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Supreme Court Cases Impacting Black Americans, 12-Year-Old Killed at Football Game & Da'Vinchi Backlash · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: The Supreme Court is back with major cases on voting, discrimination,
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  Speaker 1: and immigration will break down what's at stake for Black Americans.
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  Speaker 1: And a 12-year-old girl was killed at a youth football
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  Speaker 1: game after police say two grown men started shooting over
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  Speaker 1: a parking space.
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  Speaker 2: Two grown men got into an argument, and now a
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  Speaker 2: 12-year-old is gone.
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  Speaker 1: Now there's been an arrest. And BMF actor Da Vinci
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  Speaker 1: is facing backlash over his comments about Black Americans and slavery.
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  Speaker 3: However, the story is much bigger. Like, Caucasians have enslaved Caucasians.
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  Speaker 3: Black people have enslaved Black.
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  Speaker 1: It's Friday, October 9th. From the Black Effect Podcast Network,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Amy Brown. This is Front Page, and here are
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  Speaker 1: the day's biggest stories. Stay with me. The Supreme Court
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  Speaker 1: is back in session, and several cases this term could
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  Speaker 1: have a direct impact on Black Americans. So let's break
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  Speaker 1: down what's coming. First, voting. There's a case out of
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  Speaker 1: Arizona over a law requiring people to show proof of U.S.
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  Speaker 1: citizenship when they register to vote. The question is whether
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  Speaker 1: the state can require that under federal voting law. And
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  Speaker 1: the concern from voting rights groups is pretty simple. What
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  Speaker 1: happens when somebody is eligible to vote but doesn't have
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  Speaker 1: the right paperwork? Could they lose access to the ballot? Second,
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  Speaker 1: there's workplace discrimination. The court will decide whether employees at
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  Speaker 1: school and universities that receive federal money can sue under
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  Speaker 1: a federal law that bans sex discrimination. Advocates say that
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  Speaker 1: could be especially important for Black women working in education.
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  Speaker 1: And then there's immigration. The Trump administration has been deporting
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  Speaker 1: some immigrants to countries. The question is whether the government
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  Speaker 1: has to give them enough notice and a chance to
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  Speaker 1: say they could be harmed or tortured in that country
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  Speaker 1: before sending them there. Advocates say Black immigrants, including Haitians,
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  Speaker 1: could especially be affected. And then there's something called the
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  Speaker 1: shadow docket. That sounds complicated, but it's really not. These
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  Speaker 1: are basically emergency decisions from the Supreme Court. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: waiting for a case to go through the entire process,
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  Speaker 1: the justices can step in quickly and decide what can
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  Speaker 1: happen right now while the larger legal fight continues. Justice
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  Speaker 1: Katonji Brown Jackson has repeatedly criticized how often the court
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  Speaker 1: is using that process, because even though these are emergency rulings,
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  Speaker 1: they can immediately change what the government is allowed to do.
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  Speaker 1: So those are some of the big things we'll be
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  Speaker 1: watching this term, voting rights, workplace protections, and immigration. And
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  Speaker 1: police have now made an arrest after a 12-year-old girl
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  Speaker 1: was shot and killed during a youth football game in Baltimore.
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  Speaker 1: Her name was Chloe. She was at Leon Day Park
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  Speaker 1: during a homecoming event for a youth football league. Families
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  Speaker 1: were there, kids were playing, then police say two men
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  Speaker 1: got into an argument over a parking space. and both
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  Speaker 1: of them pulled out guns. They started shooting at each other,
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  Speaker 1: and Chloe was caught in the middle. She was taken
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  Speaker 1: to the hospital where she died. Four adults were also injured.
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  Speaker 4: What we know is that there was some type of
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  Speaker 4: argument between two cowards, and of course they both opened
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  Speaker 4: fire on each other. At the end of the crossfire,
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  Speaker 4: a 12-year-old little girl, who was probably down there watching football,
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  Speaker 4: was shot and killed. At this time, I'll turn it
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  Speaker 4: over to Mayor Scott.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Commissioner. Two grown men got into an argument,
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  Speaker 2: and now a 12-year-old is gone. Two grown men got
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  Speaker 2: into an argument, and now a 12-year-old is gone. We
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  Speaker 2: should never have to say something like that.
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  Speaker 1: Police have now arrested 23-year-old Tyree Reynolds. He is facing murder,
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  Speaker 1: attempted murder, assault, and several other charges. Police are still investigating.
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  Speaker 1: And BMF actor Da Vinci is facing backlash over comments
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  Speaker 1: he made about black Americans, including what he had to
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  Speaker 1: say about slavery. It happened during a conversation with Cam
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  Speaker 1: Newton on his Funky Friday podcast. It started with Da
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  Speaker 1: Vinci talking about independence. He said some Americans, quote, incompetent
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  Speaker 1: for a really long time, pointing to adults who can't
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  Speaker 1: do basic things like their own laundry. The conversation then
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  Speaker 1: turned to black Americans. Cam Newton brought up a tension
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  Speaker 1: that has existed within the black community. The idea that
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  Speaker 1: some people from the Caribbean, Africa, or the UK look
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  Speaker 1: down on black Americans. Da Vinci said he thinks that
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  Speaker 1: does happen, but then the conversation went even further to slavery.
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  Speaker 1: Da Vinci said he thinks black Americans have to change
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  Speaker 1: the way they look at history. He pointed out that
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  Speaker 1: slavery has existed among different races throughout history, including white
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  Speaker 1: people enslaving white people and black people enslaving other black people.
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  Speaker 1: He argued that continuing to look at slavery, mainly through race,
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  Speaker 1: can keep people from moving forward.
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  Speaker 3: However, I do think it's unfortunate that we have so
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  Speaker 3: many people in the world and see that because of
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  Speaker 3: what people are doing. and dissent have gone through under
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  Speaker 3: the hands of Caucasians. However, the story is much bigger
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  Speaker 3: than that. Caucasians have enslaved Caucasians. Black people have enslaved Black.
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  Speaker 3: We're looking at history from a point of view that
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  Speaker 3: is cutting our legs off from under our feet to
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  Speaker 3: really be able.
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  Speaker 4: To move forward.
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  Speaker 1: And that part of the conversation is getting a lot
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  Speaker 1: of backlash because critics say it leaves out an important distinction.
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  Speaker 1: Slavery in the United States was specifically built around race.
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  Speaker 1: Black people were legally treated as property. that status could
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  Speaker 1: be passed down to their children. And when slavery ended,
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  Speaker 1: racial discrimination did not. It was followed by Jim Crow, segregation,
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  Speaker 1: and laws that continue to restrict where Black Americans could live, work,
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  Speaker 1: go to school, and vote. So critics say you can't
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  Speaker 1: acknowledge that slavery existed in other places and among other
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  Speaker 1: groups without treating those histories as the same. So far,
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  Speaker 1: Da Vinci has not publicly responded to the backlash, but
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  Speaker 1: I suspect he will next week. That's your front page.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Mimi Brown. This podcast was brought to you by
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  Speaker 1: the Black Effect Podcast Network.