Speaker 1: I'm Jesse Junior. Welcome forward to the Jesse Jackson Juniors
Show on KBLA Talk fifteen eighty. This is our second
hour on the show, and I'm particularly honored that our
resident regular contributor on issues all issues relating to education
and social justice is none other than Diallo Brooks. Gina
Diallo is here with us today.
Speaker 2: Mm hmmm, yes, he is, Idallo.
Speaker 3: Doing, Gina.
Speaker 1: How you doing, Jesse, Hey, Joab d'ello. I'm still here, man.
It's been a hell of a week. And before we
get to some of the specifics issues that you'd like
to discuss in the next hour, we did cover a
couple of issues. You've got to be as a social
justice activist and warrior, you've got to be completely shocked
and taken aback by what transpired in Minnesota. Please share
with us your thoughts.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely a shock. Unfortunately, I'm not totally surprised,
giving the trajectory we've been on with this administration and
what we've seen from Ice and what we've seen from
the weaponization of our federal law enforcement officials, and so
I think it was inevitable that incidents like this would
happen but it's it's such it's such a sad moment
in our history, and it really requires us to to
lean in in this moment and really really pay attention.
Folks can't sit on the sidelines, uh any longer when
we see this type of atrocity happen, And you know,
I fear that there won't be repercussions for the officer
that was involved and for how Ice is actually patrolling
our cities, at least in the in the short term.
Speaker 1: Gina, I am as shocked and horrified as Diallo about
what took place in Minnesota. Obviously, we've experienced brutality from
police officers that have resulted in the deaths of black men,
black women, young people who were unarmed. But as I
shared on the show yesterday, when Bobby Kennedy picked up
a poor black child in Appalachia, I think it was
it may have even been in the South, the country
kind of said, well, in terms of the media, poor
black baby. But when he picked up a poor black child,
a poor white child in Appalachia, the country then responded
with some very images. They could not believe that white poverty.
By the way, the name of a book written by
William Barber the second White poverty was such a real
factor in American history, and I'm wondering, when I think
about the doll tests of our reaction to black and
white whether or not Robin Good's death is going to
be a term point in the federal government's engagement in
localities and in the States. Geene, I'm sure you've given
that something.
Speaker 2: You know, not that I'm an advocate or cheerleader, so
I don't want to found that way, but I want
to point out that many times throughout history, you know,
to Deborah when she was overseeing Israel's battles, and you
know it was her they said that the victory Berrick,
if you don't want to come with me, is going
to be given into a woman's hands. You saw Maimie
Till have to deal with her son and leave his
casket open in order to make a statement. You know,
you see Viola Luiso being shot. You see the park
in the face, and you see Rosa Parks sitting on
a bus, and you see Jimmy Lee Jackson cover his
mother who is out doing you know what she is doing.
And this is one point I always never get a
chance to mention the thing about that whole situation. When
Martin Luther King and Andrew Young went when this incident occurred,
it was because their wives were from there. You had
Corretta and Jean eventually Young that were both from the city.
And you have to imagine that these women are making
phone calls like y'all gotta come down here, here's what happened,
or somebody from there called them and said, hey, you
guys got to come home because this is happening. I
say all that because Robin Good, you see, Robin Hood,
who robbed from the rich to give to the Porsche,
got that name, and then she's got the name Good.
So many times these movements start with something that happens
with a woman.
Speaker 3: Yellow. Yeah, I would agree. I mean, if you look
at the trajectory of our history, women and in particular
black women have been the backbone and also have propelled
us forward. I mean, even if you look more modernly
and you know you hate to couch it in tragedy,
you look at Sandra Blan or even young people just
you know, the tamir Rices of the world and the
Trayvon Martins of the world. It's women, young people the
tragedies that have happened to them, or they're organizing ability
that has propelled us forward to really push for change,
and so I think it's incumbent upon the rest of
us to also stand shoulder to shoulder with women, and
you know, in certain circumstances, follow the leadership in circumstances
standing the void to support really creating the change we
want to see in this country and in the world.
