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DeRay McKesson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1316 total appearances

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Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

It's a big fucking chunk though.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

I'm happy you're having this is I think you're great this this is the reaction we want people to have it is crazy so if we're not honest about the problem nigga it's more than half of the state prison is violence it's violence and okay so I was gonna ask you I hate when I have to like try to recollect names so I'm not gonna do that I'm just gonna say mayor of Chicago mayor of Baltimore mayor of Birmingham mayor of New York the black mayors black mayors and then Zoran um

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

I have invested heavily in social programs and seen differences with that investment.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

And I'm curious to like,

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

How policy affects those things.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

For one, you have to have somebody in there who is social program minded, who cares about the society that they are governing.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

But what I'm thinking about how the social programs affect what we've seen through their social programs is a drop in violence.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

And most people are in prison for violent crimes.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

And, you know, drugs, you know, weapons, all these things are, like, extremely...

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

minor and then you get to things like burglary is very high in the scheme of all the other things 81,000 it's not the chunk but it is like a testament to poverty more than anything that's why people steal dog I'm sorry I'm gonna send this to my editor so we can put this graphic on board the violence is fucking crazy

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

And we need to see that.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

Seeing that is throwing me the fuck, because you, because you would think it's drugs.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

Like you, the way that they talk about drugs, you think of drugs like literally the smallest part of it.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

Death, over $200 of felony, which can lead up to 18 months in prison.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

In what state?

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

A, New Mexico.

Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 125 - Deray McKesson

B, New Jersey.