1 00:00:01,435 --> 00:00:04,705 NARRATOR: From New York City, the only city in America, 2 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:07,241 it's the show that invented news. 3 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:11,912 This is The Daily Show with your host, DL Hughley. 4 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:19,019 [theme music] 5 00:00:31,198 --> 00:00:32,332 Hey, what's going on everybody. 6 00:00:32,432 --> 00:00:36,036 How are you? 7 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:38,705 Welcome to The Daily Show. 8 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:41,875 I am-- I love you right back. 9 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:42,876 I love you like a rock. 10 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:45,846 And that's hard, dammit. 11 00:00:45,946 --> 00:00:47,948 I'm DL Hughley, and this is the very first 12 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:49,082 day of Black History Month. 13 00:00:49,183 --> 00:00:55,455 [audience cheering] 14 00:00:55,556 --> 00:00:57,257 White people never quite know what to do. 15 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:59,126 Oops. 16 00:00:59,226 --> 00:01:00,460 I'm sorry it's not longer. 17 00:01:00,561 --> 00:01:02,362 This is crazy. 18 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:03,730 I think it's cold out there. 19 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:06,066 It should be illegal to be this cold on the first day 20 00:01:06,099 --> 00:01:07,701 of Black History Month. 21 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:09,736 I don't even think Black History Month is in February 22 00:01:09,837 --> 00:01:10,771 because it's the shortest. 23 00:01:10,871 --> 00:01:12,239 I think it's because it's the coldest. 24 00:01:12,339 --> 00:01:13,574 That's why. 25 00:01:13,674 --> 00:01:15,442 Ain't no way in hell they gonna march in February. 26 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:18,345 I know that. 27 00:01:18,445 --> 00:01:20,347 You can have voters rights in May. 28 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:26,119 That's-- all right, we have a lot to talk about. 29 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:27,521 So we're going to get to the headlines. 30 00:01:27,621 --> 00:01:31,325 [music playing] 31 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:35,796 In big news today, a very, very famous quarterback-- 32 00:01:35,896 --> 00:01:38,098 a legendary quarterback, Tom Brady, 33 00:01:38,198 --> 00:01:40,400 said that he is retiring for good. 34 00:01:40,501 --> 00:01:45,472 [laughter and applause] 35 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:48,976 He should have a sandwich, though, because he's 36 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:52,112 retiring for good again. 37 00:01:52,179 --> 00:01:54,281 This dude retires more than Cher. 38 00:01:54,381 --> 00:01:57,885 I'm like-- but, of course, he's still breaking records. 39 00:01:57,985 --> 00:02:00,087 Not only is he the oldest quarterback in the NFL, 40 00:02:00,187 --> 00:02:04,525 now he's going to be the youngest retiree in Florida. 41 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:06,426 I can't wait to see Tom Brady riding around on a golf 42 00:02:06,527 --> 00:02:07,427 cart in the Villages. 43 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:10,063 It's going to be hilarious. 44 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:13,500 And here's some very good news for fans of casual sex. 45 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,702 Colleges around the country are starting 46 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:18,438 to install vending machines that sell the Plan B 47 00:02:18,539 --> 00:02:20,174 emergency contraception pill. 48 00:02:20,274 --> 00:02:26,813 [applause] 49 00:02:26,914 --> 00:02:29,149 I mean, I don't think you should rely on a vending 50 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:32,386 machine for your Plan B. I mean, by the time 51 00:02:32,486 --> 00:02:33,754 you find those couple of quarters, 52 00:02:33,854 --> 00:02:35,722 the baby is going to be born. 53 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:39,159 [laughs] Dad. 54 00:02:39,259 --> 00:02:40,894 Dad, why do you call me Doritos? 55 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:42,696 Because that's what dropped out instead of the pill. 56 00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:45,899 [laughter] 57 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:50,137 Now go find your brother, Cool Ranch, and get the car. 58 00:02:50,237 --> 00:02:51,872 And then some other news. 59 00:02:51,972 --> 00:02:54,441 Of course, the Memorial service for Tyre Nichols 60 00:02:54,541 --> 00:02:56,343 was held today. 61 00:02:56,443 --> 00:02:57,978 There were a lot of things that were 62 00:02:58,111 --> 00:02:59,780 interesting about the funeral, but there was something 63 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,682 that was slightly different. 64 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:02,883 MALE REPORTER: An emotional farewell 65 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:04,151 in Memphis, Tennessee. 66 00:03:04,251 --> 00:03:06,253 That's where hundreds of people gathered this afternoon 67 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:08,422 for the funeral service for Tyre 68 00:03:08,522 --> 00:03:12,059 Nichols, who was remembered as a loving brother, son, 69 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:13,093 and father. 70 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:14,228 FEMALE REPORTER: And this was also 71 00:03:14,328 --> 00:03:16,830 a call for justice with Vice President Harris 72 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:18,565 and the Reverend Al Sharpton pledging 73 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:20,934 to get policing reform passed. 74 00:03:21,068 --> 00:03:21,935 That is right. 75 00:03:22,069 --> 00:03:23,604 It is the very first time in history 76 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:26,540 that a president or vice president that have 77 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:28,742 attended the funeral of a Black person 78 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:29,977 that was slain by the police. 79 00:03:30,077 --> 00:03:32,312 So not even Obama. 80 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:33,313 He didn't go either. 81 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:35,082 So he sang a lot of-- 82 00:03:35,115 --> 00:03:36,817 Amazing Grace a lot of times, but not by people 83 00:03:36,917 --> 00:03:37,951 that were killed-- 84 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:39,386 Black people that were killed by the police. 85 00:03:39,486 --> 00:03:42,155 But Kamala went, and I'm very proud. 86 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:44,091 I'm happy she showed up in Black mode not in cop 87 00:03:44,191 --> 00:03:45,826 mode because-- 88 00:03:45,926 --> 00:03:47,961 I mean, she was a district attorney. 89 00:03:48,095 --> 00:03:50,163 And that could have been a sting operation. 