The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Best of Dulcé Sloan

Episode Date: July 5, 2023

Happy Belated Birthday Dulcé! We're celebrating by taking a listen to some of her best Daily Show clips. Dulcé Sloan analyzes a few studies about relationships, including research into dating for a free meal, public displays of affection and snooping. She also laments the lack of statues of famous and influential women in the United States. Plus, Dulcé teaches us about the strong Black woman stereotype and the history of reggaeton in her segment, "Dul-sayin'." Dulcé also takes us back to her hometown, Atlanta, to discover if it truly is a Black utopia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Studies. They tell us what to eat, how to exercise, and which of our favorite things are giving us cancer. All of them. Sometimes it's hard to keep up. Luckily though, we've got Dulce Sloan in our brand new segment, Studies Show. Hi, friends, this week's studies are all about relationships, specifically romantic relationships. Everybody wants one, especially me. Everybody wants one, especially me.

I thought I was in one until he told me that his gifts were just Amazon packages because he's my mailman. Hmm. Hmm. All right. I can tell when somebody's playing hard to get. And thanks to new studies were learning all sorts of things about relationships, like this one, which shows that the only thing gold diggers are mining for is French fries.

According to a new study, many women are choosing free meals over relationships. The study in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science says up to a thireathe their thii. It's when a person sets up a date with somebody they have no romantic interest in, all for a free meal. That's right. Studies show a third of all dates are just people trying to eat for free. So fellas, sometimes that eggplant emoji just means I'm in the move to eat eggplant. There's only one emoji that always means sex and it's the hockey net. Because you're about to score and it's nice and wide. And if you're trying to figure out what's going to happen to your relationship after the first date,

we got studies for that too. And if you're trying to figure out what's going to happen to your relationship after the first date, we got studies for that too. Have you ever witnessed a couple making out in public and thought, get a room! A surprising new study found that the amount of affection between you and your partner may determine whether or not a marriage will last. And we're talking about public displays of affection, they found that couples who are overly affectionate from the start of their relationship their relationship their relationship their relationship their their relationship their their relationship their relationship their relationship their relationship their relationship their relationship, to to to to to to to to thi, thi, to to thi, to, thi, to, to, to, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the start of their relationship may be more likely to divorce. So... PDA couples are more likely to break up. Ha! That's what you get! Always getting a third base in the stationary aisle of Walgreens. Get your mouths off each other.

I'm trying to pick a birthday card for my grandma. I don't need y'all licking all the envelopes. And why do people have to make out in public like they haven't seen each other in a decade? He just got back from the bathroom, not Afghanistan. Although if you did just come back from Afghanistan, thank you for your service. Get it wet. But if you want to keep your relationship healthy,

this last study shows a little jealousy can go a long way. Smart device snooping, it's something more people do than will admit, but can secretly scanning your partner's phone actually help your relationship? A new study says maybe. According to a study from the University of British Columbia and the University of Lisbon, about 25% of the participants said that their relationship got stronger after they or their significant other were caught snooping. The study concluded the strengthened bond came from a heightened desire to solve trust

issues. Ha ha ha ha ha. Uh-huh. Yeah, you hear that Darrell? I wasn't snooping. I're going to complain that I face ID you in your sleep? Well if you don't want that to happen, stop leaving your face open. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have ordered several packages to my apartment. And I have to have dinner ready for when my man drops them off.

Do say Sloan, everybody. Bring you right back. As you know, March is Women's History Month. Yes. Yes. It's the one month when Mike Pence can't be alone with a calendar. And to help us celebrate, we're joined by our senior women's history correspondent, Duce Sloan, everybody. Hello!

Happy Women's History Month. Happy? It would be happy if you got me a gift. Well, another one. I just got you a gift for Black History Month. Yeah, because I'm black in February, and in March, I'm a woman. Oh, no, but that's not fair. Okay, so then when do I get a gift?

