Donkey of the Day: Michael Donaldson

Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to reporter Michael Donaldson for not only confusing two black Tampa Bay bucs coaches for one another, but to also doing it during Black History Month!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, So being Dunky of the day is a

(00:02):
little bit of a mixed so like a dog the
other day. All right. Now, I've been called a lot
of my twenty three years that donkey of the day
is a new wife. Everybody look alive, Okay, donkey today.
For Tuesday, February, Knife goes to a sports reporter named
Michael Donaldson. I don't know what outlet Michael Donaldson works for.

(00:22):
I just know he's a sports reporter who was on
a postgame video conference call. The game I'm talking about
is the super Bowl. Now, let's be clear. It is
the ninth day of Black History. Moth dropped on a
clue box. Black History, moth, damnit. Black History Month is
a time where folks remember important people in evention the
history of African Americans. But I often wonder, how will
they ever remember our history when they can't even remember

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our present? What are you talking about, Charlotte Magne, Uncle
Charlotte Lenard, What do you mean they can't remember our present? Well?
Number one, I said what I said. Number two, I
meant what I said for a number of reasons. And
let me rephrase, they know our history. They just bank
on you, not knowing your history. That's why he teach
us what they want us to know about us and
everything else we have to figure out on your own.
That's why reading is so fundamental. But once again, they

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will never respect. I'll remember our true history because they
don't respect and remember the history we make it. Now,
case in point, today's Donkey Michael Donaldson. Now, I know,
on Sunday we were celebrating the greatest white man of
all time, Tom Brady. But like most white men, tom
Brady's greatness is assisted by the greatness of black people.
Because Tampa Bay has four black coordinators Okay, assistant head coach,

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run game coordinator Harold Goodwin, special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong,
defensive coordinator Todd Bowls, and offensive coordinator Byron left Wich. Yes,
that defense that shut down that high powered Kansas City
Chiefs offense led by Todd Bowls, black man, that offense
that put thirty one points on the board Sunday against
the Kansas City Chiefs led by Byron Leftwich, black man,

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first team ever with black people holding all three of
those positions to advance to the Super Bowl. That is
black history, and it should be a much bigger story.
Being that you know, it's black history muff that should
be celebrated. And the fact that the Chiefs also have
two women coaches okay, assistant defensive line coach Laurie Locus
and assistant script and conditioning coach Maurel John Diefa. I
hope I pronounced your last name right, but dropping the

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clue's bombs for the most diverse coaching staff in sports,
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I salute you, Okay, But back
to Michael Donaldson and the lack of respect he has
for black history. See black History was made Sunday and
Michael donald Michael Donaldson had the privilege, okay, should I
say the black privilege of speaking with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
offensive coordinator Byron Left, which a man who most sports

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reporters should know. I mean, he was one of the
top ten picks in the two thousand three NFL Draft.
He won a Super Bowl as a backup quarterback with
the Steelers in two thousand and eight. And if you
don't know, if anything else, you should know that you're
talking to the offensive coordinator, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
who just won the Super Bowl. Okay, offensive coordinator Byron Left,
which not Brian Byron, and he will correct you. Listen,

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we will begin today's media vel ability with Tampa Bay
Buccaneers coach Brian left Byron not Brian Okay, but back
to Michael Donaldson and keeping mind Tampa Bay has a
black man offensive coordinator and they have a black man
defensive coordinator. But I guess to Michael Donaldson, we all

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look alike. Listen, first question will come from Michael Donaldson. Hey, coach,
great Wayne, Congratulations night, thank you Going into the game,
what was your number one goal on the defensive side
to shut my homes down? Shut that high powered offensive
down homes down. I think you got the wrong guy.

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I had nothing to do with that. That was talk.
You got the wrong guy. It's such a trigger for
me when white people don't know the difference between black people.
Two things to remember black people about black people, We
are not monolithic, and we all don't look alike. It's disrespectful.
Do you know how many times white people have told
Mars Chestnut they love him on the breakfast club? Shut up?