90 00:03:50,264 --> 00:03:52,165 You know, they tell you you got a free TV, 91 00:03:52,266 --> 00:03:53,667 but you're just behind in child support, 92 00:03:53,767 --> 00:03:55,102 so you go to jail for-- never mind. 93 00:03:55,135 --> 00:03:56,103 I'm-- 94 00:03:56,136 --> 00:03:57,638 [laughter] 95 00:03:57,738 --> 00:04:00,107 I would have liked to see Mike Pence go to a Black funeral. 96 00:04:00,207 --> 00:04:03,210 That would have been funny as hell. 97 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:04,211 Jahim, is it? 98 00:04:04,311 --> 00:04:05,846 I'm sorry about your loss. 99 00:04:05,946 --> 00:04:06,847 Where's my wallet? 100 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:08,115 Oh, those are classified documents. 101 00:04:08,215 --> 00:04:09,116 I'm sorry. That's not that. 102 00:04:09,216 --> 00:04:16,123 [laughter and applause] 103 00:04:17,958 --> 00:04:20,694 But, seriously, there is a good reason to have 104 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:22,062 a Black vice president. 105 00:04:22,129 --> 00:04:23,497 If you're not going to do anything about police reform, 106 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:27,334 at least you can have somebody that goes to those funerals. 107 00:04:27,434 --> 00:04:30,737 But here is a crime story that is captivating the nation. 108 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:34,174 Somebody is [bleep] with animals. 109 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,944 Now to some good news overnight about two monkeys 110 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:38,846 that went missing from the Dallas Zoo. 111 00:04:38,946 --> 00:04:40,714 They have been found, but police 112 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:41,815 are still looking for the person 113 00:04:41,915 --> 00:04:43,116 who apparently took them. 114 00:04:43,217 --> 00:04:45,619 MALE REPORTER: This morning, mystery at the Dallas Zoo. 115 00:04:45,719 --> 00:04:47,821 Two missing emperor tamarin monkeys 116 00:04:47,921 --> 00:04:50,290 found in the closet of an abandoned home 117 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:53,093 the latest in a string of suspicious incidents. 118 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:56,196 Dallas police telling ABC News they received a tip directing 119 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:57,798 them to the monkey's location. 120 00:04:57,898 --> 00:04:59,900 Authorities say they're also trying to determine 121 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:02,369 if several incidents at the zoo last month, 122 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:05,405 including an escaped leopard and a suspicious death 123 00:05:05,506 --> 00:05:08,575 of an endangered vulture, are connected in any way. 124 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:14,248 And it's that unknown keeping zoo officials cautious. 125 00:05:14,348 --> 00:05:16,450 Those monkeys look like Civil War reenactors, don't they? 126 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:17,451 I mean-- 127 00:05:17,551 --> 00:05:22,322 [laughter] 128 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:23,924 Who snitched on the monkeys? 129 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:27,060 I don't understand that. 130 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,495 They look like Civil War reenactors. 131 00:05:28,595 --> 00:05:30,764 Dear Clarabell, the war drags on. 132 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:35,769 [laughter] 133 00:05:35,869 --> 00:05:40,440 My fondest wishes until the day we meet again. 134 00:05:40,541 --> 00:05:41,642 But they actually found the monkeys 135 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:43,944 because somebody next door heard a suspicious noise 136 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:45,212 and called the cops. 137 00:05:45,312 --> 00:05:46,747 So even monkeys got Karens. 138 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:49,683 It's crazy. 139 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:51,685 And they found these monkeys very fast. 140 00:05:51,785 --> 00:05:53,820 They found them faster than they find most people. 141 00:05:53,921 --> 00:05:56,223 So if I ever go missing, don't tell them I'm me. 142 00:05:56,323 --> 00:05:57,224 Tell them I'm a panda. 143 00:05:57,324 --> 00:06:00,327 I'm not-- here is my question. 144 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:02,396 How is the zoo going to accuse anyone 145 00:06:02,496 --> 00:06:06,800 else of stealing a monkey? 146 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:08,735 Where the hell did you get the monkey from? 147 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:15,676 [laughter and applause] 148 00:06:17,077 --> 00:06:19,046 For more on this kidnapping, we turn to Michael Costa, who is 149 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:21,548 at the Dallas Zoo right now. 150 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:22,549 Hey, Mike. 151 00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:27,888 [applause] 152 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,190 Michael, why the hell are you dressed like that? 153 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:33,160 Well, because I'm a professional, DL. 154 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:35,229 I wanted to see who's been stealing the animals, 155 00:06:35,329 --> 00:06:37,531 so I went undercover as a monkey 156 00:06:37,631 --> 00:06:39,566 and I infiltrated the zoo. 157 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:43,804 I spent $20,000 on this disguise. 158 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:45,572 You wasted your money. 159 00:06:45,672 --> 00:06:48,442 That disguise is shitty. 160 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:50,878 I can't believe the zookeepers, they haven't noticed you. 161 00:06:50,978 --> 00:06:52,613 Well, I don't know if you've been paying attention 162 00:06:52,713 --> 00:06:55,282 to this story, but the zookeepers here aren't exactly 163 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:57,384 the best and the brightest. 164 00:06:57,484 --> 00:07:00,487 They asked me if I was a monkey and I said yes, 165 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:02,055 and that was good enough for them. 166 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,925 [laughter] 167 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:08,028 All right, so how is the undercover operation going? 168 00:07:08,061 --> 00:07:09,429 Not great. 169 00:07:09,530 --> 00:07:12,199 I've been here a week, but I haven't seen any kidnappers. 170 00:07:12,299 --> 00:07:13,734 Even worse, one of the monkeys has 171 00:07:13,834 --> 00:07:16,303 been trying to mate with me. 172 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:18,205 I've been going along with it to keep my cover, 173 00:07:18,305 --> 00:07:21,108 but now it's getting pretty serious. 174 00:07:21,208 --> 00:07:23,043 I mean, she wants me to groom her back. 175 00:07:23,143 --> 00:07:25,612 And that's a big commitment in the monkey kingdom. 176 00:07:25,712 --> 00:07:29,116 Now I'm flattered, but I want to keep my options open. 177 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:32,719 There's a lot of hot monkeys in here. 178 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:34,555 Hey, Michael, why don't you get the hell out of here? 179 00:07:34,655 --> 00:07:35,923 Just tell the zoo guards who you 180 00:07:36,056 --> 00:07:37,925 are, and they're going to-- and that you want to leave. 