#RolandMartinUnfiltered - Shanquella Robinson Update, GOP Interference in DC Crime Laws,Disappearing DEI Jobs, MOH Paris Davis

Episode Date: March 4, 2023

3.3.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Shanquella Robinson Update, GOP Interference in DC Crime Laws,Disappearing DEI Jobs, MOH Paris Davis Shanquella Robinson's family traveled to DC today demanding presidential and Department of Justice intervention to get justice in the North Carolina woman's murder while on a Mexican vacation with her friends.  I spoke with her mother and sister.  I'll show you what they and their attorneys had to say about the investigation and what they are demanding from the United States government. President Joe Biden will not veto a Republican bill blocking progressive changes to Washington, DC, crime laws.  I'll talk to a Washington, DC, councilwoman who supported the changes to DC's current crime laws about what the district plans to do to ensure criminal justice reform is still a reality for her constituents. One of the First Black Officers in the Army's Special Forces received the Medal of Honor 60 years after being recommended for the nation's highest military award for his bravery during the Vietnam War.  We will show you some of today's ceremony. The death of George Floyd sparked a corporate movement of Diversity and inclusion, but after only three years, DEI jobs are disappearing.  DEI disruptor Randi Bryant will explain what's happening and what we can do to ensure we hold companies accountable. Today in our education Matters segment, we will speak with the founder of an acute mathematics firm about making math more accessible for children of any age. Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an iHeart Podcast. Today is Friday, March 3rd, 2023. Coming up on Roland Martin on filter streaming live on the Black Star Network. Shankwila Robinson's family in the nation's capital today, meeting with the Department of Justice, wanting the feds to intervene in the case. She is the Charlotte woman who was killed in Mexico. The Cabo Six are not talking. Mexican authorities say the U.S. could take over the case and would allow them to do so. You'll hear from attorney

Ben Crump, Tamika Mallory, Shankwela's mother, her sister, as well as Sue Ann Robinson, another attorney with Ben Crump, about the battle that they have been engaged in for more than 140 days, trying to have justice for Shankwala Robinson. And I also talked to them as well. Also on today's show, folks, President Joe Biden is not going to, will not veto a Republican bill blocking the D.C. City Council from changing their laws dealing with various crimes. Really? I thought Biden believed

and Republicans believed in self-governance, self-rule. We'll talk to a D.C. city council member about that and why they believe President Biden is in the wrong. Dems in the House also are not happy at all with the president. One of the first black army officers in the special forces honored today with a medal of honor from President Joe Biden. He's also an alpha brother of mine, so we will pay tribute to him today and show you that ceremony at the White House. Also, the death of George Floyd sparked a corporate movement where numerous folks were hired for diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs. So why are many of them just three years later being laid off? We'll talk with DEI

disruptor Randy Bryant about that very issue. Also, we lost Wayne Shorter, saxophonist. We'll have that in memorial. Plus, in our Education Matters segment, we'll talk to a man who is doing his best to get kids excited about math. Really? Can't wait to have that conversation. And we've got our crazy-ass people segment. Oh my God, we got some crazy white people. We got some

crazy black people. We got a woman not one of the black men that shovels snow off the sidewalk. She throws it back onto the sidewalk. What the hell is she thinking? You got a Republican in Tennessee who wants to bring lynching back. What is he thinking? Then you got a black man who says that slavery was good for black people.

I told you. We got some crazy folks. Can't wait to show them all. And I got a few words for all you punk-ass brothers who are tripping about Michael B. Jordan hugging and embracing a fellow black male actor. Seriously? Are y'all that weak? Yeah, I got a couple of words to say. It's time to bring the funk on Roland Martin Unfiltered

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Many Democrats are kind of confused with President Joe Biden. Now, Biden has said that he believes in home rule for Democrats. Now, you remember, D.C. is not a city, so therefore they are also governed by Congress. Yes, they have a mayor, they have a city council, but Congress can actually override decisions by the Washington, D.C. government. Well, the D.C. government, they decided to override the objections of Mayoral Muriel Bowser and make changes to their criminal code. Now, you know Democrats all across the country are freaking all out about this whole issue of crime. You've got their critics who are saying they're soft on crime. They're attaching woke to everything.

They say that a bail reform, cash bail, this is causing massive problems all across the country. And we know most of these people are lying. So, well, the Republicans, after taking control of the House, one of the first things they wanted to do was override the D.C. City Council when it came to their decision to lessen the penalties for several different crimes.

Now, this has gotten lots of attention, and so what Biden has announced is that he, if it passes, he's not going to veto the bill. Now, the democrats in the senate, they pretty much voted against it, but senator joe manchin, democrat, has a line with the republicans because he says this is wrong and it is grossly unfair. Okay.

But again, if you're president b Biden, how does that jive with you saying that you believe in self-governance? You believe in home rule. Republicans also love talking about they don't like big government. They're always saying that they believe in small government. We don't like big brother meddling in our affairs. So why do they insist on continuing to want to tell Washington, D.C., what to do? And normally when Democrats control the House and the Senate, then they pretty much leave D.C. alone. A lot of them do what they do. But now you have this. And so you have to divide. You have divided government. So, again, by them picking up a couple of Democrats, then they're able to say, okay, we can now change this. Now Biden's decision has ticked off a lot of house Democrats and senators by saying, wait a minute, how dare you align with them and not veto this bill? All of this is

politics because he doesn't want to be perceived as being soft on crime. Yet this is the same president that got, let's see, if I recall, who's the highest group who votes for Democrats? Black women. Who's the highest group who votes for black men? Five highest group who votes for Democrats? Black men.

And then, of course, you largely have a majority black city in Washington, D.C. So this is not playing well among African Americans. And so we're going to talk about this. We're going to have a D.C. So this is not playing well among African-Americans. And so we're going to talk about this. We have a D.C. city councilwoman on who voted for these changes. Definitely want to get her thoughts on this, plus our Friday panel as well. What we're dealing with here, again, are Democrats being scared to death of being painted as being soft on crime. Of course, they complained about defund the police, claiming that, oh, this was what led to various election losses. No, I would actually say it's actually being weak with your message

that led to various election losses. And so we'll deal with that when we come back on the show. Plus, we'll also show you the Medal of Honor winner who was on today at the White House. We'll talk about Shankola Robinson, the black woman who was killed in Mexico. Yes, killed by one or several of her friends. Why are they still walking free? Mexican authorities say the Department of Justice or the United States can take over the case.

Attorney Ben Crump, they met with DOJ trying to push them to do so. So they're beginning their campaign to put pressure on the White House, to put pressure on the State Department as well. Folks, we'll do that when we come back. Don't forget, download our Black Star Network app, Apple phone, Android phone, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV. Also, join our Bring the Funk fan club. Check your money orders and go to PO Box 57196, Washington, D.C., 20037-0196. Cash app, dollar sign, R-M unfiltered.

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And we're going to talk about it every day right here on The Culture with me, Faraji Muhammad, only on the Black Star Network. Pull up a chair, take your seat, the Black Tape with me, Dr. Greg Carr, here on the Black Star Network. Every week, we'll take a deeper dive into the world we're living in. Join the conversation only on the Black Star Network. Thank you. You All right, folks, welcome back. Joining us right now is Christina Henderson. She's an at-large council member in Washington, D.C. Christina, glad to have you on Roller Martin Unfiltered. So explain to the people exactly why the city council overrode the objections of the mayor. What did they actually pass? Because your critics are saying, oh, my God, you're going to be letting violent people free roaming this roaming the streets of Washington, D.C. Yeah. So thanks for having me, Roland. The bill that we're talking about here is a revised criminal code bill. So the District of Columbia has not taken a comprehensive look of its criminal code since the 1900s. This legislation was more than a decade in the making. There was a separate

criminal code revision commission that was set up to not only look at what was happening in other jurisdictions and best practices, but to also look at what had been happening in terms of the charging decisions here in the District of Columbia and to make some changes to align to that. So this legislation does everything from clean up old language. If you look in our criminal code now, we still have references to horses and buggies, to everything going forward to more progressive legislation, such as getting rid of mandatory minimums, which is a tenet of criminal justice reform that advocates across the nation have been calling for. So, again, you hear all these stories.

Oh, my God, people who are violent criminals, they are going to be releasing them. They're making this out to sound as like y'all, this is just woke run amok. And that's further spreading the truth. I think a lot of people have misunderstandings of what the criminal justice system or the public safety system here in the District of Columbia looks like. So, for instance, we don't have a parole system in D.C., as in other jurisdictions. When someone is convicted of a local law here in the District of Columbia, you serve in federal prison. Our crimes here in district for adult crimes, they're prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Department of Justice. We didn't pick that person. The president did, and he was confirmed by the Senate. The judges in our criminal justice system are not judges we picked. They are picked by the president and confirmed by the Senate. So there's a portion of the public safety piece that is not available to us in terms of control.

