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Who Changed—and Who Paid the Price? Culture, Fans, and Partners 💥🧩💔

[00:00:00] Bruce Anthony: Dave Chappelle,

Nicki Minaj,

and when your partner's body just ain't quite what you

[00:00:05] want, we gonna get into it. Let's get it.

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Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️🔥💥

[00:00:19] Bruce Anthony: Welcome. [00:00:20] First of all, welcome. This

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Three Topics, No Mercy: Chappelle, Nicki, and Relationships 🎤🔥👀

[00:00:47] Bruce Anthony: I'm gonna be talking about the Dave Chappelle standup, Nicki [00:00:50] Minaj at Turning Point and a relationship situation. That's [00:00:55] interesting to say the least. That's enough of the intro.

Let's get to the [00:01:00] show.

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[00:01:08] Bruce Anthony: So welcome back ladies and gentlemen. [00:01:10] Welcome back, Hedy. Nice little vacation. Even though my sister doesn't call it a [00:01:15] vacation the way I do it, but it was a vacation. It was a break. It was much needed. Break [00:01:20] now. It's been a little while since I recorded. By myself. Let's put it this way, it's been a little [00:01:25] while since I recorded by myself.

I'm gonna probably be a little rusty. I don't know [00:01:30] how well this show is gonna go if it goes well at all, but I am going to do what I [00:01:35] always set out to do and that's do my absolute best. I'm talking about topics that [00:01:40] are very interesting to me. So I'm assuming since you watched the show [00:01:45] and if you have been watching and listening for so long, that what interests me interests you as [00:01:50] well.

So I think you'll find these topics interesting. And my [00:01:55] unsolicited perspective, even though it isn't unsolicited, 'cause you guys are tuning into [00:02:00] the show, my perspective on these matters are going to be [00:02:05] on brand for me. Let's just say that. Let's start with Dave Chappelle. [00:02:10] Day

Let’s Start With Dave Chappelle: Expectations vs Reality 🎭🤔🔥

[00:02:10] Bruce Anthony: Chappelle came out with a new concert comedy special.

They used to [00:02:15] call 'em concert comedy specials, but comedy special. It came on right after the Jake Paul [00:02:20] fight where you saw Jake Paul get knocked out. I didn't watch it. Then I was [00:02:25] in Atlanta and I said, you know what? It was on Netflix. Everybody was asleep. [00:02:30] It's like, let me watch this, and I watched it and you guys know I'm a huge Dave [00:02:35] Chappelle fan.

If you listen and, and watch this show, you know, I've talked about [00:02:40] Dave Chappelle a great reference. I think he's a genius, not [00:02:45] just a comedic genius. I think he is extremely, extremely bright. I [00:02:50] believe most comedians have a really, really high IQ anyway. They might not be the the most as [00:02:55] far as educated, but IQ isn't rated on your education.

IQ [00:03:00] is rated on your intellect, but okay. [00:03:05] So I've been a little disappointed because Dave has doubled down [00:03:10] on attacking the trans community and a lot of these specials. [00:03:15] And he didn't disappoint in that department in this special, but I [00:03:20] will give him the benefit of a doubt watch, and I watch the special anyway, in [00:03:25] hopes that he wouldn't double down.

He did, but not as badly [00:03:30] as he has been doing. If I can give him any type of grace in that manner. [00:03:35] At the end of it, my sister came out of her room [00:03:40] and walked into the living room as I was watching, as I was ending the episode, [00:03:45] and she was like, Hmm, you're in serious thought right now. And [00:03:50] I was like, yeah, I am.

I don't know what to think of the special. She was like, was it funny? [00:03:55] I was like, I always gotta make things about myself. Sorry guys. [00:04:00] I do, I

Comedy or Sermon? Seeing My Own Style in Chappelle 🎤📖🪞

[00:04:00] Bruce Anthony: have dreams, I don't know, every couple of years [00:04:05] where I do a standup routine. Now I have no desire [00:04:10] whatsoever to be a standup comedian, but in this dream, [00:04:15] I'm doing a standup, but it actually turns into a, a lecture, it almost.[00:04:20]

Is this podcast, that's basically what it is where there is some humor, but [00:04:25] there is always a message. And so when I was watching this Dave Chappelle standup special, I was like, [00:04:30] Hmm, this was something that I would do. No, no way. Comparing myself to Dave Chappelle, I'm just talking about the [00:04:35] presentation, right?

And so when my sister asked me what my thoughts were, I was like, [00:04:40] this was, this would be something that I would absolutely do. He is teaching you [00:04:45] something. Throughout the special, there's an overarching theme, and y'all know how much I [00:04:50] love overarching themes where you start at one place and in another place and you learn so [00:04:55] much in between.

And he did that. And so I encourage everybody out there [00:05:00] to go and watch the standup special. It is very interesting. [00:05:05] Will you laugh? Yes. It's Dave Chappelle. You're going to laugh. Will you cringe? [00:05:10] Yes. It's Dave Chappelle. You're going to cringe. Would I [00:05:15] say it's his best standup? No, I wouldn't say it's his best standup, but I don't [00:05:20] really know what I could consider his best standup.

You know, when I tell y'all I've been a fan of Day [00:05:25] Chappelle,

Why I’m a Day-One Fan: College, Half Baked, and Loyalty 🎟️❤️🕰️

[00:05:26] Bruce Anthony: I'm at the University of Maryland, it's 98 or 99, I [00:05:30] got my little girlfriend and you know, the one that broke my heart, the one that cheated on me. Day [00:05:35] Chappelle is coming to the school to perform Now, this is 98 [00:05:40] 99. Dave Chappelle is already on my radar enough [00:05:45] that I want to go see him perform.

