The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Roy Wood Jr. Breaks Down Clarence Thomas’s Secret Luxury Gifts | Jerry Craft

Episode Date: April 7, 2023

Clarence Thomas faces impeachment talks for not disclosing gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow, Jill Biden causes drama by inviting LSU and Iowa to the White House, and Chipotle sues Sweetgreen over trademark rights. NYT bestselling author and illustrator Jerry Craft discusses the irony of having an award-winning book banned for CRT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to the Debtly Star of Alan Wood Jr. Welcome to the Debtly Star, I am Roy Wood, Junior. Yes, I am. Thank you. Thank you. Now, this is... This is... This is... This is... Thank you. Thank you. Now, this is, this is, this is, thank you. Now, welcome to the Daily Show.

This is my last night as guest host. No, no, no, don't cry, because you're all invited to the after party. There ain't no after party. We're on a basic cable budget. Who the hell you think you're coming to see? We got a great show for you tonight, so let's get into the headlines. Okay, there is so much going on right now. So much going on this week. Chicago has a new mayor. R.F.K. Jr. is running for president. And the Tampa Bay rays are undefeated. The Tampa Bay rays are undefeated. The Tampa Bay rays. You know what good for the raise. You know they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they, they're they're they're their their their their their their their their, their, their, their. So, their. So, their. So, their. So, their, their. So, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their they're their their their their their their their their their their their their th. their their their their their their their their their their their th. their their, their, their, the undefeated. The Tampa Bay rays! You know what good for the raise.

You know they pay the players in Burger King. Did you know that? But if it's one thing I love more than baseball, it's food and if there's one thing I love more than food, it's food lawsuits. This morning it's a battle of the bowls. Chipotle Mexican grill filing a lawsuit in California against salad chain sweet green. Alleging Sweetgreen's new Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bull

violates Chipotle's trademark rights. Chipotle claiming sweet greens very similar and directly competitive bowl is an attempt to capitalize on their brand. Arguing the competitor's ad uses the same font and style as Chipotle's branding and features a similar color to their and style as Chipotle's branding and features a similar color to their trademarked adobo red. Chipotle says Sweet Green should change the name of its new bowl by one, putting the word Chipotle in lowercase and renaming it as a chicken bowl with Chipotle.

That's right. That's right. The two whitest restaurants in America are fighting over who gets to use a Mexican word. And honestly, what the hell is Chipotle mad about? You named yourself after a seasoning. That's on you, Playboy. And honestly, both, both these companies need to get sued just for using the word burrito bowl. If it ain't wrapped up, it ain't a burrito.

Stop, stop it. It's just shit in the bowl. You're putting shit in the bowl and you go, oh, this is all burrito bowl. B. that's dry chili. Would you like to try our all new PB&J sandwich bowl? Sorry, did I say I want it pudding? I wanted a small. I wanted a sandwich. Moving on to a big story today.

One of America's Supreme Court justices is in a major corruption scandal. And you'll never guess who. Okay, it's Clarence Thomas. But you'll never guess what. Okay, it's Clarence Thomas. But you'll never guess what? A simply blockbuster, bombshell report. Get this, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose luxury trips around the world worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pro Publica says Justice Thomas has for years accepted free charter jet flights

and stays on a yacht and luxury resorts. From real estate developer Harlan Crow. Crow is a conservative mega donor. Crow tells Pro Publica he's never tried to influence the justice on legal or political issues. Oh yeah, yeah, sure. I'm sure. No, no, no, no.

I'm sure this billion-that Republican didn't want to influence nobody. He just, no, no, no, he, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. th. th. th. th. to, to, I, hang on, no, no. I'm sure this billionaire Republican didn't want to influence nobody. He just, no, no, he know. He just wanted to go on vacation with Clarence Thomas, you know, because we all know that Clarence is clearly a bag of fun. Just be straight up. Who wouldn't want to pull up on Miami Beach with old C. Come on, Clarence, we're doing tequila shots. Mmm, Clarence love tequila shots.

