March 31, 2025 • 39 mins
News anchor Mike Moore joins Hosts Ramses Ja and Q Ward to review some of the top stories from the weekend news cycle.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here at the Black Information Network, we know how important
it is for you to start your week off energized, engaged,
and enlightened. There are always major stories that break over
the weekend, and we feel you should know about the
ones we are talking about today, So stay tuned for
the weekend recap featuring BIM News anchor Mike Moore. This
is the Black Information Network Daily Podcast and I'm your host,
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Ramses job.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
All right, mister Mike Moore, welcome back to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Uh, you, sir, are an honor, always a pleasure guy,
always a pleasure. How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
How are you doing you? And I'm doing fantastic. Man.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I'm really excited to uh get the news covered and
also cover the news with you. But you know, I'm
here to listen today. You know, we got some some
executive level talent in the building, so you know, let's
uh your cond let's uh let's not keep the folks waiting,
all right. First up, this from The Daily Beast. A
New York rapper who joined Trump on stage at a
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campaign rally last year year has been jailed for five
years after pleading guilty to attempted murder. Chef g real
name Michael Williams accepted a plea deal after prosecutors claimed
he used proceeds from his music career to fund gang
violence in Brooklyn. Prosecutors say Williams rewarded gang members with
cash and jewelry for waging war on rivals, and even
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acted as a getaway driver during a botch shooting in
twenty twenty one, which saw three bystanders injured in the crossfire.
A host of physical evidence supported the prosecution's claims, and
Williams is purported to have bragged about his misdeeds in
his songs. Williams and fellow rapper Teagan Chambers aka Sleepy Hollow,
also indicted, were two notable names to champion Trump on
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the twenty twenty four campaign trail as he made his
pitch to black voters.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
So, yeah, this is an interesting story here.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Uh, before I offer any of my thoughts, let's get yours.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
You know something I first read this One of the
things that I constantly follow only because it's it's pretty
blatant if you really think about it, is the lack
of any kind of representation from our community as it
pertains to the present administration. If you kind of look
for any kind of post or any kind of appointments.
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It's it's kind of hard to, you know, make that
finite search and find members of the black community involved.
So then when you see a Trump story where there
is a rally behind them, there is this representation. So
it made me feel some kind of way, if you
get my drift. And then I think about that the
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ills of social media and what people will do to
get the clickbait, going to get the likes and the
shares and everything else that's used as a metric so
that you can monetize whatever your message is, no matter
how altruistic it may or may not be. And then
I think, you know, why why did this particular group
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want to allie themselves with with Trump? Was it because
he was this bigger than life fixture for them? Did
they see an avenue by which they could create a
different brand for them and and and and take their
imagery another way? And it made me just think about
so many components of the story other than the fact
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that here we are with another African American individual celebrity
as you as you will, have this attached to them.
And it's not like some of the stories that we
sometimes cover where there are not a lot of inequities
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and in dignities that you know have been perpetrated against
the African Americans. This is someone who doesn't appear to
be shang hide into this this play and this charge.
You know, so that that's where I am. And I'm I'm,
I'm I'm Sometimes I'm in a quandary. And you know
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a lot of times, you know someone will say, and
my mistaunch Willy burn this, Well, you know, that's a
difficult story. I don't believe any story is difficult. There
are stories that have so many components to it where
you have to delve into it at a certain point,
be it right in the middle, to the left or
the right or whatever, and navigate yourself through the myriad
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of canals in that in a particular story or situation.
And this is one of those stories that I find
myself in.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You know when I first h.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Well, just so everyone is is familiar, I'm I'm supposed
to be kind of on top of rappers and musicians
and so forth, because I'm a DJ, act of DJ,
like I still DJ parties.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
I don't ever want to know I do that. It's
kind of my favorite. I own two Night clubs. You know,
I'm you know this, it's the world I live in.
So but I'm not the DJ that I once was.
Like it was not like it's my lifeblood. I don't
need to have the hottest latest songs that are on
the bubble or whatever. That's a whole different I used
to DJ in strip clubs, so that's really where you
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need to be, like on the kind of the razor
edge of you know, emerging talent and emerging songs. But
I'm not like clueless when it comes to music either, right,
So you.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Know, let's split the difference.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
We'll say I'm reasonably familiar with you know, new music,
new artists.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Okay, I've never even heard of this guy. His his his.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Presence in my life simply stems from the fact that
he's was on stage with Donald Trump at a Trump rally.
And the truth is, I didn't even realize at the
time that, you know, it was the same guy that
we're talking about to because there have been a handful
of folks that.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Have joined Donald Trump on stage over the years.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Les, Right, he just he just happens to be a
rapper with enough clicks and whatever. So this guy's a
drill rapper. According to the article, he's on stage with
Donald Trump and now he's pled guilty and we'll be
serving five years in prison or basically infusing money into
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gang activities.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
That's what they have them for.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
And of course there as the article mentioned, they have
evidence for it and so forth. And so if you
know from where I sit, that that shows that Donald
Trump was simply just using whoever to endorse him as
long as they were black. You know, again, this guy's
from Brooklyn, right, So Brooklyn, New York. If you're going
to do a campaign, excuse me, this is you know,
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probably the only person would be willing to get out
there and endorse him from Brooklyn.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Everybody else was like, you know, I'm not interested in
endorsing Donald Trump. I'd rather a Kamala. And on top
of that, you know, it's kind of like birds of
a feather, you know what I mean. So for me,
this article is kind of like nothing to see here,
because from where I sit, they're both crooks, both criminals,
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you know. So you know, again birds of a feather,
I kind of suspect that, you know, Q, you're you're
probably I probably jumped out in front of what you
might have said about this story, but I still want
to make sure that you have a chance to share
your thoughts here.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah, this guy could be named Little Skinny Jeans or whatever.
Then you'd like to assign to a rapper that would
align themselves with Donald Trump, similar to what you said,
it's more about for Trump having someone black I can
point to as my African American who supports me. See
you love me. I'm not racist ABC one two three, yea.
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And the success or notoriety of the person doesn't matter
as long as I can parade a black person on
stage to prove how unracist I am.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Ye, I'll do it.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
And it's like whenever someone associated with that administration is
found guilty of some crime, I don't think anyone is shocked.
Their base celebrates it because they're somehow like rebels or whatever,
and all of us just shrug our shoulders, like yeah,
that sounds about right. So, like you said, much ado
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about nothing.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yeah there you go like that.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
That whole the last administration had like more criminal convictions
of Republicans than like anyone in history, something crazy like that.