In April, because you're a fool. Anyway, Trevor, have you ever wondered why women don't get the historic credit they deserve? Sexism? Statues, Trevor. Women don't have as many statues as men. In fact, nationwide, only 8% of outdoor statues are of women. Wow. How did you know that statistic?

I drink snapple. I... I... I read. What? What? Internet? Come on, dog. And I've seen it for myself. I was walking through Central Park the other day, under on dog. And I've seen it for myself. I was walking through Central Park the other day under duress. And I saw statues of Alexander Hamilton, Christopher Columbus, William Shakespeare,

all famous men from history. But it comes to women, there's only two statues in Central Park. Alice in Wonderland and Mother Goose, which makes no damn sense. Alice is just a white girl who took Molly. And why does Mother Goose get a statue? All she did was a ghost. I don't think that's right.

I don't think that's right. Fine, she made love to a ghost. No, that's not what, okay, anyway, do you say, I'm lost. How does having more statues help? Because, Trevor, statues help us remember history. When you walk past the statue and you're like, oh yeah, MLK did have a dream. Thomas Jefferson was a complicated individual. And when you don't honor women the same way you honor men,

you're leaving them out of history. That's true. That's true. Well, at least, at least women have the statue of liberty. That's one of the most famous statues in the world. That doesn't count. We need statues of real women, not some giant French bitch holding an ice cream. No, someone like Tony Morrison, the first black woman to win,

the Nobel Prize for Literature, or someone like Francis Perkins, the first woman appointed to a presidential cabinet. Or someone like Bionse. The first woman to be Bionse. Why doesn't she have a statue? I mean, she's already standing like a statue. She's ready. This is actually a great idea. But I hope you understand. Building thousands of statues, of women, is going to be difficult. I mean, statues are expensive. You know, this is going to be a project. You know, this is 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 thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th like th like th like th like th th th th th th like, or thi. Or thi. Or thi. Or thi. Or thi. Or thi. Or thi. Or thi. Or thi. Or th like, th like, th like, th but I hope you understand building thousands of statues of women is going to be difficult. I mean, statues are expensive, you know, this is going to be a project that's going to take a lot of time. Oh, I've already done it, Trevor.

What? I've designed one statue to symbolize all women. Their power, their beauty, their mystique. A flawless avatar of womanhood that anyone can look at and see themselves. Do you'll say that that's a statue of you. Oh Trevor. I'm touched that you can see me in that art. No, it's literally you. It has your name on it. And also, why are you holding a baby?

You don't have kids. That baby symbolizes America, okay? Which women have been carrying for far too long. Awesome. Now, I'm kidding. It's just Elvis baby. Because that's some history I want to make. Do say Snowden, everybody.

We'll be right back. We'll be right back. Black women. Black women, we gave you Oprah, Beyonce, and all your favorite reaction meetings. I've heard people say they like their women like they like their coffee. Strong, black, and hot enough to give you second-degree burns. Care for what you wish for. Darius?

But the thing is, not all black women are strong, and even the ones that are strong aren't just that. We like doors open for us too, especially with someone with biceps like Michael B. Jordan, abs like Michael B. Jordan, hair like Michael B. Jordan. But unfortunately, the strong black woman stereotype is ingrained in American culture. It has a long history about as old as Morgan Freeman and Betty White combined. Now you may be wondering, what is a strong black woman? It's the idea that black women are emotionally resilient, naturally selfless, too proud to ask for help, and can succeed with no resources.

So basically every character played by Viola Davis. The irony is the strong black woman stereotype was started by black women to combat all the negative ones. See, in the aftermath of slavery, there were really only two stereotypes of black women. You were either some sex-temptress Jezebel or a mammy who was just there to smother people in her booze. In response, black suffragette, Mary Church Terrell coined the strong black woman motto, the the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thine, thine, thine, the st, the, the, the, the, the, the strong, the, the, the, the strong black woman, the, black woman, the strong black woman, theckwom, theck, the, the, tholk, the strong, tholk, black black black black black black black black black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, thememememememememememememememememememned, themned, themned, them, them, thi-sted black woman-sted black woman-sted thixtexxed black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, black woman, stixtexed black woman, stinted black woman, the stixte people in Habuzo. In response, black suffragette, Mary Church Terrell, coined the strong black woman motto, lifting as we climb.