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On how many times white people have come up to
me and told me I should have ran in a
zigzag when the dude in the red hand they pulled
up in boys in the hood. This is so disrespectful.
This is so disrespectful that Michael Donaldson didn't even bother
the research what black coach he was talking to from
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Listen to it again, just listen.
First question will come from Michael Donaldson. Hey, coach, great Wayne,

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congratulations night, Thank you going into the game. What was
your number one goal on the defensive side to shut
my homes down? Shut that high powered offensive down, homes down.
Thank you got the wrong guy. I had nothing to
do with that. That was t that nervous white laughter.

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Michael Donaldson thought he was talking to defensive coordinator Todd
Bowls when he was talking to offensive coordinator Byron Left,
which Byron bettered than me, because I would have made
him super uncomfortable and said, you got the wrong nigga. Okay,
do you even know the nigga you're looking for? Michael
would have replied, I'm not looking for any nigger. I mean,
I am. I mean, I tell God, see this, ladies
and gentlemen, Okay, white people do stuff like this all

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the time. And this is exactly why I purposely never
ever get the names of the Beatles right, And he
asked me who the members of the Beatles are. Who
are the members of the Beatles Elton, John staying Um,
Keanu Reeves, and John Travolta. Got it? Got it? I
purposely will tell a white person that Justin Bieber was
always my favorite member of in Sync. You have to

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be disrespectful and passively aggressively racist on purpose, just like
some of them do. Okay, I am not Michelle Obama.
Michelle says when they go low, we go high. No,
when they go low, I tell them that Dolly Parton,
not be Author was my favorite Golden Girl. Oh yes,
Dolly Parton. Barbara Schrist said be author in Vana White
were the cast of the Golden Girls. He sometimes you

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have to disrespect people to let them know he was
being respectful the whole time. Okay, you know why this
is dangerous because they all look alike me often applies
okay when the police are looking for a black male.
So spec all right. The problem is all black males
looks us back to some white people, which often puts
us in the position that brothers like former Tendant star

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James Blake was in when he got tackled by a
white New York City police officer because he looked like
a black man suspected a credit card fraud. They all
look alike to me as a racially loaded phrase that
haunts U some school, the workplace, and now the coaching
ranks of the NFL. This is why you have to
purposely tell people you hope Chris Pratt returns to play

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Captain America in the m c U. Okay, Hillary Duff,
Hillary Swain, Hillary Clinton, Only Hillary, I acknowledges Hillary Banks.
All those other Hillaries I just name, can't tell him apart.
One of them was on Breakfast Club when she was
running for president and had hot sauce in her back.
I don't remember which one it was. The moral of
the story is Michael, all black people don't look alike.

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Please give Michael Donaldson the biggest he are. That's all
I'm saying. That's all all right out here, man. You
know what I'm saying. We'd be like a black people
look alike? Like come on, man, you think I want
to be walking to the airpoint here? People say Maris
Maridad Damn Morris. More like Joe Yo Joe Rby singer

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Joe that's never happened. Let's open up the phone lines. Eive,
she looked like me and mars Chess not okay eight
hundred five eight five one o five one. Have you
ever been confused? Uh? Somebody thought you was somebody else
and you got a story. Remember when you got confused
for Drake or was the one of the barges which one?
Well both, actually I got. I got confused for Drake

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before I've got confused with one of the barges. I've
got confused with Barack Obama. That happened. That never never happened.
That when I got my beard, Joe Buttons and Carlos Boozer,
I definitely see Joe Button all in you Carlos Boozer
for sure. It depends when when he got too much Beijing.
Definitely call those boozing goodness. All right, So let's open

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up the phone like, what about you, ye people? He's
always coming mis info to tell you the same true,
that is true. I remember when the Breakfast Club first
started and they used to say it was me DJ
that the fact that well, actually, and part of it
is because before we started the show, I was the

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last person to sign on, and so the rumor was
that MS info was joining the show. Got you all right,
but let's open perceptual. You know, in radio they do
perceptuals and they you know, they ask, you know, you know,
who are the members of the Breakfast Club and oftentimes
they say DJ Vy Angelie and Marks Chestnut. That's that's
They have never said that ever, that has nothing come
on said, don't do that to Mar's chestnut. Alright. Eight

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five to Marris, who have you ever been confused for? Like,
you know, we know Charlemagne was, you know, they called
him dm X. At one time they were asking five
five wanted to Breakfast Club? Good morning,