I'm going to pay my money and I'm broke. [00:05:50] I'm going to pay my money and go see him play. I'm gonna go see him perform, and my brother and sister [00:05:55] come along with us and he gave a, a very iconic joke [00:06:00] that I can't say on here, but me and my brother and sister still laugh about [00:06:05] that 25 years, 26 years, 27 years later.

I have been a fan of Day [00:06:10] Chappelle. I can't remember when he came into, I can't remember what it was. Was it [00:06:15] Mennonites? Was it his, his appearances on Dr. Katz, was it his appearance on home [00:06:20] improvement? It might be all of those things, but I do know like that [00:06:25] was, he was already in my consciousness. I was already a fan and when my [00:06:30] parents built their house after my junior year, sophomore year of college, so it was [00:06:35] 2000, 2001.

Sophomore, junior year, whatever it was. [00:06:40] And you know, you gotta, you built a new home, you move into a new home cable takes a little while to [00:06:45] set up, at least it did back in that day. So all we had was videotapes, DVDs and things of [00:06:50] that nature. Half Baked ran on repeat [00:06:55] the entire summer. I love that movie.

Okay, so I've been a [00:07:00] fan of

Clayton Bigsby Changed Everything: Comedy as Truth 🪞😂💣

[00:07:00] Bruce Anthony: Day Chappelle's, I believe the greatest sketch he did on his [00:07:05] comedy show. Was not Rick James was not Prince. It was Clayton [00:07:10] Bigsby, the black white supremacist. It was on the first episode. It's the [00:07:15] final segment. On the first episode. I remember watching it. [00:07:20] The show premiere, Dave Chappelle fans, so he's got his own show on Comedy Central.

I'm definitely gonna watch [00:07:25] that. I'm laughing. It's typical Dave Chappelle, but that last sketch with Clayton Bisby, I'm in college [00:07:30] now, so I get it and I'm like, that's brilliant. [00:07:35] That's brilliant because it's comedic. It's funny, but it's also showing a [00:07:40] mirror to America and making you be introspective and examined.[00:07:45]

What it is to be an American, what it is to be black, [00:07:50] what it is to be racist, how is that defined? And, and I just, I loved [00:07:55] everything about it. Now everybody's gonna talk about Rick James, which is hilarious. Everybody's gonna talk about [00:08:00] Prince, which is hilarious. Everybody's gonna talk about Wayne Brady, which is brilliant [00:08:05] comedically in the sense that Wayne Brady played a character outside of himself [00:08:10] and it was funny.

The funniest thing that he did was a Clayton Bigsby [00:08:15] sketch, and this standup was like an hour [00:08:20] long Clayton Bigsby type [00:08:25] performance.

Brilliant Art or Problematic Power? Sitting With Conflict ⚖️🎭😮‍💨

[00:08:25] Bruce Anthony: At the end of it, I was still conflicted because he [00:08:30] said some jokes. I was just like, you're punching down and it's not even funny. [00:08:35] So yes, I clutched my pearls a little bit.

I was [00:08:40] a little offended at some of the things that he had to say because I'm like, bro, aren't you past this by [00:08:45] now? But overall, I think it was really important [00:08:50] to watch because it gives you a perspective of [00:08:55] American history and how all stuff are intertwined that [00:09:00] you may not even realize. It's beautiful.

It's, [00:09:05] it's beautiful art. It really is. Aside from the things, some of the [00:09:10] jokes, he had a trans joke that he had and there was another joke that it was offensive, but [00:09:15] I can't really remember it, so I guess I wasn't that offended by it. [00:09:20] Outside of that, this is a brilliant piece of art. The writer in [00:09:25] me had to write just a brief blurb that's not a, a critique, but a [00:09:30] brief blurb before I really die, dive into [00:09:35] digesting and giving a real analyst of this standup.[00:09:40]

I wrote a little something to kind of get me going and kind of tell you guys where [00:09:45] I'm going with all this. So, Dave Chappelle's latest standup special reflects a continued [00:09:50] shift in how he positions himself. Less a traditional observational [00:09:55] comic and more as a cultural provocateur, responding to black [00:10:00] backlash criticism, and the changing expectations placed on comedians.

[00:10:05] The core argument of the special is not just about jokes, but about who gets [00:10:10] to speak freely, who gets challenged, and who controls the narrative [00:10:15] around offense. Accountability. In this special day, Chappelle frames [00:10:20] himself as a truth teller under siege, a comedian pushing back against what is [00:10:25] he views as cultural overcorrection, selective [00:10:30] outrage and moral inconsistency, inconsistency rather than [00:10:35] centering purely on punchlines.

The special emphasizes commentary [00:10:40] on cancel culture, tension between marginalized groups. The limits [00:10:45] or defense of free speech, his belief that comedians should [00:10:50] not be moral referees is also evident throughout this special. [00:10:55] So when I examine this, he has absolutely tried [00:11:00] to set him up, self, set himself up as a martyr, saying that he is [00:11:05] able to spree speak more freely in Dubai [00:11:10] than he would be in America.

And he makes some points as to [00:11:15] say everybody

Selective Outrage: Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Moral Math 🌍⚖️🧩

[00:11:16] Bruce Anthony: is tripping on him going to Saudi Arabia. Right. And [00:11:20] performing a special when the Saudi Arabian government killed [00:11:25] a journalist. But wasn't anybody saying anything about [00:11:30] Israel killing 250 journalists? I understand the point [00:11:35] he's trying to make. The point is it's a

selective [00:11:40] outrage.