And I get what she was going for, but lift as we climb? Even bodybuilders don't do both at the same time. You can't expect a black woman to do more than Schwarzenegger in his prime. But over time, society shrank a black woman down to just her strength. And the popular conception now is that black women can bear and overcome any birth. We see it all over our culture. In movies like The Color Purple. And how can we forget ghost?

Where Whoopi Goldberg literally has to let a white man use her body to rub foreheads with his fiancé. Even when black women only have one line, it's strong as hell. Move. Or you will be moved. Damn, at least let her say hello. But Tulsa, what's wrong with being perceived as strong? Isn't it a good thing?

No! Not if black women destroy their mental and physical health trying to live up to it, and not if people think black women are so strong they make them do all the work on their own. Look at Stacy Abrams. She helped Democrats win Georgia and before you knew it she was being asked to fix vaccine distribution, the New York subway and Kimmingay's marriage. The stereotype even reaches the doctor's office. Black women are less likely to be properly diagnosed, they have a much higher maternal mortality rate, and they're less likely to be believed about their symptoms and pain. So a

black woman basically has to be a doctor to know everything that's going on with her body and then convince another doctor that that's what's happening. I was in a car accident. I have contusions, lacerations, and internal bleeding. Get me a morphine drip and prep surgery stack. We'll get you a couple band-aids and you'll be fine. What? So, the next time you see a black woman struggling at work or trying to lift a box, help her. Don't just stand there like you're about to see Wonder Woman in action. In fact, if you're in the New York area, I'm moving this week. And I could use some help moving my couch. Because I'll be damned if I'm going to pull my back lifting

my own couch. Hello, friends. Hispanic Heritage Month just wrapped up. But before we go, I want to talk about reggaeton. And if you don't know what it is, you've probably heard the unmistakable beat of reggaeton before, especially if you have upstairs neighbors. Can you keep it down up there? I will not! Like this song. The roots of this music go back as far as the 70s and as far south as Panama. It could have started further south, but the beats are so big they don't fit to the canal. It was here in the 1980s when music artists started putting Spanish lyrics over Jamaican

dance hall songs, creating the new sound of reggae and espionion. And honestly, I'm glad I wasn't there because watching Spanish words and dance dance hall music tunnel together for the first time, that'd have been too sexy to handle. There's no way you didn't leave that dance floor too pregnant. It's like being the jelly and a Diego Luna and Bad Bunny sandwich. Ooh, delicious. Two of Regettone's earliest pioneers were Leonardo Renato Alder and Eduardo Franco. Franco would later be known as El General and even look like if the fresh prince got sent to military school instead of their air. These two and other artists grew their new sounds by giving tapes to bus drivers who would bump their music. It's basically the way rappers in Atlanta give their singles to strip club DJs, except

in this case you hope people jam out to your music while running late for work. In 1985 El Henaral moved to move to New York, to New, to New, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to, to, to, to, eton in the club. It almost didn't happen though. Because while he was in New York, El Henaral also pursued a degree in business administration in an effort to get a real job. You have to wonder, what if that path had worked out? He'd been in office going, Ernst and Young, this is El Henardtie, sucked back into music, hosting parties and performing. In 1990, he put out the song,

To Boom Boom Boom, a Tribute to the Power of the Pussay. Yeah. And El Hennon's cover blew up. It was a hit in mainland America in Puerto Rico and spread to Central and South America. The music was spreading so fast and would have made COVID-Illas. Not too far from Brooklyn on Long Island, the defining beat of reggaeton, the Dumbo rhythm was popularized by Panamanian rapper Nando Boon.

