1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: La Talk fifteen eighty. Good morning, good morning, Welcome, God blessed. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:05,519 I'm Dominique Daprima. 3 00:00:05,599 --> 00:00:08,439 Speaker 2: This show is called First Things First, and my first 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,679 thing today and every day is prayer, given things given, 5 00:00:12,759 --> 00:00:15,800 praises and asking for blessings from God, asking for the 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,719 blessings of the ancestors and the elders. 7 00:00:17,719 --> 00:00:20,199 Speaker 1: And let's go. Got a lot to do, a lot 8 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,519 to talk about. So much going on around here. It's 9 00:00:24,559 --> 00:00:26,879 a think dank Thursday. I really think we should have 10 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:33,600 our brains engaged every day if we can, except for 11 00:00:33,679 --> 00:00:35,799 you know, if you can get out on vacation and 12 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,359 zone out, okay, but for the most part, let's engage. 13 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:41,399 We try to do that extra much, extra much on 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,399 Thursdays where we crowd source our wisdom to try to 15 00:00:44,439 --> 00:00:49,399 solve problems and come up with solutions. And you know 16 00:00:49,439 --> 00:00:51,759 how we do it. If you don't, if you're new here, welcome, 17 00:00:51,759 --> 00:00:54,039 Glad you made it in. This is what we do. 18 00:00:54,119 --> 00:00:57,719 Our one we look local as it connects to the world. 19 00:00:57,759 --> 00:01:02,320 Our two we go national, international and intergalactic. Our three 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,560 we do a deep dive on a personal persons of interest, 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,760 a hot topic. Now we've kind of scrambled things up 22 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,120 a bit today on this think Tank Thursday. But we're 23 00:01:11,159 --> 00:01:13,079 still here and the phone lines are still open for 24 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,920 you at eight hundred nine two oh fifteen eighty eight 25 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,879 hundred nine two oh fifteen eighty. But as Miles said 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,599 this morning, it's a meteor shower, so don't be surprised 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,920 if things are a little scrambled up, just you know, 28 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,159 try to dodge the big rocks. So today an hour one, 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,920 we got time. We got time call me eight hundred 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 nine to oh fifteen eighty. Were going to talk about 31 00:01:34,599 --> 00:01:39,319 things me you, Miles, and your telephone, microphone or keyboard 32 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,920 fingers if you happen to be tapping in with the 33 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,959 KBLA delegation on YouTube, the comments section, who Fire. And 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000 then of course we also stream on Facebook. Sometimes I 35 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,560 go live on my Instagram, so all of that is 36 00:01:54,599 --> 00:01:59,319 available to you. Hour two we are going to be 37 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:06,200 talking hip hop again. It's allegedly the birthday week. The 38 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:10,520 trial around the Tupac murderer is on, and my friend 39 00:02:10,599 --> 00:02:15,080 the poetess, rap artist, producer, and hip hop historian. I 40 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,159 don't think she calls herself that, but I do she 41 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,759 keeps better records than anyone I know she'll be joining 42 00:02:19,759 --> 00:02:22,120 an hour or two hour three. We're going to talk 43 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:27,479 about huh is it enigma? Enigma, the quandary, the mystery 44 00:02:28,159 --> 00:02:35,000 of Black Republicans in Maga America. Maybe he can explain 45 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,800 it to me. He's got a new book out, so 46 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,000 I'm sure he'll be telling you about that his venn 47 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,000 diagram of one. Lenny McCallister will join us an hour 48 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,280 three for a deep dive on the black Maga phenomena. 49 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,560 And you are invited into all of those. In fact, 50 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:58,080 I rely on you for your insights, your rabbel rousing, 51 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,240 and all of your inspiration. So thank you for being 52 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,439 here with me whenever you're able. If you're not able 53 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,080 and you missed something that you wanted to be part of, 54 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:11,840 no point in having fomo no fomo not for first 55 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,759 things first, because our shows are available wherever you get 56 00:03:15,759 --> 00:03:18,919 your pods. They live there on you know, Spotify and 57 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,199 Apple Music and all the places where pods are found. Okay, 58 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,240 So if you missed the show, if you missed the 59 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:32,840 hilarious conversation with Ki Kim Whitley and Buddy Lewis, if 60 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:36,520 you missed my conversation with my sister artist Dorian and 61 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:43,479 curator Kelly Jones around Betty Sar, which was quite insightful 62 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,639 and really you know the combination of history and fun 63 00:03:47,479 --> 00:03:51,280 and information about the great artist Betty Sar. If you 64 00:03:51,319 --> 00:03:53,960 missed the conversation on yesterday with one of the most 65 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,479 respected negotiators in the world married to her poor well, 66 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:02,000 all of that is available wherever you get your pods, 67 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,080 wherever you find them, and they also live on YouTube, 68 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,879 so you can see me. I'm streaming there right now. 69 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,800 So that's what's up. That is what is going on 70 00:04:11,879 --> 00:04:14,400 eight hundred and nine, two oh fifteen eighty. If you 71 00:04:14,479 --> 00:04:16,120 want to say a thing about us saying, you could 72 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,920 also hop on my socials. By the way, I'm into 73 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:23,240 Prema Radio everywhere, dip Rima Radio on all the platforms. 