I'm really just welcome to another episode, Truth of Power. I'm your host, Tiresie Lemmer. It's another one to talk about economic inclusion. And I want to talk about the Barrett-Ehrlich interview on the Breakfast Club.
Now, for those of you who don't know, Barrett-Ehrlich, he's a self-made billionaire. Really a self-made billionaire. I know the word gets known out of life. People use it, they overuse it, but Barrett-Ehrlich really grinds himself up from nothing to a billionaire.
He started off as a comic. He really wanted to set way up in the industry, in entertainment industry, and built entertainment studios, which is one of the largest media companies in the world. Barrett-Ehrlich, he's worth billions of dollars. He's a beginner.
And he also owns the World of Champions. Now, when he was on the Breakfast Club, he was talking about getting economically included into, I guess, like the entertainment world, but also just in the world in general, because I don't know how many people have started businesses or have a business, but for the most part, you won't find banks or you won't find any type of investors that are willing to give money to you. They give money to black businesses, so they can thrive and become better and become sufficient on their own. And in part, I want to discuss this as well before I really get into the interview that he was discussing.
Recently, John Bell Edwards was in the audience. The governor of Louisiana, the current governor of Louisiana, he was in the audience because he needed a black vote to win the election. He was going up against a response, Eddie was phony. They called him a phony, and I agree with him, a hundred percent per name.
But when John Bell Edwards was in the audience, the only thing he did was focus on the essence of the festival. He thought he did something big for the city of New Orleans, which is a big, which is a majority of black city. Not only that, I made it and some of the citizens of New Orleans thought he did something big for New Orleans, but he did nothing really. This is a majority of black city.
And like Baron Allen said on the Breakfast Club, we got to be very concise in our ask. We got to be very specific in our ask. We should have been asking, wow, mayor should have been asking for more resources to allocate to other black citizens of New Orleans, so they can build businesses and corporations. We don't need any more parties.
We have no parties in New Orleans that it is. It's a party city. I get it. It's part of the culture.
But it's time to change the culture of New Orleans and become an economic powerhouse for black people. So we can empower ourselves and empower our communities. And that's a great tragedy and the mindset of most of the people that live out here, we don't think like this. Now, just moving forward is, well, think about the interview that Baron Allen did.
For the most part, the brothers did a good job and understand that they are some people that reach a certain type of demographic. They reach the younger demographic. However, I think that it's also trying to reach the intelligent demographic as well, because sometimes they can veer off and start talking about mindsets. They don't really matter how they can do with the interview.
Like I think at one point, the answer is, oh, you should know somebody like this beside the point. You know, Baron Allen and his journey is something to be revered, really. The guy came from nothing came upon from being a standard comic. And it's something to be revered and something to be employed.
You know, just listen to the journey and all the steps you have to take. Now, Baron Allen is a big, he still gets economically, they still try economically and schooled him from business meetings, from ways to get money and things of that nature. Comcast in particular, they're violating civil rights and civil rights of black people, which is quite a case that they got coming up. And I think he said it's on November 16th, they have a court case with the Supreme Court.
Comcast does. But also, don't go. There's someone who produces only a horrific, hairy movie, the hairy, something biopic that they got running around in theaters. Comcast is trying to violate the civil rights of black people as a whole.
We need to start looking more and more today. I think they asked him to die more and do it, and I think he was very specific within it. But sometimes they can veer off and start talking about the other curious stuff that don't really matter. And I think also they were too much of being self driven with the questions, trying to see, oh, so you did it, then I could do it too.
Just give me your connections. Which is so much true. Which is so much true. Baron Allen has a lot of connections.
I mean, I'm being a big, he doesn't have a lot of connections. At the same time though, he still expresses a whole bunch of racism, which I don't think they was getting. And even when Diamond Dash was in a brothers club, I feel like they could have a better job with that guy because when he was telling him, he was spending a whole bunch of games with them. He was just like, hey, listen, you guys are basically how pale employees.
I'm talking about building my own business and my own corporation, but you guys are keeping this at a lower level. You guys have enough connections. You guys have enough clout to go here and start your own brothers club. You don't really need this cooperation that you're working for.
But then we as black people, we become too comfortable with working with the enemy. And I don't really think I have to spell it out to my people who the enemy is. We become too comfortable working with them and working for them. And somebody says it's a vouch, but never will never pay you enough so you can be your neighbor unless you're white.
Then you're supposed to do that because I was talking to my people about leadership today and I was telling them that my leadership style is a build more leaders. That's the type of leadership style that works for me and that works for me and that works for me. And it was, and I just think it's just very disheartening or just encouraging when I hear certain interviews, like the brothers club interview. Although I've been warned about some people on the brothers club and they've been calling and they don't really care about black people.
That they kind of like, it's like interchangeable to them whether they're black or not. But for the most part, they do with the certain demographic that could affect the lessons of the even nature. Now, Baron Allen, that guy is a guy. He even mentioned ADOS, the American Descentives of slaves, which is another guy saying, and he was talking about us becoming more economically included into discussions.
And like I've been saying all alone about economic inclusion, we're not asking, we're telling you that this is what's going to happen. We're going to get included to these meetings. We're going to get these norms from the banks because this is stuff that is altered. We're not begging.
This is stuff that's altered. And it's hard time that we start building businesses and corporations, especially when we outnumber most of the people in the city. We should be economic power out by ourselves. Anything else?
It's just ridiculous. Now, I want you guys to know I did plan on here staying on here longer than I actually am going to stay on, but I'm battling on my brain right now and I'm going to get off. But I want to thank you guys for tuning in tonight. I want to thank you guys for listening all the time.
I'm going to appreciate you. I just spoke truth to power. I want you guys to have a good night. And thank you for tuning in.
Also, I want to thank you guys for buying my book, Teas from the Stone. Thank you guys. I appreciate it. Got my next book coming up, George, just about my best life.
Working on the scripted exits and also doing all those pilot fixes on the way. I'm working with the studio tomorrow. So, you know, the pilot fixes on the way. I thank you guys for tuning in tonight.
I just spoke truth to power. You guys have a good night.