Andrew Callaghan

Yeah, and, like, gangs are pretty accepting if you're, like, from somewhere else. So they probably go to L.A. like, what's up? I'm a blood from New Orleans. No one's going to be like, is it because of Lil Wayne?

Yeah, and, like, gangs are pretty accepting if you're, like, from somewhere else. So they probably go to L.A. like, what's up? I'm a blood from New Orleans. No one's going to be like, is it because of Lil Wayne?

And those gangs were also started, you know, low-key by the FBI, too.

And those gangs were also started, you know, low-key by the FBI, too.

Specifically to dismantle the Black Panthers.

Specifically to dismantle the Black Panthers.

Yeah, they actually protected Oakland and Compton.

Yeah, they actually protected Oakland and Compton.

Oh yeah, that's our shit.

Oh yeah, that's our shit.

Yeah. Dude, they were pretty nuts back in the day.

Yeah. Dude, they were pretty nuts back in the day.

So if you were on like 24th and international in the sixties, you're saying that was a white neighborhood. I'm pretty sure that it was like white working class, young parents. Yeah. Cause I read a hell's angels by Hunter S Thompson. And just like ethnographically, I was like, wait, what? there's these like tough white fools from Oakland that like act white as fuck.

So if you were on like 24th and international in the sixties, you're saying that was a white neighborhood. I'm pretty sure that it was like white working class, young parents. Yeah. Cause I read a hell's angels by Hunter S Thompson. And just like ethnographically, I was like, wait, what? there's these like tough white fools from Oakland that like act white as fuck.

I feel like Cocoa County kind of absorbed like the last remnants of whatever that was.

I feel like Cocoa County kind of absorbed like the last remnants of whatever that was.

Yeah. And a lot of it has to do with like self mythology. I think that can be one of the most damaging things to people's life and recovery. is a lot of people think of themselves in a certain way that's not necessarily how they are, but the character of how they want to be perceived. Kelly has this idea of like, I never complain. I never ask for help.

Yeah. And a lot of it has to do with like self mythology. I think that can be one of the most damaging things to people's life and recovery. is a lot of people think of themselves in a certain way that's not necessarily how they are, but the character of how they want to be perceived. Kelly has this idea of like, I never complain. I never ask for help.

I am like an alpha buff businessman who gets it done and takes care of his family. And so that kind of conflicted with the reality of like, I lost my house and I can't provide for them. How do I maintain this bravado while simultaneously accepting my sort of downtrodden situation? And he wasn't able to do that. So he was able to channel that alpha mentality into the political shit.

I am like an alpha buff businessman who gets it done and takes care of his family. And so that kind of conflicted with the reality of like, I lost my house and I can't provide for them. How do I maintain this bravado while simultaneously accepting my sort of downtrodden situation? And he wasn't able to do that. So he was able to channel that alpha mentality into the political shit.