74 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,240 My favorite right now is Instagram, but that's subject to 75 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,519 change without notice. Do not DM me on Facebook. I've 76 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,199 got like three million dms there and I just never 77 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,199 look at them. But I do look at the Evil 78 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,360 Empire also known as X. I do go over there, 79 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,839 and I'm on Instagram, and I do spend time on TikTok, 80 00:04:43,879 --> 00:04:46,079 so find me in those places. And of course the 81 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,600 radio station KBLA fifteen eighty is everywhere on all of 82 00:04:50,639 --> 00:04:54,560 the social platforms, just that way, KBLA fifteen eighty. So 83 00:04:54,680 --> 00:05:00,279 we talked about a little bit yesterday the elections and 84 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:06,720 being upon us, and I stand corrected. Apparently the official 85 00:05:06,879 --> 00:05:13,040 community campaign kickoff for Mayor Karen Bass's re election is 86 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,439 Saturday at Obama and Labrace. She'll be there. She'll be 87 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,040 there greeting supporters. If you are one of those, you're 88 00:05:19,079 --> 00:05:22,480 welcome to go. Everyone is welcome to go. People will 89 00:05:22,519 --> 00:05:25,279 be signing up to knock on doors and help get 90 00:05:25,319 --> 00:05:30,079 out the vote. But you know, she officially obviously was 91 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:35,360 in the in the running as of the end of 92 00:05:35,399 --> 00:05:38,639 the primary, whenever the tally showed that she was into 93 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,319 the runoff, which I think was on election day itself. Like, 94 00:05:42,399 --> 00:05:45,560 I don't think that was ever in doubt for our 95 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,240 incumbent mayor. Whereas the official kickoff, the hooplah and such 96 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:55,040 for her opponent, council Member Nathia Rahman, that happened June eleventh. 97 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,920 One could argue that perhaps she's been campaigning so hard 98 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,160 that she hasn't been able to make those council meetings. 99 00:06:02,439 --> 00:06:05,600 Some analysts claim that is why she lost her spot 100 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:11,920 leading the Housing committee in the La City Council, and 101 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:18,720 so say what you will, we are definitely ten toes 102 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,319 down in election season. I believe it's eighty days or 103 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,560 seventy nine days to go before we have to the 104 00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:31,079 final day to vote. We talked about a little bit 105 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:36,160 yesterday about Javier Bessetta and how I said it's probably 106 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,040 an easy race for him. I doubt he'll take it 107 00:06:41,079 --> 00:06:45,800 for granted because he's a seasoned politician. He is a 108 00:06:45,879 --> 00:06:51,759 lawmaker who has held many different offices, and he knows 109 00:06:51,879 --> 00:06:54,480 that you just there's no done deal until it's a 110 00:06:54,519 --> 00:06:59,639 done deal. However, the latest Berkeley Igs La Times poll 111 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:04,279 is showing him ahead fifty five to thirty seven percent. 112 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,439 So that is definitely a kick your butt type of lead. Now, 113 00:07:08,959 --> 00:07:11,959 of course, the Elon Musk money hasn't kicked in yet, 114 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,759 right the Peter Thiel money may not have kicked in 115 00:07:16,319 --> 00:07:22,839 the ads. You know they are going to redistribute, redistribute 116 00:07:22,879 --> 00:07:29,040 some of their wealth by tearing best part in whatever 117 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:32,839 way they can. I don't think he I could be wrong, 118 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:36,959 but I don't think he's got wild scandals in his 119 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,120 wood pile. But you know, they don't care, they make 120 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,720 stuff up, so we expect I expect that lead to 121 00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:53,439 narrow once the hit pieces and terrible, terrible commercials get going. However, 122 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,639 as of right now, he's in stompamount territory. And of 123 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:02,480 course it is almost entirely along party lines. So if 124 00:08:02,519 --> 00:08:05,720 you have Republican friends who claim they're voting for Bisseta, 125 00:08:05,839 --> 00:08:10,519 the chances are they're not telling you the truth. And 126 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:16,560 of course it is the coastal strongholds, the coastal progressive areas, 127 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,319 which happen to be the population centers of California. Right 128 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,439 So you wonder why this big red area in the 129 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:29,120 middle of the state is so outnumbered every election season 130 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,919 and so outnumbered in Washington. Is because they're big geographic areas. 131 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,080 But there aren't that many people there, i e. Not 132 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:38,559 that many voters, Whereas if you go to Los Angeles, 133 00:08:38,759 --> 00:08:43,519 San Francisco, San Diego, all of those areas have tons 134 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,759 of people. And that's where more of the Latino people live, 135 00:08:46,799 --> 00:08:49,200 that's where more the black people live, and that's where 136 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,799 more of the Democrats live. And so that's the story 137 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:58,720 of our bipolar state. Those cities. According to the La Times, 138 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:02,720 it's San Diego, the Bay area and the coastal even 139 00:09:02,759 --> 00:09:05,960 the coastal smaller cities this you know, the Santa Barbars 140 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,960 and such. That's where in La of course, that's where 141 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:17,320 Bessetta is strong. Eighty eight percent of dams are voting 142 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:21,679 for Bessetta. Ninety one percent of Republicans back Hilton. And 143 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,919 the reason I say it like that, like ninety one percent, 144 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:28,480 is because we always hear I don't know people who 145 00:09:28,519 --> 00:09:31,919 call in this show whose name rhymes with head, or 