Something that was an element that was included in this bill was something called a second chance look, which was law, which is just the ability for someone after a certain period of time for serving serving your time. You have an opportunity petition for early release. Again, it's just the opportunity to petition for early release, which is exactly the same that other inmates and other jurisdictions would have if they go before their parole board. So what is the council saying about Biden's decision to align with Republicans and not veto this bill? Do y'all want to meet with him? Have y'all met with him? Do you plan to do so? We haven't met with him. I would say that it definitely felt like incredible betrayal. The District of Columbia has always been used as a petri dish for conservative ideals.

Anytime they want to try out something, they usually use the District of Columbia first. For instance, we are the only place in the nation that has a federally funded school voucher program that came from congressional Republicans and that was imposed on the District of Columbia. Our charter school program here in the District of Columbia was something imposed on the district from congressional Republicans. But there has always been an agreement that there is a belief for Democrats, both in the Senate and the House, that they support D.C. statehood and the right of D.C. home rule and self-determination. So the announcement by President Biden to align with congressional Republicans and their misinformed talking points about what's happening here in the district and what this law actually does just felt like an incredible betrayal. All right, then. So we'll see what happens again. He says that he is and he is not going to veto it. And so we'll see what happens next. We certainly appreciate it. Thank you so very much, Councilmember Henderson. Thank you so much for having me, Roland. Have a good night.

All right. Let's bring our panel in. Glad to have them here. Michael Imhotep hosts the African History Network show. Also, Matt Manning, civil rights attorney, and Breonna Cartwright, political strategist. All right, Breonna, I'll start with you. Is this politics that Biden is playing by aligning Republicans on this, not wanting to veto it, so therefore they can't call him being soft on crime for the election next year?

I do not fully know Biden's strategy. However, there has been a lot of pushback in regards to crime, especially as more and more Republicans speak about California loosing it and allowing for petty thefts and so forth. I don't think that is ever a good strategy for going more on the Republican side, because as we can see over and over and over again, they're not coming to our side. There is no middle ground, and we need to get as much done as we can. It's very unfortunate that their council has decided what they want for the city, and now this is Congress who's deciding in itself.

And it goes into the bigger fight of D.C. needing their own territory as a state and receive, you know, reprisation without taxation. So it's been a problem in D.C. for a while, and they're fighting to get emancipated and be able to have their city the way that they want to have their city. And I hope that happens. Matt, should Democrats be pitched off at President Biden and put pressure on him to say, what the hell are you doing? If you believe in self-rule, home governance,

believe in it even when you disagree with it. Yes, I think they should. I think that this is a betrayal of the idea of self-governance. I mean, Breonna said it, I think, masterfully. And I think that's really the issue here. The issue is less the prudence of the criminal measures that they're intending to reform and more the question of autonomy versus electability. I mean, I understand that Democrats are concerned about how this will appear as it relates to going into the 2024 election and looking soft on crime, but that's immaterial if, you know, there are people there who are duly elected by their constituents who have decided to put forth certain reforms.

I mean, you don't get to undo that because you're concerned about how that looks for your electability. So I'm glad that there are progressives calling him out. I think they should be calling him out. And I think Joe Biden is a known quantity in this respect. I think there are a number of people who have long had issues with Joe Biden's opinions and positions on crime, particularly when he was a senator in the 90s. So, you know, this is not a new thing. It doesn't surprise me. But I think the bigger issue is the people of D.C. should have the right to govern themselves. And their duly elected representatives in particular should have the force of law when they decide what's going to govern in the district.

This is an example, Michael, where Biden should not get a pass. He should be taking the task for this. And he made perfectly clear that this is problematic. And I mean, look, voting for someone doesn't mean that you agree with everything that they do. This is where I would hope Democrats in the House and Senate are going to be very vocal against him on this very point. Yeah, voting for someone doesn't mean that you agree with everything that they do. And comment on your comment from a minute ago. Is this political from my studying a history and politics?

Politics is always political. When Mayor Muriel Bowser was on Meet the Press Now today on MSNBC, and she talked about how she vetoed the criminal code from city council. And I looked at some of her statements. I saw the interview. I looked at some of her statements also. I want to find out more, okay, what was her objection to the changes that were being made as well? So I think Biden should be I should be I think Biden should be pressed to explain his position, come out and explain what's behind this.

What's your position? What why did you why is there an about face on this? Now, some people suspect and I read the article from The Washington Post today dealing with this or actually The Washington Post from March 2nd. Some people suspect, so there were 31 Democrats that have aligned with Republicans in vetoing this as well. And these are basically Democrats from moderate districts. Some people suspected maybe he's trying to align with moderate Democrats to protect them when it comes to reelection in 2024, what have you. But I think he should be pressed to really explain why you're doing this and why you're changing your position on this as well. Again, I would hope that he offers a much

better explanation than the one we've gotten. Breonna, there's no doubt in my mind this is political. Again, you look at what's happening all across the country where you have Republicans who they believe they can make crime a major issue in 2024, like that happened in 2022. But Democrats can't run away from the issues that we're still facing. One, so many lies being told about cash bail. We've seen them in New York. We've seen them take place in Houston, all different places where they are assigning blame to all of this. And also folks want to be in denial about the reality of what drives crime in this country.

And I keep saying, as long as you ignore the other issues that drive crime, obviously illiteracy, obviously education, lack of economic opportunities, all of that stuff is what leads to crime. Unfortunately, folk don't want to deal with that. We simply have a mentality of, yo, just lock everybody up. That's going to solve the problem. Give the cops more money. We'll be good. Absolutely. There's several things in regards to that. First is the economic issue. We don't address the economic issue, which is tied to education. We can see that with student loans, and we can go on and on and on about how they make elitist class in order to make sure that some stay down, and we're not really trying to

make sure that everybody's prospering at the right level. Going back to cash bail, I think the issue also is people not understanding the concept behind it on both sides. To say that because you're poor, you should stay in jail does not make the streets safer. If someone who has the money is able to now say, here's my bail, now I go, it doesn't change anything. And so it's literally just saying because you have the money, you're able to go. And there's more and more laws that are set up that make it more expensive to be poor. And these need to be changed. And unfortunately, the way our country is, people are scared of change and do not understand change. And it takes a lot more back to getting education.

And so a lot of it starts at education, which takes a lot of time and money. And so the lazy way is to blame crime, to go straight to not the root of it, but at the tip. And so it's hard for the actual change that we need to, because people don't want to uproot everything and help our nation. All right. Hold tight one second. We come back. I'm going to talk about Sean Quill Robinson's case. Her family was in D.C. today, putting pressure on the Department of Justice and the White House and the State Department, saying do something to bring the killers to justice who slaughtered her in Mexico. We'll tell you about that at the news conference today.

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That's next on A Balanced Life on Blackstar Network. Hello, everyone. I'm Godfrey, and you're watching... Roland Martin Unfiltered. And while he's doing Unfiltered, I'm practicing the wobble. Justice for Shankwela Robinson. Justice for Shankwela Robinson. Justice for Shankwela Robinson. Justice for Shankwela Robinson. Justice for Shankwella Robinson. Justice for Shankwella Robinson. Justice for Shankwella Robinson.

Justice for Shankwella Robinson. Justice for Shankwella Robinson. All right, folks, that was today in the nation's capital where Attorney Ben Crump, Tamika Mallory, co-founder of Until Freedom, stood with the family on Shankwella Robinson. She, of course, is the black woman out of North Carolina who last year went to Cabo with friends. They were supposed to be there on their vacation. Six of them came home alive. She came home in a body bag. Remember, the video was released where one of the women was viciously beating her and the other folks were literally standing around filming it as it happened.

Now, you might remember they told Mexican authorities that she actually had alcohol poisoning, when in fact that was not the case. When they actually had an autopsy, it showed exactly what happened and how she was just viciously beaten, how her spine had been severely injured, neck broken, and just devastating, devastating facts about this case. And remember, one of the guys brought her luggage back to her family. She came home in a body bag, brought her luggage back. But then once the authorities began to investigate, those same people stopped coming around to her family. We live streamed the entire news conference.

If you want to see the whole 90-minute news conference, simply go to our Black Star Network app or go to our YouTube page, youtube.com forward slash Roland S. Martin. Here is some of what was said today outside of the offices of the National Council of Negro Women here in the nation's capital. I want to first and publicly, which I do every day, thank Mrs. Robinson and Quilla for putting their shoulder to the plow to seek justice on behalf of Shankola Robinson. I'm thanking them for doing something that so often only black and brown families have to do. They have to grieve their loved one. They have to adjust to normalize their life with the loss of their loved one. And at the same time, they have to become part of a movement, part of a club that no one

asked to be in. They have to beg for dignity and respect in death. They have to seek justice on behalf of their loved ones. They don't have the privacy to grieve and do those things in private. So I want to thank them publicly for turning their pain into purpose. It has been 126 days since she died. That's 18 weeks. Video footage of her being beaten literally to death, was released on November 16, 2022, 108 days ago, 15 weeks and three days, and still, with all this visual evidence, nobody has been arrested. That's right. That's right. Nobody has been arrested. And as my son, the general, always talks about, black lives matter, our black children lives matter.