181 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,059 I can't, DL. 182 00:07:39,092 --> 00:07:40,327 I'm a professional journalist. 183 00:07:40,427 --> 00:07:44,064 And I won't rest until I figure out who the kidnapper is. 184 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:45,632 Plus, I want to stay for lunch. 185 00:07:45,732 --> 00:07:47,334 We're getting grapes today. So-- 186 00:07:47,434 --> 00:07:48,335 [monkey screeching] 187 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:50,470 What? 188 00:07:50,571 --> 00:07:51,872 OK. 189 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:53,207 Sorry, DL, I got to go. 190 00:07:53,307 --> 00:07:54,241 Lucy's getting jealous. 191 00:07:54,341 --> 00:07:56,410 So-- he's just a friend. 192 00:07:56,510 --> 00:07:57,511 I'm allowed to have friends. 193 00:07:57,611 --> 00:07:58,846 [monkey screeching] 194 00:07:58,946 --> 00:07:59,847 Baby, come on. 195 00:08:00,013 --> 00:08:00,914 Don't be like that. 196 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:02,816 I mean, this is-- what are you going to-- 197 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:05,085 All right, best of luck in your new relationship, 198 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:07,287 Michael Costa. 199 00:08:07,387 --> 00:08:08,789 Michael Costa, everybody. 200 00:08:08,889 --> 00:08:11,124 When we come back, I am going to find out 201 00:08:11,225 --> 00:08:13,126 how you are celebrating Black History Month. 202 00:08:13,227 --> 00:08:14,127 You don't want to go away. 203 00:08:14,228 --> 00:08:17,598 [applause] 204 00:08:27,049 --> 00:08:33,489 [applause] 205 00:08:36,859 --> 00:08:38,861 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 206 00:08:38,961 --> 00:08:40,596 I was telling you that this is the very first 207 00:08:40,696 --> 00:08:41,597 day of Black History Month. 208 00:08:41,697 --> 00:08:42,932 So I thought I'd hit the streets 209 00:08:43,032 --> 00:08:46,068 to ask Black and white people how they were celebrating. 210 00:08:46,168 --> 00:08:48,838 As we enter yet another Black History Month, 211 00:08:48,938 --> 00:08:50,940 we thought it was important to connect with people 212 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,543 and to find out what their idea of Black History was. 213 00:08:54,643 --> 00:08:58,314 And nothing says Black history like Hollywood Boulevard. 214 00:08:58,414 --> 00:09:01,150 Actually, it's the closest that the crew would come to Martin 215 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:02,852 Luther King Boulevard, so-- 216 00:09:02,952 --> 00:09:05,020 [music playing] 217 00:09:05,121 --> 00:09:06,021 How are you? 218 00:09:06,122 --> 00:09:07,089 I'm doing good. 219 00:09:07,189 --> 00:09:08,090 It's Black History Month. 220 00:09:08,190 --> 00:09:09,091 Absolutely. 221 00:09:09,191 --> 00:09:10,426 What excites you the most about it? 222 00:09:10,526 --> 00:09:13,095 I think it's an opportunity we can celebrate ourselves, 223 00:09:13,195 --> 00:09:14,697 our contributions as a people. 224 00:09:14,797 --> 00:09:16,265 Like, it makes me feel good. 225 00:09:16,365 --> 00:09:17,299 I love Black History Month. 226 00:09:17,399 --> 00:09:18,300 What do you love about it? 227 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,770 Our kids are getting more educated. 228 00:09:20,870 --> 00:09:22,037 Not in Florida, though. 229 00:09:22,138 --> 00:09:23,639 Well, I don't know about Florida. 230 00:09:23,739 --> 00:09:24,640 Nobody does. 231 00:09:24,740 --> 00:09:26,542 What do you know about Black history? 232 00:09:26,642 --> 00:09:28,377 I'm a tourist, so I don't know much, 233 00:09:28,477 --> 00:09:29,512 but I respect everyone. 234 00:09:29,645 --> 00:09:30,646 I like white, Black, Brown. 235 00:09:30,746 --> 00:09:31,647 Everyone I love. 236 00:09:31,747 --> 00:09:32,648 I know, but they already had their turn. 237 00:09:32,748 --> 00:09:33,716 It's our turn now. 238 00:09:33,816 --> 00:09:35,017 What does Black History Month mean to you? 239 00:09:35,117 --> 00:09:36,819 - Celebration. - A celebration. 240 00:09:36,919 --> 00:09:39,755 Are there any Black people you'd like to celebrate? 241 00:09:39,855 --> 00:09:40,923 Martin Lawrence. 242 00:09:41,023 --> 00:09:42,658 Martin-- out of all the Black people in the world. 243 00:09:42,758 --> 00:09:43,726 I mean, I love-- 244 00:09:43,826 --> 00:09:44,827 Black History Month. 245 00:09:44,927 --> 00:09:45,828 Yes. 246 00:09:45,928 --> 00:09:46,896 You excited? 247 00:09:46,996 --> 00:09:47,897 It'll be my first. 248 00:09:47,997 --> 00:09:49,165 It's your first Black History Month? 249 00:09:49,265 --> 00:09:50,666 - Yeah. - How long have you been Black? 250 00:09:50,699 --> 00:09:55,037 [laughs] But we don't do it in South Africa. 251 00:09:55,137 --> 00:09:56,439 Oh, you don't do it in South Africa? 252 00:09:56,539 --> 00:09:58,674 What's the blackest thing you've ever done? 253 00:09:58,707 --> 00:10:01,277 I think when we have guests over 254 00:10:01,377 --> 00:10:02,878 and I don't want to share our food, 255 00:10:02,978 --> 00:10:05,714 we just all go hungry until they leave. 256 00:10:05,815 --> 00:10:07,283 What's the blackest thing you've ever done? 257 00:10:07,383 --> 00:10:08,851 - Eat chitlins. - Oh, man. 258 00:10:08,951 --> 00:10:11,921 I put a cereal in a Glad bag so I 259 00:10:12,021 --> 00:10:13,823 can keep it from the roaches. 260 00:10:13,923 --> 00:10:15,758 Because if the roach ate it first, 261 00:10:15,858 --> 00:10:17,126 I damn sure ain't going to eat it. 262 00:10:17,226 --> 00:10:18,561 That's so Black I'm embarrassed. 263 00:10:18,694 --> 00:10:20,262 Every time I go to a new city, 264 00:10:20,362 --> 00:10:21,564 I like to go to the grocery store. 265 00:10:21,697 --> 00:10:22,698 - Right. - I'll stop. 266 00:10:22,731 --> 00:10:23,933 I'll get some watermelon and some chicken. 267 00:10:24,033 --> 00:10:25,167 And I'll see if they'll say something 268 00:10:25,267 --> 00:10:26,836 to me at the register. 269 00:10:26,936 --> 00:10:28,104 Has anybody ever? 270 00:10:28,204 --> 00:10:29,505 Don't go to Mississippi. 271 00:10:29,638 --> 00:10:31,907 Have you ever been denied a loan? 272 00:10:32,007 --> 00:10:32,908 No, I haven't. 273 00:10:33,008 --> 00:10:34,143 No? 274 00:10:34,243 --> 00:10:37,046 That's probably the whitest thing you've ever done. 275 00:10:37,146 --> 00:10:39,148 What is the whitest thing you've ever done? 276 00:10:39,248 --> 00:10:40,249 Went surfing. 277 00:10:40,349 --> 00:10:41,650 You didn't-- shut up. 278 00:10:41,717 --> 00:10:43,018 And how did that work out? 279 00:10:43,119 --> 00:10:44,186 Oh, not very good. 280 00:10:44,286 --> 00:10:46,422 What is the whitest thing you've ever done? 281 00:10:46,522 --> 00:10:47,823 Improv. 282 00:10:47,923 --> 00:10:49,225 Pay my taxes. 283 00:10:49,325 --> 00:10:50,459 Mayonnaise. 284 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,662 Can you name any of the members of the Wu-tang Clan? 285 00:10:53,696 --> 00:10:54,964 No, I can't. 286 00:10:55,064 --> 00:10:57,933 Do you know any other words, to the Black national anthem? 