You won't check people [00:11:45] when they back

up what you believe in, [00:11:50] right? Same reason why. You know, I'm not gonna watch any Michael Jackson [00:11:55] documentaries on potential sex crimes, right? Like, I don't wanna see it. I love [00:12:00] Michael Jackson. I don't necessarily believe. It is ignorance, and I admit [00:12:05] that it is hypocrisy and I admit that, but you're not gonna take away my Michael [00:12:10] Jackson for me from me.

So you will do the [00:12:15] moral gymnastics, right, to make sure that you can support whether [00:12:20] it's something that you believe in, uh, government system, a government, a [00:12:25] country, a group of people. You will make excuses when those things [00:12:30] are in the wrong. They're what you believe in. [00:12:35] And he does have a point. The problem is you still went [00:12:40] to Saudi Arabia and that ain't great either, so you can't say a Yeah.

[00:12:45] But Right, and and that's where I have a problem with his argument. Neither [00:12:50] are really great situations to put yourself into. Right. [00:12:55] So, but I understand the fact that there is selective outrage. [00:13:00] While certain people can do certain things and other people can't do those [00:13:05] very exact same things, I get it.

People can [00:13:10] storm the capitol on January 6th and be pardoned for all of their crimes, [00:13:15] but you march down the street for abortion [00:13:20] rights, for civil rights, for voting rights. You're an anarchist. [00:13:25] Same reason why they used to call Martin Luther King a com [00:13:30] bastard, right? They called him Public Enemy number one, a communist, [00:13:35] the worst thing in this world.

Now he's celebrated, but [00:13:40] during the time he was not. Once again, there are certain things that people can do and [00:13:45] can't do, and he's calling out the hypocrisy, and I get what he's saying. He didn't quite [00:13:50] get to where he needed to go, but that's often a thing with Dave Chappelle when he [00:13:55] was talking about the attacks on himself for his transgender [00:14:00] jokes, right?

He's saying, well, wait a minute. Why did people [00:14:05] in the LGBTQ plus get the leapfrog black people in the [00:14:10] fight for civil rights? He had an argument. It wasn't well thought out, [00:14:15] it wasn't well presented, and it's kind of wrong. It's kind of right and kind of [00:14:20] wrong. Everybody should have civil rights. It should all be on equal footing.

No one person should [00:14:25] be ahead of the other. So

Money Changes Perspective: When Power Shifts the Lens 💰🪜🤔

[00:14:25] Bruce Anthony: this is my constant debate with Dave Chappelle and his [00:14:30] thinking. You could also tell he's not that poor dude anymore. He's an [00:14:35] elitist. So he thinks in elitist terms, he's no more a [00:14:40] commoner. A common man like the American Dream Duck of Rhodes. He's no more one of [00:14:45] those people and will openly admit it that he's rich, that he's bought up most of his [00:14:50] city in Ohio, that he's got money.

He's in a different stratosphere. [00:14:55] And this happens with people. When you climb that social economic [00:15:00] ladder, your views start to change. For good and [00:15:05] for bad. Some of it is you're climbing the social economic ladder so you're able to travel [00:15:10] more and see more of the world and your eyes opened. A good [00:15:15] example of this is Malcolm X.

Malcolm X in the beginning was like, we don't need the white man's [00:15:20] help for nothing. I don't care if you are trying to fight for civil rights. We don't need [00:15:25] you. You don't need us separate. That's the way it's supposed to be till he went to Mecca. [00:15:30] Right. He experienced washing his feet and bathing and [00:15:35] sleeping with people that were not black, but were followers [00:15:40] of his faith in Islam.

And he came back and he was like, [00:15:45] everybody is my brother. Yes, there are some bigoted people in this country, but [00:15:50] there could be white people that can help. There could be people that aren't a part of our group that can help. [00:15:55] So in some ways, climate and socioeconomic ladder can open your mind. [00:16:00] If you have that type of mentality, and I think in a lot of ways De [00:16:05] Chappelle does.

I think that he's always been an open-minded [00:16:10] person, but now it feels like he's climbed that social [00:16:15] economical ladder made so much more money and now it's all about him. And he takes any [00:16:20] type of slight as an attack on him completely. [00:16:25] And that's what he does a lot in this special. When he's [00:16:30] trying to say, don't muzzle me, and I agree.

We need [00:16:35] to give comedians some leeway, but they need to do it [00:16:40] with responsibility, with grit, power comes great responsibility. He [00:16:45] just needs to recognize that. I think de Chappelle is brilliant. I can't stress that, stress that enough. I think [00:16:50] De Chappelle is the greatest standup comedian. In the second generation.

'cause Eddie Murphy is [00:16:55] still in my generation. So is Eddie Murphy is the top, but he's in a completely different [00:17:00] category, right? So if we take Eddie Murphy out of it, a Chappelle to me is the greatest standup comedian [00:17:05] in my, in my generation, him and Bernie Mack, for different reasons. I think he's [00:17:10] brilliant.

I think he's smart. I think he's insightful. I think that you can learn so much from him [00:17:15] and laugh and be entertained by this special, but it's the selective [00:17:20] accountability.

Selective Accountability: Grace for Me, Smoke for You 😑⚖️🔥

[00:17:20] Bruce Anthony: He's quick to call other people out to be accountable, but not really himself. [00:17:25] It's like nothing he does. He's ever at fault. He won't apologize for [00:17:30] anything.

He's like, he should be giving grace, [00:17:35] but he ain't giving other people grace. And so that's the only thing that I have a [00:17:40] problem with. But if you listen to him. He has a [00:17:45] very deep message that you can learn from, that us as a [00:17:50] community can get better. So I say all that to say this, [00:17:55] watch this special for yourself.

