time and it was a lot of police brutality towards our black brothers and sisters. and I remember being there and seeing how organized and how amazing that it was and it felt good.

And granted, we're at the Capitol. They could feel as straightened as possible. Yeah. You know that there's all of these people from different races marching. But it wasn't. It was a march. Reverend Al Sharpton spoke. And then it was dispersed.

So I'm wondering, how do we get to that? Yeah. Like, what is that? Is it because we're organizing really quickly that it's getting kind of out of hand? Yeah, I think the main thing is the organization, the organizers. And it's like even within, you know, the body of people that are there, it's like there's antagonizers, right? There's people in my ears telling me, throw your water bottle at them. I'm like, bro, I'm not going to do that, right?

Okay, we all. And chill out, okay? No, no. But it's like, then, okay, if we don't want the police to police us, then we have to police ourselves, you know, even at these places. It's like, oh, throw this. No, don't. Don't do that. You know what I'm saying?

We have to call these people out there, like, let's break into the Jordan store. No. We're not going to do that. And physically get in their way at a cost of maybe you get into an altercation with them. But it's like you keep the organized, you know, kind of theme going and to make sure that, you know, we don't seem disorganized and violence and stuff like that. Yeah. But yeah, like at 7 a.m. We do it.

Yeah. And at 9 a.m., there's tacos. And then at 10 a. I don't know. Like, it has to be something so they know. More organized. Otherwise they show up and they're like, so what are we doing? Yeah.

But let's get calls on it. Shout out to our girl, Gigi. She wants to know what would be, I guess, in this time where even organizing may seem like you're doing it illegally because someone's bound to throw something or say something or like what equals unlawful, what is it? Unlawful assembly when I just want my voice heard. And are there other ways to protest? You know, a few months ago, a few weeks ago, we did the day without an immigrant. That's a form of protesting, you know? But then other people get upset at that.

Why are we doing it that way? So it's like, what would be the right answer that does. doesn't end us up in jail that maybe we can start implementing as a whole. Gigi sent us a diem and said that she wants to know how to protest the right way. All right? She wants to protest without getting arrested, seeming like a criminal. Gigi's having some dark thoughts. Yeah.

She's like, I want to protest peacefully. But when I go up there, my hands just get hot. I don't want to go to jail. I don't want to go back. The little devil in her shoulders. Just do it. What's a big voice heard? I think that, again, anger, fear, frustration, all understandable.

Everybody that is going through it and the visuals that we're seeing, the ice rates itself on the news. Then we're seeing different things on social, people literally posting their parents or a family showing up to a court, like an immigration hearing, and their child being removed from them, you know? All of that stuff has been real and not just. this past weekend. It's happened throughout the months. We do our best to like look at it, be empathetic, but it's like,

we got to push forward, but it's kind of in our face, you know? Oh, yeah. And a lot of what our feelings are stuff that has been festering. It's been, it's stuff that's kind of been throughout the years, through the feeling, through since the election,

I think we've all, at least the conversation we've had in here at Brownback is that, you know what? We understand what it is with the president that we have, still hoping for the best. Then there's some of us that loki ended up voting for him because maybe, and I had this conversation with my husband, a lot of times with identity politics and how it got into, maybe we don't believe in something else that he doesn't believe in in his agenda, but then

have voted against our best interest because maybe we believe only women should be women and men should be men. And because of that, I voted for him. But now because of that, this immigration stuff is happening. It's a real combo that we, that has happened throughout this time. And then we're kind of even being told, okay, it's just the criminal. So that was the conversation in November and throughout the election, like, all you're tripping, if you're here legally, don't worry about it. But then we're seeing people that are literal citizens get caught up in all of this.

And granted, there have been moments where it's like, okay, it's an isolated moment. No, bro, now it's all up here. It's everywhere. It's everywhere. You know, we're not too far removed from the time where, and I hate that this is where I learn my history, a movie. but in my family My Familia, the movie Jennifer Lopez, they're in California

and no, that was actually my favorite role of hers, she gets put together in a truck, she's in a citizen or she has her this, but because they just thought you look like you don't belong here, boom, you're going out, you're in Mexico, right? And this was when California was still Mexico, all of that, right?

So there's things that historically have happened to us that I think we should not lose sight of, that of course, understanding your feelings are valid. Your feelings have been festering. Your feelings are feelings. You try to figure out where to place it.

Is it debating someone online? Is it getting mad at your homie? Is it fighting the fool with the Nopal on his face but has a MAGA hat? No, not you brave. You have a hidden hills hat right now, but you do have a Nogba. Or even on the other end, like if you're on that side and you're looking at like, y'all just don't get it. There's frustrations on all ends. So it's all come to a head this past weekend.

Yeah. Whichever way you feel. Yep. There was a van that tried to run over protesters. Somebody was upset at them, you know? Then started doing donuts, got into a chase. They caught that dude, right? Good.

So both sides are feeling it and calm. Yeah. You know? So what is the way to, I guess, calm that? Be the, I don't know, be the ocean. Meditate. The Oos. Be the Usa in this moment.

be the Kendall Jenner with a Pepsi in this moment No But it's like that's what we're searching for Yeah She's remember that? She saved us Where's she out with her Pepsi Yeah

We could use it That's what the world needs now As insane as that looks It's like that's what How do we fight it Without physically fighting it Yeah, but just physically drink Yeah just everybody drink or rotata

Yeah make everything better Okay I'm asking a serious question This is a serious question. No, it is. You're right. KPWR, HD1, Los Angeles, Paran 106, L.A's number one for hip-hop. The question is, from our girl, Gigi, how do I peacefully protest?

What is the right way? Especially when I go to peacefully protest, like, big up to snow the product. I saw her out there sitting down peacefully protesting, covered up because she didn't really want that, like, the attention. But, of course, it's no, you're going to notice her. And that's one era, one side. that same protest a couple miles away is they're throwing stuff at clocks. Yeah. You know?

So then it kind of invalidates the whole thing as a movement. Yeah. And a lot of media outlets are not going to cover the peaceful one. They're going to cover the one that's going crazy. Yeah, because I guess my views. Yeah, exactly. So that's what it's going to make people and be like, oh, that makes me want to do more and stuff like that. Oh, gosh.