I don't know why I made them sound like sling blade. Here's my question. If you're going to buy a Supreme Court justice, why would you spend all that money on luxury yachts and planes for Clarence Thomas? You could have bought Brett Cavano for a bottle of Jaeger and a South West Monacause. This is the better deal. Boarding Group B. Let's move on to sports now. Earlier this week, we told you how LSU beat Iowa in the women's NCAA basketball

championship. And there was some epic trash talk this week between Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark and tempers have been bubbling all week. But finally, finally, a piecemaker has emerged. Did First Lady Jill Biden get so excited about the women's basketball championship game, she put her foot in her mouth. As she celebrated LSU's victory over Iowa, Dr. Jill suggested both teams come to the White House. So I know we'll have the champions come to,

to the White House we always do, so, you know, we'll have LSU come, but you know what, I'm gonna tell Joe, I think Iowa should come too, because they played such a good game. Yes. Yes. No, you're wrong. She's talking about peace and unity, y'all. Why shouldn't the losers be standing proud with the winners? Come on, Jill Biden. You're trying to turn the White House into a participation trophy.

Nobody likes participation trophies. Even the kids don't like participation trophies. Nobody, nobody's ever came home after school, after the big game with a trophy. Like, yo, check it out. I struck out 12 times. For more on this story, we turn to Desi Lider Desi. How you been, Daly. Good to see you. Now, Desi, we've been talking about the story around the building all week and I know

you'll agree with me. The whole thing, the whole thing on this issue comes down to one word and that word is racism. Racism. I'm sorry, but you think you think this is racism? Roy I know racism when I see it and this is textbook racism. A mostly white team getting an invite to the White House for losing is white privilege at its most insidious. If I may quote Malcolm X. No, no, no, no. You may not quote Malcolm X.

Got it. I hear what you're saying, Desi, but this is clearly sexism. This offer, this would have never happened in men's sports. But women are expected to get along and to share the prize simply because they're women. If I could quote the great Gloria Stein, I'm what Gloria Stein? No? You knew?

Look, Roy, it is racist to honor white losers, the same as black winners. Trust me, I have a unique perspective on race as a person talking to a black man right now. Does he? Let me explain to you how internalized sexism works. Let me explain sexism to you. Dr. Jill Biden treated these adult women like a bunch of high schoolers who all had to be invited to the slumber party no matter what.

That's not what you do. And I know what I'm talking about because I watch handmaidens tell a couple seasons. That's the name of it. Is it handmaid or handmaidens tale? Which one is it? I don't know. I only watch Atlanta. Look, whether it's racism or sexism and it's racism, I think we can both agree on two things. One, I know all the lyrics to Gangstis Paradise, and two, this was not Jill Biden's finest moment. Yes. Dr. Jill Biden made a mistake.

Yes. Dr. Jill Biden's finest moment. Yes. Dr. Jill Biden. Yes. Yes. Dr. Jill Biden made a mistake. Maybe next year the White House should have Vice President Kamala Harris extend the invite. You know, another strong woman. A strong black woman.

Who made US herstery? Not to mention. She knows how to kick it at the cook at, no I mean. That's right, girl boss. Yeah, give it all. Yeah, give it all. Desiladdez, everybody. All right, when we come back, we'll talk about why college has got to go, so don't go away. So don't go away. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Welcome back to the Daily Show.

Now, do you remember back in the day, you'd be watching TV flipping the channels and then you'd see a ad for one of those for-profit colleges, be some dude in the t-shirt in the parking lot telling you to get your shit together? First off, how are you gonna tell me to get my shit together? Your shirt ain't even got a collar, brother. Or worse, they'd level up after a little while and get Masterpiece son to rat to us about education. Say, I see D.C. College. I say I C. D.C. C. College. I say I C. D.C. C. College. I say I C. D. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. C. I. C. I. C. I. C. I. I. I. I. I. C. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. D. I. I. D. D. D. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. D. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I C D C College. Do you like reading and shit? I think that's the first time a dude lost a rap battle to himself.