And people always try to say, well, you all don't show up when black people get killed by other black people. You only show up if a white police officer get a kill on a black person. No, that's not it. Oftentimes we can't get the media to cover it, but by sign until freedom, our long firm, we have been showing up when black people get killed unjustly, whether it's a white person who killed him or it's a black person who killed him. Because that's where the Robinson life matters. Mexico has advised that their investigation is complete.

They have identified a suspect. That suspect is currently out free in the United States of America. That's right. And that is not right, that the suspects and the people involved are sleeping comfortably in their own beds at night. If they are guilty of a crime, then the United States government should do one of two things. One, they should either extradite the person who murdered Shaquilla Robinson to Mexico to face the charges and the crimes that have been alleged against her. Or two, they should take jurisdiction. Mexico is willing to give jurisdiction to the United States to bring a case for those responsible for killing Shankwila Robertson to justice. And the only question is, State Department, President Biden, what are you going to do to bring justice for this brokenhearted family,

especially this mother of Shankwila-Robinson? It's not a hard act. Either extradite the killer or take jurisdiction so you can prosecute the killer. That's right. We've had the opportunity to review some of the packet, and it has been sent. The ball is clearly in the United States court. The State Department, the Department of Justice, the ball is in your court. That's right.

Do what you have to do. That's right. In Mexico, we went to the U.S. Consulate, who is supposed to be the liaison and the protection for American citizens abroad. We got no such warm greeting. We got no such constitutional rights. We got no such assistance, liaison information. In fact, we were almost impeded and advised that if the family needed more information, they should talk to the six travel mates that went to Cabo. This is not a difficult thing to

understand. As attorney Crump has said. It is not complicated. That's right. There was a woman. Forget about being a black woman. A woman was beaten to death on camera. Come on, Brian. And she returned from a vacation with her neck and back, her spine broken. It's very simple.

That's right. We saw an attack. It'd be one thing if you did not see a video and perhaps we could come up with some other explanation for what happened to her. But in this case, what we see is very clear. She was beaten to death. That's right.

And if she wasn't beaten to death, somebody needs to tell us exactly what happened. And if she wasn't beaten to death, somebody needs to tell us exactly what happened. And there are six people who were there who know the answers and they need to be present somewhere where they are being asked and demanded of the truth, particularly the person who we saw. And I want to correct something that has been said, and I am asking every single person from the media to be careful about the narrative. I know that my brother, Roland Martin, will be careful about this, and I'm asking all of you. There was not a fight. There was no fight that took place in that house.

There was an attack against one person. We did not see a fight. In fact, we hear the other individuals on the video asking her whether or not she was willing to fight back for herself as they joked while she was naked. And she tells them clearly, no, she does not want to fight.

And they continue to allow her to be beaten. And then her neck and spine was broken as she returned home to her family in a box. That is what happened. It is not complicated. So as my sister, Sunshine Anderson from Charlotte, North Carolina, who couldn't be here but has been a great supporter of this family, would say, When you tell us it's complicated and there's issues, we've heard it all before. And we don't want to hear it anymore. We want to see that there is movement, action, that something happens for Shankwala Robinson. Forget about her being a

black woman. She is a woman and she is a United States citizen. And we know what you can do. We know what you can do. Let me tell you why we know what you can do. We know what you can do. Let me tell you why we know what you can do. Because we've seen you do it before. When Natalie Holloway went missing in Aruba, America stopped. It stood still. Even I stood still. We shared the information.

When the White House had press conferences, they would ask questions about her. The media would not let it die. Natalie Holloway was in our homes every day, and she should have been. I was so sure Chanquilla was. Matt Manning, I want to go to you. The fact that Mexican authorities have said that the feds can tab jurisdiction. My goodness, that's like manna from heaven. And so Crump, Robinson, and others, they went to the DOJ saying, step up, take the mantle, prosecute these folks, the Cabo Six, who were involved in the death of Shankwala Robinson.

One turn to tease. 6, who were involved in the death of Shunquilla Robinson. Yeah, I think U.S. law enforcement absolutely should do that. This is it's rare. I think like Ms. Mallory was saying, I mean, it's rare that you have any crime on video more so now than before. But it's rare that you have a crime of this magnitude and of this severity and of this brutality on video. So I don't know how the U.S. authorities have not jumped at the chance to do this. I mean, the obvious answer is Shankula Robinson doesn't play in the media the same way Natalie Holloway does, which is why they

haven't jumped to her family's defense, essentially, in prosecuting this case. But from a legal standpoint, this is a slam dunk case. It's not like there, you know, should have any real trepidation about we have to investigate this and see if this is actually a bona fide case. You got it all on video. So I don't know why the State Department isn't moving quickly. I don't know why DOJ and President Biden, frankly, isn't taking this as an opportunity to show that Shankwila Robinson and a Shankwila Robinson is just as important as a Natalie Holloway and that the United States government is going to come and protect that family when a citizen is lost abroad, particularly in a heinous and brutal way. I don't know why they wouldn't take this.

It seems to me like a simple case for them to prosecute in one where, especially with Mexico being so close to us, that they can investigate a lot more robustly than they might be able to in some other places. I hope that they heed Ben Crump and Sue Ann Robinson's call and get on this case as quickly as possible for Ms. Robinson's family. Hold tight one second. We're going to pick up this on the other side after this break, folks. And we're discussing the Seanonkola Robinson case. Coming up next, we'll talk about the call for other organizations to step up, other female groups, black groups as well. They're calling upon them to join them in this effort to put pressure on the DOJ and the White House and the State Department to step up. And so we'll talk about that next. Don't forget, download our app, Apple Phone, Android Phone, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV.

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From politics to music and entertainment, it's a huge part of our lives. And we're going to talk about it every day right here on The Culture with me, Faraji Muhammad, only on the Black Star Network. Hi, I'm Eldie Barge. Hey, yo, peace world. What's going on? It's the love king of R&B, Raheem Devon. our network. and look we cannot deny the reality that if a white woman in america had been beaten and killed by her friends in Mexico. There's Fox News, CNN, MSNBC will be all over this. We've covered this story, frankly, more than any of these other national outlets. And this is the reality of being black in America. This is also why black-owned media matters. Yeah, you had some other news outlets that were out there that showed up, but they ain't been on this case from the beginning like we have been.

And this is the problem why we have to have our own, because we're going to be on this story constantly. Keep talking about it, trying to get justice, national media, whatever. They're focused on some other stuff. Yeah. Was that for me, Roland? You were muted for a couple of seconds. Yeah, that was for you. Okay. Yeah, I agree. You know, we have to be able to tell our own story. We have to be able to finance black owned media to be able to tell our own story. So many people say build our own, but they don't say we need to finance our own because there's a, there's a complete difference between the two of them. And, and a lot of people who say we need to build our own as well don't really

understand what goes into being able to sustain a Black-owned media network like this, okay? So, you know, there's been, we've gone like maybe two months or so without, maybe a little longer, without hearing real updates in this case. I saw a couple of articles in the past couple of days dealing with this. I'm glad Black Star Media Network was there to broadcast live the press conference. But I think pressure should be put on the federal government to and to also explain to us what they have been doing. I know the investigation is ongoing, but explain to us what has happened, what they have been doing. I know the investigation is ongoing, but explain to us what has happened, what they have been doing, because I hear some conflicting information. And we know there was an arrest warrant.

We know the name of the person, at least one person in the arrest warrant, has not been released. Has that person actually been arrested yet or not? What actually is going on? But, you know, this is why we have to support Roland Martin and the Black Star Media Network. Folks, at today's news conference, I did ask them a question with regards to

women's organizations, sororities and others stepping up and helping them in this case. Here's what they had to say. What I would like, of course, you look at Ms. Glenn. She was killed in, she died in Texas. Have y'all worked to mobilize sororities, links, other black female organizations to also put pressure on the State Department and the White House

to bring all that pressure to bear as well, those, what, 500 to 800 to a million black women? I'll say this and then I'll have Tamika Mallory speak to it. Roland, it's not lost on us and hopefully on anybody else that we're standing in front of the National Council of Negro Women, the oldest organization of black women civil rights leaders. And so Tamika Mallory, who is a great woman leader of this day, will speak to that issue. But we understand that question completely. Yeah. So we, you know, up until this point, this family has been very respectful of the federal government. I'm sorry. Up until this point, the family, and still at this point,

the family has been very respectful of the federal government. They were told that something was going to be done. And so for the last several months, they have waited believing that there was no way, no way with the video that this would be stalled. At this point, after attorney Sue Ann Robinson returned with the documents and the information and the research that she did there in Mexico, we can clearly state and begin to organize people around the idea that this is not a Mexico problem.

