The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Shanghai's Extreme Lockdown | Dawn Staley

Episode Date: April 13, 2022

China enforces an extreme COVID-19 lockdown, Roy Wood Jr. highlights Black classical musicians, and South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley discusses her basketball championship.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hello there. You're about to watch an episode of The Daily Show. That means there's some news and some jokes on the way. So if you like laughing and news, you're in the right fucking place, honey. Coming to you from New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show. Tonight, inflation gonna inflate.

Elon Musk rules Twitter. And Dawn's Daily. This is the Day Show. I'm Trevor Noah and you're my live audience. You're live. This is happening. Thank you so much. Take a seat. Take a seat, guys. Thank you. Yeah, yesterday was our first show back with a live audience and it was super

exciting. It's been so much fun. But I do want to acknowledge something really quickly, and this is completely true. After the show aired, there were a number of people on social media who said they were sad because, quote, it's not just me and Trevor anymore. Yeah, and I felt that. And I just wanted to say to all of those people, yes, what we had was special. We had two very good years together and I will always treasure that. I really will, I'll treasure that in my heart, but ultimately I just, I needed to see other people. A lot of other people. You know. I, I really will, I'll treasure that in my heart, but ultimately, I just, I needed to see other people. A lot of other people, you know? And please remember this, please remember this. Please remember.

We still have our thing, okay? There's just going to be a lot of people watching while we do it, okay? Anyway, we have a really good show tonight. Our guest led South Carolina women's basketball to the championship, and she's a Hall of Famer, and she's a gold medalist. Don Staley is here, everybody. That's going to be a lot of fun. I hope you can help me go for my game. But first, let's do it.s off with some big economic news about inflation. You know, inflation. The reason your grandfather is always bragging about, I paid 7 cents for a movie ticket

in 1972. And it was a porno movie, yeah. Back in my day you have to see them in the theaters. Yeah you couldn't just pull them up on pub hub like you kids do. You had to remember the scene and go home and try and recreate the feeling. Sometimes you'd see a friend on the way home and you'd have to be like, shut up Jerry, stop talking. I'm trying to remember the boobs. And then I'd finally get home and your grandmother would say, well you at one of those movies again and I'll say, shut up Cheryl, I'm trying to remember those boobs. And then finally I got to yank my crank

and it will be boobs and Jerry and your grandmother in my head and the point is, things cost a lot less back then. So yes, inflation. It's getting worse and it's affecting everything. The breaking news this morning, the U.S. Labor Department, out with new inflation numbers this morning, they're high. The highest inflation, in fact, rate in the U.S. in more than 40 years. When you look at the sectors, it is gas, it is shelter, it is food, it is used cars. These are numbers that year over year have had big, big increases in prices. This is a situation where just about everything is going up, 8.5% inflation increase year over year. That's a strong, strong number.

The highest since December, 1981. When Raiders of the Lost Ark was number one at the box office, Ronald Reagan was president and unemployment was pushing 10 percent. When Raiders of the Lost Ark was number one at the box office, Ronald Reagan was president, and unemployment was pushing 10%. Seriously? This inflation is taking us back to 1981. I don't want to go back to 1981. First of all, there's no Wi-Fi.

Secondly, I could never pull off a Jerry Co people. Actually, I take that back. I take that back. Yeah, maybe I can. Doesn't look bad. Silk Sonic. You call me, baby. Yeah, we're doing this. But yeah, people, because the economy opened up suddenly, and the government gave everyone money. Everyone is spending again, but the supply chain issue, so there's not enough products for the people to buy, and that drives the prices up. And then on top of that, Vladimir Putin decided that, oh, now would be a nice time to Airbnb, Eastern Ukraine by force, raising oil prices,

which makes everything more expensive. And that's what's happening. It's going to happen the price of Bitcoin, you know, which is, sorry, wait, no, Bitcoin's down again, sorry, my bad, ignore that, ignore that. So, wait, oh, it's up again, it's up again. It's the future, all right, it's the future. So, the point is, wait, it's down again. Which is it a scam or is it a scam or is it the future, guys? Everything has gotten expensive. So expensive that even Bedboff and beyond coupons

are starting to get all cocky with us. Well, well, well. Who's the junk mail now? Yeah, used to throw me away. I guess my 20% offer isn't clogging up your mailbox anymore. Is it? Mother F. Yeah.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha! Here's the thing, man, inflation is bad for everybody. Right? It doesn't just hurt your wallet. It makes life harder for people. And it makes you feel crazy. You know, because you'll be in the store and you'll be like, yesterday this avocado was $3, now it's six.