Speaker 1: I'm thinking in this in this moment that I'm just
scared to death at Diallo's suggestion that all of the
series of events and the rhetoric indicates that this just
may be the beginning of these kinds of activities. And
I'm scared because we don't know what constitutes First Amendment
protections under these circumstances. The First Amendment is in the
Constitution of the United States, so it's a federal function.
Usually it's the federal government that's instructing local law enforcement
that they have to comply with the federal constitution. But
it is federal law enforcement that is not allowing people
to protest and speak freely, and they are specifically governed
by the Constitution of the United States. I'm Jesse Jackson Jr.
You're listening to the Jesse Jackson Junior Show on KBLA
Talk fifteen to eighty. It is Fat Meat Fridays, the
creator of our show, Gina Towns Reflectivity and with our
leading contributor on all issues education and many many more
social justice activists, great man and a friend, mister d'ello Brooks. More.
When we come forward on KBLA Talk fifteen, I'm Jesse Jackson,
the Jesse Jackson. Before you begin our conversation, I want
to thank King Farley for dropping that beat right there,
that beat right there, that beat right there from from
the jack Master. Wow. Anyway, our very special guest in
this hour is Dallo Brooks. Diallo Brooks is an educator.
He's also a social justice activist and a regular contributor
on the Jesse Jackson Junior Show. Dello, welcome forward to
the show.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Jesse.
Speaker 1: Gina. You wanted to continue our conversation with d'allo before.
Speaker 2: The I did, but I started talking about KB you know,
and that that does remind me because you know, we
do have fun and I think that we and it's
not just us, but in particular our community got to
a level a certain level of comfortability and in that comfort,
especially in the generation that was raised while President Obama
was you know, in office, you could clearly see and
not know what it was like to never have a
president of color and a first Lady and children that
looked like yourself living in the White House, giving speeches,
playing basketball, you know, I mean, like him or not.
President Obama was the epitome of Joe Cool, and so
to grow up in that era, I think really kind
of puts us in a position to why we may
be startled. But we talked about in the last hour, Diallo,
how long this has been going on. The plot, the
planned Project twenty five, you know, even by its name,
it happened in twenty twenty five, but it certainly started
more than twenty five years ago.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely started more than twenty five years ago. There's
been a history, and I quite honestly with folks trying
to take control of systems, I think ultimately to make money,
to gain resources and control resources. And so I think
we're seeing that in how the ice incidents are playing out,
but also just our foreign policy and a lot of
things that we are involved in in the world. I
think what we have to do on our side is
be much more strategic than we have been, and it's
really about creating what is our vision for the future
look like. What does a healthy, thriving, safe community look like, right,
and what are the pillars of that. What are the
things that we need to do that we need to
create in order to make that happen. And I think
we have to defend ourselves from the tyranny that we
see that's happening right now, whether it be Venezuela, whether
it be the ice incident in Minnesota, or whether it
be other incidents that happening around the country. We also
have to have a proactive agenda that people that can
galvanize people, that bring people together, that give people some
optimism for the future, because it's often creates even more
apathy when we lean into the negative that we're not
talking about the things that the way we see the future.
And I think when we lean into that, we create
spaces that allow us to then engage people, to give
folks hope, to give ourselves hope and joy and something
to really fight for and not just fight against. And
I think when we posture ourselves in that way, when
we really are strategic about what our agenda is and
be clear about not using their agenda as part of
our agenda. I think the people want to see something
that is drastically different, not just co opting parts of it,
not placating their base, but really drilling down on things
that really matter to most folks in this country and educating, engaging,
and then lastly, I'll say, we have to also listen
to people, listen to where their pain points are, but
also what brings them joy to help co create what
that can look like for our future.
Speaker 2: Jesse he said, where their pain points are.
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's no doubt in my mind that he's onto
something right there. We tend to organize people historically. Segregation
put us in certain categories or neighborhoods geographically.
Speaker 1: But then you know, we organize ourselves voluntarily by choosing
to move beyond laws of segregation, and we voluntarily integrate
into communities because the laws now allow us to move
and live in all neighborhoods in the United States except
for restrictive covenants. And then we Doctor King would argue
that we needed a spiritual integration, which is a care neighbor,
a care for community, regardless of a person's race, sex,
or class, and he used the story of the Samaritan
to make the case for what that really really represents
and what that really what that really means. But I'm
thinking in this moment, Diallo, that there's going to be
a comfort that people feel naturally in a kind of
tribalism because of the fear of the world that doctor
King envision the world that we've been trying to build.