146 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:37,480 other people who claim that they're not Republicans they're independent, 147 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,639 or Republicans who claim they're not MAGA ones, but yet 148 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,399 they are still going to vote ninety one percent of 149 00:09:45,399 --> 00:09:49,399 them for Steve Hilton, who is a Fox News host 150 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,080 with MAGA talking points. I mean, he might have a nice, 151 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,399 smooth sounding voice and a cool English accent, he might 152 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,240 have a much much better vocabulary than the resident, but 153 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:08,159 he is in fact a MAGA Republican following the MAGA 154 00:10:08,159 --> 00:10:13,679 talking points and their platform point for point. So this 155 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:19,799 idea of the kinder, gentler Republican is mostly just a 156 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,879 pr kind of thing. Really, ninety one percent of them 157 00:10:22,919 --> 00:10:28,039 are backing Hilton. And interestingly, though, and this kind of 158 00:10:28,159 --> 00:10:31,399 does contradict something I always say, but I hope that 159 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,919 it's right, is that the no party preference voters are 160 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:39,879 also leaning toward Bissetta, with six fifty eight percent of them. 161 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,000 So the ones that don't have a party affiliation, thirty 162 00:10:44,039 --> 00:10:46,679 percent of them are with Hilton. That's what they're telling 163 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,120 the pollsters. I hope that is what is true, and 164 00:10:50,159 --> 00:10:52,960 that they are not just Republicans in disguise, which is 165 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,320 what I often say. Eight hundred nine two oh fifteen eighty. 166 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,759 I'm Dominique de Prima, and you well, I'm pretty sure 167 00:11:00,759 --> 00:11:02,399 you know where you are right now. So I'm a 168 00:11:02,519 --> 00:11:06,279 question of Javier Bessetta, who may very well be the 169 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,600 next governor of the fourth largest economy in the whole 170 00:11:09,639 --> 00:11:15,480 wide world. Mister Bessetta, I should have noted, is particularly 171 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:20,360 strong in his polling among women, younger voters, and guess 172 00:11:20,399 --> 00:11:28,799 who else, black people. And so that's an interesting dynamic. 173 00:11:28,879 --> 00:11:32,600 I think it makes sense. You know, he was part 174 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,759 of the Obama team, he was part of the Biden administration. 175 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,799 But also I don't we'll see, you know, I don't 176 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:48,039 see Steve Hilton appealing to black voters. So right now, 177 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:53,879 it seems like black black Calli is Team Besseta. He 178 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,399 will be, if elected, the first Latino governor of the 179 00:11:57,399 --> 00:12:00,679 state of California, which is interesting because, I mean, we 180 00:12:00,799 --> 00:12:06,120 have such a huge Latino population, voting population. Contrary to 181 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:12,000 popular stereotype. We have a lot of born and raised 182 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:19,360 Chicano Latino, you know, Californians. Not talking about people who 183 00:12:19,399 --> 00:12:23,840 can't vote, not talking about immigrants. Some are maybe many 184 00:12:23,919 --> 00:12:26,559 years back, but some as they say, you know, we 185 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:29,240 didn't cross the border of the border across US. This 186 00:12:29,519 --> 00:12:32,759 used to be Mexico, and I get that it's not 187 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:37,200 anymore trust and belief, but you know, we have a 188 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:46,240 lot of Latinos and Latino Californians, Latino US Americans, and 189 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:51,200 the thing about that is that they have been called 190 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:57,399 the sleeping giant because they don't vote. Their numbers that 191 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:02,799 may be changing. We shall see. The other shift in 192 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,799 this way that we're seeing. In this particular we're going 193 00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:11,000 to see in this election is Council District nine CD nine, 194 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:18,919 which is currently led by council Member Current Price, who's 195 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:20,960 done an amazing job. By the way, in that district, 196 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,000 he's everywhere, he always shows up. He's always doing events 197 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:32,360 and providing resources for the community. However, the two gentlemen 198 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:43,480 who are in the runoff are both Latino, so that 199 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:47,440 will be a change on the La City Council. We've 200 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,600 always had a black council member in that district, and 201 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:55,639 I would I would not be at all surprised if 202 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:03,240 that doesn't happen again. Maybe, but I don't see it now. 203 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,399 I'm not saying that to say that black candidates cannot 204 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,639 win in non black districts. It happens all the time, 205 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:13,399 including the mayor of this city. That's what coalition and 206 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:18,320 allyship is about. I mean, asked Tom Bradley, right, So 207 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,799 that's not what I'm saying at all. But I'm saying 208 00:14:21,799 --> 00:14:24,799 that I think we are going to We are seeing 209 00:14:24,879 --> 00:14:27,320 the emergence of the Latino voter as more of a 210 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,279 factor here in the state of California and beyond, and 211 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:36,080 hopefully this experience with the Ice debacle and the way 212 00:14:36,159 --> 00:14:40,399 this particular resident is governing will move those that found 213 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:45,960 themselves leaving the Democratic Party. We'll move them back into 214 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:53,559 the common sense aile. You know, that is not guaranteed, 215 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,600 but we are seeing some evidence, some empirical evidence that 216 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:06,720 that's starting to happen. Jose Ugarte and Estuardo Mazariegos, who 217 00:15:06,759 --> 00:15:12,759 are the two folks who are in that CD nine runoff, 218 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,759 and one of them, yes, one of them comes out 219 00:15:17,919 --> 00:15:24,559 of the comes out of the CD nine current camp. 220 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,960 One of them worked with Council Member Price for many years. 