Will some jokes go [00:18:00] over your head? I don't know. I don't know your, your intellect level. I [00:18:05] don't think that you have to be this brilliant person to understand what Dave [00:18:10] Chappelle is talking about, because he's such a great storyteller and he puts things [00:18:15] in layman's terms. You can understand it. Will you be offended?

Yeah, but [00:18:20] most comedians can be offensive. Like I don't. Think that's necessarily a bad [00:18:25] thing. Will you laugh? Yes. But it's not ha ha laughing all throughout the special. [00:18:30] Your side's not gonna be hurt, hurting. You're not gonna be laughing out loud. My sister made a comment that I [00:18:35] only had one loud laughing outbursts as I was watching the [00:18:40] standup.

I love to laugh and I laugh outbursts all the time. Y'all see me on [00:18:45] the show. It's not that type of funny. But it's smart, funny, [00:18:50] so I recommend it. Y'all go ahead and check it out. I recommend checking it out [00:18:55] solely for the history lesson that he gives. Is he completely 100% [00:19:00] accurate? He made some small mistakes in his history lesson, [00:19:05] but for the most part it's pretty accurate and it's definitely something [00:19:10] to learn from.

He was definitely given a sermon, but it was a funny sermon. [00:19:15] So I guess if you kinda like this show, once again, not comparing myself [00:19:20] to Dave Chappelle, but if you kinda like this show where there's some humor, it's not laugh out [00:19:25] loud funny, but you're gonna learn something that's, that's the [00:19:30] standup that Dave Chappelle did.

You're gonna learn something, you're gonna laugh a lot more. 'cause he's Dave Chappelle. And [00:19:35] I'm Bruce Anthony. Right? There's no comparison. You're gonna laugh a lot more and you're gonna learn [00:19:40] something. And if you have an open mind, it won't be a waste of your time. Let's put it [00:19:45] that way. It will not be a waste of your time.

But speaking on somebody who [00:19:50] is trying to move the culture forward in good and [00:19:55] bad ways, right? Dave is, has some missteps, but his intention [00:20:00] for all of us to be better people is absolutely there. And that's the reason why I still rock with 'em. We [00:20:05] all are misguided in some of our actions and [00:20:10] words. I know I could feel what his intentions are and his intentions are for us all to be better.[00:20:15]

That's Dave Chappelle. Nicki Minaj, on the other [00:20:20] hand, huh?

I'm gonna get into her [00:20:25] next.

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[00:20:33] Bruce Anthony: Okay

guys. [00:20:35] Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj appeared at the Turning Point USA American Fest. [00:20:40] Where she publicly aligned herself with Donald Trump and JD Vance leaned [00:20:45] into cultural war rhetoric on gender and religion and framed herself [00:20:50] as a persecuted Christian truth teller. The [00:20:55] core issue isn't that she had these political opinions because [00:21:00] there are some black peoples, particularly in the South.

That [00:21:05] have similar opinions, right? Like this, that isn't solely the issue. [00:21:10] But the issue is, is that she built her career on the loyalty of queer [00:21:15] fans, black fans, and people raised on compassion [00:21:20] based Christianity.

Nicki at Turning Point: Lines Crossed Publicly 🧨🎭⚠️

[00:21:23] Bruce Anthony: So she [00:21:25] goes up there to turning point and she praised Donald Trump as a figure who helps people [00:21:30] beat the bad guys and win. She spoke glory only of JD Vance's political [00:21:35] instincts. She attacked California Governor Gavin Newsom mocking him while [00:21:40] trying, tying him to criticism, to gender affirming care. She delivered a viral [00:21:45] boys B Boys Reddit rhetoric, widely reading as anti-trans signaling.[00:21:50]

She framed Christians as persecuted, as suggested political [00:21:55] opponents should not hold power.

Okay? [00:22:00] There's this old expression. Your skin folk ain't [00:22:05] your kin folk. This cannot be truer, [00:22:10]

more true in in any other situation like this. Like this [00:22:15] is, this is Tim Scott. This is Ben Carson. This is, [00:22:20] now, I'm not saying that black people can't have conservative values.

I'll say a lot of [00:22:25] black people have conservative values. A lot of people believe in church and the [00:22:30] Lord and the church's teachings. [00:22:35] Some people pick and choose what teachings they want to follow, and let's [00:22:40] be clear. There are no Christians in the United [00:22:45] States of America that is being persecuted. How often are [00:22:50] Christian churches shot up?

Not very often. [00:22:55] Like not often. Synagogues are shot up. Black churches are shot up. [00:23:00] Black Christian churches are shot up like what Dylan Roof did, but [00:23:05] white Christians and Nicki Minaj is not white. She's Trinidadian. Which is a whole [00:23:10] separate issue because a lot of islanders, people from the [00:23:15] islands have very strong conservative views, so this isn't [00:23:20] so surprising.

But what is surprising is that she's going on a turning, [00:23:25] turning point during this conference. She's praising all these conservative figures, all [00:23:30] these conservative talking points, and it's all based on the guise of. [00:23:35] Religion, and I've gone down this road so many times, I'm not gonna [00:23:40] do it again. How people are weaponizing religion and trying [00:23:45] to attack certain people through political means by [00:23:50] saying it's their religion and it's, it's not right.

It's not. But [00:23:55] what's crazy to me is Nicki Minaj has built her pop on queer [00:24:00] folks, black Misfits. When you say black misfits, it is it. [00:24:05] I would

say emo black people, emo black people. And lo [00:24:10] and behold, I'm one of those people.