287 00:10:58,033 --> 00:10:59,301 That's messed up, but I don't. 288 00:10:59,401 --> 00:11:03,339 Do you know any of the words to the Black national anthem? 289 00:11:03,439 --> 00:11:04,340 I know to stand up. 290 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:05,341 Even if you don't know the words. 291 00:11:05,441 --> 00:11:06,342 I don't know the words. 292 00:11:06,442 --> 00:11:07,510 You gonna be respectful. 293 00:11:07,676 --> 00:11:09,678 Can you name in any member of the Wu-Tang Clan? 294 00:11:09,779 --> 00:11:10,679 No. 295 00:11:10,746 --> 00:11:11,981 Have you ever been late somewhere? 296 00:11:12,081 --> 00:11:12,982 Heck no. 297 00:11:13,082 --> 00:11:14,183 I'm very punctual. 298 00:11:14,283 --> 00:11:15,217 That's pretty white. 299 00:11:15,317 --> 00:11:16,252 I know. 300 00:11:16,352 --> 00:11:18,854 Do you think Kanye should be forgiven? 301 00:11:18,954 --> 00:11:20,256 I think yeah. 302 00:11:20,356 --> 00:11:21,457 He just-- he needs help. 303 00:11:21,557 --> 00:11:22,558 OK. 304 00:11:22,691 --> 00:11:24,260 Do any of the members of the Wu-Tang Clan? 305 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:25,494 No. I don't know. 306 00:11:25,594 --> 00:11:26,729 That's messed up. 307 00:11:26,829 --> 00:11:28,764 You gonna to take my card from me right now. 308 00:11:28,864 --> 00:11:29,999 Give it here. Give it here. 309 00:11:30,099 --> 00:11:31,367 Give it here. 310 00:11:31,467 --> 00:11:32,935 Do you know any of the words to the Black national anthem? 311 00:11:33,035 --> 00:11:34,170 No. 312 00:11:34,270 --> 00:11:35,905 Do you know any of the members of the Wu-Tang Clan? 313 00:11:36,005 --> 00:11:37,173 - I do. - Who? 314 00:11:37,273 --> 00:11:40,376 Ghostface Killah, Raekwon. 315 00:11:40,476 --> 00:11:42,645 You got GZA, RZA. 316 00:11:42,678 --> 00:11:44,213 My [bleep]. My [bleep]. 317 00:11:44,313 --> 00:11:45,314 That's it. 318 00:11:45,414 --> 00:11:48,651 What is the blackest thing you've ever done? 319 00:11:48,717 --> 00:11:51,720 I went to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffle. 320 00:11:51,821 --> 00:11:52,822 Yeah. 321 00:11:52,922 --> 00:11:56,225 What is the blackest thing you've ever done? 322 00:11:56,325 --> 00:11:57,660 Oh, damn. 323 00:11:57,693 --> 00:11:58,727 That's pretty Black right there. 324 00:11:58,828 --> 00:11:59,995 Yeah. 325 00:12:00,096 --> 00:12:02,264 Do you follow anybody on Black Twitter? 326 00:12:02,364 --> 00:12:03,399 I don't have a Black Twitter. 327 00:12:03,499 --> 00:12:05,868 Smoke weed. 328 00:12:05,968 --> 00:12:07,369 I was in a hip-hop group in high school. 329 00:12:07,470 --> 00:12:08,370 No, you weren't. 330 00:12:08,471 --> 00:12:09,371 I was. 331 00:12:09,472 --> 00:12:11,107 What was your name in the group? 332 00:12:11,207 --> 00:12:12,108 Big and Tasty. 333 00:12:12,208 --> 00:12:13,375 Big and Tasty. 334 00:12:13,476 --> 00:12:14,376 Give me something. 335 00:12:14,477 --> 00:12:15,811 Look at me, look at me, look at me. 336 00:12:15,911 --> 00:12:17,246 Bread chasing like a bakery. 337 00:12:17,346 --> 00:12:18,247 Like, I don't know. 338 00:12:18,347 --> 00:12:19,348 I like that. 339 00:12:19,448 --> 00:12:23,185 What is the blackest thing you've ever done? 340 00:12:23,285 --> 00:12:24,186 That's a racist question. 341 00:12:24,286 --> 00:12:25,187 Of course. 342 00:12:25,287 --> 00:12:26,455 Of course it is. 343 00:12:26,622 --> 00:12:29,425 [laughs] What is the blackest thing you've ever done? 344 00:12:29,525 --> 00:12:30,426 Talking to you. 345 00:12:30,526 --> 00:12:31,927 [laughs] 346 00:12:32,027 --> 00:12:34,396 [applause] 347 00:12:34,497 --> 00:12:36,799 All right, stay tuned because when we come back, 348 00:12:36,899 --> 00:12:39,401 Domonique Foxworth will be joining me on the show. 349 00:12:39,502 --> 00:12:40,536 You don't want to miss that. 350 00:12:40,636 --> 00:12:43,706 [applause] 351 00:12:51,847 --> 00:12:53,616 [applause] 352 00:12:53,716 --> 00:12:59,455 [cheering] 353 00:12:59,555 --> 00:13:01,557 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 354 00:13:01,657 --> 00:13:04,026 My guest tonight is a former NFL 355 00:13:04,126 --> 00:13:07,296 player and the president of the NFL Players Association. 356 00:13:07,396 --> 00:13:08,931 He is now a writer and a commentator. 357 00:13:09,031 --> 00:13:10,900 Please welcome Domonique Foxworth. 358 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,835 [applause] 359 00:13:12,935 --> 00:13:14,303 [cheering] 360 00:13:14,403 --> 00:13:21,410 [music playing] 361 00:13:25,714 --> 00:13:27,550 Happy, Happy Black History Month. 362 00:13:27,650 --> 00:13:29,451 Oh, Happy Black History month to you, too. 363 00:13:29,552 --> 00:13:31,253 I appreciate all the white people celebrating. 364 00:13:31,353 --> 00:13:33,422 They don't know who I am, but they clap for me anyway. 365 00:13:33,522 --> 00:13:34,423 Oh, no. 366 00:13:34,523 --> 00:13:36,559 They both think we're in the NFL. 367 00:13:36,659 --> 00:13:38,260 You know what's interesting, it is 368 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,864 Black History Month, and the first day Tom Brady 369 00:13:41,964 --> 00:13:42,932 announces his retirement. 370 00:13:43,032 --> 00:13:45,367 Oh, gosh, yeah, I mean, and on the day, 371 00:13:45,467 --> 00:13:46,569 or leading up to the Super Bowl-- 372 00:13:46,669 --> 00:13:47,570 Right. 373 00:13:47,670 --> 00:13:49,238 --first two Black quarterbacks 374 00:13:49,338 --> 00:13:50,639 in the Super Bowl ever. 375 00:13:50,739 --> 00:13:51,640 And we also had. 376 00:13:51,740 --> 00:13:53,208 [applause] 377 00:13:53,309 --> 00:13:56,979 We also had over the weekend, what 378 00:13:57,079 --> 00:13:59,615 I believe to be the Blackest moment in playoff history. 379 00:13:59,715 --> 00:14:01,984 I don't know if you saw Patrick Mahomes' Daddy 380 00:14:02,084 --> 00:14:04,286 on the sideline, Patrick Lavon Mahomes' Daddy 381 00:14:04,453 --> 00:14:05,287 on the sideline. 382 00:14:05,454 --> 00:14:06,455 Oh, I loved it. 383 00:14:06,522 --> 00:14:09,491 It sounded so much like my Black uncles, it was. 384 00:14:09,592 --> 00:14:11,293 When you say, his middle name? 385 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:12,294 Oh, Lavon. 386 00:14:12,461 --> 00:14:13,529 Then it's going to be Black. 387 00:14:13,629 --> 00:14:15,931 Oh, yeah, it was the familiar din of a Black uncle. 388 00:14:16,031 --> 00:14:17,132 It was it was. 389 00:14:17,233 --> 00:14:19,702 It sounded like a like a leather baseball cap and-- 390 00:14:19,802 --> 00:14:21,036 It's the Blackest Super Bowl ever! 391 00:14:21,136 --> 00:14:22,037 Oh, oh. 392 00:14:22,137 --> 00:14:23,372 So good. 393 00:14:23,472 --> 00:14:27,142 That's the kind of dude come over, you hide the jewelry. 394 00:14:27,243 --> 00:14:29,945 Said, I'm not going on that Joe Burrow. 395 00:14:30,045 --> 00:14:31,714 Sounded just like my uncle. 396 00:14:31,814 --> 00:14:34,116 But it is, it's historic, two Black quarterbacks 397 00:14:34,216 --> 00:14:35,484 starting for the first time. 398 00:14:35,551 --> 00:14:36,685 What does that mean to you? 399 00:14:36,785 --> 00:14:38,153 You're a former player, what does that mean to you? 400 00:14:38,254 --> 00:14:40,856 I mean, I think it represents, 401 00:14:40,956 --> 00:14:42,958 I hate the word progress, but it does kind 402 00:14:43,058 --> 00:14:44,493 of represent some progress. 