The sound was originally created by Jamaican dance hall musician Chobranx, who looks like if Blade became a DJ instead of fighting vampires. From there, the sound moved to a different Long Island, Puerto Rico. And here is where all the Panamanian and New York ingredients ingredients in in in in in in in in in in in in in in the the th. th. th. th. the th. th. the th. th. th. the th. th. the the th. th. the the the the th. the the th. the the the the their, their, their, the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. We, th. Wea, the, the, the, theat. Week, theat.e.e.e.e.e.e.e. Week, the the.e.e. Week, the the the, the the th where all the Panamanian and New York ingredients finally mixed together to make something special, like sofrito for your ears. It took off at a club called The Noise, founded by the Quincy Jones of Reggaetone, DJ Negro.

He had been selling hot dogs on the street to get by, and then had an idea to start a club. It was there that the genre became the genre became the genre became the genre became the genre became the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the genre the the the the the the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to. to to to to to to to to to to to the genre became known as El Underground and created a whole new generation of artists like Evie Quay. They also popularized Reggitone's most famous dance, Bereo. Oh, I know this dance. This is just me in 2005. This is a dance you do when you don't want to pay for drinks. At one point, Puerto Rico's government cracked down on El Underground and tried to regulate the lyrics and Beryl dance moves. But all that did was make El Underground more popular.

This was like when your parents tell you not to date somebody, but then that person gets abs. I'm sorry, Mama, you make some good points. But I can wash clothes off his stomach. Later the genre exploded all over mainstream with the release of the hits saw Gasolina by Daddy Yankee in 2004. And Daddy Yankee and th. And th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and M. And M. And M. And M. And M. t, M. t, M. t, M. t, M. t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, tied, thi, tied-I tied-I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th release of the hits saw Gasolina by Daddy Yankee in 2004 and Daddy Yankee was everywhere. MTV, Time Magazine, even the campaign trail.

I just want to say thank you Daddy Yankee. That's right. You know a genre is big when the old white Republican started calling. For a little while, reggaeton was huge. But then record companies moved on and it disappeared in much of America, which basically means most Americans thought it didn't exist anymore. More like a baby who falls for peekaboo, but with Latin music. But even as America forgot about it, Reggaeton went through a rebirth in Medein Colombia,

the city you recognized from Narcos. Colombian artists like Jay Balvin, Ray Khan, and Carol G gave Regga a new, more mainstream sound, with lyrics that focus less on violence and more on sex and romance. Like if Neo became Neo. It grew and grew in popularity until America caught on again with Despacito. That's right. Luis Fonci and Daddy Yankee took over the globe with Despacito. It was number one for 16 weeks.

This song was so popular, even a racist for learning Spanish. Como say, Dice, go back to your own country. And since Despacito, reggaeton has kept its hold in America, which is great, because this is a genre that is still evolving and becoming more inclusive. You know, it grew out of a rich Hispanic heritage of... Oh, seriously, that neighbor again? Hey, sorry about before, but can you actually turn it up? Everyone downstairs started dancing and I just want to keep the party going.

Okay, I don't know how you got in here, but sure. Can we time it up, please? Thank you. No, thank you. You can get out now. Who? Whoo? Whose? Whose?

to say, Now, Atlanta has been called many things. The black mecca, Wakanda, a black utopia. It's basically the opposite of Portland, the toll and celebrity Dulce-Slow. Now, Atlanta has been called many things. The Black Mecca, Wakanda, a black utopia is basically the opposite of Portland, Oregon. But does the aid lift up to the height? I'm at Pond City Market to talk to fellow ATLian and cultural curator,

Bainer of Atlanta Influences Everything. My name is Bainjoiner, co-founder of Atlanta Influences Everything, which is a civic-minded, creative consultancy known for a popular phrase in a shirt in Atlanta. You said a lot of... It sounds like a very Atlanta thing because it sounds like you've got a bunch of like slashes on your business car. Like do you also DJ? Nope, but there's a DJ in this story.