This is now a United States problem. So, yes, we will begin that process. Today is the beginning of a campaign that should include all of our organizations, whether they be from the women to the men to whomever it is and not just black folks, but everybody in this country standing for Shankwell. That's right. Attorney Robinson, let's say a brief word about that as well. Well, to answer your question, Roland, I'm standing next to question rolling. I'm sta AKA and I'm a very proud

much in the building and help everywhere we can ge is what is going to cause forward. So we welcome al and every organization th this matter. And I think what Mr. Martin is saying, maybe we should be formal about it. We are going to write letters to the leadership of not just black women organizations, but all black organizations and all people of good moral character.

So thank you, Roland Martin. Any other questions? Brianna, this is where, and I spoke to the AKAs at the Southeast Regional in Huntsville last week. This is where I keep saying our black organizations have got to get outside of our internal stuff and use our power externally to speak to issues, even when it ain't involving a member. And so this is where, again, AKAs, Deltas, Zetas, Sigma Gamma Rho, The Links, and numerous other black women organizations, National Organization for Women, all these different groups, and yes, fraternities as well and others should be using their power, putting pressure, saying this woman deserves justice. Absolutely. As we've stated over and over again, as we talked about the Greek power and numbers

in power, it's just not about sororities. It's also, you know, the fraternities can help. Your great chapter alpha can help. And deltas do the work. And this is a call for action. I can only talk about this delta. And I'm going to step forward and try to help legally and, you know, unite, write letters, really push the envelope. But it does need to be a collective process because it's numbers and powers. You know, we could do one thing, another one does another thing. And unless we all do it together, it doesn't really show the impact. And so I do

think that it's a wonderful idea to call us to unite and see what we can do together. Matt, again, it just sort of drives me crazy that we have to, we got to apply pressure just to get something basic done. That's right. We do And it's unfortunate And the same story happens every time The pretty little white girl Gabby Petito Or Natalie Halliwell

Or whomever it is The mainstream media takes and runs with it And for us to have to apply pressure Particularly though in such a simple Straightforward case I mean that's the thing that doesn't make any sense About this case Is that she was on vacation for us to have to apply pressure, particularly, though, in such a simple, straightforward case. I mean, that's the thing that doesn't make any sense about this case, is that she was on vacation. You've got six people there that you know traveled with her who recorded it, which I've never gotten any clarity on that. But I think that's really important as well, because the fact that somebody privately recorded it on a device and it was disseminated, it stands to reason that the FBI

should be able to at least credibly potentially make an arrest here on the basis of that having been recorded and disseminated in some kind of aiding and abetting type theory, right? They're sitting and watching this happen and they're not intervening. So the fact that there hasn't also been some push by the United States authorities to find ways to exercise United States jurisdiction on United States soil for these people who are suspected to have been involved or otherwise involved in the video doesn't make any sense to me. And I don't understand why they haven't jumped at the opportunity to take a chance to show that they are, in fact, strong on crime and not only strong on crime, strong on crime that happens to non-Lily white people.

This seems to me like a good opportunity for the Biden administration and the DOJ to flex that power. Indeed. And so, again, it's all too often we have to do this. And these folks still are roaming free, Michael. They've been roaming free for months now, and here's the deal. You start arresting the folks, somebody's going to crack. Now, first of all, remember, the video does not show her being murdered because when I talked to Sue Ann, she talked about how the doctor in the case, how she had to, it was like all sorts of drama there, where they stopped her for an hour from actually calling an ambulance to get treatment for Sean Quill. They kept insisting, oh, all she needed was an IV.

You start arresting these people, somebody's going to crack, somebody's going to start spilling the beans, but you got to arrest somebody. Yeah, you have to arrest someone if an arrest has not already happened. But first and foremost, I want an account of, I want a timeline coming from the Department of Justice. I want a timeline of what happened, what transpired. And then, for instance, you know, the article from The Independent that came out either yesterday or today, actually today from The Independent. It talks about how a copy of Shankwala Robinson's autopsy report, which has since been contradicted by Mexican authorities. It talks about that. So I want an account of what's going on. What does the autopsy report say? Why do Mexican authorities contradict it?

But then also, there was an arrest warrant for at least one person. Has that arrest warrant been served? Has that person been arrested? Okay. Why hasn't that name been given of the person in the arrest warrant? What is going on in the case? So, you know, but I think pressure needs to be put to this administration. But I would rather have the Biden-Harris administration in charge when this case happens as opposed to the Trump-Pence administration. Let me leave it. I'd rather deal with this Department of Justice than that Department of Justice. Oh, absolutely. They both need to be held accountable. All right, folks, hold tight one

second. We'll come back. So many DEI jobs opened up across America after the death of George Floyd. Now those people are getting fired and losing their jobs. Was DEI real or was it bullshit? We'll talk to Randy O'Brien.

She calls herself a DEI... What did you say, Randy? She calls herself a DEI disruptor. So we'll chat with her next. You're watching Roland Martin Unfiltered right here on the Blackstar Network. A lot of these corporations or people that are running stuff

push black people if they're doing a certain thing. What that does is it creates a butterfly effect of any young kid who, you know, wants to leave any situation they're in. And the only people they see are people that are doing this. So I got to be a gangster. I got to shoot. I got to sell. I got to do this in order to do it. And it just becomes a cycle. But when someone comes around and makes another,, oh, we don't, you know, they don't wanna push it or put money into it. So that's definitely something I'm trying to fix too, is just show there's other avenues.

You don't gotta be a rapper, you don't gotta be a ballplayer. You can be a country singer, you can be an opera singer, you can be a damn whatever, you know? Showing the different avenues, and that is possible, and it's hard for people to realize it's possible until someone's done it. on the next get wealthy with me deborah owens america's wealth coach the wealth gap has literally not changed in over 50 years according to the Federal Reserve on the next get wealthy. I'm excited to chat with Jim Castle very CEO of known holdings they have

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Hi, I'm Teresa Griffin. Hi, my name is LaToya Luckett, and you're watching Roland Martin Unfiltered. Să ne vedem la următoarea mea rețetă! All right, fam, welcome back to Roller Martin Unfiltered on the Black Star Network. George Floyd gets killed May 25th, 2020. The result of that was all of a sudden, you had all of these companies who were talking about, oh, the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion. Some 50, 60 billion dollars in commitments was made by companies to give to social organizations. We begin to hear phrases like social impact and social change, black economic, social justice and on and on and on. And who really benefited? A lot of people got jobs as DEI jobs.

Three years later, that $50, $60 billion, nearly all of it not spent. A lot of those DEI people getting laid off right now. Now, I told y'all those DEI jobs were bullshit. I told y'all those DEI jobs were bullshit. I told y'all that. Talk about next guest, Randy Bryant. She, of course, DEI expert. She calls herself a DEI disruptor.

You've been pissing your DEI people off on social media, on your Instagram page, talking about this stuff. Yes. And again, we're now seeing it borne out in the folk losing their jobs. Right. Getting laid off. Right. Because before it was a PR effort. Companies knew they had to do something, particularly after the murder of George Floyd.

And they made announcements. They made announcements like, we are hiring a DEI professional. And it was a joke, to be quite frank with you. They hired some people that were, as long as they were part of an underrepresented group but had no DEI experience, they gave them the jobs. And don't get me wrong, this is not the professional's fault. The people who do this care, and so I hope I'm not upsetting my people because they are my people. To do this work is hard work. But they definitely, it was a PR move, and they were used, and they were used. They provided these DEI experts with absolutely no power, absolutely no voice, no budgets, no staff, no nothing.

So it was just a marketing effort. about the number of jobs that are being lost, along with that number, we also must consider the number of people who have been burnt out in two years and have left their jobs. Because people who get into DEI care. It's personal for them. They have been that person who has been mistreated and no longer want to be mistreated. They have been that person who was unable to move up in a company that they were overqualified to do. So they leave because they got into it, because they cared, but they were not given the resources to really make any change. And the thing I kept saying to people over and over and over again, I use this phrase all the time, P&L responsibility. Meaning that in any

company, if you ain't got P&L responsibility, you don't have profit and loss responsibility, you are not a valued person. And I've spoken at many conferences, given speeches, and I said the same thing about

these jobs, and some people in the audience got mad. And I'm like, I'm sorry. I said, they ain't real jobs. Because the DEI job today is the equivalent of the global diversity officer job

in the past 10, 15 years. And before that, in the 70s and 80s, it was the vice president for community affairs. In many places, that was the Negro executive job. Well, let me say this. First of all, we do talk about how it is the Negro executive job. But one thing I don't think people realize is that the vast majority of DEI positions go to white people. 75, 76% of all DEI positions.