Are you gaslighting me, avocado? All right, let's move on to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to someone to, avocado? All right, let's move on to someone who is definitely not affected by inflation. Elon Musk, billionaire businessman, and proud African-American. One of Musk's favorite things to do is get high and post trolly memes on Twitter. But recently, he transformed himself into the most powerful Twitter troll of all time.

You see, Musk recently bought enough stock to make him the company's largest shareholder. Yeah, and apparently he was supposed to join the board of directors as well, but now for some reason, there's been a change of plans. Elon Musk deciding not to join Twitter's the CEO. But even as an outsider, Musk may still be able to join Twitter's board of directors. That's according to Twitter's CEO. But even as an outsider, Musk may still be able to influence the company. His decision means he's no longer limited to owning just about 15% of Twitter.

That would have been a condition if he had joined the board. Now some analysts suggesting he could bolster a stake and eventually establish control of the company. Yeah, that's right. Elon Musk has his sites, th And whether or not he decides to take it over, you do realize he is still the largest shareholder, which means Twitter is his baby now. Yeah, that means any minute he's going to rename it T. W. Ampersant Zeta. Prrrr. Brr-rr-r-r-r-r-r-r-l-r-r-l-l-r-l-l-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-nk-nk-nk-nk-nk-nk-iiii-i-i-i-nk-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-n'er-n'er-n'er-n'er-n'er-n'er, the-n'er-n'er-n'er, the-n, the-n, the-n, the-n, the-n, the-n, the-a-n-n-n'er-n'er-n'er-n'er-n'er-n'er-n'er-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-tahahahahahah-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-llllli-t-t-t-t-srrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah-tah-s, the-tah-tah don't like Elon Musk, they think his controversial,

all these things. I will say this, man, one thing you have to admit is that he makes being a billionaire look fun, you know? No, it has its perks. Elon was annoyed by Twitter, and so what do you do? He bought it. Yeah, tell me we all wish we didn't have that power. Imagine if when the airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline airline the air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air air.. their their their their their their th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. thoom. thoom. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi tho. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. I thi. I thi. I tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I thooo. thi. th power, huh? Imagine if when the airline told you that you were bumped from your flight,

you could just buy the airline, as opposed to now, where we just act like there's anything we can do. Oh, oh really? The flight's overbooked? Well, you know what? I'm just going to buy another seat on a less convenient flight. Yeah, you're going're gonna know my name. Can I get my money back first? I need to move it over to the 14 days? I can't wait 14 days. Oh my God, yeah. Now, apparently one of the things Elon wants to change about Twitter is he wants to stop

the censorship of conservative voices. And there's even speculation that he could force Twitter to let Donald Trump back onto the platform. Yeah. Oh, you guys don't like Donald Trump? Oh, I didn't make a notes of that. All right. And you have to admit, getting Trump back on Twitter would be weird guys. I mean, he think about, he's so behind. He's got like a whole year of hot takes that he saved up. He's going to come back on the planet and he's like, apparently there's a big ship stuck in the Suez Canal. What a loser.

I like ships that don't get stuck. Fresh take. All right, but let's move on to another global problem. COVID-19. Here in America, life has pretty much returned to normal, as cases have fallen drastically around the country. You know, you don't even have to cancel plans as a safety precaution anymore. You can just go back to cancelling plans

because you don't actually like any of your friends. But in parts of China right now, COVID is actually infecting more people than ever before. And in Shanghai, one of the most populous cities in the country, Chinese authorities are taking some of the most extreme measures you've ever seen to try and keep COVID under control. China's biggest city, Shanghai remains eerily empty. 26 million people under a massive COVID lockdown. Rely on government deliveries, and anger is soaring.