All right. So let's go to the phone lines. We got Sam from Boy Heights. Sam. Sam. Good morning, Sam. Sam Good morning

Sam What's going on over there? What's going on? What's that noise? You're back in the porcel? Oh, that's not That's a prox car right there I just shut it down

All the sanitation drivers Who are working Come on I'm driving a trash truck But I just shut it down Because it's too noisy Oh no Sam We appreciate your work bro

The trash man I appreciate you Sam talk to us What would you tell Gigi So yeah So look I want to start out first By saying

By quoting Dr. Martin Luther King, right, who's now revered as this huge, you know, civil rights leader, rightfully so, right? But back then he was active, you know, the U.S. hated him. Just quickly point out the hypocrisy. But look, Dr. Marluka King said, riots are the voice of the unheard, right? So to directly respond to the homie hop line, the person that called in, there's, I don't think there really is the right or wrong answer, right? You're going to know your own capacity, your own limitations, right?

you're going to put yourself out there on the front lines, you know, do so in a safe way, try to be partnered up with somebody else. That way you guys have each other's back, right? And yeah, I don't think there's really a right or wrong answer. Yesterday, I'm a member of an organization called Centro CSO based on a Boyle-Hite-Estele. We organized a rally and a march out of Maraci Plaza to the detention center, right? Wow. So our events, our functions are always going to be, you know,

violent and peaceful because we have the kids, we have the family members, so we have we have tight security. We always ensure everybody's safety and we're able to return back safely as well. But, you know, when we got to the detention center, it was it was cracking right there, you know, so we were like, you know, there's kids in our march. So for their safety and their best interest, let's turn around and march back to Boyle Heights. Wow. I guess being an organizer, Sam, and thank you for that. And shout out to what did you say, Centro for CSO? It's Central CSO So it stands for Community Service Organization

Nice And you know what I just want to big up the city of Bois Heights And also neighboring East L.A. I will tell you that the most active people that I've ever met Have come through that city A city that doesn't have much

But they do have each other Some of the most outspoken And active people that have helped The Latino community Come from where you're coming from So I first and foremost Want to appreciate you for that But I will say, I guess, when you're looking at everybody else turn up as an organizer yourself,

what do you think are like the signs of like this is about to turn up or how do you stop it from happening in yours? Yeah, well, fortunately for us, we're, you know, we are real organized. You know, we always have a security team looking out for infiltrators. You know, the cops are, they'll go above and beyond to try to pretend like they're protesters. To answer your original question, you know, it's always, look, when you see the cops geared up, full right gear shooting tear gas, yesterday we got tear gas, again, we had family members, right? We were not provoking anybody. We had children.

We were there peacefully, and they just unprovokingly attacked us with tear gas. So you have to be able to gauge the situation. You have to be able to kind of get a feel for the vibe, specifically with the cops, you know, because they're always the ones who are instigating. Their ICE is instigating this whole situation. LAPD is collaborating with ICE. This whole idea of a sanctuary city we know is a bunch of nonsense, right? Because we see the response of local authorities, LAPD, sheriff's apartment.

So all we're doing is just saying, hey, back up off of us. We want to defend ourselves. And some of us are willing to do so by any means. That's very. Right. Sam, I appreciate your call. I will kind of just, I don't know, just from what I've read and what I've seen. Granted, I'm not there with you at your.

specific protests but the police are saying hey we are not in collaboration with ice we're here for the protest we're not here carrying out ice rates like we are not here to to we're more on the y'all are there's a granted there's a big uh protest going on so our presence has to be there yeah just to keep as it would be had ice not even been there like when we're protesting for other reasons they're protecting the way most i was kidding so stupid yeah yeah so let's take it back a few weeks ago when all this stuff started right there was uh There was ice sightings in South Central. There was a few South Central ice, uh, confirmed ice signings.

And what did LAP do? LAPD do? Sure, they're not, uh, snatching people off the streets for deportation proceedings, whatnot, right? Um, which, you know, it wouldn't surprise me if they, if they began to do that, right. Sure, they're not doing that. But when there's confirmed ice reporting, uh, reported signing community shows up. We're defending, we're defending our community members from ice.

and LAPD, they're actively choosing to take the role of, oh, we're here to provide traffic control, right? So this one particular situation I have in my head is when it was on the street that they completely blocked off to section protesters away from where the family was being kidnapped, you know, where this ICE kidnapping was taking place. So that's, you know, that in itself is collaboration with ICE. You know, they're putting their body. Protection, too, for you guys too? Because what would be the solution then? I guess what would we want them to join us? Well, look, if they were to join us, you know, I don't know how I'd feel about a Hura, you know, join.

I know. I guess, thank you, Sam. I appreciate your call. I guess it is the tread light. Like, if you feel so inclined, you have to understand there's a risk to it. Yeah, there is. Because even if your intention is not that, it may be like a group think, a emotion. and then it ends up happening where just the energy is high in that sense.

Because when you're in a group like that, they're not going to specifically look at you and be like, oh, well, we saw you not doing anything over there, so you're fine. Everybody together. It's everybody. You know, even like me and Juan, we're like, oh, should we get closer?

Should we go to the freeway? And then part of me is like, I got to go to work tomorrow, dude. I can't, you know, risk it. Because it's like the people down there are going to be the first people to be arrested. But if that went to go down there. The people are down there are looked at the same way that you're up there. You. You can say, hey, we're not doing that and why can be like, I don't want to break a nail, but you're low-key next to someone that's telling you throw a bottle, you know? So they're like, you're on that too. It's a weird double-edge thing. Let's talk to Noemi and Van Nuys. What's up, Noemi? Whenos Diaz? Oh, noemi went. I really want to talk to her because Gigi clearly is new to this. So she wants, is wondering like, how do I see myself? Where do I start? Yeah, what do I do? Um, let's give, uh, let's go to Lily and Van Nuys.

What's up, Lily? Good morning. Lily. Lily. Lily. Lily, you there? All right. Let's go to Rudy.

Rudy and Eastlos. What's up, Rudy? What's up? How's it going, Brown Bang? Goa, Rudy. Rudy, talk to us. What would you tell Gigi? So let me, let me give you a brief on on Gigi.

So she hit us up. Loki, all of this is getting to her, just like I'm sure it's getting to all of us on whichever way you're on it, like on, on, On whichever side you feel about this, there's some anger in her. And she's like, I want to voice my opinion. I want it to be big and seen. So the natural, I guess, inclination would be to go out and protest. However, I'm not trying to go to jail.

What is the right way to protest? It seems like even just going out feels like it ends up turning into something illegal or they'll find a reason to say what we're doing is not the right way. So what is then? Like, what is the answer? It's almost similar to you should get here legally. Like, I should get her legally, but then there's so many roadblocks to do that. Yeah.