403 00:14:44,593 --> 00:14:46,495 I mean, there's lots of other things in the NFL 404 00:14:46,595 --> 00:14:48,497 and in the world, frankly, that we need to work towards. 405 00:14:48,564 --> 00:14:51,100 But one thing that we've had to finally accept, 406 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,103 is Black quarterbacks are perfect leaders, 407 00:14:54,203 --> 00:14:55,104 perfect quarterbacks, and-- 408 00:14:55,204 --> 00:14:56,438 The problem was that they didn't think 409 00:14:56,538 --> 00:14:57,573 they had the intelligence. 410 00:14:57,673 --> 00:14:58,707 [applause] 411 00:14:58,807 --> 00:15:01,343 I think it's one, about the intelligence. 412 00:15:01,443 --> 00:15:02,478 And the leadership. 413 00:15:02,578 --> 00:15:04,313 And also, and the leadership, and it's also 414 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:06,148 about y'all, like frankly. 415 00:15:06,248 --> 00:15:10,352 It's about what the quarterback represents on the football 416 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:14,790 team is something that white people and America in general 417 00:15:14,890 --> 00:15:16,225 were never comfortable with seeing 418 00:15:16,325 --> 00:15:18,694 a Black person represent that. 419 00:15:18,794 --> 00:15:20,596 So it's been great to see. 420 00:15:20,696 --> 00:15:23,799 Not only have so many successful Black quarterbacks, 421 00:15:23,899 --> 00:15:25,601 and we saw even some quarterbacks 422 00:15:25,701 --> 00:15:26,869 that are Black that aren't good, 423 00:15:26,969 --> 00:15:29,672 which is showing progress too. 424 00:15:29,772 --> 00:15:31,040 We could be just as shitty as you guys. 425 00:15:31,140 --> 00:15:33,108 I mean, that is progress. 426 00:15:33,208 --> 00:15:36,111 But the most like exciting thing about it, 427 00:15:36,211 --> 00:15:38,047 is the future of the league, the best 428 00:15:38,147 --> 00:15:39,481 quarterback that I think any of us 429 00:15:39,548 --> 00:15:42,051 have ever seen is Patrick Mahomes. 430 00:15:42,151 --> 00:15:43,852 I think, I've never seen anybody be 431 00:15:43,953 --> 00:15:46,188 able to do the things he does. 432 00:15:46,288 --> 00:15:47,523 Now, you got to, of course, you got 433 00:15:47,623 --> 00:15:49,024 to be great over a long period of time, 434 00:15:49,124 --> 00:15:50,826 because there are people who started out that way. 435 00:15:50,926 --> 00:15:53,929 I thought what Cam Newton was doing was remarkable. 436 00:15:54,029 --> 00:15:56,031 And then you see what happens. 437 00:15:56,131 --> 00:15:57,933 It's interesting, because we talk about football, 438 00:15:58,033 --> 00:16:01,203 and there's a marked difference between the way 439 00:16:01,303 --> 00:16:04,473 players in the NFL are treated and the way players in the NBA 440 00:16:04,573 --> 00:16:05,574 are treated. 441 00:16:05,674 --> 00:16:09,011 And I think primarily, it is the ownership. 442 00:16:09,111 --> 00:16:11,981 I think that the ownership in the NFL 443 00:16:12,081 --> 00:16:14,884 has a decidedly different view of their commodity 444 00:16:14,984 --> 00:16:16,018 than the NBA does. 445 00:16:16,118 --> 00:16:18,988 Like, you would never see an NFL, NBA owner 446 00:16:19,088 --> 00:16:21,891 talk to a major star like NFL. 447 00:16:21,991 --> 00:16:23,692 If somebody talked to LeBron James 448 00:16:23,792 --> 00:16:26,729 like they talk to some of these stars, it would be over. 449 00:16:26,829 --> 00:16:29,465 Yeah, I mean, LeBron James has a disproportionate amount 450 00:16:29,531 --> 00:16:30,566 of power. 451 00:16:30,666 --> 00:16:33,569 But like, singling out the NFL and trust me, 452 00:16:33,669 --> 00:16:35,604 I'm not going to be up here defending the NFL, 453 00:16:35,704 --> 00:16:38,073 but the NFL exists in our society. 454 00:16:38,173 --> 00:16:39,909 And frankly, NFL is no different 455 00:16:40,009 --> 00:16:41,543 than any other workplace. 456 00:16:41,644 --> 00:16:42,745 Absolutely, right. 457 00:16:42,845 --> 00:16:44,313 And so like the hierarchy that exists in the NFL, 458 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,615 it's like it's going to be Blacker at the bottom, 459 00:16:46,715 --> 00:16:48,484 or minorities at the bottom. 460 00:16:48,584 --> 00:16:51,020 And you go up higher and higher and there's less risk, 461 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,022 there's less danger, there's less injury, 462 00:16:53,122 --> 00:16:54,890 there's less pain, but there's more money, 463 00:16:54,990 --> 00:16:57,426 there's more success, there's more protection. 464 00:16:57,493 --> 00:16:59,495 And that's like, that's true in the NFL. 465 00:16:59,595 --> 00:17:01,430 And frankly, that's true in the NBA. 466 00:17:01,497 --> 00:17:02,765 That's true-- - Everywhere. 467 00:17:02,865 --> 00:17:04,767 Everywhere that's y'all work, it's true. 468 00:17:04,867 --> 00:17:06,035 It's true in this building. 469 00:17:06,135 --> 00:17:07,503 Sorry, they may not have me back. 470 00:17:07,603 --> 00:17:08,938 - Not in this building. - Yeah, yeah, OK. 471 00:17:09,038 --> 00:17:09,939 Not today. 472 00:17:10,039 --> 00:17:11,974 Yeah, not today. 473 00:17:12,074 --> 00:17:15,044 It's interesting, because we watched, 474 00:17:15,144 --> 00:17:19,648 when I watch what happened to Hamlin on the field, 475 00:17:19,748 --> 00:17:23,018 I was personally like, like, because I watch football 476 00:17:23,118 --> 00:17:25,454 a very long time, and I'm sure you've seen a lot of injuries. 477 00:17:25,521 --> 00:17:27,156 I don't know that I've ever seen anything like that. 478 00:17:27,256 --> 00:17:28,457 Yeah. 479 00:17:28,490 --> 00:17:33,128 And the way that the players reacted, it was hurtful. 480 00:17:33,229 --> 00:17:35,197 I mean, obviously, you were sad that somebody 481 00:17:35,297 --> 00:17:37,967 was suffering there, but it was such a beautiful human moment. 482 00:17:38,067 --> 00:17:41,103 Because the NFL got to be human. 483 00:17:41,203 --> 00:17:42,471 Yeah. 484 00:17:42,538 --> 00:17:43,739 Like the coaches, were like, we ain't playing this game. 485 00:17:43,839 --> 00:17:45,241 And the owners are like, yes, you are. 486 00:17:45,341 --> 00:17:46,375 Exactly. 487 00:17:46,475 --> 00:17:49,979 So you got to see men that just were empathic 488 00:17:50,079 --> 00:17:52,581 and just men who were crying and praying. 489 00:17:52,681 --> 00:17:53,983 And not because they won or they 490 00:17:54,083 --> 00:17:56,785 lost, because they were praying for somebody who was in need. 491 00:17:56,886 --> 00:17:58,821 I played for, I played a long time. 492 00:17:58,921 --> 00:18:01,991 I was in a game where a player got paralyzed on the field 493 00:18:02,091 --> 00:18:03,225 and he was taken off. 494 00:18:03,325 --> 00:18:05,294 We waited five minutes, warmed up, and played again. 495 00:18:05,427 --> 00:18:06,428 All right. 496 00:18:06,528 --> 00:18:08,464 I played in a preseason game where a player died 497 00:18:08,564 --> 00:18:09,698 in the locker room afterwards. 498 00:18:09,798 --> 00:18:11,567 Like, I've been around some ugly parts of football. 499 00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:13,269 But to your point, I've never seen anything like-- 500 00:18:13,435 --> 00:18:15,037 What do you think was different about that? 501 00:18:15,137 --> 00:18:17,640 That particular play, his heart stopped on the field. 