The top... But see, that's what changed. Because what happened was, see, again, the VP of Community Affairs job with Negroes. Then all of a sudden, then when it became

about diversity, then it was like, oh, so we're going to include black and Latino and Asian, Native American, gay, women. And so all of a sudden you start seeing all these folks who are chief diversity officers or heads of DEI don't look like us. And then you start saying, well, what the hell is this diversity, equity, inclusion? I remember when I spoke at Coca-Cola, I gave a keynote address.

This was several years ago. And somebody, they asked me and they said, they said, how would you, if you were talking about diversity, how do you see it? I said, black first. I said, then everybody else. And they kind of looked at me. I said, let me be real clear. These programs were created coming out of the civil rights movement oh yes i said so it was black first and i said so i'm gonna say black latino native american asian i said that's it i ain't including nobody else i said because if you gay if you white and gay you still white. Right. And I had to explain this to people.

I said, because this was part of my problem when it came to a lot of these jobs. Because they just started trying to throw, it then became all the diversity of thought. The diversity of ideology. I'm like, y'all, I ain't trying to hear that bullshit. But they like that because it makes them more comfortable. I mean, the problem with DEI is that it has become, it probably started that way, if we're honest, white-centered, right? And so, first of all, mainly white people

were hired to do the job. Of course, white women. The same people who have benefited the most from all civil rights movement. Because if people are feeling uncomfortable with differentness, they are going to bring people in who are most like them. So a white executive, and still most executives, most management, most directors and vice presidents are white, hetero, cis males.

They feel most comfortable with white women. So they can bring in white women and say, oh, look at our diversity. Look how great we are. But those same white women are the closest to white men. They are not suffering the same way that, for instance, black people are. So they don't advocate the same way. And those same women who would get angry at me saying that are the same women who would say, it's not fair that we have all men making decisions with Roe versus Wade. DEI at this point, the reason why I call myself a disruptor, to be honest, after being in this field through all the name changes you talk about for such a long time, I'm really just quite disgusted at what it has turned into. It's a joke. Not very many people take DEI seriously whatsoever because we have been ineffective. Not because we don't care, but because we have not been armed with the resources to do anything. Because the companies don't care. Companies care about diversity,

equity, and inclusion as far as it affects their reputations. Not bottom line, reputation. Reputations, period. They do not see it as a business imperative. Absolutely not. And I tell people, and this is quite different, I don't believe DEI belongs in human resources. You know, I say DEI in human resources is like a person who is not kind but goes to church every Sunday. It doesn't fix everything, right? I mean, yes, you go to church every Sunday.

If you are a person who is committed to having a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company, that means you are looking at your product. For instance, these tech companies are the main ones who are letting people go. Is my product accessible to people with disabilities? Are there people at all price points who can access this product? It means supplier diversity. Are we buying our products from all sorts of people? Are we, does everyone feel as if they have room to be promoted and be

successful? But so it is not just a, do our facilities, do our facilities accommodate all people? If someone has some sort of disability? Or do we have all-gender bathrooms? It is something, if you care about diversity, equity, and inclusion, it is something that must be done throughout the entire organization, and it cannot be this add-on at the end of everything else to make things right. Just like that going to church on Sundays is not going to make everything right

if you've acted a fool the rest of the whole week before. Absolutely. We're going to go to a break. We're going to bring our panel in. I also want to talk about University of North Carolina, Texas A&M University System today. Now, all of a sudden, they're removing DEI language out of these job applications.

I want to talk to you about that as well. You're watching Roller Mark Unfiltered on the Black Star Network, folks. We'll be right back. Hatred on the streets, a horrific scene, a white nationalist rally that descended into deadly violence. You will not be back. White people are losing their damn lives. There's an angry pro-Trump mob storm to the U.S. Capitol. We're about to see the rise of what I call white minority resistance.

We have seen white folks in this country who simply cannot tolerate black folks voting. I think what we're seeing is the inevitable result of violent denial. This is part of American history. Every time that people of color have made progress, whether real or symbolic, there has been what Carol Anderson at Emory University calls white rage as a backlash. This is the rise of the Proud Boys and the Boogaloo Boys. America, there's going to be more of this. There's all the Proud Boys guys.

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and you're watching Roland Martin Unfiltered. Filter. I had to give Randy some damn selfie lessons on how to take a selfie. Sorry, y'all. I had to give Randy some damn selfie lessons on how to take a selfie. She's sitting over here, got a phone on time. I'm like, what are we doing? I'm like, yeah, so yeah. You want to take a selfie now? I do.

Thank you so much. Oh, my God. All right, y'all. We're talking about DEI and how much of a joke it is. Let me bring in Brianna, Matt, and Michael as well. Brianna, I'll start with you. Your take on, again, on this whole DEI explosion, people were all excited. And I kept telling people then, I'm like, don't get excited, y'all. This ain't number one person in the secretary getting a job. Absolutely. Randy has been saying that for years on end.

They wanted to placate us. They thought, you know, we'll give them something and they'll forget to look at the deliverables. The fact that most DEIs did not report directly to the CEO, as Randy has told us over and over and over again, to make them accountable in doing that, they reported to HR. And so there wasn't enough wriggle room. They gave these jobs just for show, and they didn't give them power, right? They gave them a lot of money to say, hey,

we're giving you money. Be quiet. You're a show. let's just, you know, play along for a certain amount of time. And the real effects of what it needed to be was not done. And it's apparent that they did not care about it actually getting done. And they thought enough time passed where we would have forgotten that we still want things done in the workplace. And now, Randy, now you have these universities, now Republican legislatures,

now they want to remove any DEI language from job applications. Right. They don't see, they see DEI as a social justice piece. They see it as a nice-to-have. They see it as, honestly, kowtowing to the demands of black and brown and gay people in the LGBTQIA community. I don't even think that they can relate what it feels like to be in a place, because we spend a lot of time at work now, right, to be in a place where you feel unwelcomed. They don't seem to care what it feels

like to sense that you have no way of advancement. Why should you work hard if you don't feel as if you can excel, if you could be promoted? Because you don't see anyone who looks like you at those same ranks. They don't seem to think it's important to not be able to sit at your desk because it's not designed correctly for a person who may have a disability. They don't care about the stereotypes. They don't care about the microaggressions that people face every day. It's not important to them because they haven't had to face it. If they were intelligent, though, they would recognize that those issues affect their bottom line, the way that people are losing employees, because ultimately people want to feel safe and a sense of belonging. They

say it's the number one need at work. They want to feel a sense of belonging where they go to work. So this is from the Texas Tribune right here. Texas University system bans diversity statements from job applications. This was because of John Sharp, who is the chancellor,

right there. This is his photo. It was Governor Greg Abbott who made these decisions. And so, Greg Abbott who made these decisions. And so Greg Abbott and people are saying that for the legal experts, said the governor's office mischaracterized the legal practices employers use when considering diversity in their hiring. But bottom line here, Matt, is, look, these people, they hate diversity. They hate multiculturalism. They hated quotas. They hated any of this.

What they really want to continue seeing is white domination in all facets of American society. I think that's correct. And I think Randy was spot on with the dog whistling that we're seeing in terms of them tying everything into social justice and trying to, you know, kind of get in part of that zeitgeist that we see now, which is where they're attacking everything, quote, woke. But I actually want to kind of take, you know, a little different position on something that Brianna said. I don't think this was a matter of them trying to capitulate to black and brown people. I think this was a matter of white people trying to make themselves feel better about their response to the systemic issues that people were calling about with George Floyd. I think what you see with this is companies seeing an opportunity to capitalize upon their social, you know, outward-facing attempts to be more diverse and what have you. And I think that is something that they thought would connect to a greater bottom line, particularly at a time where we were all, you know, a different kind of consumer, right? Buying things online, particularly at a time where we were all, you know, a different kind of consumer, right, buying things online, looking at companies differently. And I think it was an opportunity

for them, at least in their eyes, to capitalize upon that. So I had no illusions whatsoever that this was going to continue. And I had no illusions that this was going to be robust, because as Randy said, you know, this is a lot of people who had DEI jobs and had no real authority, couldn't really systemically change anything in the corporations, and we knew this was going to happen. So none of it is a surprise, and I think that's correct. I think this is about white people in power wanting to keep that power, particularly as it relates to Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, who I say on this show every single week, are both trying to run for president

and doing everything they can to show that they are the true conservatives. So this doesn't surprise me. And I was just, I still agree with you. And what's interesting to me is that they always try to say, we want to hire the best person for the job. We don't need DEI. DEI, just like most things,

were put in place to counteract people's bigotry. If you really believe that they're hiring the best person for the job, that means you are assuming that white cishet males are superior to everyone else because the majority of power positions are held by that group of people. So what they're saying, what they actually have convinced themselves is that we have these jobs because we rightfully deserve them

because we are superior than any other candidate that exists because those are the people who get these jobs over and over again. And so we put these DEI programs in place to say, no, you should look at and consider other people to force people to stop being so bigoted, to force people to make decisions outside of themselves because they can only

see themselves. But they don't like that. They don't like that whatsoever, as we see. So, yes, they are getting rid of all DEI language and putting themselves in positions that they don't even have to pretend anymore that they're considering other folks for jobs. Michael? Yeah, you know, I was skeptical of this. There was, it seemed like

there were corporations tripping over themselves to show that they weren't racist or weren't bigoted or things like this. And, you know, I was like, okay, so it took George Floyd being killed and it being recorded and it going viral for you to realize that your business practices are wrong.