And then when I do do it legally, you guys find something illegal about it. Like, again, these people that are doing it legally going to the immigration court and everything, they're getting caught up there. Yeah. So are those terms even real that do it legally or peaceful protest is what she's trying to understand and how she can do that? Rudy, what do you say? I think there's a bunch of different ways to do it. I'm from the Prop 17th generation from the 1919. I mobilize in my high school.

And so like, but, you know, these are new times and there's a lot more tools out there. And so, like, I'm an educator. I'm within education. And students have been putting on different things. There's an organization called Cherla, T-H-I-L-A-U-S-Skore org on Instagram. They have a lot of different strategies. Yeah, they have a lot of different strategies. But I'm not here with my son.

we always watch Brownback and he was actually active and mobilizing students at Franklin High School. And, you know, I want to pass it. I want to pass it to him and tell, show an example of what people are doing on the ground level and high school. So Alejandro is right here right to me. What's up, Alejandro? Hello. Hi, Brown Bag. My name is Alejandro.

Hi. I go to Franklin High School and today is my graduation. But I've been wanting. to focus more on kind of giving out resources to my community before I leave the school. And so I've been working with some friends from across other schools in LUSD like Wilson, Bravo, to create a pamphlet for students and families to know their rights with resources and information about what they can do if one of their family members or loved ones gets detained by ICE. and also we've also been active with protests at our schools and being vocal about these issues

because really this is a lot of students fear what's going on right now immensely and so it's affecting our everyday lives and it's even affecting even the possibility of going to graduation which is something that you should not yeah you guys should not feel any hesitancy to celebrate yourselves in what you did and getting over high school And Alejandro, I guess when it comes to the kids and you guys, I know there's that fear, but I'm wondering if there's also that rise and like we got to do something about it. Like you said, it's graduation, but I'm focused on this. And I know that that's heavy and you're a teen.

But I guess when you guys organize, do you organize walkouts? Do you guys organize some sort of demonstration? Is there a way that you guys become a part of these protests, but not in a way where it negatively impacts the, the perception of us? Yeah, we organized one of the walkouts in February, but there was a lot of walkouts in February

in LUSD schools. Ours and particularly, we took weeks in order to finally go through with it because we're in contact with organizations with the brown breads to keep us secure in the streets. Amazing. And it's just making sure that safety is our number one priority and that our message is able to be

with everybody. I love that. And they're also they're taking, sorry, they're taking a new strategy right now. Like, um, I'll have had a call last night to talk about folks. Well, one of, uh, one of our friends in Michael Madre, she's, she's in FIU. She spoke out and he asked her for advice. And so, um, you know, he was worried about, you know, students, um, you know, being in trouble. So I'll have her just share real quick about what, what you guys talked about yesterday. I mean, it's about the walkouts that are supposed to happen today. Yeah. I don't know if people have seen already, but there's intentions to go walk out to

City Hall, to downtown L.A., specifically. And right now, compared to February, in February, it's a whole different climate. The National Guard is now involved. And so I think it's important to raise voices on these issues, especially students. but it is important as well that students are secure because they are the future generation leaders in this country. Thank you, bro. I can't wait to vote for you. Because I know that.

You're headed that way. And shout out dads too. I love that, Rudy. Stay together. Stay strong. Much love, brown bag. Thank you. Appreciate you.

I was wondering. I had a little thing, but this might be my little party person in me. What is it? What if we all wore uniforms? Uniforms. Because, okay, the, shout out to the brown brace, right? Yeah. They, they famously would wear brace so you see who they are, right?

Yeah. Similar to Loki, the Black Panther Party, you knew who they wore, they wore, the patches. You understood where they stood. And I guess that helped at least them organize in a way that if you're a part of them, and granted, both definitely targeted, but maybe this is not a good idea. But what I'm saying is like in order In order for us. Because I guess the people in general.

I guess in order for it to not get out of hand. So we know it's like they're not the ones that are kind of going off the cuff. And we all get grouped into where all the ones throwing rocks and e-bikes and all of that. It's like what if we kind of have a set look that is like not. And if you go this way, you almost have that. There's some standards to I guess what we represent. No, yeah. That's a.

It was just an idea. I mean, that also becomes like an organization. Like, I mean, look what happened to the Black Panther. I know. Do you hear me catch my soul? Yeah. So now you become an entity and they're like, oh, yeah, you're against the. But shouldn't you want that too?

Yeah, but then the FBI's like, yep, got them. They all wearing the same shirt. Perfect. They just made our job so much easier. But what if you're being peaceful doing it? But they don't care. To them, it's not peace because it's not them. Yeah.

You're opposed. This is Gigi's question and I'm trying to help her out. You are. On the line, we have our friend, Roxette. So Roxana was part of the organizing of a day without an immigrant where people didn't show up to work and they didn't purchase things in order to. I just let the government know, hey, we're not standing for what is happening right now. So, Roxanna, we have you on a good morning. Hello, Buenos Aires.

How are you? Good. Here. Here. We're here. We're present. Roxana, where are you in California? I am in Northern California.

Okay. So stuff is happening. up there too I hear absolutely yeah so San Francisco is definitely doing their walkouts and solidarity of what's going on in LA we have had some detentions and stuff but we absolutely are here to support because we know that it's a matter of time right it's happening in LA San Diego Bakersfield and it's happened somewhat here but it most likely can happen and you know my concern out here too is that our rural areas like Bakersfield too is like they don't have the support that for

example you have in LA showing up in those numbers so we do have to bring that solidarity in for sure. I guess it's the question that has no answer, and it's how do you peacefully protest when things always end up turning, like you can't really control everybody's state of mind, stuff gets violent at points, or you get unlawful assembly, and all of a sudden you're committing a crime when you didn't know you just showed up to be a protester and speak up, where we're finding people want to use their voice, but also using your voice. always comes at the cost of like now again you are committing a crime when i'm assuming you're doing

it thinking this should be my right to do you know right and i think that's all usually the overall intent to make that happen but i think we see this anywhere around the world it's usually when we get into that group mentality that that group think happens there's also that a lot of the movements are always sparked because of the anger and the rage that we feel about the injustices that are happening but we have to remember that even though that is what feels and kicks off the movements. It's actually love that holds us through. And if you can put yourself through that space first and get grounded, which I really want to invite everyone on this call and on air to really take a deep breath and acknowledge where you're at right now in the second

in and completely out to be present in your body so that we don't get pulled into all of the craziness that happens while you're marching, but also while you're trying to get things done. I know a lot of people have anxiety right now with due reason. But also being in person is not the only way to do advocacy. There's so much more that we can do. Well, I guess that that's the question. You know how you guys made the day without an immigrant or like organized that. What can someone do that may know like, bro, if I get out to this protest, man,

I'm just grab the closest thing to me. Yeah. And just chuck it. Because that's how Greg is. I try. Like I know you said in the club. You need to read the situation. Greg said he saw two people about to fight

so then he started playing crunk music He started playing like, what you can't do? And I was like, no, you can't do that, bro. Don't it crazy, Greg. He started playing 3-6 Mafia. He feeds into that energy. All great music, by the way. No, but I guess what would be that?