Now I don't, I don't have the jet black hair

and the eye [00:24:15] shadow on things like that. Like juice Wrl is my jam X Exesion, [00:24:20] that was my boy. I like Nicki Minaj music, or I [00:24:25] did like Nicki Minaj Mu Music. She's [00:24:30] attacking those people. She's attacking the overwhelming majority [00:24:35] of her fans. And not only that, she's Trinidad in and and, okay, [00:24:40] there's a one drop rule that they used to have in the States, and a lot of [00:24:45] black folks use this rule.

If you gotta drop of black blood, you black Dominicans are always [00:24:50] like, I'm not black. Yeah, you are. You're darker than I am. You're black. All right. [00:24:55] Trinidadians, Bohemians, Jamaicans, they're black, right? A [00:25:00] lot of people in Central South America. Black. My sister and brother went to [00:25:05] Cali, Columbia. They came back showing me pictures and I was like, man, it's a lot of black folks that went down to [00:25:10] visit.

She was like, no, those are Colombians. They're black. I was like, oh my goodness. I [00:25:15] didn't realize that. There are many that that many Black Colombians. Yes, we're all over the [00:25:20] place though. We're not a monolith. We're not, especially in Americans. Black [00:25:25] Americans aren't even a monolith, which means that internationally there is no [00:25:30] cognitive tissue outside of.

Our skin color that connects [00:25:35] us. We are different. We are different by and large, [00:25:40] like Americans have this unity thing where we tend to [00:25:45] accept international black people in as part of the [00:25:50] group. And that's what we did with Nicki Minaj. We accepted her in as part of the group.

Cultural Betrayal: When Fans Become Collateral 💔🎶🚨

[00:25:54] Bruce Anthony: [00:25:55] Now she's doing everything possible when these are the people [00:26:00] that are repealing, DEI.

JD Vance is [00:26:05] saying, you don't have to be ashamed to be white anymore. What white people were [00:26:10] out there being ashamed of being white? And if you are, that's on you. [00:26:15] Nobody, black folks, Latino folks, lgbtq plus folks are [00:26:20] not shaming you for being white. You feel that shame [00:26:25] because you're attacking other people for not being white.

[00:26:30] That's what it is. So don't, don't say, well, we don't have to be ashamed to be [00:26:35] white anymore. We're not shaming you. You're shaming [00:26:40] yourself. So Nicki Minaj is going up there praising Donald Trump. What has Donald Trump [00:26:45] done for the black community besides say the blacks love [00:26:50] him, which I, you know what?

That's just such, that's such a, that's not [00:26:55] even a racist undertone. That is so over the top. He's over the top with his [00:27:00] racism. And if you're like, well, I don't understand, why do you think de Chappelle is [00:27:05] racist? I mean, not de Chappelle. Ugh. Goodness. God de Chappelle is not racist. Donald [00:27:10] Trump is. I don't know why you think Donald Trump is racist.

Okay. Go back and look at [00:27:15] some of the things he said, and if you think it's okay for PE for people to say him, that means you're a [00:27:20] racist too. And I've been calling out a lot of people that have been defending Donald Trump in my personal [00:27:25] life, and I'm just like, okay, so what is it that you believe in?

Okay, so you're a racist now I know that. Now I [00:27:30] know not to rock with you anymore. And Nicki Minaj has to now be a racist, right against our [00:27:35] old people. Her own people, not just black people, but [00:27:40] queer folks. She's not queer that I know of, but she's always [00:27:45] presented that in her music and in her [00:27:50] videos. So it didn't surprise me.

'cause we kind of saw [00:27:55] this coming if you've been paying attention to Nicki Minaj. [00:28:00] But it did surprise me that she went all on turning point talking like this. [00:28:05] But why does it matter? This wasn't just a neutral [00:28:10] appearance, it was an enthusiastic endorsement delivered on the stage designed to shape [00:28:15] conservative youth culture.

It's the youth [00:28:20] I used to think when I was in college, I grew up on watching Eyes on the [00:28:25] Prize and. The Civil Rights movement. I didn't grow up in the Civil Rights movement, but [00:28:30] learning about that, some of the figures were still alive, so you would hear stories and family members [00:28:35] that went through it.

Hell, my parents were born while Jim Crow was still a thing. They were functional. [00:28:40] My mom would go down to South to South Carolina to go see my grandfather's family. There were [00:28:45] Jim Crow signs. She was walking around talking in school like [00:28:50] that's my parents' generation, so my grandparents definitely experienced it, so I know these [00:28:55] things, right?

I experienced these things through secondhand nature, [00:29:00] and I always thought that that hatred when I would see the images [00:29:05] of lynchings and you would. [00:29:10] Fields full of white folks, even with little kids at this horrific event [00:29:15] that they're celebrating. I always thought, well, when that generation [00:29:20] dies, there'll still be some racism because hatred and bigotry will never go away.

[00:29:25] It's been here since the beginning of time, unfortunately, and it will contend they'll continue until the end of time. It's never gonna go [00:29:30] anywhere. But that type of racism, hatred, and bigotry is going to die out [00:29:35] and no, they're teaching the youth. They're teaching the youth to [00:29:40] hate that. Well, this is

Teaching Hate to the Youth: Why This Moment Matters 🧠🚨🧨

[00:29:40] Bruce Anthony: the reason why you've seen a rise in the Nazi movement in the youth culture.[00:29:45]

Nick Fuentes, okay. Was at this conference. [00:29:50] No, wait a minute, was he? No, he wasn't. But he's spoken to [00:29:55] people like this, groups like this, conferences like this. Bishop Shapiro, Tucker Carlson are [00:30:00] there. They're not quite Nick Fuentes, but they ain't that far off. You [00:30:05] see what I'm saying? She's bringing. Cultural relevancy [00:30:10] to this conference because of her [00:30:15] stature in the hip hop community.