221 00:15:32,159 --> 00:15:34,639 But they're both Latino, and one or the other of 222 00:15:34,679 --> 00:15:41,720 them is going to be representing CD nine after November. 223 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,919 And they are both, by the way, after the whole 224 00:15:44,919 --> 00:15:50,759 spiel I just gave about US American born and raised 225 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,240 multiple generation type of Latinos, they are both. Not that 226 00:15:55,279 --> 00:16:00,600 they're both, they were both born elsewhere and raised here. 227 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,320 Not saying that's bad or good, but that's what it is, 228 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:11,120 and so things are shifting. That's normal. I think that 229 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,720 people who believe that we can live as an island 230 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:24,559 and not have coalitions or not have at least alliances 231 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:32,240 are actually in denial. It's never really worked that way 232 00:16:32,279 --> 00:16:37,120 in Cali to begin with. And you know, I think 233 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,919 that it's I know that we're in this era of 234 00:16:40,039 --> 00:16:45,240 division even more than ever before, at least online, right 235 00:16:45,559 --> 00:16:48,279 between black and brown and Asian and black and all 236 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:52,320 of these, you know. And I am actually as supporter 237 00:16:53,600 --> 00:17:00,440 of the current de facto boycott, but alliances and coalitions 238 00:17:01,039 --> 00:17:07,960 are necessary. You're not, and you know, it's rare when 239 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,960 you're gonna have that spot in your community, in your town. 240 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:14,240 You know, when the whole world is not Jackson, Mississippi, 241 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:18,200 And even Jackson, Mississippi, which has or Baltimore, Maryland, which 242 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:22,759 have majority black residents, they're still dealing with not Baltimore, 243 00:17:22,759 --> 00:17:27,240 but in Jackson, they're still dealing with the state apparatus. Right, 244 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,480 And you're right, Paul. I see Paul in the in 245 00:17:32,559 --> 00:17:38,920 the YouTube talking about how Latinos are moving toward a 246 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:43,039 Republican party. There's a couple of caveats to that, though, Paul. 247 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,440 One is that the Latino vote is not a monolith, 248 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,640 as they'd like to say about black people. So if 249 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,880 you're talking about Cubans or Venezuelans, they start out more 250 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:57,440 conservative because they are leaving running away from fleeing or 251 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:03,160 rebelling against social lists or communist governments. So the folks 252 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,599 that come that came here intended to be the richer 253 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,920 and wider among them, right among the people in that country, 254 00:18:09,319 --> 00:18:13,559 whereas with you know, Central America and Mexico, that is 255 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:18,599 less likely. Depending on the Central American state right. Some 256 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:27,319 of them were ruled by right wing groups like El Salvador, 257 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:32,119 like Guatemala, like Nicaragua. And then when different governments take 258 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,240 over or we do something crazy with the drug trade, 259 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,480 those folks come here round Blue sevens as a bunch 260 00:18:39,559 --> 00:18:43,920 of Zimmermans. But again it's not a monolith. A Mexican 261 00:18:44,319 --> 00:18:49,279 or you know, or Central American. Latino is more likely 262 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,839 and certainly at Chicano US American born and raised here 263 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,400 is much more likely to be progressive. So I don't 264 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,079 it's you know, you can't just say, oh, they're all 265 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:06,680 moving Republican. And then the other thing is the resident 266 00:19:06,759 --> 00:19:10,559 is pushing them back into the Democratic Party. And then 267 00:19:10,599 --> 00:19:12,720 the final thing I'll say on that is there's a 268 00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:19,799 gender split Latinas. In other words, Latino women are much 269 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:24,799 less likely to vote Republican Republican. I can't even say 270 00:19:24,799 --> 00:19:27,759 it anymore. Then Latino men, we've got news, traffic and sports. 271 00:19:27,799 --> 00:19:31,440 Then you're invited in as always, I'm Dominic Kaprima, and 272 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:35,279 this is KVLA Talk fifteen eighty asking Miles, Miles, why 273 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:39,400 is Russell Westbrook stepping down? He's an LA icon And 274 00:19:39,519 --> 00:19:40,480 you said. 275 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,599 Speaker 3: It's about that time eighteen years in and uh, if 276 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,000 anybody give you a job offered, you know, might as 277 00:19:46,079 --> 00:19:48,880 well wrap it out, go out and and you know, 278 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:49,839 with all the all your. 279 00:19:49,759 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: Glory in text, Yeah I got I got you you 280 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,480 you know, happy retirement, mister Westbrook. I think what people 281 00:19:58,519 --> 00:20:01,400 may not be clocking about is that he really does 282 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,839 a lot of stuff for the community behind the scenes. 283 00:20:03,839 --> 00:20:06,519 He's not always out here beating his chest talking about it, 284 00:20:06,559 --> 00:20:09,680 but he does a lot of stuff for his his community. 