Oran and then half this country voted for that guy again,
like it didn't even happen.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
So yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Agree, black person on stage just provides cover for the
white people who don't want to feel as racist as
they actually are. In my estimation, that's really the purpose
of person like this. So again, nothing much to do
about much ado about nothing. So anyway, moving on to
a decidedly black story, this from Vibe magazine. Marvin Sapp
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has responded to controversial viral clip where he commanded the
ushers of his church to close the doors until forty thousand.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Dollars was donated by the congregation.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
And a lengthy Facebook post, Sap explained why he instructed
the doors to be shut, the biblical intent behind the
specific ask, and shared that he also paid it forward
with more than the one hundred dollars he requested of
ministry leaders quote. Recently, a clip has gone viral to
me challenging two thousand individuals virtually and in person to
plan a seat of twenty dollars during an international gathering
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held at a convention center with over four thousand people
in attendance that evening plus virtual viewers.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
In that same moment, I also.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Challenged leadership lead by example by sowing one hundred dollars
that evening, I personally gave much more. The truth is,
when finances are being received in any worship gathering, it
is one of the most vulnerable and exposed times for
both the finance and security teams. Movement during this sacred
exchange can be distracting and at times even risky. My
directive was not about control. It was about creating a safe, focused,
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and reverend environment for those choosing to give and.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
For those handling the resources.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
In First Chronicles twenty nine, we find a powerful moment
where David, preparing for the building of the temple, challenges
the people to give. He starts by giving up his
own treasure, over and above what he had already set aside.
Then he calls on the leaders to do the same.
What happened next The people gave willingly and generously. In fact,
they gave so much that a record was kept of
each gift, and ultimately David had to tell the people
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to stop giving because the need had been exceeded.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Quote.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
He goes on to add quote the Bible says they
gave gold, silver, bronze, iron, and precious stone. Specific amounts
were recorded not because God needed their money, but because
the people needed to show their commitment to the vision,
and because stewardship demands accountability. So when someone challenges people
to give a specific amount, it is not unbiblical, it
is not manipulation.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
It is in order. It is consistent with scripture.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
So this one, obviously when it happened, people were kind
of up in arms about it, and now people have
even more to discuss since he has responded.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
So, Mike, you know your thoughts here. I'm a churchgoer
first and foremost. I'll be the first to tell you
even though I am spiritual, I cannot call myself a
student of theology.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
There are people.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Who are much more learned in the world in the
book than I am. However, just a man with common
sense and know how you can manipulate those from a
spiritual centering. I found it shameful. I mean utterly shameful.
I can't tell you how many times play play the
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video because I could not believe it, and how you
could use the words and you will find I want
to word this in a way where it is not
the meaning in any way, because I certainly that's not
my intention. But when you are of faith, you have vulnerabilities.
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You can be swayed there are prosperity preachers and or
people of the Word who know this, and we'll use that.
And I noticed in the article, and as I was
going through the video, I noticed that I gave even
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more than what was expected. I never heard an amount
how much? Yeah, through all of that, I never heard that.
And also, beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing. Okay, yeah, okay,
please beware. And I have never ever, ever gone to
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a service where the ushers are ordered to close the
doors during a time of giving either your tithes and
or your offerings, or whatever cause the church it deems
necessary at that particular time.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
And I found that appalling, utterly appalling.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
And if you are of faith, you know that the
Bible teaches in its teachings that just like in the
real world, if you plant a seed, you watch the
seed grow, and from that growth you will see a harvest.
If you think about it, you can use the Bible
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to manufacture almost in any direction you want to go.
And I found that in my estimation what I watched it,
I watched it several times. I shook my head. I
found it appalling, especially someone who has that kind of
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profile in the spiritual community. I don't know what his
drive was, but to almost shame someone when you don't
know the walk of your sheep, You don't know everyone's story,
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You don't know what they could or could not do,
but the mind state that they were in at that time,
you may have taken advantage of them and that situation.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
That's how I feel.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Before we move on, I want to wish a happy
birthday to the one and only Reverend Estella Seacrest. I'd
be curious what her son feels about this story. Q.
Speaker 5 (15:13):
Your thoughts and the son of a pastor.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Who spent six days a week in church as a
child and have been you know, witnessed too many tithes
and offerings. It is, as Mike said, appalling to hear
that man tell the people on the clergy that it
costs to sit up here and setting an assigned.
Speaker 5 (15:40):
Cost on those who are there to serve.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
And Mike, thank you so much for giving him so
much grace, because I'd go further to say that he
does know the walk of some of those members. He
does know that while driving a Rose Royce, some of
them would never even dream of sitting in one of
those cars. Private jets and I want to sign this
to him specifically. But ministers, pastors and preachers of his
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high profile that you know, preside over megachurches and very
very large congregations.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
They do travel that way. They do have private jets
and rolls, Royces and Mercedes, and they do have members
of their church who pay that tithe and wait for
the Lord to help them pay their mortgage, wait for
the Lord to help them pay their rent because they
have been told by the person who leads them that
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this money is supposed to go to their church. And
he cited David as an example of, you know, telling
people when it was enough, when they had given enough
in returning some. I guarantee you there's no such story
with him as the example, or he would have used
himself as the example. There's never been an offering that
was too much that he said, okay, let me make
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sure we give some of this back. And as you said,
he gave to match or you know, more than what
was requested. But if that money is coming back to you,
then what does that matter? Right? So my younger brother
sent the story to me before it came.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Across our desk, and I just remember kind of chuckling
because there are those who, as you said, would use
the Bible to feel their own cupboards until they overflow,
while ignoring that some of the people giving that money
have no idea where their next dollars coming from. They
just feel like they're doing the bidding of the Lord
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and what they're supposed to do according to God. And
those people can be easily manipulated and taken advantage of.
And it's sad that the place they go, where they
instill the most trust and the most faith can also
be a place where they'd be locked in and shamed
into giving until a certain dollar amount was achieved.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yeah, the thing about this one is, like you you know,
I am the son of a preacher who was also himself.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
The son of a preacher.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
You know, My father, doctor Rudolph Wayne Taylor rest in Peace,
raised me in church obviously from the day I was born.
I think until I was maybe like twenty six years old,
I might have missed less than ten Sundays in church
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in my life in twenty five years total.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
So I was always in church.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
And then like you, I'm Bible study revivals when I'm
tired at school like all of that, you know, Like
I went through the whole thing, and I couldn't even
enumerate the amount of tides and offerings that I had
born witness to, you know, that part of the service.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Rather so the idea that.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Locking the doors or locking the congregation in the room
is commonplace, Not that that was stated, but I think
it was kind of implied that there's like a precedent
and this is a cultural element if something like that.