That's the reason why it's a big [00:30:20] deal. See, I don't really care when these conferences are doing their [00:30:25] own thing. ' cause I'm like, they've been doing that since the [00:30:30] foundation in this country is just a little bit more visible. Now it was kinda under [00:30:35] underground after the sixties. Now it's more visible.

Right. Okay, [00:30:40] cool. That's, but that's kind of always been there, right? That [00:30:45] overt type racism. Trying to get rid of affirmative action, trying to [00:30:50] repeal civil rights, trying to get rid of voting rights, make it harder for people to vote. That's, [00:30:55] that's been there in my lifetime. It just hasn't been as in your face as it is now.[00:31:00]

We've never really had an [00:31:05] influential person in the black community that get mad respect, [00:31:10] insert themselves into that type of movement and give them [00:31:15] any type of credibility, and I don't really know what [00:31:20] her plan is. With her fans, and maybe she's speaking her truth, [00:31:25] which is a fallacy, and I don't believe it's a truth, but maybe she's, she's trying to speak her [00:31:30] truth, but once again, her core fan [00:31:35] base is going to feel betrayed because she built a brand that felt [00:31:40] like a safe space for queer kids.

And once again, black Misfits [00:31:45] fans who felt outside of mainstream. [00:31:50] Her aesthetics, her alter ego, her fandom culture [00:31:55] explicitly embraced people who felt judged elsewhere. And now, what is [00:32:00] she's doing now? What is she doing? She's validating a movement that pushes anti [00:32:05] LGBTQ plus policy, undermines voting rights, [00:32:10] uses religion to justify exclusion, policies that disproportionately harm the [00:32:15] very communities that made her rich and relevant.

Turning [00:32:20] point USA isn't just about a vibe, right? They're vibe. [00:32:25] It's an infrastructure. By sharing a stage with figures like Ben Shapiro and [00:32:30] Tucker Carlson, she normalized that ecosystem. [00:32:35] She gave it pop culture credibility.

This isn't abstract speech. [00:32:40]

It's cultural power being transferred. [00:32:45] That's what she's doing.

That's what she did. So for other people who are [00:32:50] saying, ah, it's not no big deal, Nicki Minaj talked at a Turning Point conference. So what, [00:32:55] who cares? It is important because she does have a [00:33:00] following. She has a following of people who are hurt [00:33:05] by the very policies

that the people at this conference are [00:33:10] pushing and enacting.

Are her fans gonna start to self-hate? [00:33:15] I've seen it before.

As a black person living in this country, I've seen it before. [00:33:20] I've seen black people self-hate try to cozy [00:33:25] up to power, especially white people looking down upon other [00:33:30] black people. Siding with white people been that way since beginning time.[00:33:35]

Here is why you had the house slave and the field slave. [00:33:40] House slave says, we sick. When the master

is sick. [00:33:45] We not sick. The master is sick, but we sick. [00:33:50] So I've seen this before, [00:33:55] just not

in this avenue. So I'm interested to [00:34:00] see what the backlash

is going to be. For her and her fans.[00:34:05]

I know I'm no longer a Nicki [00:34:10] Minaj fan.

I told people, I told people this last election, yo, you voting for [00:34:15] Trump. I'm off you personal, personal people in my life. I said, if you voting for Trump, I'm off you [00:34:20] because I'll give you a pass the first time, even though I shouldn't give you grace, because he [00:34:25] said exactly who he was when he came down to escalator.

And he called [00:34:30] all Mexicans rapists and murderers. Right. I was like, he's telling you who he [00:34:35] is, but you wanted a change. You thought a businessman could be something [00:34:40] different.

Okay. But the second [00:34:45] time completely off of you and the third time has been even worse. So I'm [00:34:50] off

Nikki. And I'm off.

Anybody that supports that movement, [00:34:55] I'm off it and I'm not getting choked up. Something gets is caught in my throat. But [00:35:00] in a way, I am so angry [00:35:05] that somebody that's been so important to a [00:35:10] marginalized community would turn their back on that community. [00:35:15] I don't even really know what for, so [00:35:20] I'm off you and you're not being persecuted for your [00:35:25] Christian beliefs.

You're going to be persecuted for your bigotry [00:35:30]

and hatred as well. You should. [00:35:35] [00:35:40] All right,

so

this last segment. I'm gonna talk about relationships, [00:35:45] and I know y'all think, Bruce, why do you talk about relationships so much when all you have is failed [00:35:50] relationships? That's all anybody ever has is failed relationships. Look, what's a successful [00:35:55] relationship? You could date somebody for two weeks and it'd be successful.

You [00:36:00] could be with somebody for 30 years and it'd be not successful. I've had plenty of successful [00:36:05] relationships. They just haven't lasted so long, but [00:36:10] I could tell some BS when I see it. This story that I found on Reddit [00:36:15] was some bs. So the title of it was

“He Wants More Ass”: Reddit Story That Crossed the Line 😳📱🔥

[00:36:19] Bruce Anthony: He Wants [00:36:20] More Ass. And let me just say that What Man doesn't, but let me [00:36:25] really define what it is that I'm talking about.