285 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 3: Yes, now I hear about that. The community speaks very 286 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,720 highly of Russell Westbrook, especially around here. So shout out 287 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,839 to Russell Westbrook. Great career, may Hall of Famer, all 288 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,000 time triple double beast, you know what I mean, Like 289 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,799 one of the most athletic point guards of all time, 290 00:20:23,839 --> 00:20:25,680 one of the funnest people to watch of all time, 291 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,039 motor on one hundred percent every game. I feel like 292 00:20:29,039 --> 00:20:30,480 he's one of the ones you'd say gave us all 293 00:20:30,519 --> 00:20:32,160 to the game for as long as he was out there. 294 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,559 So yeah, I love Russell Westbrook. 295 00:20:33,559 --> 00:20:35,799 Speaker 1: That's wrong with that. Back to do your best every day. 296 00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:37,920 But yeah, no, I mean that's why you know, I 297 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,799 always say the streets know, the streets always know the 298 00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:43,200 streets know that man right there is a real one. 299 00:20:43,319 --> 00:20:46,039 So you know LA legend for sure. 300 00:20:46,519 --> 00:20:48,319 Speaker 3: Got to play for both teams in LA. 301 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,559 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's that's what more would you ask for? 302 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:52,920 That's legendary. I think I feel like I could say 303 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:59,599 that anyway, Miles Low. Your show is ongoing, it's every Saturday. 304 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,559 I just want to make sure you know, I see 305 00:21:01,559 --> 00:21:04,079 you got the spot running. I'm loving that, but I 306 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,640 just want to make sure our KBLA delegation is tapped 307 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,039 in to do better. 308 00:21:08,039 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 3: Show every Saturday twelve noon with a replay at seven pm. 309 00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:17,640 We talk everything tech, AI, creative economy, health consciousness, all 310 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,240 that stuff, and also how to make money right now 311 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,559 using all the tools at your disposal. This week we're 312 00:21:23,559 --> 00:21:25,960 gonna be talking about this AI music controversy. You know, 313 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,920 the artists are coming out saying they're using AI now 314 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,119 to make their music instead of kind of like keeping 315 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,160 on the tuck. So you know, I want to see 316 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,240 who really cares, who we really care? Let's break down 317 00:21:35,279 --> 00:21:38,160 some numbers. Yeah, yeah, let's talk about it. 318 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we had a behind the mike conversation 319 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,200 about that maybe a year or more ago. You were 320 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,440 talking about how Drake was using AI for some of 321 00:21:47,759 --> 00:21:50,599 his using it to reproduce himself. 322 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 3: Drake did it, Kanye West used on his last Bully album. 323 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,240 Him in Northwest has been using it. Timberland's been a huge, 324 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,279 huge advocate for it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're here now, 325 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,240 ladies and gentlemen. So I don't want to see and. 326 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:05,759 Speaker 1: If YA does it, that means people are going to 327 00:22:05,799 --> 00:22:06,359 be doing it. 328 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 3: I mean everybody. That means everybody has been doing it. 329 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,119 It's just saying that certain people except people have been 330 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,039 sitting in the tuck with it. Don't want to expose 331 00:22:13,079 --> 00:22:14,759 it and say they're using it. But now R at 332 00:22:14,759 --> 00:22:17,880 a point where it's the conversation piece. It's the centerpiece 333 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:18,680 of the combo. 334 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: So yeah, the new plastic surgery. What AI is the 335 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,079 new plastic surgery? 336 00:22:25,279 --> 00:22:31,559 Speaker 3: Bbl yo, No to Dominique. We've had people who come 337 00:22:31,599 --> 00:22:34,440 in here and you know, when they start the hour, 338 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:36,160 asking what song you want to start with it, They'll 339 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,200 give me a song. Oh why has heard this, this, this, this, 340 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,519 and this, And I look it up and it's AI. 341 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,799 Speaker 1: Music right And the person doesn't even know it. They 342 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,799 just have a they just heard a song they like. 343 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,400 Are they hearing people anyway, tune into the Do Better Show. 344 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,359 I'm assuming folks are getting this music online. That's where 345 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,200 it's coming from. That's where they're coming in contact with it, 346 00:22:54,279 --> 00:22:56,400 and then they're like, oh, I love this song, not 347 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,160 realizing that it's about it's. 348 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,519 Speaker 3: Getting caught up in a TikTok artists. 349 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:05,559 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well yeah, so okay, thanks for that clarity. I 350 00:23:05,599 --> 00:23:12,000 appreciate it. These things, you know, they come across on 351 00:23:12,079 --> 00:23:16,440 the Black Information Network, which is a national network. So 352 00:23:16,519 --> 00:23:20,000 maybe and of course Ray Richardson does our news and 353 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,519 our sports news, and he does a great job, but 354 00:23:23,559 --> 00:23:30,119 that's one of those that lands a little heavier in LA. Yeah, 355 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:35,759 and yesterday we had a story that aired talking about 356 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:44,480 BLM sports. BLM sports is b S just FYI. More 357 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,920 on that later. We'll talk about it Monday when doctor 358 00:23:47,039 --> 00:23:50,759 Mouline Abdullah will be in with me in our one, 359 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,920 so we can break that down in case you were confused. 