Uh and it is reinforced by the absence of well
funded schools where, for example, if I worked in Silicon
Valley and my job Operate Tunity was in Silicon Valley,
some of the largest corporations in the world pay local
taxes and therefore students go to public schools that are
extremely well funded. But then Diallo, as an American who
does not live in Silicon Valley by happenstance of my
birth or zip code I live in on the South
side of Chicago, I live in Harlem, or I live
in Compton, Los Angeles, or I live in Crenshaw neighborhoods,
And there is no Apple, there is no Microsoft, there
is no Amazon, there is no no one's paying local
property taxes that make public education commensurate with what children
are receiving where these corporate headquarters are. There is a
kind of forced segregation that the economic system itself creates
by where corporations and businesses choose to locate. And I
don't know the answer completely to that, other than these
companies have to spread the wealth by building in our
communities data mining entities. They have to build factories as
well as equipment and packaging handling facilities that can pay
local property taxes to help offset the burden that people
who are living in ghettos, in neighborhoods and communities that
are failing. I don't have the answer. I'm sixty years old,
I've got more Yesterday's than tomorrow. I probably won't live
to be one hundred and twenty. So it puts me
in a battle personally with entities that choose to locate
in some areas but don't choose to locate in ours.
And then you know, our children grow up in those
environments and they are tough yellow.
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're tough environments. And I think there's a larger
conversation that we have to have too. I mean, we
understand that in America we live in this quote unquote
capitalistic success. We I think as a society are going
to have to make some decisions about what parts of
that work for us and what parts of that don't
work for us. Because even as you mentioned the tax base,
where resources come from, how corporations pay their fair share
to make sure that this country is healthy and whole,
their interests and corporate interests are around making money. That's
the only thing that corporations care about. And it is
up to us as citizens, as people, as voters, as
those that elect, folks that sit in public policy positions,
to hold those corporations accountable to the collective welfare and
well being of the citizens of this country, the people
that live on the soil of this country. And so
it requires us to kind of reimagine what our future
could look like, and what that means is making some
difficult decisions in certain circumstances. Even when you MENTIONEDDATA centers,
that's great, but also there's harm that's come from those
like look what's happened in Memphis. Look, you know, folks
in Prince George's county near me out of DC, they're
fighting against it because they're sucking up the water, they're
sucking up the power grid, or they're polluting the water.
So we want corporations to be responsible partners. So they
come in and bring their businesses into places that are
close to us. At the same time, they have a
responsibility to support the health and wellbeing of those communities
as well. It is a collective responsibility and not just
about them making money. They can make money and support
creating healthy, thriving environments for all of us.
Speaker 2: And so for all of you do gooders who think
corporate responsibility is a thing you see the dismantling, you know,
some of the first steps that they took was to
get rid of diversity, equity, inclusion, and in many I
have friends in Los Angeles, Atlanta, d C. You know,
and I have been one of those people who were
in roles that guided the consciousness of a corporation. And
in fact, many of us, you know, are in government
and community affairs to try to make sure that there's
a balance between community and what the corporation is doing
as it makes money. But that's uh you know, that
has dwindled. Roles have dwindled, the care of the responsibility
has dwindled, but all and all but disappeared. And so
how do we manage and especially you have an administration
who has called all these corporations to the table to say, hey,
it's you know, free wily time. You don't have to
do this anymore. You don't have to do that. So
now we have to rely on the consciousness of people
who may not be prone to that sort of thinking
outside the money. And so we find ourselves, you know,
even in a place where they're not as concerned about
having people on the job with the advent of AI.
So you know, what, what is it that we really
suggest that they do?
Speaker 1: We do?
Speaker 3: I mean, basically, we have to hold them accountable. They
you know, corporations are chartered and existed in exist based on us, right.
They just can't pop out of nowhere and exist and
do business. We charter it. We charter them. They charter
within the state that they're located in, and it is
our responsibility to set the rules of engagement, the rules
of play. We control. We have power that we don't utilize.