It was kind of alluding to that. I think I've
never seen that. And it wasn't just one church that
I went to. I went to all the churches because
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I later on spent a lot of time with it
and with an evangelist, right, so you'd go around to
other churches. So I you know, this is not a
part of the story that I've seen it all. No
one ever locks the doors, trust me. You can keep
a congregation hostage without locking the doors, and no one's.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Going to walk out on Jesus.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Okay, So that part is wild to me, right, But
I think that this kind of speaks to a bigger issue. Again,
someone that grew up in church, someone that still has
a tremendous sense of faith. You know, there are Bibles
in my home, you know, I you know, the Bible
says trying of a child and the way should go.
I think it's important for us to at least consider
what I'm about to say, all of us listening and
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us on this call as well aside from the spirituality,
you know, barring the spiritual aspect of it, which from
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what I understand, does not in and of itself cost
any money. Okay, aside from that, what does giving money?
I'm talking about Black Church in particular, but I guess
you can make a case for all churches, but for us,
a particularly vulnerable people in this country who espouse this
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faith so much, what is it that our dollars translate
into in terms of enriching our lives? Now, again, you
can make the argument all day long that if I give,
then God will give it back to me. You could
make that argument, sure, But when we set that aside
and we have a linear logical argument, a pragmatic conversation
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about finances, which we have a problem with in this
country as a people, we have tons of churches, right
this is These aren't like politicians where if we sew
into their campaign, they can then go and represent our
interests and then lobby for our you know, our unions,
and then we can get stronger pay and blah blah.
You know there's there, you know, there's measurable outcomes there.
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Outside of that, what does giving one hundred dollars to
a church turn into aside the building, aside from the
building fund, or aside from whoever this guy is with
his I want to act like he's nobody because I
know who marvin'sapp is, but you know, and is Rolls
Royce asking for another forty thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
And again, there might be a sensible answer to these question.
I'm not.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
I don't want to presume that there isn't, but I
just as a person's grown up in it, I have
not found it. I've just found that churches tend to struggle,
using congregations that are struggling, and then it's a cycle
of struggle. And you know, we've been waiting decades, you know,
centuries for God to show up and whatever, and the
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reality that we live in is kind of like, well, shoot,
should we be doing something for ourselves in addition to
waiting for God? Because if what we're doing is continuing
to ask people who are struggling for twenty dollars so
that we can put together forty thousand dollars to pay
for whatever we need forty thousand dollars for. You know,
that's happened enough times in my life to where now
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I'm like, to what end?
Speaker 2 (22:50):
You know?
Speaker 1 (22:51):
And again, I know that there's a ton of people
have a tremendous sense of faith on this on this call.
I you know, I will always have a sense of faith,
But I think that we're well passed the time where
we should start asking sensible questions like that, why is
this even a story? Why would this guy even be
able to ask for forty thousand dollars? Where is the reset?
Have we been so indoctrinated, you know, with the idea
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that blue eye, blonde hair, white Jesus is gonna come
save us, that we have abandoned all sense of accountability
and responsibility for our own journey through this life. I
know that if you're listening to my voice right now,
you know a person that was born in poverty, lived
their whole life in poverty, and died in poverty the
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whole time, and the only thing that brings you comfort
is your belief that that person is in heaven celebrating
riches Meanwhile, everyone else around you, every other race, you
name it. Those people don't sew anything into the church.
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They don't, you know, none of that stuff. And they
get to live their paradise right here on earth. And
when we look at the way that they live their lifestyle,
when we look at the way that they you know,
sew into their communities, not through church, but through businesses,
through you know, you name it, they actually do get
to have the mansions. They don't have to have a
belief that one day they will return to their father's
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house and have many mansions. Right, And so I think
we got it. This is such a wild story in this.
I just feel like this is the sort of thing
that happens to us more frequent than the other folks.
So I'll leave it there. You know, you can attack
me in the comments if you want, But I still
love you and I still love God. So you know,
we'll go from there.
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Social media users are slamming President Donald Trump for doxing
New York attorney generally Titia James after he posted a
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link with the address and a building with an address
to a building she owns. Trump took to True Social
on Friday to share an article headlined ag Letitia James
building permits raised serious questions. The article alleged that James
was embroiled in a scandal as a question the number
of units truly within an apartment building owned by James.
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The president amplified the article in which James's personal address
had been included and published by sharing it to a
social media platform. James previously oversaw Trump's prosecution and conviction
for multiple felonies in the state of New York, and response,
Trump has repeatedly attacked her, even having previously shared an
article in twenty twenty three by conservative activist Laura Lumer
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containing James's home address. So looks like the gloves are
off here, Mike, talk to me.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Is this.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
A shameful retaliatory move by someone who is the president
of the United States? And it bears it bears some
quantum looks. Okay, I'm going to take a second here
for a minute, because you can look at from a standpoint, Okay,
how does how do world leaders now look at the
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US when it is headed by a Donald Trump? And
we're not talking about and we could I started to say,
we're not just talking about the man himself, but I
guess we could, but I wanted to more so focus
on the actions of the man. Okay, kind of childish,
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Oh yeah, kind of mean spirited. When you share the
home address, what would be the reason for that? You
want harm to come to that individual? They're not going there,
you know, with the you know, singing telegram. You know
you're not trying to do that. No, You're You're trying
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to enrage some other folks and have them align with
your thought process. And because the amount of scrutiny you
would have to physically try to do something that would
harm this person mentally and or physically, maybe you can
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do it by inciting others to do your bidding. That
is shameful, that is mean, it is not diplomatic. It's
a poor representation of what you're supposed to be as
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the leader of this country. And does race have anything
to do with it? And I asked that question only
because I would like to believe that it doesn't. So
that's why through it out there that way.
Speaker 4 (29:01):
Yeah, Ce, Mike, once again, I admire your grace and
I'll stay in line with you with the question does
race have anything to do with it? And you know
examples to the contrary. We would love to hear them,
So please reach out and share with us all of
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the examples of the non black woman uh people that
have had to deal with this type of backlash or
retaliation from the leader of the free world. I can't
give much more than Mike because I'm so unsurprised by
actions like this from this particular person. There is no
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low that's too low. There is no thing that is
too beneath someone who should have more dignity and present
themselves as a better example to the world.