360 00:23:54,759 --> 00:24:02,200 That is the folks that took the people's money repurposing 361 00:24:02,279 --> 00:24:07,000 it to something that is not the intention of the 362 00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:10,359 people who donated to Black Lives Matter. They donated to 363 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:15,079 stop state sanctioned violence, and now these goofies have decided 364 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:22,279 to make it into a little sports club, sports booster club. No, 365 00:24:22,599 --> 00:24:26,519 that ain't it anyway. Just for the record, So we 366 00:24:26,519 --> 00:24:30,319 were talking about this, the Latino vote, the Black vote, 367 00:24:30,319 --> 00:24:32,000 how it's all playing out, and how it's going to 368 00:24:33,319 --> 00:24:38,119 come together or not this election season. I would say yes, 369 00:24:38,319 --> 00:24:42,200 at least when it comes to Beseta, you'll probably see 370 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,680 a stronger Latino turnout I would imagine at the polls 371 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,920 in California, because the opportunity to have the first Latino 372 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:54,559 governor ever is got to be appealing to Latino voters. 373 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,720 You know, like I said, they don't always vote their 374 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:02,440 weight class. And Paul makes the point that Black people 375 00:25:02,519 --> 00:25:05,839 as a whole do vote heavily Democratic, even though we 376 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,279 are not a monolith either, and that is true. But 377 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,880 all of these things are evolving. You know. We did 378 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:18,799 see some slippage over to the MAGA world. We'll be 379 00:25:18,839 --> 00:25:22,880 addressing some of that in our three today. The mystery 380 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,720 of the Black Republicans under MAGA. I think a lot 381 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,960 of that is missing disinformation online. I think there is 382 00:25:30,039 --> 00:25:34,319 definitely a gender component to that as well. Well. There 383 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,599 is because if you can look at the numbers, there's 384 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,119 ninety two percent of black women voted for Kamala Harrison 385 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,279 eighty five percent of black men. It's not terrible, but 386 00:25:45,519 --> 00:25:51,359 there is a gap there, right. Ram Blue says, fun fact, 387 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,960 one out of every three black people born in Cali 388 00:25:54,079 --> 00:25:57,960 is Latino. I have not seen those numbers, ram Blue seven, 389 00:25:58,079 --> 00:26:03,319 but that would not shock and surprise me, just as 390 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,480 a lot of black people in this country now, and 391 00:26:06,559 --> 00:26:09,759 a lot of the growth in the black population are 392 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:15,759 immigrants from Haiti, from Africa. It's a reality. I was 393 00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:17,559 going to say, in new reality, but it's not really 394 00:26:17,599 --> 00:26:22,559 that new. It's just more prevalent. And as the conscious 395 00:26:23,079 --> 00:26:26,880 African immigrants say, it's because of the work of black 396 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:31,559 civil rights leaders that open the doors to any immigration, 397 00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:35,359 just as the fourteenth Amendment opened the doors to birthright citizenship. 398 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:41,759 So all all immigrants and refugees definitely owe a debt 399 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:43,920 to Black Americans. That's not to say they have to 400 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:49,279 be our enemies. In fact, it's just the opposite, you know. 401 00:26:50,079 --> 00:26:54,920 And I already dealt with a lot of misunderstanding around 402 00:26:54,920 --> 00:27:00,720 this on the radio. My former husband is a black life, 403 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:07,359 He's Cuban, and so people say, oh, well, she's married 404 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,599 to a Mexican. Well, if I was fine, like, I 405 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,200 don't have a problem with that, but that just wasn't 406 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,200 the truth. The truth was my former husband looked more 407 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:21,000 like Sidney Poitier than Ricky Ricardo, and people have trouble 408 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,279 getting their minds around it. But what you need to know, 409 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:27,599 as someone who is married to a an Afro Latino 410 00:27:27,839 --> 00:27:34,240 for almost fifteen years, they identify as black first, most 411 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,319 of them. I mean, I'm sure they have sellouts just 412 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,720 like we do. But the fact of the matter is, 413 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,680 if you're in Venezuela and you're black, you're still black. 414 00:27:44,519 --> 00:27:48,640 If you're in you know, Panama and you're black, you're 415 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,519 still black. If you're in Costa Rica and you're black, 416 00:27:50,559 --> 00:27:53,079 you're still black. What do I mean by that. I'm 417 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,480 not saying you have to pretend that they're the same 418 00:27:55,519 --> 00:27:58,039 as Black Americans, But what I am saying is that 419 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,039 they're still dealing with racism in whites supremacy, just as 420 00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:06,400 we have, and so there is an identification in an understanding. 421 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,279 Now that's a little different with Africans because although they're 422 00:28:10,319 --> 00:28:16,079 dealing with colonization, and some of them have colonized minds, 423 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:22,000 but many don't. Many are revolutionaries, many are progressive, but 424 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,039 The difference is that if you're black and everyone in 425 00:28:26,079 --> 00:28:28,839 your country is black, like let's let's say a Ghanaian 426 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,480 as compared to a South African. If you're a black 427 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:38,559 South African migrant, you come from a powerful and still 428 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:43,279 functioning system of white supremacy and white privilege. If you're 429 00:28:43,319 --> 00:28:46,079 a Ghanaian American, you're still dealing with the vestiges of 430 00:28:46,119 --> 00:28:49,759 a colonial mindset. But your president is black, your army 431 00:28:49,839 --> 00:28:52,920 is black, your cops are black. It's black, any black, 432 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,960 all black, black black. So when they come here, they 433 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,920 have less of an understanding of what it's like to 434 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,160 function in the belly of the beast, of what it's 435 00:29:01,319 --> 00:29:05,960 like to deal with white supremacy, you know, the original flavor. 