Is it doing a social media post? Is it doing a podcast? Like, I guess what are other routes to go? You know, there's so many, and especially now with technology, there's so much more that we can do. I mean, people got creative before, but I'm just even thinking right now, if we did a test with you on, you know, like, let's do a minute of advocacy and activism every day. And we, like, specifically target going live and tagging, say, the governor or the mayor of your city or whoever's in charge of making sure that they, you know, have ICE and other people like retreat. Like, you can really make this happen.

You have the airwaves and you have youth that can do that, too. I mean, there's people who have so much followers that they can make that happen as well. So you can really find ways to strategically act online, but also in person. Like, I mean, if you were to mobilize even everyone in media that you know that is attuned to this topic. Because, like, yesterday, I saw even the media getting, like, shot at yesterday, you know, with that. So, you know, there's so much that we could do. The other thing is, like, let's look at some traditional stuff that we don't do anymore so that we can also, like, you know, kind of catch people by surprise.

So like a lot of teachers can't organize an actual letter. Like let's flood these darn politicians at the state level with physical letters, like bags of them, where they can't ignore them, right? I feel like Newsom is good at ignoring us. I know, I know. They're so good. But I mean, but also like, why are we not going there, right? Why are we doing the statewide protest right now?

You know, when I heard someone talk about La Centei-Siette. Like when that happened, it was statewide. We went to the streets, not just locally, but statewide. You know, so there's a lot of that. You know, your Aweilita can organize people for prayer. Like, this is, like, so many layers of what you can do. And doing and combining the digital with the in-person advocacy, right? Like, I think that's the part that I think we all forget.

Like, we have all these tools now. How can we get more creative? Also, your safety online, too, right? Because I think it's, like, depending what you're putting out there, too, some people are being targeted because of that. So please be careful about that. That doesn't mean we don't do things. We just got to get very strategic.

And we've got to get really, really engaged. And the other thing is learn of the different layers. I mean, there's local advocacy groups that are doing great. There's statewide coalitions. There's national organizations. And there's international organizations that we should be tapping into, which is where I'm going to be focused on coming forward. But we also need to kind of train and learn from the past

and bring that new energy of all the good stuff that creativity that people have now. and the fearlessness, because I see that on a lot of our immigrant communities who aren't documented in the past didn't want to speak. I see a lot of youth not caring because they're over it, right? Yeah. But how do we create support systems for them to ensure that they're not getting targeted beyond, you know, like, you know, just like a post? But I know it's so tricky, but I think this is why we need the old school and new school,

everybody together. Thank you, Roxanne. This is all hands on deck. I just want your take on my idea of a uniform. I think we just named my grandma with a chancla out there. No, I'm serious about the uniform. So, you know, I hear you with the uniform. I hear you with the uniform thing.

I think if there's something good to having that unison idea, I also see the challenges around that because, like you said, yeah, people got targeted in the past. But look at the movements that have happened, and this was actually led by the mothers, like in Argentina, I think also Cuba, other places, where they lost their children. So the women organized and wore like just white, right?

And that right there was so significant because you're just seeing a sea of people wearing white. Demonstration. Thank you, Roxana. Thank you for the call. I appreciate you. And everything that Roxanna has done, they're going to do it continue. Not like she said, she's going to go on an international stage. Yes.

Gigi. Gigi. Again, I feel like you ask the question that there's no specific answer to. All you need to do is just, ooh, before you go out there. That's it That's it Like just What if we just

Organize a big old dance A dancer A cumbia A cumbia dance Yeah Like You can't mess Because what I've seen

Sometimes when people Are being very racist Towards Towards Latinos Or like a business That then someone Will pull up with Mariacchi at their spot

And kind of like You hate it so much We're still gonna be us Like the biggest The biggest example Of who we are And our joy and stuff And I don't know

It would be cool to have Like a. Yeah. Like a zapatia at the, a zapatiado in the center? In that moment, just La Chona right then and there. Nobody can resist it. Yeah, that's true. Everybody.

La Chona comes irresistible. All right. I don't know. Those are just my ideas. At least I brought some to the table. No, absolutely. The uniform is great. I think the grandma.

I got it. She's wearing bright orange and a brown hat. Right there. Oh, they made this so. easy. Oh, my gosh. Wow. I didn't think they'd make the same mistake again. I was just thinking. No, it's not wrong. It's good idea. It's good, but yeah. It's tough talking. Like I said earlier in the show, the biggest way we can show our resistance and our love for each other is to have some joy, have some laughs. Yes. And talk about Las Milos. So again, we're going to get into this,

Greg. I need you to definitely, well, I'll play a song for you. But everyone's asking about where the influencers are you doing? I know concrete you got hella like, who's going to speak good? You have to be a leader. You have to lose your platform. You can't benefit off of a Rosan. I didn't even graduate eighth grade, dog. And not.

Why are you asking me, dog? Scrolling with the homie. You're a homie Gregorio. Leti. I know, bro. I know. Our primas, las milamores. I love these girls.

And they're about to get so much hate. but they, I'm just going to shut up. Yeah, I appreciate them. They're getting so much hate right now because their latest video that they just posted, you know, about the whole situation, the ice. Yeah, which was very informative.

They found a way to make it entertaining. And if you don't know, Las Milamores, they are two sisters. Yes, they are. From East L.A. I don't want to get it wrong. I believe East L.A. It's East L.A.

I've got it. And they're usually known for being big Dodger fans. Yes. Oh, yeah. That's right. So they usually Do dodge your chance.

And that's how people know them. You know what I'm saying? And now they're using their platform. They have a huge platform. They're a lot of followers. And they're like, you know what? We're going to make our own freestyle about what's going on right now. But like the comments are just like, yeah, yeah, we don't need this.