There's always a DJ. Okay. We've been talking about 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 about about about about about about about about about about about about th that that that that that that, like that, like tho tho that, like the that, like tho 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. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. to thea. to to toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toe. toe. th. th. the. th. th. th.'s always a DJ. Okay. We've been talking about this question for decades as black people who live in Atlanta or who are from Atlanta, is Atlanta a black utopia? I don't know if I would say a utopia. We're still in America. Black Mecca, Black Utopia, Wakanda,

all of the things, it's it's a place where Where black people are comfortable right utopia makes it seem like You know, ain't no crime, you know, ain't you know, ain't no and no problems. You know what I'm saying Well, it's interesting because where your story is we're in the pull up and we're at Pont City Market, but you know and I know for a long time on this back street, this street used to be very sketchy. Man, it's crazy you say that because the other piece today, remember the name of the Kroger that was right here.

Yes, and I don't care how, I know y'all call it Beltline Kroger, it's Murder. We don't care. So this is a multi-layered thing. Yeah, there are the perceived streets pay with gold for black people to achieve whatever they are trying to achieve without a barrier. But there's also multi-layer classism here, too. That's just how black it is, you know,

it's aggressively black, whereas tribal like Wakanda. Right. It's a safe black place to be black and you have a fair shot to make it what you want it to be. Do you think that black people here have a different experience of black people from other places because we've seen generations of black wealth and black at higher education and just upward mobility for black people from other places because we've seen generations of black wealth and black at higher education and just upward mobility for black people. It is rooted in the black narrative kind of going back to W.E.B. the Boy and and Booker T. Washington's debate on blackness that took place on the Atlanta University Center campus. So yeah and we want to tell that

narrative all the way up but but if you look, none of these other black cities have anything like the Atlanta University Center. Right, so there are four HBCUs, historically black college universities in Atlanta. It's Morris Brown, Clark, Atlanta, Spelman and Morehouse. And so, you know, if people grew up here, to see like not only one black school, but four Black University. Yeah, and so it's that post-secondary education that Oakland, Chicago, Detroit,

they don't have the Morehouse and Spelmany thing. And I think, along with the consistent black mayors, yes. That became the attraction. Is the fact that Atlanta has had black mayors for 40 some on years, has that made a significant impact on the city? Most definitely, the mayor that kind of set everything off, Manor Jackson, he put forth those policies and took that risk. He understood that police chief, police force, superintendent, teachers, everything that the public sector could toucest, that that also had to be on mission, like what he saw.

And if he couldn't get buy-in from the working class people in those sectors, that this was the mission. So everybody got to get along, so we have to understand. So I mean, that's a very interesting thing for you to come, for someone to come in and just, and just, and just, and just, and just, and just, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, to, to, to, the the to, the the the to, the the the their, their, their, to, thi, their, their, their, tho, 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. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. the, the, the, the, the the the the the to, to, their, toea, toea. toea. toea. toea. thea.a.a. that's, tha. tha. tha, tha, tha, th. we have to understand. So I mean that's a very interesting thing for you to come for someone to come in and just go especially a black man to come in and go okay we got a chance. Yeah. So compared to the rest of the country is it easy to be black in Atlanta? So the way we engage with blackness, the way we engage with white people, we didn't know that it was odd until you start traveling or you get these other stories. You're like, man, you talking to white people like that?

Like, yeah. Yeah. You just have more confidence, whether it's loud or whether it's quiet confidence than the average black person. And we don't know that that's odd until people start exposing us to the rest of the world and it's like, oh, you'll move like that where you're from? I think white Atlantis are unique in their experience with blackness, for better or

for worse. Atlanta seems to have become a safe place for that. As somebody who grew up here, from here, what do you love about Atlanta? The ability just to be my black self, you know, whatever I say that is. What's that? So, there you have it. Atlanta might not be Wakanda, but it is a city where you can just be your black self. Explore more shows from the Daily Show Podcast Universe by searching the Daily Show, wherever you get your podcasts.

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