436 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,480 So I mean, yes, there are nuances, but this idea 437 00:29:11,519 --> 00:29:14,480 that one out of every three black people born in 438 00:29:14,839 --> 00:29:19,799 California is Latino, that that's somehow a threat to black California, 439 00:29:20,039 --> 00:29:23,160 I would put that in the not true category if 440 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:30,519 I with snoops, because most of those folks understand that 441 00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:32,759 what's good for black people is good for them, what's 442 00:29:32,759 --> 00:29:35,039 good for black children is good for their children. I mean, 443 00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:40,640 it doesn't take a rocket scientist. It really doesn't. I 444 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,160 do agree we should be voting in higher numbers, but 445 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,559 we do as black people, as Black Angelino specifically, I'll 446 00:29:47,599 --> 00:29:51,240 say we vote above our weight class. We are what 447 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:59,000 eight percent, approximately eight percent of the population, and in 448 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,440 elections we vary from fifteen to twenty percent of voters. 449 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,720 We vote above our weight class a high percentage of 450 00:30:05,799 --> 00:30:12,079 US votes. Now that may be disproportionately elders, but it's 451 00:30:12,119 --> 00:30:15,000 something we need to, you know, be proud of. Yeah, 452 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,960 you're right, Paul, it would we it'd be great if 453 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,440 it was at But we vote in higher numbers than 454 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:28,519 many most communities. And so I say that to say, yes, 455 00:30:28,599 --> 00:30:30,160 we need to step it up, but also we need 456 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,880 to stop beating ourselves in each other up for being 457 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:37,759 the problem. We could do better, but we ain't the problem, 458 00:30:38,599 --> 00:30:42,119 the apathy problem. The folks that don't vote problem, did 459 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,720 not civically engage problem. We're not the poster child for that. 460 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,799 And I'm not just talking about black women because we 461 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,960 like to say black women have saved the Democratic Party, 462 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,319 black women have saved America, and that is true, but 463 00:30:54,359 --> 00:30:59,119 it's not just black women as black men too. Hello Hello, Hello, 464 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:04,319 so Bissetta, I'm sure is quite pleased that he is 465 00:31:04,359 --> 00:31:11,160 doing so well among black Californians, and it explains why. 466 00:31:11,599 --> 00:31:18,279 As I mentioned to you yesterday that the city council 467 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,400 woman who's running to be mayor of this city, who 468 00:31:21,519 --> 00:31:33,200 is of Brahmin East Indian background, is now trying to 469 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,440 get into the black churches, skip the black microphone. Her 470 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,839 people told me she didn't have time to talk to me. 471 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,079 Maybe she will this time. Look, I will say this, 472 00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:45,680 and I mean this. I'm very serious about this. When 473 00:31:48,759 --> 00:31:56,359 politicians get on the microphone with me, when we do interviews, debates, interviews, 474 00:31:57,079 --> 00:32:03,519 anything like that before, I will always always do my 475 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:10,319 best to be fair. Okay, not Fox News. I know 476 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,480 how to put on my news hat and read news 477 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,640 headlines and put on my opinion hat and say my opinion. 478 00:32:17,279 --> 00:32:20,480 And there's a time and place for both. I know 479 00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:25,000 how to do that. I am a trained journalist. Quiet 480 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:30,640 as it's kept, So should any candidate, whether I am 481 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,000 going to vote for them or not, step to this mic. Yes, 482 00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:37,160 I will ask tough questions. I will ask everybody tough questions. 483 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:43,279 Red blue, left, coast right, coast, black, white, white supremacist, 484 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,000 so called revolutionary like, yeah, I'm gonna ask the questions 485 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,319 about your record. I'm going to ask the tough questions 486 00:32:49,559 --> 00:32:52,160 and I'm going to ask the easy questions both. I 487 00:32:52,279 --> 00:32:54,319 want to give you a chance to shine and show 488 00:32:54,359 --> 00:32:57,680 who you are so that voters can make their own 489 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,839 decisions using their own head. They don't have to use 490 00:32:59,839 --> 00:33:01,839 my had. They got their own. That's why we each 491 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:06,839 get our own head. We don't have to share one. Right. 492 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:14,359 So she remains invited. Every candidate who is in this 493 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:20,480 runoff election, Republican, Democrat, smart, dumb, tall, short, cute, not 494 00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:24,000 so cute, They're all invited, and I will give them 495 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,640 a fair shake on this MIC. Tough questions and easy questions, 496 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,039 all are welcome. You can call me eight hundred and 497 00:33:31,079 --> 00:33:33,880 nine to two oh, fifteen eighty. I am Dominique Diaprima 498 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:38,160 in this is KBLA Talk, fifteen eighty. Yeah, it's true 499 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:44,400 that the Latino voter is moving more conservative, but also 500 00:33:44,559 --> 00:33:46,680 let's break it down state by stay. If you're in Florida, 501 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:52,400 you know that's that's Latino Maga land, Right. You got 502 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:57,480 all those Cubans there that ran away from communism in Cuba. 503 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,039 You got all of the dispots and dictators from Latin 504 00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:07,000 America who found their retirement homes in Florida, the Monuel 505 00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:11,639 Noriega's of the world. You've got all these conservative Venezuelans 506 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:14,599 who fled from the jav As government. You know, you 507 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:19,119 have that's a hotbed of right wing Cubans. Now, my 508 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,960 understanding standing is that even the Mexican population in Texas 509 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,440 is moving to the right. But if you look at 510 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:33,360 our our California Latinos, uh, they tend to be more progressive. 