Stop or something. I like to go. No, we needed that. I was asking. I'm like, man, where are they at? Yeah. This is what you get when you guys are like, where are the influencers? Yeah.

Why are you using your platform? Somebody call John Rule. That's Mila Motors, please. Right now put them on line one. This reminds me of the skit with Dave Chappelle where there's like, there's talking about like the 9-11 attacks and it's like, all right, we're going to bring in Jha Rule to see what we think of that is. Oh my gosh. And it's like, wait, what? Why do we need to hear from him?

I'm influenced by them. Let's see what Las Milamore is have to say. Stop, stop with a ice raid. If I shows up to not resist, claim your right. Know your rights. Shh. Stay silent. Request a lawyer.

All Unido Hamas Ceremos Stay safe My favorite part Can we all say our favorite part I know Let's salute

Can we just salute These They're wearing an army pants So We were the camo leggings I love the shoe I thought it was just Horsel

Right Stay quiet This part No you're right My favorite part Personally That got the point Across to me

People are Going in on them Yeah I love you I love it. I love it. It's a... Congress saying no.

Yeah. Okay. I was a little confused. No, it's not the message. Oh, then what is the message? It's the delivery of it. It's the delivery fool. It's the iconic Las Milamores.

The courteous is going to do it. It's like, wait, wait, wait, guys, guys, the city's burning. Okay. Okay, let's get ready. Let's do our makeup. Let's get an outfit. Five, six, seven, eight. Yeah, let's do the whole choreograph.

They do the whole. Stop with the ice spray. I feel like I'm going to start playing fattie kick or something. It's not the message. It's the delivery. I like the delivery. We were just talking about having the dance with La Chona playing. That is true.

They would be there. That's not Lachona, dog. Everybody goes to not Thuganis right there. Fuganis right there. Can I also point out that they use the different flow than they usually do, and I appreciate it. They do. They switch it up, man. They switched it up one time for the ball.

A lot of times. It's kind of like the same flow, but this time it's not. It's different. Yeah, they're making everybody go. You sit on the wall. The information that they gave is actually really good information. If you do happen to be stopped by ice or something, be silent. Rick, you have a right to a lawyer.

Yes. That's how it gets you to remember because, look, people are handing out cards. Yes, people are doing graphics and all of that. But if it takes this song or this social video. Yeah, this little. Then for you to remember to what? I know. Your rights.

This should be the chance that people are doing in the protest. Like if I was doing this chat in the protest, I'd be like, wow, I know a lot. Okay, something funny, that's not funny, but they're doing chance at the protest, right? Yeah, yeah. And I'm like, this can use some work. Like, some of the chance, like,

we need some chant writers, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm probably? You're out of writing. You're out of me? Let's be that moly this? What's going on with? That's like, That's like a silly thought I had while.

So what do you got? What do you got? Well, I got to work on it. Well, what did you hear? Like, I heard the chinga la migra. Isn't that... Bro! Isn't that pop-co?

What? Yeah, no. No, no. What? That's a bad word? Yes. And Spanish. What does it mean?

In your brain. Don't say it out loud. No, don't say the word. The first word that you... I disagree with amigra. Exactly. Yeah. I didn't know that was a bad word.

You heard Chiwawa La Migra. I thought that was Popco from the A I eat guy. Did he do a song like that? Oh, yeah, he did. Yeah, he did. I thought it was cleaning. You heard Chihuahua La Migra, right?

Yes. Sure. And you don't like that or you like it? No, I, no. You don't like it. No, because. Well, I guess here's the time. Let's work on it.

Yeah, we got to work on it. You know what you can chant though concrete? Stop, stop, get the ice wave. If ice shows up, do not resist, clean your right. Yep. I want to know, like, I want to know, like, what beat are they listening to? Their own. It's their own beat.

They're on their own. Their metronome is like, T-da-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T. I love you, girls. And you know what? You used to do their music video, so shut up! I love them.

I love that. I love that. You were saying this one. I love that when they emboiced you? I love them. I love them. I love them. I love them.

I love them. But I just want to know what BPM they're using. You know, ask them when you did their music video. Yes, I was about to say that. Me too. You should have that? When you were doing the music video. I did.

And what did they tell you? They sent me a zeal. They said, they say, be silent. I love the. Hey, just, I love them.

Just, I love them. Just, shh. Stay silent. I love them. I love them. I love them. We just got figured out. We just got figured out.

So then what ideas do you have? Yeah. Let me think. Let's a good chat. Because I do, there's always the, um, La gente,

um, Hamasena vencida. Yeah, that was good. So then which one are you hating on? It was some other ones. It was just like they didn't really rhyme. They were like a little long.

I heard the say it once, say it twice. We don't get down with ice. That's cool. See, I like that one. That one, right. Who is it the L.EFC, the chat group that they have? 3252. Yeah, they have a little chat.

Oh, they have incredible chat. They need to bring 3252 people over to, you know. Preachry. Bring it to the organizers. You know, they can share some knowledge and like, yeah. Because like, I was like, this, she's just making a lot. up on the spot that she goes. The lady.

Power to her, but yeah. But look, but look, man, it's gonna go viral and the message gonna get across a shout out to that. Yeah.

Like, we'll just clown. Stay silent. Just play it in full. I want, hey, girls, I want you to know and it is fun and it is joking

and I know that you too, you guys understand. Like, you understand the assignment. But then also it's like, hey, be careful what you ask for when you're saying,

hey, influencers. Like, what you want? What you want? What do you want? These makeup influencers to do a makeup tutorial to ice rates? Get ready with me to go.

That'd be crazy. But it's like we're going to hate whether they do, we're going to hate whether they don't. Yeah. What are you doing? User 762? Yeah, with no picture. With no default picture. Yes.

And you know what? We have the same platform. It's hard to fight the battle when you can't see the other person. See? And this video has been going viral. It's like I said 1.2 million views right now. Well deserved. Well deserved.

Play it one more time. Stop. Stop with the ice raid. If ice shows up to not resist. Claim your right. Know your rights. Stay silent. Request a lawyer.

Allos unidos. Hamas. Stay safe. Love it. When they say lovitos, they were holding hands. They were unitas. See?

Watch the video. Bonita! That's what we need. Y'all are Haiti. We're not Haiti. Unity. You're wearing the same army leggings they have on in their video, bro. You're hating.

I'm just mad that they come in a shit that joint. Oh, that's it. Watch the video Brow back morning He's giving you insight. Concrete's number one of Hey, we're about to go up And he just has a story to tell.