These BBLs is getting outta [00:36:30] control. I, as a fitness professional, can tell you, you can [00:36:35] create an incredible ass. I had a very good friend of mine that I met in college. I [00:36:40] was in college, she was much older. I was 19, she was 25. [00:36:45] And when I met her, she was relatively thin. Relatively thin. [00:36:50] But she had decided, and this was all the way back in 1998, she had [00:36:55] decided that she was gonna work out, gain weight and get a booty.

And let [00:37:00] me tell you, she did. And it was a very nice booty. I like natural [00:37:05] booties. Right. I don't really like these BBL BBLs. Sometimes they're done. Well, [00:37:10] sometimes I'm just like, yo, your butt, cheeks and thighs do not match each other. This is [00:37:15] bad. Look, so I understand the appeal that [00:37:20] most men have to the dairy air.

And look, I happen to have, [00:37:25] you know. Better ass myself, okay? [00:37:30] Anybody that met me in person knows this and I could say, it's not just a male [00:37:35] thing. Women like a nice booty. You know, people like booty [00:37:40] and it ain't nothing wrong with it. It's natural. It's natural. What's [00:37:45] not natural is what this man did. So let me just read to you [00:37:50] guys what he did and then give you my thoughts on it.[00:37:55]

I am a female that's 43 years old. I'm a size [00:38:00] two. I left my boyfriend a male, 30 5-year-old of one and a half years [00:38:05] after we got into a fight, and he texted me that he hasn't had access to booty [00:38:10] our entire relationship and accused me of giving up being attractive because I [00:38:15] didn't build one form via squats.

I'm Asian and I've tried [00:38:20] everything. This is from a man who swore I had the perfect body all while I [00:38:25] caught all the, while I caught him constantly staring at curvier women. [00:38:30] Apparently my glutes were a con contractional obligation that I [00:38:35] failed to fulfill. Am I overreacting or did I just escape a lifetime [00:38:40] membership to planet Shittiness?

My Reddit sisters and brothers in Christ, [00:38:45] please advise. Now, I don't know if we've Reddit brothers and sisters in Christ. I'm not gonna [00:38:50] go quite that far, but this is what I will say. I [00:38:55] do have a particular type. I have a type that I am drawn to. [00:39:00] I'm not gonna tell y'all what that type is, but there is a physical [00:39:05] type that I am absolutely drawn to.

It's not the only [00:39:10] thing. There is one that,

that [00:39:15] that'll get me. Okay. Now,

[00:39:20] have I dated my nonphysical type? I have, I, [00:39:25] I've actually been in a relationship with women who were my nonphysical type [00:39:30] for an extended period of time because I dug their [00:39:35] personality and this is what I learned. This is what I learned.

I like a [00:39:40] nice booty myself. When he said he wasn't getting access to booty, he wasn't talking [00:39:45] about sex, he was talking about he wanted a curvier, butt cheeked girl, [00:39:50] woman, and she wasn't doing it. By the way, [00:39:55] just because you're Asian does not mean that you can't get a booty. But being a size two, [00:40:00] it's gonna take some work, right?

But it can happen. She would just have to hire somebody, but [00:40:05] only if she wanted to do that. Don't change your body for somebody else, [00:40:10] first and foremost. But this is what I discovered when I was dating people [00:40:15] who wasn't physically my type because I [00:40:20] liked them. They became more attractive to me. [00:40:25] Now, men, by and large, are very visual people.

Not a lot of [00:40:30] times men will have an open mind like I will of really trying to [00:40:35] get to know a woman and be her friend and not think of her as solely a [00:40:40] sexual object. I am more evolved recently,

[00:40:45] so, and when I say recently with like the last 10 more [00:40:50] evolved in

that manner,

[00:40:55] some men aren't. Okay.

I've experienced [00:41:00] that when I dig a person, if I could sit down and

have a [00:41:05] conversation with

you,

unless you have [00:41:10] just a back and then calves, right? Unless you go back in [00:41:15] calves and there's nothing back there. If you got a little something back there, [00:41:20] that's gonna be good enough for me because I dig your [00:41:25] spirit.

I, and, and this is what I'll also say, sex life in general [00:41:30] is always better when you actually like the person. A lot of the reasons why these people are in [00:41:35] these toxic relationships is because they have mental health issues that they need to address. [00:41:40] That's first and foremost. A lot of people out here are dating when they're depressed, [00:41:45] or anxiety is driving them, so on and so on, and they need to work on themselves.[00:41:50]

That's the reason why they're toxic, but. The reason [00:41:55] why they're drawn to each other is because they genuinely like each other. It's just not about sex. [00:42:00] Sex wears off and you have good sex [00:42:05] with, with almost anybody. If there are emotions attached to it, [00:42:10] if you care about them, if you like them, it's better.

Same thing with the visual [00:42:15] aspects and it, and it goes both ways, right? A woman can be, or a man could [00:42:20] be so physically attractive that you will. Move past the fact that [00:42:25] they have a dry ass personality or they're dumb because they're so attractive, but [00:42:30] that won't last that long, right? Because your [00:42:35] personality, unless you Nicki Minaj your person, or maybe that was always a personality.

Your personality doesn't [00:42:40] change that much. Your body can change completely. My body [00:42:45] changes four or five different times in a year. In a year. [00:42:50] So. Those aren't things to hold onto, but the personality always is. And [00:42:55] so when you care about somebody, [00:43:00] something that would be a quote unquote flaw to you, not saying it is a flaw, but quote [00:43:05] unquote flaw to you, you'll move past it.

I'm talking about physical quote [00:43:10] unquote physical flaws. You'll move past it because you dig 'em so much. And I have. I [00:43:15] have. That's the reason why I know this can be true.

My man just didn't care about [00:43:20] her.