And what it takes is organization. It takes education, it
takes understanding, and it takes a will power to push
against these entities and create the spaces that we want
to see. We have to lean in. There's no easy
way about it. And Jesse, I will say this really quickly.
Your father did that work when I worked at. One
of the things that drew me when I interned and
then worked at the Rainbow Coalition, way way way back
in the day, is that he met with Coca Cola,
He met with all of these corporate entities requiring him.
He was talking about DEI back then, like we need
more folks of black folks, We need more investment in
our communities, we need more jobs on the ground. He
was doing that work. We need to pick that work
back up, that mantle up and lean in and hold
folks accountable. We can't be scared. We can't sit on
the sidelines and fold our hands as if we can't
do anything. Sometimes it takes a lot of skin in
the game to make it happen. But those that come
before us put their skin, put their lives in jeopardy
to try to make this world a better place.
Speaker 1: I am up particularly grateful that our very special guest
in this hour is none other than Dallo Brooks. Yellow
Brooks is one of our most capable contributors on all
education issues, but social justice issues as well. We have
about three minutes before we come forward before our hard
stop at the thirty. I'd like to hear your thoughts
about American interventionism in the Western hemisphere.
Speaker 3: I think it's ridiculous. I think it's a white supremacist tactic.
I really feel like that, you know, our intervention and
the ways that we intervene not about humanitarian is not
around justice. This is not about, you know, making this
world safer. It's about exploiting resources and the corporate kind
of you know, you look at the oil or the
mineral folks looking for ways to make money, and so
they intervene in places that sometimes a little sketchy for
other reasons and using that as a as an opportunity
to go in to to do a land grab or
resource grap and I think it's problematic and it's going
to cause us problems into the future.
Speaker 1: I think that's right, Gina.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I I you know what, I I'll be honest.
I wanted to set you up so that you can
tell us that there is hope, because sometimes, you know,
when you feel all of this coming at you, young
black men, young Hispanic men, you know, poor people or
people who have less or don't have a college education,
can sometimes feel the weight of what's going on and
be so dejected and so depressed and not really even
try or engage in the process. So thank you, you know,
for that early word of hope.
Speaker 1: Dialla Junior listening to Jesse Jackson Junior Show on KBLA
Talk of fifteen eighty. Our very special guest in this
hour is none other than Diallo Brooks on the J
Lunch Club. Our creator is hosting Fat Meet Fridays today
and she's doing a great job. Particularly grateful for that.
Grateful for the show here on KBLA Talk fifteen to eighty.
More when we come forward on KBLA Talk fifteen eighty,
I'm Jesse Jackson Jackson Jr. Welcome forward to the Jesse
Jackson Junior Show on KBLA Talk fifteen to eighty. Our
very special guest is none other than Diallo Brooks on
the J Lunch Club. Doctor Brother Brooks is our resident
expert and a regular contributor on all issues relating to
education and many social justice issues to which he has
engaged in. Y'all will share with us any thoughts that
you might have on some of the concerns that are
on the horizon that we should be shifting our attention to, well.
Speaker 3: I think some of the things that we need to
be shifting our attention to how our federal government is
moving resources to our states and how they're kind of
cherry picking which states they will move resources to and
using the federal government as a hammer those that don't
comply with them not moving the resources that those places need,
particularly like an education and other areas that are critical
the states. So we need to be paying attention to that.
And also as we begin this year, we really should
be thinking about how we dig deeper into our civic
engagement and really prepare ourselves for upcoming mid term elections,
both on the local level, the state level, and the
federal level. We have to make sure that we're touching
all of those different branches of government, because as these
elections become real, we need to make sure that we're
doing the really early front end engagement of communities of
giving them the information that they need, organizing, making sure
that we're connecting and doing that kind of groundwork Jesse,
that you know we've done in the past, where we've
really gone into communities, really talked to folks, really elevated
the issues of concern and making sure that the candidates
that are more closely aligned with our values are hearing
that and also are articulating a plan to engage around
that so we can have a really robust turnout against
whatever obstacles that may be put up in front of us.