Oh, yeah. And I just keep talking. We're about to go up And he doesn't care about the clock. I talk a lot during the breaks. That's like that's how true. And like, get ready. It's about to be go outside.

We're resting. That's when you guys ignore. You guys ignore each other during the breaks and I'm not trying to talk to you guys. No, we don't know. We don't know each other. We're still getting ready for the next. Like, Greg.

Okay, hold on, hold on. This is what happens, bro. When you're new to class, when you're new to class, we're all doing our work. That's why you can chill and be willy-nilly when we're off air. When we're, no, because when we're off air, we're literally prepping for the next on air. What do you mean? I didn't need a 400-word count and I have to say. He has a speech he's going to do.

It's not a speech. Yeah, he has a spoken word coming up from country. You have to dim the lights. He has an essay. Next up Concrete has a dream. Yeah. Yeah. But I will say I want to show love to all the people that are protesting and the organizers.

I'm sorry for the last previous break where the guy said that your chance suck. And I have challenged them. It doesn't suck. I didn't say that. You did. I didn't use some work. Bro, not you at a protest judging the protest. That's exactly what I was thinking.

As a writer. Imagine you on the side, you're like, ugh. I was just thinking. I was just to use a little bit of work. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like, peacefully, you know? Okay. So, but that what you...

He's like, your sign is unlegible. I can't read it as thing. Too many words on the side. So that's wrong grammar right there. Oh, my. Oh, my. Oh, my. No, Victor.

But then I challenge you guys to come with your own chance. Can I come up with what? I did. He told you what you got? Because we cannot complain without then providing a solution and then also torres pedo to everybody going through it because this also comes from like a deep pain, but also we got to laugh at this stuff.

Like, laughed at the chance. Didn't laugh. I was just like, but you can't even tell me what they said wrong. I didn't laugh, but no, it weren't funny,

but I was just like, I could like, you know, somebody could spruce this up a little bit. What? Like, what was the chance specifically that you hate?

I'm trying to remember. Or was it a poster? Was it a poster? No, it wasn't the poster. Posters were cool. But like, it was just like some chance that I was like, you know,

go back to the other one that we just did. I like that. Whoa. Whoa. That was better. Hey, but okay. All right. Vick thought he was in a song.

No, concrete, you down a collab, a convict collab on a chant? You have to make your own. Oh, that's hard. Let's go. Convict collab on a chant? Yeah, you're a couple now. You got a couple name. You do.

You down? Can you let me and it so give you a let convict? Oh, okay. Wow. Let convict. Yeah, I'm down. We should come about it. We'll think about it.

All right. Oh, he's mad. He's so mad. I'm so mad. I'm so mad at his 400 words. All right. It's 800 work count, dog. Coming up in 10 minutes.

Coming up in 10 minutes. The convict chant. Yeah. Go ahead. That's in 10 minutes. I also need bedrock music for this. Really sad. No, you're coming out with your own chant.

A chant. We're going to do the chant for not years. What about what I wrote? No, it doesn't matter. Yes, we were getting to what you wrote. Don't worry. Well, again, like I tell you, we are here to do our best to brighten up whatever day this is because it's a really hard one. All right.

We're all here together. laughs, laughs heal. And like we said earlier, the best thing that you can do in the face of opposition is have some joy. That is true, true, true rebellion to still smile, to still laugh, to still listen to concrete. Make jokes? I've been trying to make jokes, man, but everybody's all sad in here, dog. I'm just hungry. I'm hungry.

He has the saddest little speech he's about to share. I know. Saying everyone wants to be sad. Ten minutes. In ten minutes. You guys are going to hear the greatest speech in American literature. Wow. And don't ask me to spell that.

Literature. Followed by a chat from convict. Spell lieutenant. Spell colonel. The most radical thing you can do in the face of oppression is have joy, Jose. That's what she said. Love it. Jose because you're not meant to.

Meant to take down your spirit, brother. Don't let them do that. That's right. Remember Jose. Smile, Jose. If you ain't first and last. He who angers you, conquers you, brother. Okay?

Facts. Smile, well. A win's a win. They win when your soul dies, dog. Even if it's an inch or a mile. I'm talking to you too listening, not just Jose over here that I need to. The fictional. Yeah, I thought we're.

No, he's real. There's a lot of Jose's listening. I know. Yeah. Yes, way, Jose. Before the break, I tasked the haters over here that were judging the chance at the protest.

And also judging Las Milamores for their chance on their social media. Because we're the best... We don't judge. No, we're the best at judging. We should have been judges. Where are our judges at? Right? Because the way we judge everybody else, okay?

Yeah. Vick said, it could use some work. He went to the protest yesterday, okay? Some of the chance. Not a little. And then... And then... comedian concrete was like Las Mila Mores gets your

Amor from me Wow He did say that He did say that He did say that You're putting words in my mouth now So I tasked them With coming up with their own chance

In the face of this opposition We won Hold on what Vick We were We started out as a group Oh yeah You got one individual We instantly broke up

I had to go solo man I had to go solo man He had to go solo already He came up with a chat And then Vick's like That's perfect Having done no work we're done

like no I'm starting my own label I'm starting my own label we didn't even last 20 seconds you didn't my band it's actually really tough to come up with the channel I was trying to figure one out like in Spanish and rhyme La Migra

here's what I got and it's okay you could judge it it's just working with it if la Migra Te Siga mandalos with your friend so your friend gets caught on you I don't know.

It rhymed. Did you really? That's me that moly. I'm the third member. Your chat is dry snitching? Look over there. Another figure. It could be a helpful tactic.

It could be lovely. Your Tia or your Tia. Yeah. I don't know. I'm to say. Yeah, that's good right there. Too many syllables. It's a lot of syllables.

But I was like, what rise is amigra? And then I was trying to be like, mandolosa, something that's bad. I was trying to figure out how you say, in Spanish, but none of it rhymed. So I just thought of Amiga. For La Gringa. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

See La Migra, you see. Manalos with La Gringa. Okay, no? All right, well, your guy's turn. Okay, all right. I'm excited for you guys. I think you should go first. You think I should go first?

You think I should go first? Yeah. Limon and salt. Ice is worst of all. That didn't remember. What? Okay. All right, I have another one.

No. All right, I have another one. Wait, at least mine rhymes. Yeah. Yeah. Can we get the foet up for him? Hey, yeah, I have more. Okay.