Now, and another thing that Randy hit on this and it's good to see you again, Randy. Seventy six. When we look at the article from NBC News dot com, 76 percent of the chief diversity officer positions went to white people. So right there, it's like the game inside of the game. It's like, okay, it's like three-car Monte or something. It's like, okay, so we're going to do diversity, equity, and inclusion, and most of the jobs are going to go to white people. I mean, talk about pimping ain't easy. I mean, so my question would be,

okay, where do we go from here, Randy? What should we be forcing these corporations that get billions of our dollars each year to do? First thing, you have to read my book, White Fear, because this ain't going anywhere anytime soon. It's not going anywhere anytime soon. The reason why I call myself a disruptor is that I refuse to represent DEI as it stands today. They are going to pay the price. Indeed came out with a survey just recently that said 49% of all black employees are thinking about leaving their jobs because they're unhappy.

49%. So they need us, right? We know the world needs us. So if they don't get it together, you know, we are starting businesses on our own and saying, you know what, you don't accept me, I'll find another way. You know, we are the kings and queens of finding another way, right? So it's going to hurt them in the long run. I believe that we need to push people to be held accountable. Where is the money, like you asked yesterday, Roland? How much money are you putting in? How many employees do you have of these certain identity groups?

Who sits on your board? And to keep out, because I'm actually starting starting I'm starting to do my own DEI report cards cursory looking at companies and saying I don't care about what your mission statement says I'm looking at your board I'm looking at your employees and you get an F and and and also as individuals go out there and do those glass door reviews. Let people know how you are feeling as a black person within your companies. Because, like I said, bottom line is that they care about reputation. So don't allow them to get away with just these broad announcements. Individually, we can make a difference.

When you put them on blast on social, trust me, they respond. Yes. Before I go to break, I got to get this in. So I saw all these people commenting on social media because a lot of brothers were upset that this happened. When Michael B. Jordan got his star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This is embraced by his fellow actor from Creed. All these people were upset. Some of the

interviews that they've seen them hugging each other and folks have had attitude. And I really think that this is really some of the dumbest shit I've ever seen in my life. This whole idea that one black man who hug or who embrace somehow it's

feminine or gay it really is stupid. Now I'm gonna show you something here that was a tribute in the NBA to Kobe Bryant this is when he was he died in the helicopter crash and this video here went viral and this is what happened so you watch it said Dwayne Wade walks up to Allen Iverson. He looks at him and the camera goes back and you see this embrace between Allen Iverson and Dwayne

Wade. And obviously a lot of these brothers were quite emotional with the death of Kobe Bryant. And stick with the video and I'll tell you when I saw A.I. at the All-Star game, there was a photo that we took, and he actually thanked me. We shook hands, and he also put his hand behind the back of my head and put me close to his head. Man, I love you. I love the work that

you do. You matter, and it's important. And I got to remind people those a lot of these brothers who out here on social media who are who are talking a lot of crap. Clearly, they weren't at the Million Man March that took place because you know what you saw? You actually saw black men who were hugging each other, who were saying, brother, I love you. And so I don't know what's up with some of these Indian-ass folk, Matt, but it needs to be said that there's nothing wrong with black men who actually show appreciation for one another? No, absolutely nothing wrong. And in fact, you know, it's interesting we have this conversation today because I just had a conversation about how there's so many people dying and I'm a lot more attuned now with my mortality than I ever have been or the reality of that. And we lose an opportunity every time we see a brother, especially

a brother we love. And we don't, we don't tell him, man, I love you, brother. I'm proud of what you're doing. Keep, keep your head up, keep, you know, doing what you're doing. And we should do that, man. I mean, whether it's your bros, whether it's your friends, whomever it is. And it's just ridiculous that people are trying to make this an ugly thing. And I don't have anything to say beyond all the brothers out there. I love you. Keep doing what you're doing. All the people out there, we need to share the love because we don't have, we live on borrowed time. We don't know when it ends and we got

to show that love while we have the chance. You know, Roland, that was the first time I saw that video and, you know, it's good to see two African-American men being able to appreciate one another and show love between one another.

They show love in hip-hop. They show love in the sports world, things like that. Some of the black social media grifters, they may have been trying to tag on to the backlash that Jonathan Majors is getting from his photo shoot on the Covener Ebony magazine, or Digital Ebony, what have you. I saw it, wasn't a fan of it, didn't comment on it, wasn't gonna waste time commenting on it. But this right here, we need to see more of that.

We need to see more brothers embracing each other and showing love and admiration one another as opposed to speaking negatively about each other and killing each other. Brianna. It's sad that we have to have this conversation. I'm not quite sure why it's even an issue. Emotions are human, and they should be able to be exerted. And I saw nothing wrong with the videos.

And I'm not sure why. I am sure, but it's sad why people on social media are saying that the embrace shouldn't have happened. Randy. I think that some people need to heal, quite frankly. I think we need healing within our community because the way that some people are defining masculinity is quite frightening. So healing needs to be done. Same thing happened with the cover with ASAP Rocky and Rihanna. And because she was walking in front, people wanted to call him a simp and call out the magazine. And I believe that we need to let some of this go

and focus on healing because it scares me that people would think that there's something wrong with two men showing genuine love and affection for one another. It's sad. And it shouldn't have to be when somebody

dies. No, it should not be. I mean, you can actually do it when someone is alive. All right, folks. Randy, we appreciate it. Thanks a bunch. Thank you. Got to go to a break. We come back.

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Hi, I'm Gavin Houston. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your boy, Jacob Lattimore, and you're now watching Roland Martin right now. Thank you. I would say math is probably the one subject most people hated in school. I know I did. I did not give a flip about no algebra, geometry, trigonometry. In fact, I remember telling my teacher, look, I don't need this damn stuff. Look, I can count. I can count money.

I know how to negotiate. But there's a Georgia-based acute mathematics firm. It's called Math & More. They're changing, again, how kids access math, making it a lot more fun and exciting. They offer K-12 post-secondary math tutorials, coaching, as well as IEP 504 solutions. Christopher Robles is the founder and CEO of Math & More. He joins us right now. So, okay. So, was math easy for you in school? Yes. How? Because I don't know how. I had a brother at Jack Yates

High School. John Williams played football, and John was a genius at math. I was like, John, you can keep this. I don't know what the hell they're talking about. So, math was actually the easiest subject for me i had um a hard time with english language arts english language arts was like the worst thing that i could have ever did uh and i know we speak english and all that stuff but math was a language in and of itself and most men like statistically enjoy math more because there's an answer to the solution i ain't one of them brothers i could say yeah i would kill i would destroy you in the english class i mean you could have it because i'm not, it wasn't me.

It was not for me. Math was one of the easiest subjects, and I think it had a lot to do with the teachers that were in place for me. And that was. Well, that's what Dr. Freeman Hrabowski said. He said, Roland, he said, you didn't have the right teachers. He said, if I were teaching you math, he said, it would have been awesome. I was like, yeah, Doc, well, you should have been there. Yes. And honestly, like the way I teach math and the way i get kids excited about

it like my kids actually will say oh mr robles and your math class it allowed for me to um explore math in a different way it i broke it down and i keep it simple like i do things that get kids to say i love math at the end of the day. I don't know how, how, so, okay. How, but what do you do? So one of my major things that I do inside my math class is that I always break down a problem to something that is so simple for them and also make it relatable to them. So the curriculum, like we use different curriculums, like Eureka math and things like that, right? Like that's the buzz curriculum right now. But then I take that and put it in the terms of something that is relatable to our students.