But the thing is, people who graduated from these for-profit schools are often drowning in dead or end up with a degree that nobody respects. The fact is, if you want a degree, somebody respects. Oh, you gotta get you one at ease, baby. This is my actual college degree. Broadcast journalism, bitches, from a four-year institution. Florida A&M. Four-year institution.

None of that parking like bullshit. Cost me about $60,000. Should have been $45,000, but I'd flunked a year of school because I'd skip school during midterms to open for Tommy Davis. And true story. You know what I love? This thing I love about college degrees. You ever notice when you get a college degree, your parents always want you to to take a picture with them. They'd be cheese and super, look at my mama. My mama. My mama. My mama. My mama. My mama. My mama. My mama. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I', I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'. I, I, I'. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I. I. I, I. I, I, I. I, I, I. I, I, I, I, I. I, I, I, I, I, I. I, Ithey'd be cheese and super, look at my mama. Look at my mama. My mama's smiling harder than me, you know. She's been in high education for almost four decades, so you know she's happy about the degree.

And I'm smiling too. To be fair, I'm smiling. But the only reason I'm smiling is because I ain't seen the invoice yet. But now the the the the the the the the th th th th thin I thin's thin's thin's thin't thin't thin't thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' is thin' thin' thin' thin' is thin' is thin' thin' is thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin'-a'-s thin'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s'-s smiling t-s smiling t-s smilingalted four-year college degree is starting to feel a lot like the parking lot of education. It's no wonder that people are starting to doubt the whole thing. More and more Americans are asking themselves, is a college degree still worth it? For high school senior Reins Lucas, his biggest challenge isn't getting into his dream schools.

It's paying for them. It's just not sensible to go somewhere and take on hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. Many top executives are questioning the purpose of a college degree, including Elon Musk. There's no need even to have a college degree at all. Listen, you know it's bad when the dude who bought Twitter says college is a bad investment. That's one of the months. Taking a second.

A hundred forty four billion. Oh yeah, that was bad. That was a good joke. Now we talked about abolishing the police and abolishing prisons, but I think it's time to ask an honest question. Is it time to abolish college? We'll try to answer it in another installment of long story short. There are a lot of problems with college. There's a lot of problems with college.

You've got annoying roommates. You got unfair professors. Sometimes after a night of underage drinking, a bunch of Jamaican nightclub owners decide to pull a gun on you after a small disagreement over a cover charge to get in their establishment, also a true story. But one of the main problems in recent years is that college has gotten way too expensive. From the time Prince had his ass cheeks out, until when Megan the Stallion had her ass cheeks out, which is about 40 years, the average cost of a college education has risen nearly 500 percent. It's gotten so expensive that American kids need to flee the country just to get an education.

With tuition prices soaring at home, American students are flocking to Europe for cheaper college options. There are at least 44 schools across Europe where Americans can earn their bachelor's degree for free. All public colleges in Germany, Iceland, Norway and Finland are free for residents and international students. How crazy is it that studying abroad? Studying abroad, that used to be for rich kids. That was for pretentious rich people.

Now, if you're a baller, you need to go to school in America. Oh, you studied in Berlin, you broke bitch. I went to D. Ohio State University. Fetch me caviar! Now, it's bad enough that these degrees are so expensive. But what makes it worse is that they're not necessarily preparing you to earn the money back. Just one out of ten business leaders even believes that college graduates have the skills needed to work in their workplaces. And employers aren't the only ones questioning what colleges are teaching.

So are the graduates themselves. Ever wish you'd picked a different measure back in college? Turns out nearly two of every five American college grads regret regret. the ch-re-aureagre, liberal arts majors are the most likely to harbor that deep regret. Nearly half of them say they wish they'd picked another field of study. The most regretted major? Journalism. No, no. Don't zoom in on my pain. Come back up to my face. I have no regrets about going to the school and paying money to learn back up to my face. I have no regrets about going to

your school and paying money to learn journalism just to get on TV to play a fake journalist. I have no regrets? I did real work. I did real journalism. Just show them, show them the work. Hospital's spokesperson, Brooke Wilson, declined to speak with FAMU-46 on camera about the events that led up to the hospital's impromptu inspection from Afa. You telling me that wasn't real journalism? That was hard-hitting journalism in my daddy's suit. The point is, I had to dig in the closet for the VHS to find out. The point is many college degrees aren't even setting you up for a career now.