Social media showing videos of protests over food and medicine, a supermarket ransack. At a building where residents have been locked down for two weeks, they shout, we only want supplies. Why are you beating people? Some citizens in the authoritarian nation are losing it. Defying the lockdown by screaming from their apartment windows into the night. It's straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie. Some people are yelling out, we're starving. At night between the high rises and drone tells people to follow COVID rules and bizarrely not to sing between the high rises, a drone tells people

to follow COVID rules and bizarrely not to sing on their balconies. Wow. You know, every time you think you know what oppression is, China takes things to a whole new level. They really do. Yeah, because everyone in the US is like, how dare you tell me to wear a mask when I go to Walmart? And people in China are like, you're allowed to go to Walmart? I mean, they even have a drone flying around telling people it's against COVID rules to sing on their balcony. That's terrifying. And also, why didn't we have that drone when they were making that Imagine Video? Huh? I mean, at least the drone is telling everyone? to to to to to th. th. th. It th. It th. It th. It th. It's th. It was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was like, it was just like, it was like, it was like, it was to be to be to be to be to be to be to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thrown, thrown, to to thrown, to thrown, thrown, thrown, thrown, thrown, thrown, thrown, to to to to to the thrown, least the drone is telling everyone not to sing though, you know?

Yeah, it would be way worse if it was just like targeting one guy like, Mr. Wong, please, you can't hit those high notes, shut up. Because I don't care what anyone says. This is insane. Yes, COVID is a serious disease. Yes, we need to be careful. But if people are locked in their apartments, starving, surely that's worse. The solution cannot be worse than the problem. It's like a pilot crashing a plane because the in-flight movie was terrible. Oh, don't worry, folks, Morbius can't hurt you in the afterlife.

Thank you so much for flying. And people, I don't reactions to COVID in the world? Like I just found myself wondering this. Every country in the world, every other country is now like, it's time to move on, let's do we're done, COVID is finished. And China's like, no, it is not time to move on. And that has me wondering. What do they know that we don't? Ah, it's probably nothing.

All right, our final story is about self-driving cars. You know, someday they'll usher in a utopian future where we can all text and drive without wiping their f-a-finding cares. You know, someday they'll usher in a utopian future where we can all text and drive without wiping out a family of four over a meme our friends have already seen. But for now, smart cars are still in testing mode. And it seems like there are a few kinks that still need to be worked out. And we turn now to California and a bizarre encounter between police and a driverless car. This morning, this video going viral,

showing a self-driving car being pulled over by police in San Francisco. This is crazy. The car was pulled over because it was driving at night without headlights on. At first, it looks like an ordinary traffic stop. An officer gets out of his car to speak to the driver, only to discover... There ain't nobody in it. And then, the car speeds away from from the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their is their is their is their is theirto the driver, only to discover. Ain't nobody in it. And then the car speeds away from the officers, passing through an intersection. That's the car.

Oh, what? Oh, man. Oh, man, that was amazing. That driving this car just drove away from the cops. It's just like it just drove away. Yeah, it may be a computer, but it's got the confidence of a white person. That was, that was swag. I don't have the time for this officer.

Send me the ticket in the mail. Now, apparently the company who owns this car, they say it was a glitch. That's why that happened. It's not supposed to do that. that. that that that that that that that that to do that that that to do 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 thi. that that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that that that that that that that the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. that's that's that's that's that's that that we all know what happened here man. That car had weed and it was freaking out. Yeah. You could see that car was like, oh shit, oh shit, act cool, act cool. Hello, officer. Shit, drive, drive, drive, drive. And you realize this is only going to happen more. As more driverless cars become more common, this is going to happen which puts police in a weird position. I wouldn't want to be a cop drive the the car the car their their their to be to be to be to be to be to be a drive. D. D. to be a drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, to be a, drive, drive, drive, th. th. th. th. thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, so, so, this is going to happen, which puts police in a weird position. I wouldn't want to be a cop in that position. Like, a driverless car starts acting up. What do you do?

Do you tase it? That's just going to charge the battery. It makes things work. And this is how you know, the robot take over is inevitable, people. The autonomous cars are already disres. Yeah, it starts with them driving away from cops. Next thing is going to be us in our houses. You're going to say something to Alexa, and she's going to be like, play your own music, bitch. This is the future we've been waiting for, people.

If a driverless cop breaks the law, there's no one to punish it. What are you going to do? Arrest a corporation? Laws don't apply to thapapapapapapapapapapapap It's the perfect crime. You can't do anything. By the way, I heard you snot. That was amazing. All right. These are things you don't get without an audience. That made my week. Thank you very much. All right, before we take a break, let's catch up with what's trending on social media.