And so those are two of the things that I
think we really need to lean into, really need to
pay attention to, and really need to organize around going forward.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not particularly concerned about states where democratic
governors rely largely upon African Americans, Hispanics, women the Rainbow Coalition,
if you will, to get elected, because they tend to
cater to their bases within those states. Each of these
states that the president and the federal government is now
using this hammer approach and directing resources to their supporters
have long established patterns of discrimination against African Americans. They
still find themselves and Hispanics on a side of town
with confronting various disparities at every level of their existence.
I don't see how state by state that remedies the
problem of inequality, but only exacerbates it. I'm sure you
see what I see on that question that states rights
doallo without a federal enforcement mechanism to ensure that the
states themselves are complying with all men are created equal
and standards of equality and fairness, recognizing that on one
side of town there may be a silicon valley, but
on the other side of town there is a perpetual
ghetto that communities are locked in.
Speaker 3: Ye. Yeah, So I think the way I like to
approach that is that we have to organize on multiple fronts.
We can't be singularly focused in our organizing efforts. And
what I mean by that all politics are local. Local
is what touches folks first. So we need to organize there,
but we need to connect the dots between all of
this systems are in place and why they're so important.
It's really around kind of this civic education piece that
I tend to talk about a lot in a lot
of spaces, is that we have to understand what the
federal government's role is right, and we have to hold
the federal government accountable to that role. The civil rights enforcements,
the enforcements to break down the barriers that exists all
over the country. We also have to do the same
thing on the state level. We have to make sure
that those elected officials on the state level, no matter
what states we're in, are being held accountable and feel
the pressure from communities about equity and justice in those places.
And then locally we need to do the same. And
so it's about a collective elevation of those voices, a
collective education of our community, and also supporting and uplifting
the voices of our community to articulate across all functions,
all levels of government, the change that we want to see.
And it's a push, it's a battle, it's an ongoing
I mean, your father used to always say politics and
big P and little P. Politics is a contact sport.
We have to put our shoulder pads and helmets on
and get in the game and do what's necessary to
create the chain. We need to elect the folks that
have bold visions, that are willing to fight, that know
how to fight, and we need to hold them accountable
but also support them in that fight as well.
Speaker 1: One of the great challenges Diallo, and I know you
know this better than most having been a representative at
the SHOT organization at the Department of Education, is that
the Trump administration is going through each of these cabinet
level positions and eliminating the Civil Rights Division or code Enforcement.
And when my father did say that, we've always had
the ability to go to the Civil Rights Division of
the Justice Department, or the Civil Rights Division of the
Education Department, or the Civil Rights Division of Health and
Human Services and with out the infinite resources to enforce
these local problems from the federal government, which each of
us in our local communities do not have. I mean,
the government of the United States has resources to prosecute everybody,
but in a real sense, without that wind beneath our wings,
we're asking local people to go to court. We're asking
local pastors and others to raise their resources and literally
fight against the very government that once stood on our
side representing our interests, challenging these discriminatory practices.
Speaker 3: And Jesse, this is not new, it's just recent. Right,
We've had a history for a long time because of
the gains of the civil rights movement that allow us
even across administrations to even have those conversations. You could
have a Republican administration or Democrat administration, but you still
had those tools in place, some more effective than others,
but they were there. Dismantling that. That is just the
reality of what's happening. Those things don't exist. And when
I was at the Department of Education, I worked the
White House Black Initiative. It's a longer name, but the
White House Black Initiative held meeting with community leaders, with
folks that they worked with and they were housing in
Department of Education to really prepare folks for the fact
that this administration, the next administration, would dismantle these protections
that we have. And it's incumbent upon other structures in
our community, whether it be civil rights organizations, whether it
be philanthropic organizations, whether it be law firms willing to
add pro bono time to do the work, to fill
in the gap, to put the pressure on to create
the change we want to see. It's not easy, it's daunting,
it's hard. But if you look at our history as
a nation, we've done before. We fought tough fights. Before
we can engage in tough fights. It requires us to
collectively push that boulder up the hill to not one person,
not Jesse Jackson Junior by himself, not Gina by herself,
not Diallo by himself, but us collectively putting our hands
on that boulder and pushing it over the top of
the Hill to create the change we want to see.