Now back in the day, it didn't really matter that much because just having a degree made you special. In 1960, around 8% of the population had a bachelor's degree. But today, that number's around 40. Having a college degree now is like having a keyless entry in your car. Everybody got it. Everybody can. But in 1987, you was the man. You had keyless entry in 87. Hey, what you just did? I locked my car. Do it again. Oh shit. You the devil, that's magic! So here's where we are, people.

We got people spending more money than ever to get a degree that means less than ever, which has left people looking for alternatives. Some people are taking apprentices. Some people are taking classes online. And some employers are saying, hell, we'll just train yourselves. In fact, Google has a $50 a month education service that they've used to place over 75,000 people into jobs at over 150 different companies. Jobs that Google will soon replace with AI, but that's not the point. So long story short, college is too expensive.

It doesn't help you get a job. You can learn the same stuff on a computer or an Iceland or Berlin. Half the employers will train you for free. This shit is a big a scam than Bitcoin. We should abolish college. Don't help me? We got to abolish college, man. They ain't messing around with top...

Hey, Mama. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am, I know you've been in higher education for 40 years. Mama, I know you march. You told me the stories, I know you march. Yes, I'll put the diploma back on the wall. Yes, I won't talk bad about college, but yes. Okay, side note. College is necessary. It broadens your horizons.

And in spite of its cost, I'm an absolutely better man because of the degree and the invaluable lifelong friendships I made along the way. So maybe maybe we don't have to abolish college but we need to find a way for its benefits to outweigh its costs because if a four-year degree is going to leave you with crippling debt and people not respecting the degree, then maybe we all owe parking lot t-shirt man an apology because it seems like we're all victims of for-profit education. Stay tuned when we come back, author Jerry Kraft will be joining me on the show. But don't go, we're going.

I'm going to pretend the writer on this paper. I'm going to pretend the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator. His new book is called School Trip. Please welcome Jerry Craft. Yeah. Brother Craft. Yeah, the brother craft. Yeah, first off, shots out to the tie. I see what you're doing with the tie. I got to little, got some of the black peanut characters on that time. Yeah. I have to represent Franklin here.

What did you read growing up? I'm always interested about that with authors. Like what got you into the habit of reading? Like because I was assigned a lot of books in school that I feel like I shouldn't have been reading. It was like Baywolf, call it a while. They just white people running hands. And you didn't see yourself in that?

I didn't know. I did not see myself in those books. No, I went from Dr. Seuss to Marvel Comics to nothing. I hated to read. Reading was a punishment for me. And it's the same thing. I didn't see myself. What am I going to read? Tom Sawyer?

Huck Finn. I mean, but Tom Sawyer had the n-word in it, so representation... Right, so we got some representation. It wasn't great representation, but we got representation. So then if Marvel Comics and comic books activated your curiosity for literacy, what is it about graphic novels that we can do to help that with today's children? The first thing I think we have to explain to some people is the term graphic novel does not mean a novel with graphic content. And that you think that's not real but there are people that think that so they're like I don't want my kid to read a graphic novel it's a novel graphic content and they're like no that's not what it is so we might have to change to just a big old comic book book book book book book book book book book book book it is th is th is th is th. that th. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that's that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's that's that's that's that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not that's not thi thi the the the the the the the thi the the thi thi thi thi that's not that comic book. That might make it a little a little better. I think with some of the

education rates in this country that's probably a good idea brother. Right. Now this book that you have school trips, a wonderful, wonderful book. You know, black child out there doing this thing? It's been banned in a bunch of places. First off congratulations on being banned. black child out there doing this thing. It's been banned in a bunch of places. First off, congratulations on being banned. Thank you. Congratulations. I know that must feel awful.

I know that is a terrible feeling to write a book and then somebody go, oh, your book is too good. We can't let nobody read it. What was your thoughts and feelings when you first found out about that? I was disappointed. I was sad for the kids. Because so this book, this is my first book, New Kid. It's the first graphic novel, only graphic novel ever to win the Newberry Medal. It was the second book to win the Newbury and the Credit Scott King. Right? And the only book ever to win those two and a Kirkus prize.