So that way they can access it at the level that they are. Because most of the students that I have taught honestly come in on, if I'm teaching Algebra 1, which is the subject that I love to teach the most, which is what you hate. But if I'm teaching Algebra algebra one i'm making it something that's accessible to them like one apple plus one apple is two apples so if you cut that apple in this different many ways you still have one whole apple and it's all about a language so also when you're in english class what did you use if you didn't know how to look up a word so we had them dictionary right in. An English class. So why don't we have that same resource in a math class?

I brought that math. You asking the wrong one. I brought that resource to my math class. If you don't know a word in math, look it up in the math dictionary. Hey, look, I'm telling you right now, just understand I talked my way into a passing grade in college.

Yes, I used my English skills to communicate my way into. I was like, listen, y'all have no idea. Oh, silver tongue? Yes. Oh, I talked my way up by 30 points. Yeah. But it's just, again, though, it's just one of those things that we go through. And even what kills me now when you have parents that be kind of like,

man, they ain't the math I had when I was in school. It's the same math. Math is literally a language. The language don't change. I can go to China right now and teach the same algebra that I would be teaching here in the United States of America. It's all about the delivery and, like, what you are trying to get from that math class and, like, how you access it. So, like, one of the things that, reason why we're here, that I get kids excited about math is Pi Day, right?

You get to eat pie, you get to throw pies in teachers' faces, but you also are learning about the irrational number that's there. It's so much fun to actually explore math, and math is all around us everywhere we are. Let's see here. Let me see between Brianna, Matt, and Michael, let me see who probably enjoyed math.

Brianna laughing. I know it ain't her. I can tell the look on her face. She struggled with math. I did not struggle with math. I had a great math tutor that I had to go to. Stop lying. Hold up. Stop right there. You said

I had a great math tutor I went to? Absolutely. That mean your ass struggling with math? Because you had to go to a math tutor. Not necessarily. Just because you go to a math tutor don't mean that you're always struggling. She did. I have a student right now who is

excelling in math class right now. He does amazing. He has great grades in math. However, having that extra support doesn't help. Math is only exposed to students and scholars in one subject. The reason why people do well in English is because they have it in social studies. They have it in science. They have it in English.

They have it in every other class. Math is an isolated subject for 45 minutes to 90 minutes depending on what school district you're in. That's it. So, yeah, you're going to need a tutor because you're only exposed to it one time a day. But Brianna struggled. Brianna, what's your question? Real quick, go. I passed AP Calculus. Just want to let you know, I got a 4, so I didn't struggle too hard.

You cheated. But I will say, I love high, and I love everything that you're doing because definitely it's needed. It was something that wasn't as fun as other classes, but thank you so much. Question for you. Do you see, so from Florida,

you said there's different types of learning and certain states decide to teach it a certain way. And do you see any conflicts with other states where they decide to not do the traditional teaching? And when students sometimes get marked down, even though they have the right answer, they did not show the work the same way that they were taught. What are your thoughts on that?

First of all, you struggle with English, that long-ass question. All right, come on, damn. So, honestly, when students, when I have students that I'm teaching and tutoring and things like that, they always say that, oh, well, my teacher taught it to me this way, and, oh, this is the answer and things like that. And I always tell them there's always more than one way to skin a cat. Like you said it earlier in the show, we are the kings and queens of finding out a way, right? So when I teach math, I'm going back to the roots. I'm going back to the carry the one multiplication, the original algorithm, because that's what students understand. This newfangled conceptual

understanding and getting kids to do that, that was only introduced, honestly, in the black communities because students struggle with this so much. But now we're trying to like break it down in a way that is accessible to them, but then we're not really teaching them how to actually solve a problem. Matt, what's your question? Matt, I see you over there crying, laughing back because Matt, were you good at math? I'm good at arithmetic, but not high-level math, so no. No, your answer's lying. You ain't good at math. I'm good at arithmetic.

Hell, we know 5 plus 5 is 10. Come on. See, God don't like ugly. That's why you can't get the joke out. No, I can get it out. I can get it out. But you know doggone well you were not good at math. I said I was good at arithmetic and not beyond that.

I mean, that's the foundation of math. That's all you need to know how to do. Calculus ain't nothing but adding stuff up together. Thank you. Nonetheless, here are my two questions. Now, you got one question. Well, I have two, so you will have to subtract one. You can answer whichever one you like.

The first question is, how do your scholarships work? And the second question is, what have you found as alternative vehicles to teach students math? For instance, you know, as a musician, math is very prevalent in music, right? So a lot of people who are good at music are very good at math. What do you use like that to make the students acclimated to it? I was great at music. I didn't know what the hell was happening in math. Go ahead. So one of the things, actually one of my capstone projects that I had in an algebra class was for students to create a music video. They did that the year

that I taught in Florida, which contributed to the success of their grades and passing and all of that other good things. But they created a music video. I bring in tools and resources into the classroom that meet students where they are and not just academically. So if you wanna create a music video, all right, let's go, let's do it. Vocabulary has all of these different music videos for math and gets out of my peers and gets kids excited about math.

Now they got an opportunity to create their own music video that was all about algebra one so and that was their capstone project their final grade and then what led them going on to like geometry that year and then i did not catch that first question i just heard that second one scholarships about scholarships regarding he's asking do you have scholarships so i don't what we do is when students want to enroll in math and More, we meet parents where they are. So if they say that, hey, I can't really afford the going rate that's on the website, then that's where Math and More Foundation comes in. And we say, like, listen, just tell me where you are. Like we look at things.

So it's not an official scholarship is one of those like just I'll meet you where you at and it will support you there. Are there age limits for scholarships? Because Matt might need one. No. As long as you enrolled in K-12 school or in a college-level math class, just reach out, and we got you. Matt won a scholarship. Michael, go.

All right, Chris. So I did pretty well in math. My mother was a math teacher for about almost 50 years. He lied. He lied. He lied. First of all, when we say pretty well in math. My mother was a math teacher for about almost 50 years. He lied. He lied. He lied. First of all, we say pretty well. He lied. Yeah. Well, algebra kicked my behind. I did better

in geometry. But your mama was a math teacher! Well, she taught elementary school math. She taught elementary school. Oh, so you killed it in elementary school, but from junior high to high school, your ass was struggling. Well, I was in Detroit area pre-college engineering program in middle school and then graduated high school. Boy, ask your question.

Ask your question. When you talk about algebra and you talked about the music video, things like this, give us some examples of how you show your students how they will use algebra in real life because that's one of the problems when i was in school over 30 years ago it was just something abstract but they didn't teach us how you're going to use this in real life sustained go ahead so honestly algebra and like in real life one of the easiest things that i use is like the coordinate plane in real life. Right. Like kids want to plug into the GPS and how to like get from A to B.

But the coordinate plane was one of the most easiest things to like create this real life example of what how algebra is used. So slope, the Pythagorean theorem, all of those things is a direct relation to like when you plug into your GPS and Google Maps. That's how all of that is calculated. Yeah, but I ain't doing all that. I'm pulling my math up. I'm pulling my map up right now. And you put an address in. That's all I'm doing.

But I'm teaching them that this is how it works. Or even when. Right, but I ain't using that stuff. You're not going to use it every day, but how you think about it and using those critical thinking skills is what's going to be important and how you solve your life problems. So you may not be, you're not going to be walking around

walking down the street in D.C. See, like right here I was in L.A. I was going to, go to my phone, I went to the Grammy Museum. You see right here? Boom, I just clicked Grammy Museum. And it calculates the route.

So I'm just saying that's how I normally went. But just making those things real life, letting them know that this is distance formula. This is the coordinate plane. This is how it actually all works. And you'd be surprised. Kids are really excited to say, oh, my God, this is like what it means when you are plugging something into a GPS, especially when one of the most famous activities that I did also is just having kids run up and down the stairs, right? That's slope in and of itself. Kids was all over the building one year, we were doing slope. And then after that, we apply it inside the classroom. So what does that mean? Elevation,

moving up, moving around the school, like moving up and down elevators and things like that below sea level above sea level but getting them up getting them excited getting them moving around getting them to make those music videos getting them to just relate this is how i relate the things to what they're doing i mean look i i mean it that all that Look, I play golf. And so when you're talking about slope, when you're talking about... That's parabolas right there. Who? Parabolas. Who the hell is that? It's the

function that makes a U. Oh, really? Yes. What do they got to do with golf? Because when you hit the ball, what direction does it go in? It goes up, it hits a peak, and then it comes back down. That's a parabola right there. But if I'm hitting a draw or a fade or the up. See, now I'm not going to play with you right there.

I don't know too much about golf. I just know that it makes a parabola. There's a vertex. It goes up. It meets a peak, and that's it, and then I can crew. See, right there. See, we don't need all of them extra-ass words. You don't need to know that, but that's what's happening.