Speaker 5 (29:57):
But here we we could have had so much better.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
And once again I called back to election night, how
I felt in the moment realizing that this was about
to happen, being able to look into the future and
realize the type of person that would be responsible for
leading our nation. I always knew we'd be here, and
unfortunately foresee it getting worse before it gets better.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Yeah, you know, one of the things that I said
recently on an episode that we were recording. Q.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Is that.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
A lot of what I've seen from you know, Republicans
and Donald Trump in particular, is like sore winners. And
I use that to kind of provide some cover for
Democrats to be sore losers, like make some noise, you know,
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do more. And I'm not picking on Democrats. We the
voters really crypt Democrats badly because of Palestine for some reason,
you know, which I guess I get, but like when
the alternative is Donald Trump, I don't get.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
It, right.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
But anyway, this sore winner energy is sort of strange
because you know, the saying goes success is the best revenge,
and it seems like Donald Trump, at least in this
story is seeking out not just you know, he doesn't
just have the success he won the presidency, but he's
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like going the extra mile to like rub it in,
I guess, or to make things challenging for people or
you know who knows that very well could be a
death sentence for this woman who was doing her job.
Donald Trump was guilty, he is found guilty by his peers, right,
So yeah, I mean, there is no floor anymore. So
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here we are for our final news story. This from
the Black Information Network. Parents of a predominantly black school
district in New York are seeking accountability after their children
repeatedly faced racist abuse at athletic events with their crosstown rivals.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Per the Atlanta Black Star.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Last month, black parents from Elmont High School and the
Sewenaka Central School District gathered at a town hall to
voice their concerns about a long history of racist behavior
from the Belmore Merrick School District crowd at sporting events
and competitions. The Elmont High School parents urged the Sewenaka
Central officials to bar athletic competitions with their rival district
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due to the ongoing racist incidents. Incidents at school sponsored
sporting events included assaults, players being subjected to the inward
and other forms of harassment. Racial hostility spanned across sports
with varsity and junior varsity teams. According to the parents,
Racial hostility came to a tipping point during a varsity
girls basketball game last month against Kennedy High School in
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the Belmore Merrick School district, where two opposing players got physical.
A black athlete from Elmont was initially ejected after she
allegedly swung at a white player from Kennedy. However, video
footage later revealed that the white player had started the
physical confrontation, prompting officials to remove the black athlete suspension.
In response to parents demanding to see athletic cease sorry
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athletic competitions with their rival, district Sewanaka Central Superintendent Virginia
Agrusa recently declined to fulfill the request, saying that Elmont
High School would continue participating in these sporting events. A
GRUSA outline measures that she said will ensure that competitions
are safe for all participants and the code of conduct
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is equally enforced for all students. Quote, the district does
not and will not tolerate any form of hate toward
our students, Agrusa sent, So, I remember kind of seeing
the little fistfight thing or the swing wasn't fistfight, but
I remember seeing that. So it's it's good to know
that there's a little bit more behind the story, Your thoughts,
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your Mike.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
It's funny because I've actually seen this story replicate itself
in other parts of the country, and I was trying
to oh, yeah, yeah, where you you have the environment
of of of sports, competitive sports, and it went far
beyond someoneton uh, you know, enthusiastic indulgence for your particular team,
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where racial slurs were hurled at the players. Fruit was
thrown onto one in a basketball court that you're shaking
your head, you remember, Remember that the fruit was actually
a banana. Yep, exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
The sounds that were made were of ape sounds, which
was supposed to be synonymous with how blacks are referred
to in an animalistic way, ape like, monkey like.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
I find I find a lot of fault with these
school districts. There should be such level of non tolerance
where you wouldn't even think to perpetrate that on school grounds.
If that be your mode of thought, if that be
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within your heart and in your spirit, you will take
that elsewhere, but not there. But I find that because
there have been several stories, there is such a lack
of accountability. I mean, the wording you know, I can
almost you know, say the wording verbatim because I kind
of know what's going to come out, you know, in
the in the in the statement, I kind of know
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the No, I know for sure. I'll just say that
I know for sure because I've actually seen the mock
ups where you actually save the messaging and you look
to find out what the response will be. No, that's
not what we're looking for. Okay, take that word out,
rephrase it this way, because that doesn't ensure that we
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are steadfast in our stance about this.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
We're kind of wishy washy on it. Use the word intolerable.
Speaker 3 (36:27):
Use it twice, you said three times so as to
emphasize it. And I'm saying to myself, where is the accountability?
And I think we use this in one of our
in one of our earlier segments. Well, there's a lack
of accountability. I think we lived with the school systems.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Oh yeah, yeah, you.
Speaker 4 (36:48):
You know, I'm pretty certain if I do some research,
I'll find out that Mike and I are at least
like third cousins because I'm sitting listening to my thoughts
be so masterfully articulated. The accountability piece is it? And
it was already lacking before now, and now that so
many people in our country have been emboldened to be
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on the wrong side of this, it just feels like
it's gonna the accountability piece is going to be even
more lacking moving forward. As a former you know athlete
all the way up to the Division IE level, I've
unfortunately been on the wrong side of what racism feels
like in the arena, and it's a pretty gross feeling,
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and you just expect to be stood up for. You
expect it to be some very very harsh, you know,
punishment levied against people that behave in this way. And
you know, what we've learned is that that's just not
always the case. And when you have to reconcile that
and continue to try to show up for your teammates
and your family and your school and have all this
school pride and buy in, you look around for help
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in ways that it just often doesn't show up. And
I feel it bad for athletes on every level because
this is not unique to grade school or grammar school
or college. As Mike pointed out, this happens all the
way up to the professional level with disgusting taunts, and
you know, the the oldest racist stereotypes still play and
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we have to just in some ways accept it and
move on. And the event that you have some type
of mental or emotional break, you're looked at as the
person that's either in the wrong or weak or somehow
not capable to handle the pressure that comes with being
an athlete. I cringe at stories like this because these
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are the stories that get reported. I'm sure this happens
in some cases where the accountability is so low we
never even hear about it. You know, school boards and
athletic department step in and massage it away, you know,
just let it go. It's not that big of a deal,
and it's an unfortunate truth and unfortunate reality that we
seemingly have to continue to do.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
With us.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
Normally we'd like to end on a high, but sometimes
we have to end on the reel. And I appreciate
you both for being real and of course I would
like to thank you in particular Mike for taking the
time to share your insight once again. Today's guest is
m News anchor Mike Moore.
