WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.400 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Got to play for both teams in LA. 301 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:50.559 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Getting caught up in a TikTok artists. 349 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:05.559 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