502 00:18:17,740 --> 00:18:19,341 I mean, but we've seen people pass out, 503 00:18:19,441 --> 00:18:21,243 we've seen people have, but there was something different 504 00:18:21,343 --> 00:18:22,845 about that that made, because I didn't think 505 00:18:22,945 --> 00:18:24,013 it was all that bad at first. 506 00:18:24,113 --> 00:18:25,014 Right, none of us did. 507 00:18:25,114 --> 00:18:28,817 Hell, I passed out during COVID, so. 508 00:18:28,918 --> 00:18:31,253 But there was the way, because I think that people are used 509 00:18:31,353 --> 00:18:33,455 to certain types of injuries or seeing 510 00:18:33,522 --> 00:18:35,524 certain types of things, but that scared everybody. 511 00:18:35,624 --> 00:18:37,326 Yeah, the reaction from the players 512 00:18:37,459 --> 00:18:39,028 really like scared all of us. 513 00:18:39,128 --> 00:18:41,797 And I think this all goes back to the original conversation 514 00:18:41,897 --> 00:18:44,900 that we were having about like American culture 515 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,536 and the hierarchy that exists is, you show up 516 00:18:47,636 --> 00:18:49,505 at those games as a player, and you 517 00:18:49,605 --> 00:18:51,907 know that there is no limit to the risk that you're taking. 518 00:18:52,007 --> 00:18:53,776 - Right. - Awful things can happen. 519 00:18:53,876 --> 00:18:54,810 Why would you do it, though? 520 00:18:54,910 --> 00:18:56,445 Well, you do it because you grow up, 521 00:18:56,545 --> 00:18:58,280 so when you were a kid and you want to play football, 522 00:18:58,414 --> 00:19:02,418 you decide before you're like of clear mind. 523 00:19:02,484 --> 00:19:03,819 And then you show a propensity for it. 524 00:19:03,919 --> 00:19:05,120 And people just keep pushing you along, 525 00:19:05,221 --> 00:19:06,121 keep pushing you along. 526 00:19:06,222 --> 00:19:07,523 And nothing's wrong with that. 527 00:19:07,623 --> 00:19:10,726 And frankly, when I came up, we were unaware of the CTE stuff. 528 00:19:10,826 --> 00:19:12,061 That came out while I was in the league. 529 00:19:12,161 --> 00:19:13,329 Would that have changed your mind? 530 00:19:13,429 --> 00:19:15,531 I like to think it would, but I doubt that it would. 531 00:19:15,631 --> 00:19:18,033 And to be honest with you, I don't begrudge 532 00:19:18,133 --> 00:19:20,269 any of the players now for participating 533 00:19:20,436 --> 00:19:21,904 in a game knowing the risks that it takes. 534 00:19:22,004 --> 00:19:23,572 The thing that frustrates me, is 535 00:19:23,672 --> 00:19:26,041 there is a cap on the amount of money 536 00:19:26,141 --> 00:19:28,744 they can make, on the amount of like health care 537 00:19:28,844 --> 00:19:29,812 they can receive. 538 00:19:29,912 --> 00:19:31,513 The league negotiates for a cap on that. 539 00:19:31,614 --> 00:19:33,048 But on the other side, the owners, 540 00:19:33,148 --> 00:19:35,584 the coaches, the general managers, there's no cap on-- 541 00:19:35,684 --> 00:19:36,919 But that's up to the players really, 542 00:19:37,019 --> 00:19:40,589 because there's a sense that if NFL players didn't play, 543 00:19:40,689 --> 00:19:41,657 that shit would be rugby. 544 00:19:41,757 --> 00:19:43,292 Right, yeah. 545 00:19:43,459 --> 00:19:45,828 And I think the goal is to make you pretend 546 00:19:45,928 --> 00:19:46,896 like you don't have a choice or believe 547 00:19:46,996 --> 00:19:48,130 you don't have a choice. 548 00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:49,465 You go to some of the finest institutions of higher 549 00:19:49,565 --> 00:19:51,500 learning on the face of the Earth, you went to Harvard, 550 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:52,835 you're a very bright man. 551 00:19:52,935 --> 00:19:56,705 But to make you believe that you're beholden to a thing 552 00:19:56,805 --> 00:19:58,941 because in your mind, it's the biggest game in town. 553 00:19:59,041 --> 00:20:00,476 So, I agree, and I understand. 554 00:20:00,576 --> 00:20:02,811 So to be clear, I went to Harvard Business School. 555 00:20:02,912 --> 00:20:05,114 I'm a Terp through and through, first of all. 556 00:20:05,214 --> 00:20:06,649 But the first-- 557 00:20:06,749 --> 00:20:07,750 He's down playing Harvard. 558 00:20:07,850 --> 00:20:08,784 Yeah, man. 559 00:20:08,884 --> 00:20:10,519 I know somebody went to the New School. 560 00:20:10,619 --> 00:20:12,621 Let me tell you-- 561 00:20:12,721 --> 00:20:13,622 [cheering] 562 00:20:13,722 --> 00:20:20,429 I would say that, quality call back. 563 00:20:20,529 --> 00:20:22,064 Harvard is no New School, let me tell you that. 564 00:20:22,164 --> 00:20:23,732 Quality callback. 565 00:20:23,832 --> 00:20:26,235 Now, I would say that I get your point. 566 00:20:26,335 --> 00:20:28,237 And I'm sorry to sound like a broken record, 567 00:20:28,337 --> 00:20:29,939 but like we all exist in this society. 568 00:20:30,039 --> 00:20:32,274 And I think the players as a whole, solidarity is power. 569 00:20:32,441 --> 00:20:33,475 Absolutely. 570 00:20:33,576 --> 00:20:35,711 If they stop playing, you can get what you want. 571 00:20:35,811 --> 00:20:37,179 And all of us can get the things that we 572 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:38,681 want if we band together. 573 00:20:38,781 --> 00:20:41,850 But the challenging thing about negotiating with the owners, 574 00:20:41,951 --> 00:20:43,319 it's the same thing that we all face, 575 00:20:43,452 --> 00:20:45,721 is trying to change a system that's entrenched. 576 00:20:45,821 --> 00:20:48,090 The people who are already in power in that situation. 577 00:20:48,190 --> 00:20:51,193 So if you are to strike if you're a player, if you're 578 00:20:51,293 --> 00:20:52,528 a group of players to get what you want, 579 00:20:52,628 --> 00:20:54,730 that's essentially a war of attrition. 580 00:20:54,830 --> 00:20:57,299 The Commanders, the Washington Football Team, it's reported 581 00:20:57,399 --> 00:20:58,767 going to sell for $8 billion. 582 00:20:58,867 --> 00:20:59,969 Right. 583 00:21:00,069 --> 00:21:01,670 How do players win a war of attrition against them? 584 00:21:01,770 --> 00:21:03,472 And then you compound that by the fact 585 00:21:03,572 --> 00:21:05,140 that we get pressure from everywhere. 586 00:21:05,241 --> 00:21:06,141 Sure. 587 00:21:06,242 --> 00:21:07,810 No one comes down, so rarely, I 588 00:21:07,910 --> 00:21:09,678 think it's changing some now, but so rarely 589 00:21:09,778 --> 00:21:12,014 do fans come down on the owners when there's an issue. 590 00:21:12,114 --> 00:21:13,015 Not at all. 591 00:21:13,115 --> 00:21:14,416 They mad at the players all the time. 592 00:21:14,483 --> 00:21:16,552 Because that's the face, or they can't even see the face, 593 00:21:16,652 --> 00:21:19,154 because they have a helmet on. 594 00:21:19,255 --> 00:21:21,824 I think you guys have a tremendous amount of pressure 595 00:21:21,924 --> 00:21:26,695 on you externally, because if you are an athlete, 596 00:21:26,795 --> 00:21:28,831 people aspire to be. 597 00:21:28,931 --> 00:21:30,900 And there's a amount of external pressure 598 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,202 that society from a civic perspective, 599 00:21:33,302 --> 00:21:38,007 from a cultural perspective, from activism perspective. 