Speaker 3 (39:25):
Thanks a lot.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
All right, mister Mike Moore, welcome back to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Uh, you, sir, are an honor, always a pleasure guy,
always a pleasure. How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
How are you doing you? And I'm doing fantastic. Man.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I'm really excited to uh get the news covered and
also cover the news with you. But you know, I'm
here to listen today. You know, we got some some
executive level talent in the building, so you know, let's
uh your cond let's uh let's not keep the folks waiting,
all right. First up, this from The Daily Beast. A
New York rapper who joined Trump on stage at a
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campaign rally last year year has been jailed for five
years after pleading guilty to attempted murder. Chef g real
name Michael Williams accepted a plea deal after prosecutors claimed
he used proceeds from his music career to fund gang
violence in Brooklyn. Prosecutors say Williams rewarded gang members with
cash and jewelry for waging war on rivals, and even
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acted as a getaway driver during a botch shooting in
twenty twenty one, which saw three bystanders injured in the crossfire.
A host of physical evidence supported the prosecution's claims, and
Williams is purported to have bragged about his misdeeds in
his songs. Williams and fellow rapper Teagan Chambers aka Sleepy Hollow,
also indicted, were two notable names to champion Trump on
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the twenty twenty four campaign trail as he made his
pitch to black voters.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
So, yeah, this is an interesting story here.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Uh, before I offer any of my thoughts, let's get yours.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
You know something I first read this One of the
things that I constantly follow only because it's it's pretty
blatant if you really think about it, is the lack
of any kind of representation from our community as it
pertains to the present administration. If you kind of look
for any kind of post or any kind of appointments.
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It's it's kind of hard to, you know, make that
finite search and find members of the black community involved.
So then when you see a Trump story where there
is a rally behind them, there is this representation. So
it made me feel some kind of way, if you
get my drift. And then I think about that the
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ills of social media and what people will do to
get the clickbait, going to get the likes and the
shares and everything else that's used as a metric so
that you can monetize whatever your message is, no matter
how altruistic it may or may not be. And then
I think, you know, why why did this particular group
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want to allie themselves with with Trump? Was it because
he was this bigger than life fixture for them? Did
they see an avenue by which they could create a
different brand for them and and and and take their
imagery another way? And it made me just think about
so many components of the story other than the fact
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that here we are with another African American individual celebrity
as you as you will, have this attached to them.
And it's not like some of the stories that we
sometimes cover where there are not a lot of inequities
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and in dignities that you know have been perpetrated against
the African Americans. This is someone who doesn't appear to
be shang hide into this this play and this charge.
You know, so that that's where I am. And I'm I'm,
I'm I'm Sometimes I'm in a quandary. And you know
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a lot of times, you know someone will say, and
my mistaunch Willy burn this, Well, you know, that's a
difficult story. I don't believe any story is difficult. There
are stories that have so many components to it where
you have to delve into it at a certain point,
be it right in the middle, to the left or
the right or whatever, and navigate yourself through the myriad
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of canals in that in a particular story or situation.
And this is one of those stories that I find
myself in.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You know when I first h.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Well, just so everyone is is familiar, I'm I'm supposed
to be kind of on top of rappers and musicians
and so forth, because I'm a DJ, act of DJ,
like I still DJ parties.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
I don't ever want to know I do that. It's
kind of my favorite. I own two Night clubs. You know,
I'm you know this, it's the world I live in.
So but I'm not the DJ that I once was.
Like it was not like it's my lifeblood. I don't
need to have the hottest latest songs that are on
the bubble or whatever. That's a whole different I used
to DJ in strip clubs, so that's really where you
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need to be, like on the kind of the razor
edge of you know, emerging talent and emerging songs. But
I'm not like clueless when it comes to music either, right,
So you.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Know, let's split the difference.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
We'll say I'm reasonably familiar with you know, new music,
new artists.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Okay, I've never even heard of this guy. His his his.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Presence in my life simply stems from the fact that
he's was on stage with Donald Trump at a Trump rally.
And the truth is, I didn't even realize at the
time that, you know, it was the same guy that
we're talking about to because there have been a handful
of folks that.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Have joined Donald Trump on stage over the years.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Les, Right, he just he just happens to be a
rapper with enough clicks and whatever. So this guy's a
drill rapper. According to the article, he's on stage with
Donald Trump and now he's pled guilty and we'll be
serving five years in prison or basically infusing money into
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gang activities.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
That's what they have them for.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
And of course there as the article mentioned, they have
evidence for it and so forth. And so if you
know from where I sit, that that shows that Donald
Trump was simply just using whoever to endorse him as
long as they were black. You know, again, this guy's
from Brooklyn, right, So Brooklyn, New York. If you're going
to do a campaign, excuse me, this is you know,
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probably the only person would be willing to get out
there and endorse him from Brooklyn.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Everybody else was like, you know, I'm not interested in
endorsing Donald Trump. I'd rather a Kamala. And on top
of that, you know, it's kind of like birds of
a feather, you know what I mean. So for me,
this article is kind of like nothing to see here,
because from where I sit, they're both crooks, both criminals,
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you know. So you know, again birds of a feather,
I kind of suspect that, you know, Q, you're you're
probably I probably jumped out in front of what you
might have said about this story, but I still want
to make sure that you have a chance to share
your thoughts here.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah, this guy could be named Little Skinny Jeans or whatever.
Then you'd like to assign to a rapper that would
align themselves with Donald Trump, similar to what you said,
it's more about for Trump having someone black I can
point to as my African American who supports me. See
you love me. I'm not racist ABC one two three, yea.
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And the success or notoriety of the person doesn't matter
as long as I can parade a black person on
stage to prove how unracist I am.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Ye, I'll do it.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
And it's like whenever someone associated with that administration is
found guilty of some crime, I don't think anyone is shocked.
Their base celebrates it because they're somehow like rebels or whatever,
and all of us just shrug our shoulders, like yeah,
that sounds about right. So, like you said, much ado
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about nothing.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yeah there you go like that.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
That whole the last administration had like more criminal convictions
of Republicans than like anyone in history, something crazy like that.