But what does yours mean? I don't get it. Yeah. Just that ice is really bad. Oh, like you're saying it as a drink. Yeah. Like, oh my God. If you got to explain it, though.

What? Like, I don't want to go into the whole explaining that. I just wanted to be a chant. Okay, that didn't work. All right. This one, a little more political, right? Stand up. Stand tall.

They can't. support us all. You heard that one. We've heard that one. Who said that? Stop feeling cool. Tell me who wrote that. And also that's unfair to those of us that can't stand tall.

Yeah. 5-2 over here. He's like five feet. This one I will give credit to Jose. He helped co-write this one. All right. What? Popusas.

Wait, we got ghostwriters now? Apparently. Oh, big does. Big does. Like Drake. You know. Okay. All right.

This is for the Salvadorian homies because they are not to be forgotten. That part. Right. All right. Popusas. Cortido Suelta my

Tio Shout out Jose That's good Jose It's good It's Pupusas I guess I guess

South Sautau Puppus What's a Pobusa Oh That's what you said Pupus Poooo Poo Poooo

Poo Poooooo Cotido Suelta My Tio That's good That's the best That's the best of you three That was Jose's by

That was That was That was That was good I get a drum roll I get the drum roll me down Concrete's chat Bum bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bhaom

Tajin Chamoy De aqui you no Go keep on I like it I like it That's beautiful And everybody has chamois out there We're eating fruitas

You know what I'm saying True yeah And then it's all sticking your hands And you're just licking your fingers How? Guys don't do that You go Go ahead Angie

Come down Usher with the cherry contest It's Chamoy You can't get it Why are to get on your hand Because it's not a little for your hand You don't have a fort? You don't have a fork?

Sometimes Angie, get a fork Not my mouth is watery Thinking of Chamoy The guys too All right Cockney, what's your next check? That was great

That was good That was good I won't Chalmoi Orchata Asada here no pasa nada I like that one

I like that one but I feel like I could use that like for my kids Everybody can use that Everybody loves Orchata Everybody loves Asada It's generic Yeah, you know pasana But there's something happening for sure

No but there's something happening for sure A lot A lot is happening You know what I'm saying? What's the Chamoi one? Let's go Oh Tachin Chamoy

De Kiy yo no me boy Taki Chammoy That's for all the street vendors Let's go right now! Let's go, baby! I'm not mad at that. And now it's time.

Shall I do another drum roll? What? Because we got the funny out of the way. Now it's time to get angry. Angry? Yeah, because somebody wrote an 800-page letter. Oh, his essay. His dissertation.

You don't want to hear this? I want to hear it. I've been waiting all morning to be honest. I actually didn't want to hear it, but you kept talking about how you did this. Well, now I don't want to do this. You don't want to hear it. I was honestly thinking. Don't ask the question.

I don't want you to work. But don't ask. No. That's crazy. He's got of it. You text yesterday and you're like, prepare something special. But I didn't know you did. No one told me.

Nobody had. You told me to do it. I know I told you to do it. But you know how many times I tell these fools to do something, you know what I said? That is true. Yeah. Okay. Please take the stage, brother.

Are you sure? Yeah. Yeah. Jose dim the lights. Oh, do you want music in the back? Zoom in the camera? camera, zoom in. Now, look, it just, and real honest, you know, a lot of people say you're an influencer.

Yes. You try, you know, a lot of people. It's a tough situation to be in, bro. I did. I dropped the post yesterday. People said, just be a comedian. Yeah. Some people said, this is amazing.

So you kind of get, like, I get pulled this way and I get pulled that way. Yeah. And I guess the advice I would give you and all of us and what I tell myself is like, what feels right to you? Because they're going to hate it either way. What feels right to you and what you have to say? You know, we also posted some resources and people are in the comments saying whatever, but I'm just like, it felt right to me to do a resource post because I would, that's where my heart is.

Yeah. You know? And as it should be, I think for me, like, I mean, being a social media guy, being a comedian, like, that's what I do. I make you laugh. And there's people that go through stuff every single day and I get DMs every single day. Man, I'm going through chemo. I'm going through, I'm going through a divorce. I'm going through this or that.

And it's like you are that light whenever I turn on my phone. I'm like, that's good. That's what I'm here for. I'm not here to give you political advice, financial advice. I'm just here to make you laugh, man. Like I'm not educated to do anything but that, right? But with that being said, I am human and I do have a heart and I do have thoughts and I do have feelings, right? I want to hear it.

So my thoughts on this was in 1992 we had the L.A. riots and I was just about six years old. I had no clue what was going on. I remember seeing people running around stores, stealing, burning cars, fighting, I remember being scared as a six-year-old. I remember asking my parents, what is going on? And all they could say, cops had hurt someone. I didn't understand, but one thing I did understand is that it wasn't normal what was happening. Fast forward 30 years later, it's 2025, and now the city's back into some riots.

This time, I know exactly what is going on. Just like the 92 riots, people were screaming injustice. But this time is not just for one man. It's for men, women, and kids. Men, women, and kids who don't necessarily have a voice. and are scared to use it. Silence is sometimes louder than screams. But when no one listens, the quiet ones will rise.

And this past weekend, this is a culmination of what most people feel is an ambush on their rights and their most basic human rights. There's no easy way to communicate your fitness considering the circumstances. There's no easy way to have a conversation on social media when sometimes you're fighting somebody that you can't see. Right? Let me see. Sorry. The one conversation you can have is at home with your kids and family. Talk to your kids.

Try to give them the assurance that everything is going to be okay. Fear is just as painful as a physical attack. Fear can handicap you into thinking you can't do anything. The message I give you today, L.A. is to be brave yet smart. Be strong yet gentle and have empathy and understanding. Be proactive yet calculated and execute with the plan. We live in L.A.

where we have multiple languages that are spoken, and we may not understand all of them. But one language that we all can feel and give is love. Be careful, L.A. I love you guys. God bless, and I'll see you later. That's it. Thank you, guys.

Loved it. What? Chameo. Chamoi. Dequillo, yeah, me go. Daquillo, yeah me go. Tachin. Chamoi.

Dehijin. Chamoi. Dehue. Chamo. Angie, you did some research on a story that's kind of been getting everybody's attention, you know, and this would normally be sombrasa at the time, but it's not the time for that. No, it's not time for chisement, but this really, really hit home for me, especially for a lot of people because, like, Father's Day is coming up this week, right?