With the one and only, Ronnie Chang, everyone. Thank you. Good to see, Trevor Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor. to to to to. Thank you. Good to see you, Trevor. Thanks everyone. It's good to see you guys in studio. Thanks for coming out. I just want to talk about this Elon Musk thing real quick. Okay. Elon Musk buying Twitter.

Amazing. Yeah. I love it. Because who better to fix the most toxic environment known to humanity than Elon Musk? Right? You don't send a normal person to go do a sociopath's job. Okay? Ronnie, I love this.

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Happy Friday, you know what I mean? Yeah, that's not what you do on Twitter, okay? Twitter is for hate. Okay, you don't post this stuff, you gotta be controversial. You should say something like, you should say something like Fridays are racist. Okay, that's it's engagement. No, Fridays are not racist. Fridays are racist. Fridays are racist. Yes, this powers me! Yes, hey, yes.

Fridays are not racist. You can't understand. I think it's a racist engagement. This is crazy. What are you talking about? This is crazy. gotta go hard, okay? I don't even understand why my tweet is up there. I thought you're gonna do like social media in general. What is social? Yeah, okay, by the way, what's up with this profile picture?

Okay, because you look like you're taking a shit at the Metgala. Okay? You gotta do the squats. to learn the pose. to this. Okay, so rename your book, Born a Fashion Crime. No, what do you? I think that, that looks good. You know, running, I thought we were friends, man?

Yeah. You're just gonna diss my tweets like that? No, we are friends. That's why I'm gonna give you the opportunity to retwee my new comedy special that's that's that's that's that's that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that coming out. Oh, so now, so now, so now, yeah. Yeah. Oh, now. Yeah.

Oh, by way, I'll have to, Happy Tuesday. Hawne's new special, everybody. Don't forget to check out Ronnie's new special, everybody. All right, we're going to take a quick break, but don't go away. Because when we come back, Roywood Jr. is going to to secret world of black classical music. You don't want to miss it. One of the two of that. I'm going to pick him up. Welcome back to your daily show.

Classical music. It's hip hop for white people. But it's actually more black. Claul-music. It's hip-hop for white people. But it's actually more black than you might think, as Roywood Jr. explains in another edition of CP Time. Well, hello. Welcome to CP time. The only show that's for the culture. Today, we'll be discussing black classical music.

Now I know you might be thinking that classical music is just for old white men whose hair looks like they spend a day inside of a tornado. But black musicians have been often overlooked history of contributions in the classical music space. Take our first musician, George Bridge Tower. Born in Britain in 1778, George was a young musical prodigy driven into show business by his overbearing father, the 18th century version of Joe Jackson. Well, you better get back in there and learn that violin.

Before George was 10 years old, he was performing for kings and princes all over Europe. One concert was even attended by Thomas Jefferson. It's rumored that Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by the talents of this mixed-race baby that he was heard saying, maybe I should make one of these for myself. Bridge Tower was so famous that Beethoven himself even wrote him a sonata, which they performed together in 1803. On the sheet music, Beethoven wrote a dedication to George, which read and I quote, and I quote, that, and I quote, that, that, that, that, that, that, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, the the the the the the the the the the the the the one, the th one one one one one one one, th one, th one, th one, th one, th one, th, the one, the one, their one, their one, their one, their one, their. On the sheet music, Beethoven wrote a dedication to George, which read and I quote, Mulatto Sonata composed for the Mulatto Bridge Tower,

Great Lunatic and Mulatto composer. Keep in mind, Beethoven was famous for knowing how things sound. Another black classical musician is Ciceretta Jones, a world-famous opera singer from Providence, Rhode Island. Jones toured the world and even performed for then President Benjamin Harrison, who, like many presidents from the 1800s, also worked part-time as a mall center. Despite being unable to perform and fully staged operas because of segregation, Jones was still too talented to ignore.