Oran and then half this country voted for that guy again,
like it didn't even happen.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
So yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Agree, black person on stage just provides cover for the
white people who don't want to feel as racist as
they actually are. In my estimation, that's really the purpose
of person like this. So again, nothing much to do
about much ado about nothing. So anyway, moving on to
a decidedly black story, this from Vibe magazine. Marvin Sapp
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has responded to controversial viral clip where he commanded the
ushers of his church to close the doors until forty thousand.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Dollars was donated by the congregation.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
And a lengthy Facebook post, Sap explained why he instructed
the doors to be shut, the biblical intent behind the
specific ask, and shared that he also paid it forward
with more than the one hundred dollars he requested of
ministry leaders quote. Recently, a clip has gone viral to
me challenging two thousand individuals virtually and in person to
plan a seat of twenty dollars during an international gathering
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held at a convention center with over four thousand people
in attendance that evening plus virtual viewers.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
In that same moment, I also.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Challenged leadership lead by example by sowing one hundred dollars
that evening, I personally gave much more. The truth is,
when finances are being received in any worship gathering, it
is one of the most vulnerable and exposed times for
both the finance and security teams. Movement during this sacred
exchange can be distracting and at times even risky. My
directive was not about control. It was about creating a safe, focused,
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and reverend environment for those choosing to give and.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
For those handling the resources.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
In First Chronicles twenty nine, we find a powerful moment
where David, preparing for the building of the temple, challenges
the people to give. He starts by giving up his
own treasure, over and above what he had already set aside.
Then he calls on the leaders to do the same.
What happened next The people gave willingly and generously. In fact,
they gave so much that a record was kept of
each gift, and ultimately David had to tell the people
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to stop giving because the need had been exceeded.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Quote.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
He goes on to add quote the Bible says they
gave gold, silver, bronze, iron, and precious stone. Specific amounts
were recorded not because God needed their money, but because
the people needed to show their commitment to the vision,
and because stewardship demands accountability. So when someone challenges people
to give a specific amount, it is not unbiblical, it
is not manipulation.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
It is in order. It is consistent with scripture.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
So this one, obviously when it happened, people were kind
of up in arms about it, and now people have
even more to discuss since he has responded.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
So, Mike, you know your thoughts here. I'm a churchgoer
first and foremost. I'll be the first to tell you
even though I am spiritual, I cannot call myself a
student of theology.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
There are people.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Who are much more learned in the world in the
book than I am. However, just a man with common
sense and know how you can manipulate those from a
spiritual centering. I found it shameful. I mean utterly shameful.
I can't tell you how many times play play the
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video because I could not believe it, and how you
could use the words and you will find I want
to word this in a way where it is not
the meaning in any way, because I certainly that's not
my intention. But when you are of faith, you have vulnerabilities.
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You can be swayed there are prosperity preachers and or
people of the Word who know this, and we'll use that.
And I noticed in the article, and as I was
going through the video, I noticed that I gave even
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more than what was expected. I never heard an amount
how much? Yeah, through all of that, I never heard that.
And also, beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing. Okay, yeah, okay,
please beware. And I have never ever, ever gone to
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a service where the ushers are ordered to close the
doors during a time of giving either your tithes and
or your offerings, or whatever cause the church it deems
necessary at that particular time.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
And I found that appalling, utterly appalling.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
And if you are of faith, you know that the
Bible teaches in its teachings that just like in the
real world, if you plant a seed, you watch the
seed grow, and from that growth you will see a harvest.
If you think about it, you can use the Bible
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to manufacture almost in any direction you want to go.
And I found that in my estimation what I watched it,
I watched it several times. I shook my head. I
found it appalling, especially someone who has that kind of
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profile in the spiritual community. I don't know what his
drive was, but to almost shame someone when you don't
know the walk of your sheep, You don't know everyone's story,
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You don't know what they could or could not do,
but the mind state that they were in at that time,
you may have taken advantage of them and that situation.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
That's how I feel.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Before we move on, I want to wish a happy
birthday to the one and only Reverend Estella Seacrest. I'd
be curious what her son feels about this story. Q.
Speaker 5 (15:13):
Your thoughts and the son of a pastor.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Who spent six days a week in church as a
child and have been you know, witnessed too many tithes
and offerings. It is, as Mike said, appalling to hear
that man tell the people on the clergy that it
costs to sit up here and setting an assigned.
Speaker 5 (15:40):
Cost on those who are there to serve.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
And Mike, thank you so much for giving him so
much grace, because I'd go further to say that he
does know the walk of some of those members. He
does know that while driving a Rose Royce, some of
them would never even dream of sitting in one of
those cars. Private jets and I want to sign this
to him specifically. But ministers, pastors and preachers of his
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high profile that you know, preside over megachurches and very
very large congregations.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
They do travel that way. They do have private jets
and rolls, Royces and Mercedes, and they do have members
of their church who pay that tithe and wait for
the Lord to help them pay their mortgage, wait for
the Lord to help them pay their rent because they
have been told by the person who leads them that
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this money is supposed to go to their church. And
he cited David as an example of, you know, telling
people when it was enough, when they had given enough
in returning some. I guarantee you there's no such story
with him as the example, or he would have used
himself as the example. There's never been an offering that
was too much that he said, okay, let me make
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sure we give some of this back. And as you said,
he gave to match or you know, more than what
was requested. But if that money is coming back to you,
then what does that matter? Right? So my younger brother
sent the story to me before it came.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Across our desk, and I just remember kind of chuckling
because there are those who, as you said, would use
the Bible to feel their own cupboards until they overflow,
while ignoring that some of the people giving that money
have no idea where their next dollars coming from. They
just feel like they're doing the bidding of the Lord
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and what they're supposed to do according to God. And
those people can be easily manipulated and taken advantage of.
And it's sad that the place they go, where they
instill the most trust and the most faith can also
be a place where they'd be locked in and shamed
into giving until a certain dollar amount was achieved.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yeah, the thing about this one is, like you you know,
I am the son of a preacher who was also himself.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
The son of a preacher.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
You know, My father, doctor Rudolph Wayne Taylor rest in Peace,
raised me in church obviously from the day I was born.
I think until I was maybe like twenty six years old,
I might have missed less than ten Sundays in church
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in my life in twenty five years total.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
So I was always in church.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
And then like you, I'm Bible study revivals when I'm
tired at school like all of that, you know, Like
I went through the whole thing, and I couldn't even
enumerate the amount of tides and offerings that I had
born witness to, you know, that part of the service.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Rather so the idea that.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Locking the doors or locking the congregation in the room
is commonplace, Not that that was stated, but I think
it was kind of implied that there's like a precedent
and this is a cultural element if something like that.