600 00:21:38,107 --> 00:21:40,442 And it's really important, because the only time 601 00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:42,444 generally they see Black people would be running, 602 00:21:42,511 --> 00:21:43,612 jumping, singing or dancing. - Yeah. 603 00:21:43,712 --> 00:21:44,914 It really is. 604 00:21:45,014 --> 00:21:46,682 It's the only time we have everybody's rapt attention. 605 00:21:46,782 --> 00:21:48,183 And so how do you balance the fact 606 00:21:48,284 --> 00:21:51,020 that you are a professional, you have commitments, 607 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:52,721 you have to, you're obligated to, 608 00:21:52,821 --> 00:21:54,924 but you still have a commitment to making 609 00:21:55,024 --> 00:21:56,859 things better for a community? 610 00:21:56,959 --> 00:21:58,227 And so it's unfair, but that's life. 611 00:21:58,394 --> 00:22:01,130 It's unfair that responsibility falls on Black players, 612 00:22:01,230 --> 00:22:03,265 because it doesn't fall on white players. 613 00:22:03,399 --> 00:22:06,302 Like, no one has this expectation of white players 614 00:22:06,402 --> 00:22:07,636 to do the same thing. 615 00:22:07,736 --> 00:22:09,572 But as Black players, they all know that that expectation 616 00:22:09,672 --> 00:22:10,706 falls on them. 617 00:22:10,806 --> 00:22:12,841 But I think Howard Bryant wrote a great book 618 00:22:12,942 --> 00:22:14,476 called The Heritage, about the history 619 00:22:14,577 --> 00:22:15,978 of activism and athletes. 620 00:22:16,078 --> 00:22:17,279 And it's changed. 621 00:22:17,413 --> 00:22:20,816 The position of the players and activism has changed. 622 00:22:20,916 --> 00:22:22,518 And I think that it's incumbent on us 623 00:22:22,618 --> 00:22:25,554 as spectators and people who care about it, to understand 624 00:22:25,654 --> 00:22:27,623 that athletes aren't activists anymore 625 00:22:27,723 --> 00:22:29,191 as much as they are like flashlights. 626 00:22:29,291 --> 00:22:30,192 Right. 627 00:22:30,292 --> 00:22:32,861 There are not entrenched in the fight 628 00:22:32,962 --> 00:22:35,698 in the way that say Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was, 629 00:22:35,798 --> 00:22:36,765 which is fine. 630 00:22:36,865 --> 00:22:38,567 So when they get an opportunity and they 631 00:22:38,667 --> 00:22:42,438 say, look over at Tyre Nichols, then it's our job to jump in. 632 00:22:42,538 --> 00:22:45,074 Because we can't expect them to commit themselves 633 00:22:45,174 --> 00:22:46,909 to being the best in the world, and then 634 00:22:47,009 --> 00:22:48,777 also commit themselves to be on top 635 00:22:48,877 --> 00:22:49,979 of the latest reading and the latest 636 00:22:50,079 --> 00:22:50,980 like social justice strategy. 637 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,481 But it's really self-preservation. 638 00:22:52,581 --> 00:22:55,317 Virtually every skill set that got you on that field will get 639 00:22:55,417 --> 00:22:57,720 you, what makes you a hero on Sunday, 640 00:22:57,820 --> 00:22:59,488 will make you a target on Monday. 641 00:22:59,588 --> 00:23:01,090 If you're big, you're fast, you're strong, 642 00:23:01,190 --> 00:23:03,726 and you're Black on Sunday, that's an attribute. 643 00:23:03,826 --> 00:23:08,063 On the streets of this country, it is a detriment. 644 00:23:08,163 --> 00:23:09,965 So it is self-preservation. 645 00:23:10,065 --> 00:23:12,301 There's one, there's only one standard I have. 646 00:23:12,401 --> 00:23:14,570 Do what you can to the best of your ability. 647 00:23:14,670 --> 00:23:17,706 Do what you can for as long as you can for all that you can. 648 00:23:17,806 --> 00:23:19,708 And I think that one thing I will say about you, 649 00:23:19,808 --> 00:23:21,210 even if I got a chance to meet you, 650 00:23:21,310 --> 00:23:23,746 I love how erudite you are. 651 00:23:23,846 --> 00:23:25,414 I love how nuanced are. 652 00:23:25,514 --> 00:23:27,550 Because most things aren't just black and white. 653 00:23:27,650 --> 00:23:31,086 And I love how you don't just depend on your physicality. 654 00:23:31,186 --> 00:23:32,588 You have never just depended on that. 655 00:23:32,688 --> 00:23:36,525 But I hated how you played, you said, I went to, I'm a Terp! 656 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:40,462 Nobody would ever put Maryland above Harvard on any resume! 657 00:23:40,563 --> 00:23:41,564 I would. 658 00:23:41,664 --> 00:23:47,469 But it ain't no New school. 659 00:23:47,570 --> 00:23:49,705 You've seen that there's a pretty broad continuum 660 00:23:49,805 --> 00:23:52,207 of experience between the way the NFL was then 661 00:23:52,308 --> 00:23:53,309 and it is now. 662 00:23:53,442 --> 00:23:55,711 Are you more heartened or more disappointed 663 00:23:55,811 --> 00:23:57,212 by the direction it's going? 664 00:23:57,313 --> 00:24:00,216 Yeah, um, I think that's a tough question. 665 00:24:00,316 --> 00:24:01,217 I think I am-- that's 666 00:24:01,317 --> 00:24:02,451 Why I'm here, baby, come on now. 667 00:24:02,551 --> 00:24:03,452 Yeah. 668 00:24:03,552 --> 00:24:06,121 I think that it's not about the NFL. 669 00:24:06,222 --> 00:24:08,290 And I'm guilty of this as much as anybody else, 670 00:24:08,457 --> 00:24:11,293 is we think of the NFL as a single entity, which 671 00:24:11,460 --> 00:24:12,861 like yeah, it's an institution, but the NFL 672 00:24:12,962 --> 00:24:15,731 is made up of a bunch of different things. 673 00:24:15,831 --> 00:24:19,335 And the most important entity in the NFL is the players. 674 00:24:19,468 --> 00:24:21,670 And so that like gives me optimism, because I've never 675 00:24:21,770 --> 00:24:24,807 been more impressed, more excited, more invigorated 676 00:24:24,907 --> 00:24:28,043 by not only the talent, but the perspective and the engagement 677 00:24:28,143 --> 00:24:29,311 of these players. 678 00:24:29,478 --> 00:24:32,014 We talked about Patrick Mahomes and how he's the best 679 00:24:32,114 --> 00:24:34,717 quarterback in football right now, and on a trajectory to be 680 00:24:34,817 --> 00:24:36,252 one of the best of all time. 681 00:24:36,352 --> 00:24:37,553 He spoke out. 682 00:24:37,653 --> 00:24:39,521 He was one of the first faces in that video 683 00:24:39,622 --> 00:24:40,589 about Colin Kaepernick. 684 00:24:40,689 --> 00:24:42,324 And I know that Colin Kaepernick is not 685 00:24:42,491 --> 00:24:44,059 back in the league, but the idea 686 00:24:44,159 --> 00:24:47,997 that a Black quarterback who can obviously avoid 687 00:24:48,097 --> 00:24:51,166 this conversation if he wants to, like that opportunity 688 00:24:51,267 --> 00:24:53,636 is presented to him time and time again and he does not. 689 00:24:53,736 --> 00:24:55,537 And that's an example to everyone else. 690 00:24:55,638 --> 00:24:57,273 And players like Lamar Jackson, who 691 00:24:57,439 --> 00:24:59,675 are willing to be outspoken and fight for players, 692 00:24:59,775 --> 00:25:01,043 Like all of these players in the league. 693 00:25:01,143 --> 00:25:02,144 And it's not just the Black players, 694 00:25:02,244 --> 00:25:03,145 it's the white players also. 695 00:25:03,245 --> 00:25:05,614 Like the league is in so much better 696 00:25:05,714 --> 00:25:07,149 place because of the players. 697 00:25:07,249 --> 00:25:09,084 And if only the players like really 698 00:25:09,184 --> 00:25:10,185 understood it and appreciated it. 699 00:25:10,286 --> 00:25:11,620 There's a vested interest in making 700 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:12,755 sure you don't realize it. 701 00:25:12,855 --> 00:25:14,223 Everything you have, you have because somebody 702 00:25:14,323 --> 00:25:16,025 that look like you sacrificed. 