"Bring back segregation!!!" with Joyelle Nicole Johnson

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What is the spicy take Joyelle brings up?

Kareem Rahma 0:44
And you can stream her special Lovejoy on Peacock today. She came through with an unbelievably spicy take. And I'm not talking white spicy. I'm talking black spicy. Level 10 Thai spicy. Like hurt your mouth, burn your mouth spicy. Which is bring back segregation. Play the take.
Joyelle Nicole Johnson 1:04
So what's your take? Bring back segregation. 100% disagree. Dead act.

What are the implications of bringing back segregation?

Unnamed Guest 1:08
Bring it back. I want to know where I'm not welcome, OK? Put them signs back up. Colors only, whites only. Let's do it, all right? Rip the Band-Aid off. Especially for a restaurant. Are you kidding me? Whites only? What do I want to do in there? What they got? Mashed potatoes? Mayonnaise hot dogs? Colors only, we got seasoning, turmeric, paprika.
Joyelle Nicole Johnson 1:29
OK, I like this. OK. You were saying that the black excellence. Absolutely.
Kareem Rahma 1:33
The segregation is to get the.
Unnamed Guest 1:34
The colored excellence.
Kareem Rahma 1:35
OK.
Unnamed Guest 1:36
OK, what's the playlist in the whites only spot? They playing Carrie Underwood and Kid Rock. We playing Babyface and Diggable Planets. Ain't no overhead lighting. What are you talking about? Wait, where am I going? colors.

How do cultural backgrounds influence perspectives on food?

Joyelle Nicole Johnson 1:47
Hell yeah.
Unnamed Guest 1:47
Look at his hair. Talk about where am I going?
Joyelle Nicole Johnson 1:49
That's the problem with North Africans. That's what I'm talking about. Hell yeah. I'm in. 100% agree. Let's go.
Andrew Kuo 1:56
Talk about where I'm going.
Joyelle Nicole Johnson 1:59
What happens to you in the summertime? Where are we putting the Italians? Listen. I don't need they food. I don't like tomatoes. So they're going on the white side. Black people spend over a trillion dollars a year. I would love for the government to force us to spend it on our own people. This is very good. I like this a lot. I brought you over to the side. And the black airplane? Oh, come on. The soul plane, baby. I want to be on soul plane. Yes. It's going to be noisy on there, but that's what noise cancellation headphones are for.
Unnamed Guest 2:27
You know what I'm saying?
Joyelle Nicole Johnson 2:28
And they're going to have all the good movies? All the good movies. All the good music. Oh, man.

What is the role of Black excellence in the conversation?

Unnamed Guest 2:32
And while we at it, bring back sundown towns. They never left, but... What's up? Well, a sundown town was back in the day during Jim Crow where black people weren't allowed to be in a town after the sunset.
Joyelle Nicole Johnson 2:42
Wow.
Unnamed Guest 2:43
So those towns never left. They still exist in America, but they took the signs down. I want them to put the signs back up. I wanted to say 248 miles to the next town that likes colored people. Get your gas in Atlanta. Don't stop till you get to Savannah, all right? I'm with her. He with me.
Kareem Rahma 2:59
And we're back. Joyelle, what the hell's going on?
Unnamed Guest 3:01
How you doing? I like that Asian reference because my boyfriend is half Taiwanese. So I'm like a Sichuan pepper with the Subway take.
Kareem Rahma 3:11
Well, sometimes they make it too hot. The Asians make it too hot.
Unnamed Guest 3:15
Yeah. And then you're sweating and my palms are itching for some reason.
Kareem Rahma 3:20
Well, I sometimes go to a Thai restaurant and they're like, do you want it spicy? And I'm like, I'll take it white spicy.
Andrew Kuo 3:27
Mm hmm.
Kareem Rahma 3:28
Like because they're they're regular spicy. Like you pretty much have to say no spice.
Unnamed Guest 3:34
I can do a medium.
Kareem Rahma 3:36
But medium. What is that? That's like that's like white plus.
Unnamed Guest 3:39
Exactly. Yes. Yeah. I'm a little Disney plus with my with my spice level. But my my boyfriend will be he'll go extra spicy and then he'll literally be sweating and he loves it.
Joyelle Nicole Johnson 4:08
Yeah.
Unnamed Guest 4:10
That was one of the subway takes where the dude was like, you just need water. And everybody, every woman was like, no.
Kareem Rahma 4:16
Men just need water. It's a man's take.
Unnamed Guest 4:19
It's a segregated take. It's a straight man's take. And y'all can't be in these streets looking like nobody loves you. You better moisturize your skin.
Kareem Rahma 4:29
Well, I belong to the streets, so it's fine. You're just out here. I've been belonging to the streets my whole life.
Unnamed Guest 4:35
You belong to the subway, actually.

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