It was kind of alluding to that. I think I've
never seen that. And it wasn't just one church that
I went to. I went to all the churches because
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I later on spent a lot of time with it
and with an evangelist, right, so you'd go around to
other churches. So I you know, this is not a
part of the story that I've seen it all. No
one ever locks the doors, trust me. You can keep
a congregation hostage without locking the doors, and no one's.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Going to walk out on Jesus.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Okay, So that part is wild to me, right, But
I think that this kind of speaks to a bigger issue. Again,
someone that grew up in church, someone that still has
a tremendous sense of faith. You know, there are Bibles
in my home, you know, I you know, the Bible
says trying of a child and the way should go.
I think it's important for us to at least consider
what I'm about to say, all of us listening and
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us on this call as well aside from the spirituality,
you know, barring the spiritual aspect of it, which from
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what I understand, does not in and of itself cost
any money. Okay, aside from that, what does giving money?
I'm talking about Black Church in particular, but I guess
you can make a case for all churches, but for us,
a particularly vulnerable people in this country who espouse this
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faith so much, what is it that our dollars translate
into in terms of enriching our lives? Now, again, you
can make the argument all day long that if I give,
then God will give it back to me. You could
make that argument, sure, But when we set that aside
and we have a linear logical argument, a pragmatic conversation
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about finances, which we have a problem with in this
country as a people, we have tons of churches, right
this is These aren't like politicians where if we sew
into their campaign, they can then go and represent our
interests and then lobby for our you know, our unions,
and then we can get stronger pay and blah blah.
You know there's there, you know, there's measurable outcomes there.
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Outside of that, what does giving one hundred dollars to
a church turn into aside the building, aside from the
building fund, or aside from whoever this guy is with
his I want to act like he's nobody because I
know who marvin'sapp is, but you know, and is Rolls
Royce asking for another forty thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
And again, there might be a sensible answer to these question.
I'm not.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
I don't want to presume that there isn't, but I
just as a person's grown up in it, I have
not found it. I've just found that churches tend to struggle,
using congregations that are struggling, and then it's a cycle
of struggle. And you know, we've been waiting decades, you know,
centuries for God to show up and whatever, and the
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reality that we live in is kind of like, well, shoot,
should we be doing something for ourselves in addition to
waiting for God? Because if what we're doing is continuing
to ask people who are struggling for twenty dollars so
that we can put together forty thousand dollars to pay
for whatever we need forty thousand dollars for. You know,
that's happened enough times in my life to where now
(22:47):
I'm like, to what end?
Speaker 2 (22:50):
You know?
Speaker 1 (22:51):
And again, I know that there's a ton of people
have a tremendous sense of faith on this on this call.
I you know, I will always have a sense of faith,
But I think that we're well passed the time where
we should start asking sensible questions like that, why is
this even a story? Why would this guy even be
able to ask for forty thousand dollars? Where is the reset?
Have we been so indoctrinated, you know, with the idea
(23:14):
that blue eye, blonde hair, white Jesus is gonna come
save us, that we have abandoned all sense of accountability
and responsibility for our own journey through this life. I
know that if you're listening to my voice right now,
you know a person that was born in poverty, lived
their whole life in poverty, and died in poverty the
(23:37):
whole time, and the only thing that brings you comfort
is your belief that that person is in heaven celebrating
riches Meanwhile, everyone else around you, every other race, you
name it. Those people don't sew anything into the church.
(23:57):
They don't, you know, none of that stuff. And they
get to live their paradise right here on earth. And
when we look at the way that they live their lifestyle,
when we look at the way that they you know,
sew into their communities, not through church, but through businesses,
through you know, you name it, they actually do get
to have the mansions. They don't have to have a
belief that one day they will return to their father's
(24:20):
house and have many mansions. Right, And so I think
we got it. This is such a wild story in this.
I just feel like this is the sort of thing
that happens to us more frequent than the other folks.
So I'll leave it there. You know, you can attack
me in the comments if you want, But I still
love you and I still love God. So you know,
we'll go from there.
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Festival, Today's guest on Your Weekend Recap's b i In
News anchor Mike Moore. All right, next up from Latin Times.
Social media users are slamming President Donald Trump for doxing
New York attorney generally Titia James after he posted a
(26:02):
link with the address and a building with an address
to a building she owns. Trump took to True Social
on Friday to share an article headlined ag Letitia James
building permits raised serious questions. The article alleged that James
was embroiled in a scandal as a question the number
of units truly within an apartment building owned by James.
(26:22):
The president amplified the article in which James's personal address
had been included and published by sharing it to a
social media platform. James previously oversaw Trump's prosecution and conviction
for multiple felonies in the state of New York, and response,
Trump has repeatedly attacked her, even having previously shared an
article in twenty twenty three by conservative activist Laura Lumer
(26:43):
containing James's home address. So looks like the gloves are
off here, Mike, talk to me.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Is this.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
A shameful retaliatory move by someone who is the president
of the United States? And it bears it bears some
quantum looks. Okay, I'm going to take a second here
for a minute, because you can look at from a standpoint, Okay,
how does how do world leaders now look at the
(27:17):
US when it is headed by a Donald Trump? And
we're not talking about and we could I started to say,
we're not just talking about the man himself, but I
guess we could, but I wanted to more so focus
on the actions of the man. Okay, kind of childish,
(27:39):
Oh yeah, kind of mean spirited. When you share the
home address, what would be the reason for that? You
want harm to come to that individual? They're not going there,
you know, with the you know, singing telegram. You know
you're not trying to do that. No, You're You're trying
(27:59):
to enrage some other folks and have them align with
your thought process. And because the amount of scrutiny you
would have to physically try to do something that would
harm this person mentally and or physically, maybe you can
(28:21):
do it by inciting others to do your bidding. That
is shameful, that is mean, it is not diplomatic. It's
a poor representation of what you're supposed to be as
(28:42):
the leader of this country. And does race have anything
to do with it? And I asked that question only
because I would like to believe that it doesn't. So
that's why through it out there that way.
Speaker 4 (29:01):
Yeah, Ce, Mike, once again, I admire your grace and
I'll stay in line with you with the question does
race have anything to do with it? And you know
examples to the contrary. We would love to hear them,
So please reach out and share with us all of
(29:24):
the examples of the non black woman uh people that
have had to deal with this type of backlash or
retaliation from the leader of the free world. I can't
give much more than Mike because I'm so unsurprised by
actions like this from this particular person. There is no
(29:48):
low that's too low. There is no thing that is
too beneath someone who should have more dignity and present
themselves as a better example to the world.