When Attraction Fades Without Respect 💔🧠🚩

[00:43:22] Bruce Anthony: And it's good that she got out of it when she did, [00:43:25] because who demands you

to change your body for them?[00:43:30]

That's crazy. It means he's not happy with you as a [00:43:35] person and your whole being and who you are and yeah, that sucks. [00:43:40] Look, being rejected sucks. There is nothing about being rejected that you're [00:43:45] just like, oh, okay, that's cool. No, no. Being rejected no matter what. It is [00:43:50] sucks and yes, people try to avoid it at all costs, [00:43:55] but you gotta walk into that fire and, and face the face that [00:44:00] fire, face that burning heat to find out what you are on the other side of it.

[00:44:05] And that's cool that she left them. You not overreacting. You [00:44:10] should leave them because if somebody can't. Respect you and accept [00:44:15] you for who you are, what you are, and everything that you bring to the table, then it's on [00:44:20] to the next one. And I know that's a tough pill to swallow. It's been a year and a half.

It's gonna [00:44:25] take you about half a year to get over it. They say the amount of time that you date, half that nest [00:44:30] amount of time it takes for you to get over it. Um, you know, give or take, some people are just cold. [00:44:35] Some people say that they're over it, but aren't really right. You'll get over it. It [00:44:40] was a year and a half, and you'll find out somebody better Odds are you're gonna [00:44:45] find something better than what you had with them because if you find anybody [00:44:50] to accept you for your at entire being, then you've already improved in [00:44:55] your past situation.

Don't let your partner. Change you [00:45:00] physically. It's okay if they help you mentally and spiritually and emotionally [00:45:05] to better yourself. And it, and it's okay if you aren't really an active person and [00:45:10] you're dating an active partner and they, you know, they're like, Hey, look, I'm about to go for this run, [00:45:15] or I'm about to go for this hike.

You want to go. And, and, and maybe in that [00:45:20] regard, that's, that's healthy. As long as they're not pushing it on you and y'all are doing joint things [00:45:25] together, that's cool. But if they're trying to tell you, Hey, I want your breast to be bigger. [00:45:30] I want your booty to be bigger. I want your stomach to be flatter.

Guys are real [00:45:35] quick to judge everything about a woman's body, but not look at themselves. There [00:45:40] is a meme that I love on Instagram is these dudes is out here telling [00:45:45] women what they should and shouldn't look like. Meanwhile, their titties, the man's titties are [00:45:50] sweating, right? Like dudes is real. Dudes will just, I, I be [00:45:55] in the gym all the time.

Guys are always coming up to me, talking to [00:46:00] me about the other women in the gym and about, yeah, she'd be all right if she do this and this [00:46:05] and this, and I'm like, bruh, your hair is thinning. What are you [00:46:10] talking about? Your hair is thinning and you won't shave it. As soon as I got a little thin, I shaved [00:46:15] that bad boy, it had to come off because I wasn't gonna live that life.

I don't [00:46:20] sit out there and, and, and judge women for their bodies. [00:46:25] I don't, because I know how hard it is for a woman to change her body. It's a lot harder for a [00:46:30] woman than it is for a man, and that's coming from a fitness professional, right? That's [00:46:35] not just theories, that's the truth. But it's a lot of men [00:46:40] out here quick to judge women about the way they look, but unwilling to look at themselves [00:46:45] like they're this catch and they're not.

Odds are this dude had a lot of [00:46:50] physical characteristics that would make him be not attractive. You also, [00:46:55] ladies, look, men's eyes are always going to kind of wander. They, they [00:47:00] are. That's just who we are. We're, we're vi we're the visual gender. [00:47:05] Not to say that women aren't as well, but that's our thing.

We're visual. So we'll look. [00:47:10] A wandering eye isn't bad. It's healthy. As long as it doesn't lead to [00:47:15] anything, it's all right to look. Don't lear look quick, [00:47:20] glance, and then keep it on. Keep it moving. Right. This woman is not overreacting. Ma'am, you are [00:47:25] not overreacting. Be with somebody who accepts you for who you are.

Be Who You Are—or Walk Away: Closing Truths ✨🧠🚪

[00:47:29] Bruce Anthony: [00:47:30] You'll be a lot happier being who you are than trying to make [00:47:35] yourself into something that somebody will accept. That's the some of the [00:47:40] real advice I realist advice I can give to anybody out there for any situation. [00:47:45] Be who you are. People are going to either accept you or [00:47:50] they're not. If they don't, okay, then they're not supposed to be a part of your life.

It may [00:47:55] hurt, it may suck, but it'll be the healthiest thing that you [00:48:00] could ever do. And that's just my, you know, my message from me to you [00:48:05] is be who you are. No matter if you're Dave Chappelle and you're, and you're a truth [00:48:10] teller, that sometimes that truth don't land. Even if you're Nicki Minaj and [00:48:15] you're espousing hatred and bigotry, wish that she [00:48:20] wasn't.

That seems like that's who she is now. Okay. I accept the [00:48:25] fact that that's who she is and will no longer listen to her music. That's my [00:48:30] choice. 'cause I don't want that in my life. And this young lady cut that man [00:48:35] out because he wanted a woman with a little bit more ass. Well go out [00:48:40] there and get that woman with a little bit more ass.

But I bet you bet [00:48:45] you you're gonna regret the decision that you made. Because odds are, you [00:48:50] probably had a real one and you didn't even know how to treat a real one. [00:48:55] Unfortunately, most people don't. But on that note, ladies and [00:49:00] gentlemen, I want to thank you for listening. I want to thank you for watching, and [00:49:05] until next time, as

always, I [00:49:10] holler.

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