So not the only black book, the only book, not the only black book. So then how do we get to that place? How do we go from a book, the same character in both books. This is the third book with this character. So the first book, award award award. This book, people go CRT. Right. How is that classification even fair with the literature? T literature? th? th? th. T literature? T literature? T literature. T literature? T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. So, th. th. the the the the th. So, the th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. So, thi. So, their their their they. So, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not, the same. So, not, not, not, the same. So, not, the same. So. So, So the first book, Award, Award, Award. This book, people go CRT. Right. How is that classification even fair with the literature that you've been creating? Fair? You are funny, fair. I mean, like that's that's the point of it, you know, it's like from a kid who hated the read and was told that comics will rot his brain to grow up, you know, you know, tho' the character, you know, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like that, like that, like that, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, like, like, like, like, like, like, it's like from a kid who hated the read and was told that comics would rot his brain to grow up, you know, born in Harlem, grew up in Washington Heights and to have this book which should be an after school special.

My life should be the after school special. A reluctant reader who grows up to, I mean, there's a movie in the works with this book. Okay. Do you have a, do you have a producing partner? I know how to read, I like reading. I do. Get money, we'll talk about that after the show. But it's like 13 different languages, so they can read it in Albanian, Romanian, Greek,

they just can't read it in Texas. Ooh. Ooh. Now, the book is about, this book's school trip, is about, you know, some kids who decide to travel over to France and they take a school trip. Now, as a product of Birmingham Public Schools, I cannot relate to traveling out of the country at any point. Like, there was no international field trips. Like in Alabama, you go to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their-s, their-s, their-s, their-s, their-s, their-s, their school their school their at any point. There was no international field trips.

Like in Alabama, you go to three places. You go to civil rights. They take you down to Montgomery to see where they don't pass laws that help civil rights. And then they let you visit a cave. That's it, the Soto cave. It's a nice cave. But where have you traveled? Like, because to be able to write about children traveling beyond the horizon, what were your travels like and your journeys as a child?

As a child, it was all local stuff that my dad and I used to go. When I graduated from college, which I know you're trying to ban, but for those of you, you know, it was good. We just need a Bible and get one free coupon. We just need something for college. It was good for me. So when I graduated from college, my dad took me to Bahamas. And it was 70 years old, his first time on the plane, right? Because we didn't think that we could travel, right? And then we went every year to a different place for 20 years. When my sons graduated from college, I took them to Paris.

Because again, you don't think that you can do those things. Right? And so I make the books that I wish that I had when I was a kid that makes kids readers, that gives them hope because you don't even know the things that you can hope for. Right? And that's... So I read a review online, they tell me not to read reviews, but I did anyway. And this woman literally wrote, I'm not sure if my largely poor, largely African-American students will be able to relate to this book. So I'm like, but a kid, you're saying a kid can relate to a kid who goes to wizard school, flies on a broom and waves a

wand, but you can't picture these black kids going to Paris so you're not going to let you're not going to let them see the book. That's worse than being banned. How do we get people also to understand because to me the issue with CRT as well I think it's been twisted into this idea that these are black authors writing about black stuff specifically for black people? How do we get people to also understand that these books are for everyone to read? It's not about...

Some sort of colored only section on a bookshelf. These books are about the human experience. So how will we be able to get more people to understand that? There's a kid, I just saw this on Tick Tock, so it's a ninth grader, a nine year old third grader in Escambia County, Florida, goes up in front of a school board, right? He should be home playing Xbox, right? In front of a school board, talking about this book, he says, this book was a good reminder that we are all equal and we should treat people with kindness and respect because you never know what

someone is going through. Thank you for everything that you do. Craig we appreciate your brother. The book is school trip. It's available now. We're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. Well, that's. Well, that's our show for tonight. And that's my time as host. But stay tune my time as host. But stay tuned because your next guest host starts April 17th. His name is Jordan Clepper.

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