We can do it. It requires us that helmet and
that shoulder path to be put on to get in
the game and fight.
Speaker 1: Gina.
Speaker 2: So in civic strategies of which you are the president,
tell us about some of the things do y'allow that
you are recommending in the places where you are actually
involved and can point people to, you know, on the
West coast, on the East coast, the South, where we
can get engaged.
Speaker 3: Well. One of the things that I'm involved and I
am on the board of the National Coalition on Black
Civic Participation. They are organization that has worked for a
very long time across civil rights, across the Divine Nine
organizations and others bringing folks together, labor and others together
to really civically activate across the country. They have chapters
all over the country and they have a unity campaign
that has been ongoing before even this year, before this election,
that they bring coalition members together to really strategize, share information,
and do the work necessary to push back. And so
that's a place that I would really direct folks because
they're on the ground, but they're also connected to everybody. NAACP,
Urbanly Labor others like I mentioned the Divine Nine organizations
and trying to really push back against what's happening, but
also organize on the ground come forward.
Speaker 1: On the j Lunch Club on Fat Meat Fridays with
our co host Gina Towns and our very special guest,
Diallo Brooks, who is also a regular contributor on our program.
I want to I want Dlla to share with us
how we can support his work. And we have a
few more remaining questions before Diallo's word of hope. I'm
Jesse Jackson Junior listening to the Jesse Jackson Junior Show
on k BLA Talk fifteen eighty. I'm Jesse Jackson Junior
listening to the Jesse Jackson Junior Show on k BLA
Talk fifteen eighty. We've had an amazing hour on Fat
Meat Fridays with our creator Gina Towns and with our
very special contributor and guest, mister Diallo Brooks. Particularly grateful
that you're sharing this afternoon with us. Gina had a
very interesting question that we'd like to pose to you,
and she shared it with me during the break, but
I'm going to let her present it.
Speaker 2: Gina, So Dialla, we all have children who may be
in their early twenties, young adults, and like you, you
probably have some some kids that are a little bit younger.
And I often ask my millennial friends, what are you
telling your elementary or grade school students, junior high school
students about what's going on right now, how to navigate
it and who they need to become.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great question. And my kids ran from
nineteen to twenty four, soon to be twenty five, and
we often have always had conversations about the world that
we live in. I think one of the things that
I've always encouraged parents to do is to be real
about the world that your children live in, because they
have to function in it, right. And there's no better
environment for young people to see the world than through
their parents and through their own home environments, right, And
so I think it's a safe place to have healthy conversations,
to have support and hope from navigating because I think
eventually young people will hear about and see what's happening
in the world. And I think we always have to
lean into the hope of the future that you know,
there's always cycles of trial and tribulation in our world,
and I think you know, depending on what your faith
background is. We understand that trial and tribulation is a
part of the human experience about how we come out
of those trials and tribulations, how we band together, how
we support each other, how we learn and grow, but
also how we lean into the joy that is around
us as well. So often this environment is full of
negative energy, of negative takes and negative you know, context
around things that are happening, and we don't take the
time to lean into the joy that exists. Because there
is joy that exists. There are friendships, there are family members.
There things that was on the show a few weeks ago,
before the holiday, before the break, before the New year,
when there was a community bookstore. Those things, to me
are the bright spots, places where people can gather. And
you know, even in this moment, Gina, when we see
the tragedy of Minnesota, the tragedy in Minnesota is also
coupled with the hope as well, because there were people there.
It didn't happen in the dark. There were folks pushing back,
there were people protesting. There were people that are calling
on their cell phone saying, hey, Ice is about to
come in the community. So for people are trying to
protect each other, protect their neighbors in their communities. We
have to uplift that. We have to lift those moments
for young people to know that it is our responsibility.
It's about you know, I come out of the you
know Kwanza tradition, you know ujima where you're talking about
collective work and responsibility. It is our collectiveness uh in eumosia,
about unity, about us coming together. If we lean into
those things, I think the future UH can can move
in the right direction.