703 00:25:16,125 --> 00:25:17,459 That's why you have it. 704 00:25:17,526 --> 00:25:20,496 You want to lead the union? 705 00:25:20,596 --> 00:25:23,766 I don't even pay my dues. 706 00:25:23,866 --> 00:25:26,669 What would the, you're older now, you have a family, 707 00:25:26,769 --> 00:25:28,470 you've been married, you've lived in various places, 708 00:25:28,504 --> 00:25:29,471 you've seen the world. 709 00:25:29,572 --> 00:25:32,474 What would the adult you tell the rookie 710 00:25:32,508 --> 00:25:36,178 you, the wide-eyed youth, the wide-eyed kid 711 00:25:36,278 --> 00:25:38,514 that walking freely, what would you tell you? 712 00:25:38,614 --> 00:25:40,216 Have as much fun as you can. 713 00:25:40,316 --> 00:25:41,684 Oh, no, that's a different conversation, 714 00:25:41,784 --> 00:25:43,886 that's an off-camera conversation, my bad, my bad. 715 00:25:43,986 --> 00:25:47,223 That's for when the cameras go off. 716 00:25:47,323 --> 00:25:49,024 No, I think the most important 717 00:25:49,124 --> 00:25:51,160 thing is to get as many different experiences 718 00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:52,294 as possible. 719 00:25:52,428 --> 00:25:55,864 And we are so focused and we're celebrating. 720 00:25:55,965 --> 00:25:57,533 I did a bunch of ESPN stuff today 721 00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:59,802 celebrating Tom Brady's career, and his career 722 00:25:59,902 --> 00:26:01,136 deserves to be celebrated. - Absolutely. 723 00:26:01,237 --> 00:26:02,238 It was great. 724 00:26:02,338 --> 00:26:03,572 And part of the reason why it was so great, 725 00:26:03,672 --> 00:26:05,574 was because it appeared to me that nothing 726 00:26:05,674 --> 00:26:08,010 else was more important than football to him. 727 00:26:08,110 --> 00:26:10,613 And that's fine, if you can be Tom Brady. 728 00:26:10,713 --> 00:26:12,314 Not everybody can be Tom Brady. 729 00:26:12,448 --> 00:26:14,783 And I know that having all these other experiences, 730 00:26:14,884 --> 00:26:17,987 the tough thing about being a player in professional sports, 731 00:26:18,087 --> 00:26:19,555 is your skills aren't applicable anywhere else. 732 00:26:19,655 --> 00:26:20,556 No. 733 00:26:20,656 --> 00:26:22,191 So if you don't hit that home run, 734 00:26:22,291 --> 00:26:25,794 and this goes back to like the challenge for being a player 735 00:26:25,895 --> 00:26:28,097 versus in the ownership class. 736 00:26:28,197 --> 00:26:31,467 If you are a player and you play three to four years, then 737 00:26:31,533 --> 00:26:33,002 the league minimum goes up and you're out 738 00:26:33,102 --> 00:26:36,605 of the league and your experience, I mean, 739 00:26:36,705 --> 00:26:37,673 sets you up to be a bouncer. 740 00:26:37,773 --> 00:26:38,941 Like you are in a tough situation. 741 00:26:39,041 --> 00:26:40,142 Right. 742 00:26:40,242 --> 00:26:42,044 So like one of the things that I did, and I would 743 00:26:42,144 --> 00:26:43,245 encourage all the players to do, 744 00:26:43,345 --> 00:26:45,481 is get involved in the Union as much as possible. 745 00:26:45,514 --> 00:26:47,816 Like, that helped open my mind to how 746 00:26:47,917 --> 00:26:49,952 many other opportunities there were out there in the world. 747 00:26:50,052 --> 00:26:51,954 Get involved in community things, obviously. 748 00:26:52,054 --> 00:26:53,923 And also, like when you have time, 749 00:26:54,023 --> 00:26:55,190 one of the things that we negotiated 750 00:26:55,291 --> 00:26:56,292 was for a longer offseason. 751 00:26:56,425 --> 00:26:57,426 Sure. 752 00:26:57,493 --> 00:26:59,261 Use that off season to go do something else. 753 00:26:59,428 --> 00:27:00,596 It'll make you a better football player, 754 00:27:00,696 --> 00:27:02,131 it'll make you a better person, it'll make you 755 00:27:02,231 --> 00:27:03,432 a better husband and father. 756 00:27:03,465 --> 00:27:05,668 I just, I dig talking to you, but I'll tell you this. 757 00:27:05,768 --> 00:27:07,002 I want you to understand this. 758 00:27:07,102 --> 00:27:08,904 [applause] 759 00:27:09,004 --> 00:27:11,273 I truly want you to understand this. 760 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,442 Most of the men who were on that football field 761 00:27:13,475 --> 00:27:14,777 go to the finest institutions of higher 762 00:27:14,877 --> 00:27:16,045 learning in the world. 763 00:27:16,145 --> 00:27:18,914 It is not their physical attributes, it is their minds. 764 00:27:19,014 --> 00:27:21,984 And when you understand that your mind is the most valuable 765 00:27:22,084 --> 00:27:24,119 piece of real estate on the face of the Earth, they 766 00:27:24,220 --> 00:27:25,754 can't beat you, they can't. 767 00:27:25,854 --> 00:27:26,956 It is not your body. 768 00:27:27,056 --> 00:27:29,658 Your body will fail you way before your mind does. 769 00:27:29,758 --> 00:27:33,495 You are here not because of your physical, 770 00:27:33,596 --> 00:27:36,165 you may think that because you hurt yourself you're here. 771 00:27:36,265 --> 00:27:37,700 But your mind was ready. 772 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,905 And these, maybe I'm just, I got a GED, so who am I to say, 773 00:27:43,005 --> 00:27:44,840 but if you go to college, drop by a class 774 00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:46,842 every once in a while, you know what I'm saying? 775 00:27:46,942 --> 00:27:50,946 It ain't got to be the New School, but it can be. 776 00:27:51,046 --> 00:27:55,584 Domonique, Domonique Foxworth. 777 00:27:55,684 --> 00:27:57,152 Be sure to check out his new podcast, 778 00:27:57,253 --> 00:27:59,088 The Domonique Foxworth Show. 779 00:27:59,188 --> 00:28:00,656 OK, we got to take a quick break 780 00:28:00,756 --> 00:28:04,126 and we will be right back after this. 781 00:28:13,149 --> 00:28:16,152 [applause] 782 00:28:16,252 --> 00:28:18,888 Well, that is our show for evening. 783 00:28:18,988 --> 00:28:21,257 But before we go, please consider supporting the Boris 784 00:28:21,357 --> 00:28:23,560 Lawrence Henson Foundation, their nonprofit 785 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:25,295 that improves the mental health services 786 00:28:25,395 --> 00:28:26,462 for Black communities. 787 00:28:26,563 --> 00:28:27,864 Now if you want to support them in their work, 788 00:28:27,964 --> 00:28:29,899 please donate to the link below. 789 00:28:29,999 --> 00:28:32,602 Now here is your moment of zen. 790 00:28:32,702 --> 00:28:35,905 The Empire State Building lit up in the Eagles colors. 791 00:28:36,005 --> 00:28:37,440 What were you guys thinking? 792 00:28:37,540 --> 00:28:38,908 I don't know why we're celebrating 793 00:28:39,008 --> 00:28:40,076 Philadelphia in New York. 794 00:28:40,176 --> 00:28:41,411 Go buy a building in Philly. 795 00:28:41,511 --> 00:28:42,412 Light that up. 796 00:28:42,512 --> 00:28:43,713 If the Red Sox win the World Series, 797 00:28:43,813 --> 00:28:45,281 are we going to do Red Sox colors? 798 00:28:45,381 --> 00:28:46,282 That's insane. 799 00:28:46,382 --> 00:28:47,884 I was mind blown. 800 00:28:47,984 --> 00:28:50,386 It was [imitates explosion] 801 00:28:50,486 --> 00:28:52,188 MTV.