She became the very first African-American woman to headline a show at Carnegie Hall, which actually reminds me of the old joke. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? You take the Q train to 57th Street. It's funny because it's true. Our next musician, Roland Hayes, the first African-American artist to make a commercial recording,

and judging from these photos, the first Mr. Steele, your girl. Although Hayes always presented raw musical talent, his career only began because of a workplace accident. His clothes got caught in an assembly line built and had dragged him through a machine three times, nearly killing him. And while he recovered at home in a full-body cast, it was then that Roland started taking singing seriously. Hayes' career took off, and at the peak of the 1920s, he was the world's highest paid singer, reportedly making around $100,000 a year. That's not very rich these days. But back then that made Roland basically Kanye and Drake. Roland was also the first

African-American concert artist to record his own record. He hired orchestras, scored the music, and hired out Columbia Studios, and promoted himself as the great Negro tenor. He would even go through the phone book and if he found a name he liked, he'd called that name and try to sell them tickets, which mean if he didn't call you, your name was boring. We wouldn't know Adam Jones is at those concerts. At the ticket booth there'd be people saying, two tickets for Mephisto Bolanese, please. So, the next time you think of classical music, don't just think of Bach

and Chopin. Think of the iced out players like Hayes. Well, that's all the time we have for today. This has been CP time, and I'm Roy Wood Jr. and remember, for the culture, see if I can do a little bit of what old Roland did here, pull a name out the phone book. Hello? Is this Cherise Dumas? Yes, can you loan me $200? Thank you so much for that, Roy. Don't go away people. the Daily show will you right back, right back after this with Coach Staley!

Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is basketball, hall of fame player and coach Don Staley. to the d'a'eigh. they's today. their to talk about her legendary WNBA career and making history as head coach. My guest tonight is basketball Hall of Fame player and coach Don Staley. She's here to talk about her legendary WNBA career and making history as head coach of the national champion South Carolina women's basketball team. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Don Staley, welcome, welcome. Coach Staley, welcome to the Daily Show.

Oh, thanks for having me. This is pretty cool. This is pretty cool, right? Yeah, you know, I mean, it's not as many people as you are normally in front of when you're coaching, but, you know, we make do, we make do, you know. Well, actually, some, thanks for having me. This is pretty cool, this is pretty cool, th. This, this, this, th. This, th. This, th. This is, th. This is, th. This is, th. This is, th. This is, th. This is, th. This is, th. This is, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty, this is pretty, this is pretty, this is pretty, this is pretty, this is pretty, this is pretty, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, thi is pretty cool, thi. This is pretty cool, thi. This is pretty cool, th. This is pretty cool, thi. This is pretty cool, this is pretty cool, this is pretty cool front of when you're coaching, but we make do, we make do. Well, actually, some teams only get this amount of people in the stands. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah, we average about 12,000.

Oh, I mean, you got 12,000. So, I mean, let's start with the most important part of the interview. Congratulations, first of all. Thank you. I'd love to know which victory is sweeter. Because the first time is like, wow, we did it. The second time is like, you said we couldn't do it, but we did it. Right. I think the second time is sweeter. Only because the first time that we won,

we didn't play against Yukon. And Yukon is considered, you know, the very best. They're tradition, their history and all of that. So it wasn't really validated in 2017. But this year we got a chance to play them and it felt great beating them. I mean seriously, I mean, seriously, I think. How do you control your urge to be frustrated because you are a gold medal winner, you are

a Hall of Famer, you've done it at the highest level. Like surely there's a moment where you're like, give me the ball, I'll show you what I'm telling you to do. Like, how do you not do that? Because I actually do it. Oh, you do? Oh, you do? Oh, you know, I got a dog, Champ.

His name is Champ, right? I mean, that's, yeah, named after our 2017 team. So Champ, I wasn't a dog, like I'm not really a dog person. So yeah, so I train champ. Like I tell them when something's good, and I give him, you know, great, good job, good job, my god. And then if he does something bad, potty in the house. No, don't potty in the house, no.

So you have to flow with what's happening. And now he doesn't potty in the house. He's made it to my bed the bed the bed the bed the bed the bed't party in the house. He's made it to my bed like we get our best sleep when he's in the bed next to me. Wow. So it's the same I don't mean to I don't mean to just say you know training people is like training my training no no no no no no I but I understand your mentality is what you're saying the way you have to approach what you're trying to do. I understand. There's highs and lows. Like if one of our players, if she does something that's terrible, I'm going to say, that's terrible.