511 00:34:33,559 --> 00:34:37,679 Now to some extent I'm going on, you know, my 512 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:45,079 own empirical experience. We know we have some conservative Latinos here, 513 00:34:45,079 --> 00:34:48,440 but you also have this huge base of US born 514 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,639 and raised and some who are not US born and 515 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,039 raised who are social justice oriented. I mean, look at 516 00:34:56,039 --> 00:35:00,360 the La City Council right, some of our most restive 517 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:08,599 members are Latinos ELNSI San Nandez Latina not at all conservative. 518 00:35:09,079 --> 00:35:11,280 I don't think she's got a conservative bone in her body. 519 00:35:12,039 --> 00:35:18,360 Ugo Soto Martinez very very progressive. You know. Those two 520 00:35:18,679 --> 00:35:21,360 are are are two of the ones that tend to 521 00:35:21,559 --> 00:35:25,719 hold the line when it comes to the ever expanding 522 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:31,400 ginormous LAPD budget. And those those I mean, and then 523 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:37,400 you could sell Isabel Hurrado, but she's not Latina, she's Filipino, uh, 524 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:43,480 Asian Pacific Islander. Two of our more progressive residents of 525 00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:52,039 city Hall, right, our Controller Kenneth Mahea and council Member 526 00:35:52,639 --> 00:35:57,000 Hurado are also Asian. That's why I think the thing 527 00:35:57,519 --> 00:36:01,360 the saying Asians are not a monolith. Black people are 528 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,119 not a monolith. Latinos are not a monolith, is important 529 00:36:04,199 --> 00:36:10,920 because it's true that you can't just paint the picture 530 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,599 of all Latinos this way. And I would say that 531 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,719 our Latinos, meaning Cali Latinos, are less conservative than those 532 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:26,760 in other states. So that's that is what it is. 533 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,840 It's you know, yes, we do. We We did see 534 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:38,039 Mexicans for Trump in Beverly Hills, Woo low information voters. However, 535 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,639 you know in the main that is not uh that's 536 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:51,519 not where where they land in this in this state, 537 00:36:51,559 --> 00:36:57,519 the legislative caucus, in the Latino legislative caucus in California 538 00:36:58,199 --> 00:37:03,360 has no Republicans. Latino legislation relative caucuses in Arizona and 539 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:08,360 Texas have tons. You see what I'm saying. So it 540 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,239 is a different story in a different history here in 541 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,679 the state of California and we benefit from that. I 542 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:19,440 wish that could spread. I wish that could spread to Florida. 543 00:37:19,519 --> 00:37:23,559 And it's possible that the egregious actions of this resident, 544 00:37:23,679 --> 00:37:26,320 and it's not just the resident, it's all the homies 545 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:31,480 of the resident, would turn the tide. But I don't know, 546 00:37:32,039 --> 00:37:35,559 because when you talk about a Marco Rubio type, he's 547 00:37:35,599 --> 00:37:40,760 the perfect Florida example, right, a guy who whose parents 548 00:37:41,159 --> 00:37:45,599 come from Cuba and who has adopted his parents' politics, 549 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,400 having spent no time as an adult in Cuba, and 550 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:59,199 now is trying to destroy it. Right, That's that's the prototype. 551 00:37:59,199 --> 00:38:03,000 And he doesn't just changed because Trump didn't include him. 552 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,480 And then when they escaped from Turkey and Trump got 553 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,880 in the catering truck to go to a different airplane, 554 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,760 they left Marco Rubio on the plane they were planning 555 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,679 to explode. Just because he clearly doesn't care about you. 556 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,719 That's not going to change his opinion because it's coming 557 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:27,480 from a family history of trauma and misinformation. And I 558 00:38:27,559 --> 00:38:30,599 understand what you're saying, Selena. Black people are bailing because 559 00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:33,239 they're tired of being used, But we're not always being used. 560 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:37,960 Many times, coalitions and ally ships create outcomes that actually 561 00:38:38,599 --> 00:38:46,960 work in our favor. Right. Tom Bradley arguably was I 562 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,840 think the longest serving mayor in LA history. I could 563 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,159 be wrong about that, but he would not have been 564 00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:59,320 elected without coalitions. The clear thing to Carl's point is 565 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:03,320 what are we asked for? You know, if we're backing Bessetra, 566 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:07,480 what are we asking for? And I think that's the 567 00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:12,039 thing Selena Rix nine five six is in the chat. 568 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,760 That's the thing we have to do better at is 569 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,519 politics is all about quid pro quo, So what's the 570 00:39:18,599 --> 00:39:21,320 ask and how do we follow up on the ask 571 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:26,559 and make sure that what was promised is delivered. We 572 00:39:26,599 --> 00:39:29,800 are talking hip hop, women in hip hop and what's 573 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:33,559 going on today with the poet is aka Felicia Morris. 574 00:39:33,599 --> 00:39:37,159 That's next and you're welcome in KBLA Talk fifteen eighty