Speaker 2: Can I respond to that, Jesse, you know, thank you
for that. I think that that direction with some purpose
is really what people need to hear. And we almost
have to say it affirmingly, repeatedly, because we forget when
we get bogged down and distracted by all the things
that are going on. But I find it remarkable that
that God puts us in a place for those who
believe the universe, whatever it is that you subscribe to,
that the world really does not have any new faces
or schemes. It is that in every generation we have
to have something that reminds us, prods us, and pushes
us back, almost like a shepherd with with a staff
that has to you know, almost beat us back into
don't go over that cliff. Now, let's get back in
line and remember who we are, whose we are, and
how we ought to be.
Speaker 1: For sure, I couldn't I couldn't agree more. And that's
a wonderful a wonderful thought leading into the weekend. And
to continue a similar thought heading into the weekend, Yellow,
you haven't extended word of hope for us tonight?
Speaker 3: Yeah, my hope ought today My grandson is just turned
uh grandson grandson. Yes, I have a grandson just turned
two years old today. Wow, Yes I am a grandfather.
I'm scared I don't have grandchildren yet. But oh and
I'm older than the yellow. Wow, it'll come coming when guy,
when God calls that. But yeah, I mean I lean
into that. And and it goes back to what I
was saying before, Gina, about the celebrate, the celebration of life,
the celebration of new opportunities that present itself as this
year turned, you know, as twenty twenty five ended in
twenty twenty six began, It is a new opportunity for us.
It is a new opportunity to love our neighbors, to
celebrate with our neighbors, to support our neighbors, to lock
arms with our neighbors and our friends and our family
members and make sure that we're stepping into this world
and we're presenting our opposition as an opposition. Of love
is that we love humanity, We love the ability for
us to be free, and we will lean into that love,
and that love will then push us toward the successes
that we need. It's going to be hard sometimes, but
that's okay. Kids fall down and skin their knees because
they're learning how to walk. But it's okay. You let
them learn how to walk, and we will go through
this day, but we will also emerge on the other side.
I believe even that, and that's why I wake up
every single morning and do the work that I did.
Speaker 2: You know, that's interesting that you say that and you
hold that out is hope, because I think the other
thing is how you want to be remembered in history.
Each of us has an opportunity when you get up
every day to make that difference, and some people get
chronicled in it. You know, some people are chronicled in
it two thousand years ago, one hundred years ago, and
sixty years ago. So thank you for that little bit
of admonishment to stay focused and that encouragement as well.
Speaker 1: Dalla, my pleasure particularly honored that Diallo Brooks joins us
once again on the Jesse Jackson Junior show cable that
KBLA Talk fifteen to eighty. We've had an amazing fat
meet Friday with Bishop Tulton and now Diallo Brooks, and
now we're heading into our weekend. Gina, what are you
doing this weekend?
Speaker 2: I don't know. I think I'm happy helping some campaign
go forward towards some term elections that we're going to
need to probably fight to have.
Speaker 1: Jiallo, what are you doing this weekend?
Speaker 3: This weekend is a recharge weekend. I'll hopefully get to
see my grandson, spend a little bit of time with him,
and if the weather breaks, I might try to get
outside and get on my bike to just kind of
clear my head and refresh before the next week.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't be wrong. I want to stick my head in
a bucket of cold water some days and just just
chill and anyway. I want to let everyone know that
I want them to be safe this holiday weekend. Stay
out of the way of law enforcement to the extent
that we can respectfully protest, raise our voices. Continue to
fight the good fight, but do not come close to
these officers. Stay away from them. They have been weaponized
and they mean business. And I shared it with that
with our listeners in Los Angeles when the National Guard
was first sent to Los Angeles. Buy them some coffee,
I am some donuts. They're just people trying to do
their job. But right now they are charged by an
administration that is without spirit, that is about moral core,
that is without love for humanity or love for people.
There's a moral depravity here that we have not seen
as Americans in the highest office in the land. And
because of that moral depravity, we must take the necessary precautions.
Remember this, we all go home at night. No matter
what confrontation, what fights we have, what disagreements we have, Tonight,
we all go home. I'm Jesse Jackson Junior listening to
Jesse Jackson Junior show on KBLA Talk fifteen to eighty.
Look forward to seeing everyone next week. Until then, we're
out peace