And this particular video was from this TikTok user. Her name is Ameri Cardones, and her audio is pretty much she's seeing her dad get detained. by ice and she's just crying, screaming to her dad, listen. And you couldn't really hear it in the background about like the video is him getting handcuffed, right? And he's trying to calm his daughter from far away saying like, no pasana my car. Like, don't worry about me. Like, everything's going to be fine. But you can just hear her pain and I'm my dude.

Like, this is happening like on Father's Day week. Like, literally, like, I can't even imagine that pain. And this actually happened on Friday here at downtown LA during the riots, right? And it was during the rates. During the rates. Sorry, not the rights. And she was saying that her dad just woke up, went to work at Ambience and Paro, right? and her and her two uncles actually did get

him and her two uncles. Two uncles, yeah. They actually did get detained by eyes. So she started a fundraiser right on GoFundMe and she stated like, that morning I got to kiss him and hug him goodbye before he left to work. We were preparing to celebrate my sister's birthday that day to find out that he would not make it home.

I wish I would have hugged him a little longer. Heard his voice a little longer. I need my dad. My family needs. their grandpa, dad, uncle, son, and husband. And so right now, they are, like I said, they did formal GoFundMe, and they're asking for donations, right? But pretty much they're asking money to cover the lawyer, expenses,

court case, pending bills, things like that that can bring them home. Yeah. Just to fight to get their dad back because, again, it's like they woke up and not thinking, like, my dad's going to go to work and he's going to get deported. Yeah. All that stuff can be really expensive. Lawyers. It stacks up, yeah.

I mean, I think one of the saddest parts is like, you know, you immediately remove a provider from a household, right? That's, you know, providing and, you know, it's like that plus the blow of the family member, your father, that you, you know, always tells you it's going to be okay. Or when scary things like this are going on, he's the one you run to and hug. But who do you run to and hug now? That he's the one that's been taken. You know, there have been visuals of children like I've seen, like an eight-year-old go to. the courthouse with his mom and be separated. But I think what's important to note is that we never,

we never stopped being our parents' children. You can tell she's older, but that pain is still the same. And you know what's wild into all the dads out there. And all the men of the household and the strong, the strong hearts that you guys have, his whole heart was to tell her, calmate. Like, yeah, it's fine. You know, in the face of getting deported,

you don't know what's your future. You don't know where, what's about to have. happened to you, but to make sure that you see your little girl going through it and to have her be the priority in that moment, you know? And that is happening umpteen times all over the city. All over. When people are trying to, I guess, politicize or argue or debate about it, it's like that right there.

You know, a lot of what we do, the goal and I guess the deep down more than anything, I think of those children, I think of these families. what's moving us. For people that don't understand it, I would hope that you never see the day where someone just can pull up to your parent and remove them from your life. You know, it takes a part of us of appreciating who we have in our corner and they say it all the time, answer the call from your mom, you don't know when's the last time you're going to hug your parent, but this is stuff and angst that they've lived throughout their whole lives. Yeah. you know, politicize it, debate of, oh, but they came here illegally,

or but they shouldn't have this or they shouldn't have that. Bro, I will never feel bad for caring about someone's dad, like, and a child being hurt in that situation. Yeah. In any circumstance. Of course at all. And that's the thing that, you know, you see online, like you said, let the, oh, you know, they were illegal and this and that, then that's what they get.

And it's like, okay, but what if tomorrow wearing green shirts was illegal? and your father, the one commenting that thinks this is so funny and just, it's like tomorrow, anybody with the green shirt gets picked up, oh, your dad's wearing a green shirt, sorry. Yeah. It's legal, right? That's the law. You tell me you're not going to feel sad or feel emotions or say, Dad, why'd you wear that green shirt? And most moreover, than anything, Vig, the fact that it is just a theoretical.

You can fight about the green shirt. Yeah. You'll never have it happen to you. Exactly. These people are facing it every day. We are facing it every day. I still fear for my dad. Again, he's a resident.

He did it the right way, but I don't know what they have. They could have something to revoke it. You know? My husband was undocumented. He was here on DACA and all of that. Granted, we got everything legitimized, but who's to say that doesn't get canceled, right? We're six months in, dog, of a regime that definitely has an agenda for us, right? Yeah.

So it's just understanding all of that and taking those times to appreciate. your family there's sometimes where I just it gets beyond me like why are we fighting over if this is right or not yeah anyone can see this and see that that is not wrong yeah you're literally separating families you're hearing this growing like I say like you're always going to need your parents this is literally Father's Day week and then the last thing you're thinking is like I'm not going to spend Father's Day with my dad this is literally what's happening for America right now yeah yeah I love to her I love to her to the kids too. As many as people as were detained, there's people that love them. There's people they went home to, like you said, Vague. There's people they provided for. There's people that don't just look at them like, oh, there's just a quote unquote illegal. They're just here and they deserve to go back to their country. And I think when you see the unrest, it's a lot of us feeling like we know too well what that is like. That pain, we see it in our friends, in our neighborhoods. We see it in people that look like us.

Yeah. And I don't know. I just, I can never, I can never fare on the side of somebody that says, this is what's right. Yeah. There's even more humane ways to do it. A lot of, a big argument is like, well, you, you guys had Obama that deported more people than any other president and all of that. Again, I would still stay in that face too. That still does not make, I'm not here fighting a political, one side is good, one side is bad. It's all bad. It's all sad. You know? It's, I don't care who built the cages. I care that there's people in them. Regardless of where it was. And I'm sorry if I saw too late or if this was brought,

but this is, it's in our face so we can't but feel or be like, oh, you know, I have to look the other way, you know? And what's sad is like, let's say Obama was the one that deported more people, right? Trump is out to beat that record, you know? Yeah.

And like, look, a president in eight years versus what a president does in four years, you can't qualify that. quantify that and that's what we've been having I guess as one of the arguments right Trump's first four years Obama's full eight years and it's like okay now Trump is trying to get it back with these next four that he has I don't think it should be a stat it shouldn't like a wage president can deport the most people that's not something that I'm looking for or that equals a good president to me I'm caring about literature these little kids that are crying that are scared like yeah

that's what matters and even to put it in those terms of like you know because I maybe he might brag about that number later it's like no say what the truth is say how many families you split up that brag about that and see if you feel proud about that I can never they're not just numbers on a sheet oh man family Angie thank you for talking about America's story unfortunately so many more are like that yeah yeah but this one's the one that people were sharing and I'm like dude like that's a lot of people going through it right yeah it is okay keep it here's power 106 brown bag warnings