Speaker 5 (29:57):
But here we we could have had so much better.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
And once again I called back to election night, how
I felt in the moment realizing that this was about
to happen, being able to look into the future and
realize the type of person that would be responsible for
leading our nation. I always knew we'd be here, and
unfortunately foresee it getting worse before it gets better.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Yeah, you know, one of the things that I said
recently on an episode that we were recording. Q.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Is that.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
A lot of what I've seen from you know, Republicans
and Donald Trump in particular, is like sore winners. And
I use that to kind of provide some cover for
Democrats to be sore losers, like make some noise, you know,
(30:55):
do more. And I'm not picking on Democrats. We the
voters really crypt Democrats badly because of Palestine for some reason,
you know, which I guess I get, but like when
the alternative is Donald Trump, I don't get.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
It, right.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
But anyway, this sore winner energy is sort of strange
because you know, the saying goes success is the best revenge,
and it seems like Donald Trump, at least in this
story is seeking out not just you know, he doesn't
just have the success he won the presidency, but he's
(31:35):
like going the extra mile to like rub it in,
I guess, or to make things challenging for people or
you know who knows that very well could be a
death sentence for this woman who was doing her job.
Donald Trump was guilty, he is found guilty by his peers, right,
So yeah, I mean, there is no floor anymore. So
(32:01):
here we are for our final news story. This from
the Black Information Network. Parents of a predominantly black school
district in New York are seeking accountability after their children
repeatedly faced racist abuse at athletic events with their crosstown rivals.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Per the Atlanta Black Star.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Last month, black parents from Elmont High School and the
Sewenaka Central School District gathered at a town hall to
voice their concerns about a long history of racist behavior
from the Belmore Merrick School District crowd at sporting events
and competitions. The Elmont High School parents urged the Sewenaka
Central officials to bar athletic competitions with their rival district
(32:39):
due to the ongoing racist incidents. Incidents at school sponsored
sporting events included assaults, players being subjected to the inward
and other forms of harassment. Racial hostility spanned across sports
with varsity and junior varsity teams. According to the parents,
Racial hostility came to a tipping point during a varsity
girls basketball game last month against Kennedy High School in
(33:00):
the Belmore Merrick School district, where two opposing players got physical.
A black athlete from Elmont was initially ejected after she
allegedly swung at a white player from Kennedy. However, video
footage later revealed that the white player had started the
physical confrontation, prompting officials to remove the black athlete suspension.
In response to parents demanding to see athletic cease sorry
(33:23):
athletic competitions with their rival, district Sewanaka Central Superintendent Virginia
Agrusa recently declined to fulfill the request, saying that Elmont
High School would continue participating in these sporting events. A
GRUSA outline measures that she said will ensure that competitions
are safe for all participants and the code of conduct
(33:45):
is equally enforced for all students. Quote, the district does
not and will not tolerate any form of hate toward
our students, Agrusa sent, So, I remember kind of seeing
the little fistfight thing or the swing wasn't fistfight, but
I remember seeing that. So it's it's good to know
that there's a little bit more behind the story, Your thoughts,
(34:06):
your Mike.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
It's funny because I've actually seen this story replicate itself
in other parts of the country, and I was trying
to oh, yeah, yeah, where you you have the environment
of of of sports, competitive sports, and it went far
beyond someoneton uh, you know, enthusiastic indulgence for your particular team,
(34:36):
where racial slurs were hurled at the players. Fruit was
thrown onto one in a basketball court that you're shaking
your head, you remember, Remember that the fruit was actually
a banana. Yep, exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
The sounds that were made were of ape sounds, which
was supposed to be synonymous with how blacks are referred
to in an animalistic way, ape like, monkey like.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
I find I find a lot of fault with these
school districts. There should be such level of non tolerance
where you wouldn't even think to perpetrate that on school grounds.
If that be your mode of thought, if that be
(35:31):
within your heart and in your spirit, you will take
that elsewhere, but not there. But I find that because
there have been several stories, there is such a lack
of accountability. I mean, the wording you know, I can
almost you know, say the wording verbatim because I kind
of know what's going to come out, you know, in
the in the in the statement, I kind of know
(35:55):
the No, I know for sure. I'll just say that
I know for sure because I've actually seen the mock
ups where you actually save the messaging and you look
to find out what the response will be. No, that's
not what we're looking for. Okay, take that word out,
rephrase it this way, because that doesn't ensure that we
(36:20):
are steadfast in our stance about this.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
We're kind of wishy washy on it. Use the word intolerable.
Speaker 3 (36:27):
Use it twice, you said three times so as to
emphasize it. And I'm saying to myself, where is the accountability?
And I think we use this in one of our
in one of our earlier segments. Well, there's a lack
of accountability. I think we lived with the school systems.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Oh yeah, yeah, you.
Speaker 4 (36:48):
You know, I'm pretty certain if I do some research,
I'll find out that Mike and I are at least
like third cousins because I'm sitting listening to my thoughts
be so masterfully articulated. The accountability piece is it? And
it was already lacking before now, and now that so
many people in our country have been emboldened to be
(37:10):
on the wrong side of this, it just feels like
it's gonna the accountability piece is going to be even
more lacking moving forward. As a former you know athlete
all the way up to the Division IE level, I've
unfortunately been on the wrong side of what racism feels
like in the arena, and it's a pretty gross feeling,
(37:32):
and you just expect to be stood up for. You
expect it to be some very very harsh, you know,
punishment levied against people that behave in this way. And
you know, what we've learned is that that's just not
always the case. And when you have to reconcile that
and continue to try to show up for your teammates
and your family and your school and have all this
school pride and buy in, you look around for help
(37:56):
in ways that it just often doesn't show up. And
I feel it bad for athletes on every level because
this is not unique to grade school or grammar school
or college. As Mike pointed out, this happens all the
way up to the professional level with disgusting taunts, and
you know, the the oldest racist stereotypes still play and
(38:17):
we have to just in some ways accept it and
move on. And the event that you have some type
of mental or emotional break, you're looked at as the
person that's either in the wrong or weak or somehow
not capable to handle the pressure that comes with being
an athlete. I cringe at stories like this because these
(38:40):
are the stories that get reported. I'm sure this happens
in some cases where the accountability is so low we
never even hear about it. You know, school boards and
athletic department step in and massage it away, you know,
just let it go. It's not that big of a deal,
and it's an unfortunate truth and unfortunate reality that we
seemingly have to continue to do.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
With us.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
Normally we'd like to end on a high, but sometimes
we have to end on the reel. And I appreciate
you both for being real and of course I would
like to thank you in particular Mike for taking the
time to share your insight once again. Today's guest is
m News anchor Mike Moore.
Speaker 3 (39:25):
Thanks a lot.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
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