Baton Rouge, Louisiana Controversy

There is racial controversy in the capital of LA because of a predominantly black school is named after Robert E. Lee. A school board meeting turned into a call out session and we have the audio.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, there is an all nearly black school.
It's named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Now, black
leaders in the community wanted to rename the school, and
during a school board meeting, Brother Gary D. Chambers called
out a school board member for just shopping while he's
you know, they're up there pleading their case and everything.

(00:23):
She's on the internet shopping while citizens were discussing about
changing the name of the school. Take a listen ahead.
Intended to get up here and talk about how racist
Robbert E. Lee was, But I'm gonna talk about Jim
Cotton sitting over there shopping while we're talking about Robbert E. Lee.
This a picture you shopping while we're talking about racism
and history in this country. Only white members of this

(00:44):
board got up while we were up here talking too,
because you don't give a damn and it's clear. But
I'm gonna tell you what the slaves my ancestors said
about Robbert E. Lee. Since you don't know history system,
let me tell you that they said when he got
the plantation, after he got off the field with twenty
seven thousand people die at Gettysburg, Connie Robert E. Lee.

(01:04):
There was a brutal slave master. Not only did when
he whooped the slaves, he said, lay it on him hard.
After he said lay it on him hard, he said,
put brian on him, sort of burn him. That's what
Robert E. Lee did. And you set your arrogant self
in here and sit on the shopping while the pain
and the hurt of the people of this community is

(01:24):
on display because you don't give a damn And you
should resign. You should have resigned two years ago when
you choked the white man in his house. You should
have resigned two weeks ago when you got on TV
and say foolishness. And you should walk out of here
and resign and never come back because you are the
example of racism in this community. You are horrible, not
to the rest of the board. You have an obligation

(01:45):
to the people in this community, and eighty one percent
of them are black. And do you need a clan
rally outside, mister Golda before you end it, because holding
it up means that you put that building in jeopardy.
You do, sir, because all over the country burning stuff
down at black folks in this city have still with protesters.
I ain't seen you elected officials out there with them

(02:06):
making sure that nothing goes south in Baton Rouge. It's
been folks in this community who give a damn, not
just when it's comfortable, but every time. And four years
ago we came down here, mister Drake, they say you're
a good man, be a good man. Black folks say
you are a good man. White folks say you're a
good man. Your legacy is attached to tonight, brother, your legacy. Now,

(02:27):
let me say that the black members of the board,
it's the most solidarity out of see out of y'all, infail.
Let's keep it at Let's stand on this moving forward,
because we don't need to apologize for Connie Evelyn. She
showed you who she was when she was sitting next
to you while you were talking shopping. You don't need
another example. Now, when do we as Baton Rouge stop
being in eighteen fifty six? If you want to name

(02:49):
the building after somebody about PBS pitch back, the first
black governor of the state of Louisiana when he was
governor during reconstruction. You want another name, I Sta Dunn,
who was the lieutenant governor of this state in Louisiana
in the eighteen sixties that gave the right for Darius
Landis at Don Collins and and Evelyn Wade Jackson and Tremail.
I want to give you. You want to name it
after somebody from reconstruction, name it after the people who

(03:11):
fought for appolation of city. If you want to name
it after somebody out of the right people, the people
who on the right side of history. But it's your
ancestor that the school is named after. So you holding
on to your heritage. But we built this joint for free,
and we've done begging you to do what's right. Thank you, sir,

(03:31):
all right, talk about history joint for free. I'm like
how he kept calling the council member out Connie Connie shopping, Yeah,
name shopping Connie. Baton Rouge is fifty six percent black,

(03:52):
and people are outraged there. The people who are outraged
in the Baton Rouge community are working hard. They're trying
to get uh, miss Connie Bernard fired. Yeah, having a
meeting to name the school. She's shopping them and she
was on the Yeah. So you're not even listening to
why saying they want to rename the school. You broke

(04:15):
it down man. Yeah, yeah, he knew its history, this
mad Negro, because that's what it should. He had his
backs together, every man. They need to have a different
name for school start. Yeah, they better have a different
name for August. All right. Coming up, we'll have more

(04:39):
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