Like, that's really terrible. But if they do something great, I'm chest bumping. I'm pumped. I'm give it its emotion that's needed. I love that. You know, you don't just inspire your players though, you have become a motivational force within the sport as a whole. I mean, first of all, congratulations on the contract renewal, right? That's like one of the biggest deals ever. And what I really enjoyed about it is you didn't just push for your contract. You said, I want this deal to be negotiated through my

lawyers because I want to set a precedent so that female coaches earn the same as the male coaches who are also kicking ass in the sport. And it was really amazing that you did that because you look beyond yourself. I want to know why you felt it was that important to do it the way you, because some people would just go, I've got the money, thank you very much. You said no, So just to be clear, I was actually making a lot of money before the contract. But timing, timing is everything. Like I thought the time was right for me to ask for it. One was last year at the NCAA tournament, we saw there was a lot of inequities in the women's game and the men's game. Like we didn't get the same things, our student athletes didn't get the same things as the men's

tournament student athletes got. So I'm out there on a national level. I'm writing letters saying this has to, it's got to change, right? So I get home and I'm just like, I'm out here nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally nationally. the national. the national.. their. their. their. their, I'm th. th. th. th. to, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, it's, it's, it's, I'm, I's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, I's, the same. I'm, the same. I'm, the same. I'm, the same. I'm, the same. their. their. their. their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, I's their, their, their, their. their, their. their. their, their. their, their. things to change when they're not, they're worse here at our university. So I thought with our success that it was the best time to ask for it and it wasn't really for me. It was more for other coaches who just equal pay is a law. I think everybody knows that right. It's a law, like it is a law. I think everybody knows that, right? It's a law, like it's a law.

But it's not just for sports, but other professions. Like, you know, women have been fighting for this for the longest. And, you know, if we do the same work and we're as successful, I mean, what's the difference? Right, right. I love that. I love that you push for that. Yeah. I love that you set a precedent from the sport.

And I love that you're doing a thing. You know, people love your style on the court. They go like, like, you'll put you'll's that Letterman jacket that you had and you had like the Louis Vittons and people were like, this is the most stylish coach and she's winning at the same time. You advocate for other women in the industry. And what I love is that you proudly advocate for black people to succeed within the sport. You do something that's really special with the net that I really love. you know everyone? I will. Well, in 2017, the first black coach

that won a national championship, her name is Carolyn Peck, probably two years before we won, she gave me a piece of her 1999 championship net. And she said, I want you to hold this until you win your national championship, and then I want you to return it. And then I th th th th th th th th th th I th I th I th I th I th th I was th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. Well tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thoom. Well thoom. Well thoom. Well, well well well well well well well well well well well well. Well. Well. Well. Well, well tho tho tho tho tho tho th. Well. Well, th. Well, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that, the. the. the. the the to to the to the the to the the thean. thean. thean. thean. thea. the. the. the to hold this until you win your national championship and then I want you to return it. And then I was able to do that two years later, which was 2017. And then she said, now I want you to go find the next coach that you give your piece of the net to.

And it took about two years for me to find the right coach. And then finally, I was actually just talking, to the the the the the the the the thua, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I was just, I, I was just, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, th th th th to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th... And, th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thin, th th th threat., thin, toldld, to, told, told, to, told, told, to, told, told, told, to, to, to, to, th then finally I was actually just talking with a reporter and he asked me who am I going to give it to. And I hadn't. And I was like, OK, well, this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to give it to every black female Division I coach. Because they're looking at me and dreaming of what I just accomplished by winning the national championship. I bestowed that on them just to give them a ray of hope.

Now, I don't think all of them will win a national championship. But the national championship is coaching a first generation college graduate. That's a national championship in some people's eyes. Or if they're having a hard day, just toucest that piece of nylon to give them the hope and the push to get through a hard day. Right. Now not, what you're doing it for. Yeah, now no, we want another national championship.

So what I've promised is to give them to black men because their instinct in our sport, and also black journalists in the room to give a different perspective. Wow. Doesn't mean it's right or wrong. It's just a different perspective where we can grow. That's why you're the coach.

Thank you so much for joining me on the show. Congratulations on all your success. Wow. All right, people. Be sure to follow the game cox and check out Dawn's podcast, NetLife, with Dawn Staley. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. Thank you again.

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