That's a lot of extra-ass words. That's exactly what's happening, to know that, but that's what's happening. That's a lot of extra ass words. That's exactly what's happening, though. I promise you that's what's happening. You may not know it, but that's how you get kids excited about it, though, by being able to make those things on the fly and letting them know, hey, if you do play golf, this is what's happening right now with the golf.

So when I'm putting the slope, I got you. I got you. First of all, are you only in Atlanta or are people able to access you across the country? Math and More is a virtual learning center. So we are able to support students wherever they are as long as they have a Wi-Fi connection. Cool. Matt, if you increase your Wi-Fi connection, you can get your Wi-Fi connection better, Matt.

You wrong. We'll give you a scholarship. We'll give you a scholarship, Matt, to get you up your math game. Tell folks how to find you. So Math & More is online. It's www.mathandmore.com You're able to find all the different accesses through all

social media platforms because it's at the top right of our corner. And just real quick, obviously the reason why we're here, Pi Day is happening on March 14th. However, who? Pi Day. Oh, Pi Day. Yes, it's the irrational. So what are we doing? We're doing cherry pie, we're doing apple pie.

Sweet potato pie. I make the meanest sweet potato pie you've ever asked my students. I bring that to them. Lose your ass. Didn't say pumpkin pie. No. No pumpkin pie. But Pi Day happens every year.

So it's on March 14th with math magicians all over the world. Celebrate math. And next week in Piedmont Park on on march 11 saturday at 159 because it's the next couple digits of pie we're going to be in piedmont park eating pie throwing pies in kids faces parents faces my face if you have enough tickets to cash in to throw pie in my face you're more than welcome to do so um we'll be giving away raffles, T-shirts, all types of stuff. And it's just all in an effort to get kids excited about math, all things circular, all things circumference related, radius, diameter, all the things that you use every day but you don't necessarily think about. Don't think about none of that.

Absolutely at all. Just don't at all. Again, I tell you, I had no idea what the hell they were doing in math class. I mean, but that's okay. You didn't necessarily always needed to know what was happening. You just needed to know how to apply it. No, I need to know how to get out that class. I need to know what is required to get that D.

That's all I need. And D ain't passing no more. Huh? D ain't passing no more. Damn, it's not? Nope. C is passing now. Shit.

I mean, that's a conversation for a different day. I'm just letting y'all know. All I wanted to know was what was that bottom number? That's all. 69. I was not trying. Uh-uh. It was like, I think it was 60.

Oh, wow. You ain't lying. Oh, wow. Yeah, no. And 70 is passing now. Oh, wow. You ain't lying. Oh, wow. Yeah, no. In 70 is passing out. Oh, shit. I wouldn't have had no shot. Hell, I was so far below 60.

I'm telling you, it just didn't connect at all. But I did communicate my ass to a passing grade. I mean, my kids. Which is why I keep telling people, learn how to communicate. Well, math is, again, a language. So as long as you teach the language the appropriate way, kids will know how to solve it. And honestly, like, not to toot my own horn, but the last year that I was in the classroom before I came... That's why your ass on the shoulder.

Right, yeah. But, like, the last year that I was in the classroom and directly teaching students on a large scale, we outperformed the state, state the district and the surrounding school districts because the way I deliver the instruction that allows students to like display their own math magicians ways yes so basically what you're saying because of math you the shit say it again because of math you the shit correct absolutely for sure that now that I can do shit don't be don't be scared to say it yes mean, in me, I knew I was the shit, and I said it. I was like, challenge me.

All right. We got to go to a break. Carol in the control room getting my damn nerves. We six and a half minutes over. First of all, no, we not, Carol. Okay, we going to do a two-minute commercial break. Okay, so calm down. See, first of all, Carol, don't even start.

Yeah. So tell me what's the math equation if you're seven minutes over when the segment was seven minutes over. So give Carol that equation during the break. Or give Carol the equation of getting cussed out by the boss over the next two minutes. All right, y'all, we'll be back. Rolling back down the filter on the Black Star Network

while Matt does some simple-ass arithmetic during the break. All right. On the next Get Wealthy with me, Deborah Owens, America's Wealth Coach. The wealth gap has literally not changed in over 50 years, according to the Federal Reserve. On the next Get Wealthy, I'm excited to chat with Jim Castleberry, CEO of Known Holdings. They have created a platform, an ecosystem to bring resources to Blacks and people of color so they can scale their business. Even though we've had several examples of African-Americans and other people of color being able to be successful,

we still aren't seeing the mass level of us being lifted up. That's right here on Get Wealthy, only on Black Star Network. A lot of these corporations or people that are running stuff push black people if they're doing a certain thing. What that does is it creates a butterfly effect of any young kid who wants to leave any situation they're in and the only people they see are people that are doing this. So I gotta be a gangster, I gotta shoot, I gotta sell, I gotta do this in order to do it.

And it just becomes a cycle. But when someone comes around and is making other, oh, we don't, you know, they don't wanna push it or put money into it. So that's definitely something I'm trying to fix too, is just show there's other avenues. You don't gotta be a rapper, you don't gotta be a ballplayer. You can be a country singer, you can be an opera singer,

you can be a damn whatever, you know? Showing the different avenues, and that is possible, and it's hard for people to realize it's possible until someone does it. Hi, everybody. This is Jonathan Nelson. Hi, this is Cheryl Lee Ralph, and you are watching Roland Martin, unf'all. So I'm just trying to understand, Michael, how your mama was a math teacher

and your ass struggled in math? Well, what happened was... Hold up. When he started stuttering, well, what happened was... Hold up. When he started stuttering, what happened was, how your mama a math... I did well in elementary school. I did well in middle school in math.

Algebra, ninth grade, kicked my behind. The second semester of algebra, I did better than the first semester of algebra, freshman high school. I was a math teacher. Yeah, but she taught elementary school math. She wasn't teaching me algebra, okay?

So hold up, elementary school math different from algebra? Yeah. I ain't talking to you, I'm asking a guest. Will you ask me the question? I'm asking a guess. Will you ask me the question? I'm asking a guess. Go ahead. Elementary school math is very different than middle school and high school math. What happens a lot of times, and parents are just like, one apple plus one apple is two apples.

They think that that's going to just be the trajectory of how math classes go. Absolutely not. Once you get to middle school, it starts to get real different right and eighth grade year is the year that sets you up for success for high school and then so yes the short answer is yes elementary school math is way different than um middle school and high school or secondary math okay okay all right and then when i went to geometry geometry i was doing well in geometry till we damn you throwing your hands up proof so i'm gonna go ahead and just tell y'all and be honest with y'all yeah don't lie math and more

if you want me to tutor you that it ain't i'm not teaching you geometry there are tutors in place there's other people there in place because that's a different brain. I'm calculations I'm equations quadratics I'm numbers Geometry is numbers as well with some algebra fused into it, but it's more There's a different this is different love for geometry that you gotta have in fact You would probably enjoy a geometry class more than you would know Algebra class no more broad. Let know algebra class. No more broad. Let me help you. I hate it.

Algebra. I hated geometry. I hated all of them. I'm trying to look not that the only thing me and Matt Matt will agree on when he's like he was down arithmetic. I told him straight up like, yo, I can count money. I can negotiate, I can calculate prices and stuff in my head when I go shopping. I was real quick

with that. That's all fractions. Percents. Ratios. Hey, well, I lit that shit up. I'm letting you know, I lit that up. When you sign in contracts and you're working on your job and your job is giving you a 3% raise and you get a typo on that paycheck and you are looking at these different line items that's on your pay stub, you need to know what all of this stuff is and how it all calculates and adds up. You got that right.

So that's what's up. All right, y'all. That's it for us. We did not get to our crazy people stories my dad would add to. How my dad going to send me a text talking about, come on, son, it's getting late. I've been waiting to see these crazy white folks. Been waiting for two weeks. All right, dad, you got to wait until Monday. So I'm going to do

them on Monday. Blame Matt with his simple arithmetic. All right, that's it. We appreciate it. We're going to normally roll our fans who give to us on Fridays. I'll go ahead and roll it on Monday. Carol, calm down. I'm calling

the Audible. Omaha, damn it, Omaha. That's what I do. All right, y'all. And a shout out to Track Baby. Y'all follow her on Instagram. We had her on the show. Santia, I'm rocking her troners. These are the shoes she also does as well.

You know, her unisex shoes. She sent me the sweatsuit, so I wanna go ahead and rock it. Brianna thanks a bunch. You know Brianna Lyon, she wasn't good in math. And thanks a bunch. Matt, thanks a bunch, that's why you praying. He like praying I get a math scholarship. And Michael, an utter embarrassment.

Your mama a math teacher, she was screwing up. That makes no sense. That's like having a mama who's an English teacher and you can't talk. All right, y'all, that's it. I will see y'all on Monday. Holla! Black Star Network is here.

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