DAVID: GARRETT TENNEY, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER NFL
PLAYER JACK BREWER FROM THE
COMMISSION OF THE SOCIAL STATUS
OF BLACK MEN AND BOYS.
JACK, WE COULD DRILL IN ON A LOT
OF ORDERS HERE, LAW AND ORDER
DETAILS AND GUN LAWS, BUT FIRST,
THE BIG PICTURE.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA RIGHT
NOW?
>> IT’S A SICKNESS RIGHT NOW,
AND IT’S SAD, YOU KNOW?
IF YOU’RE PART OF A TEAM OR
INVOLVED IN A RELATIONSHIP, ALL
OF THOSE THINGS TAKE CHEMISTRY,
COMMUNITIES TAKE CHEMISTRY.
AND RIGHT NOW THE CHEMISTRY OF
AMERICA IS SO OFF.
IT’S HARD TO PUT WORDS TO IT,
BUT SPIRITUALLY, I THINK, IS
WHERE OUR ISSUES LIE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
WILLING TO DO JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING.
WHENEVER YOU PUT ON THE NEWS,
NOTHING SURPRISES YOU ANYMORE,
AND THAT’S BECAUSE WE’VE GOTTEN
SO FAR AWAY FROM GOD.
SO FAR AWAY FROM OUR FOUNDING
PRINCIPLES OF OUR, OF OUR NATION
OF FAMILY AND GOD AND
SPIRITUALITY AND SERVICE TO ONE
ANOTHER, LOVING ONE ANOTHER,
HAVING EACH OTHER’S BACK.
AND I THINK TRUE LOVE IS MISSING
IN A LOT OF OUR CULTURE.
AND AND I THINK THAT STARTS WITH
A LOT OF THIS PARTISAN TALK.
EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL NOW,
EVEN THINGS THAT SHOULD BE
SPIRITUAL, THINGS THAT SHOULD BE
ABOVE THE POLITICS NOW ARE BEING
PULLED INTO THE POLITICS.
AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
MISSING.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO REALLY
WHAT MATTERS, AND THAT’S THE
SPIRITUAL PART OF WHAT MAKES
AMERICA SO GREAT.
WE ARE ONE NATION IF UNDER GOD.
DAVID: YOU KNOW, IF YOU
BELIEVE -- AND OUR FOUNDERS
CERTAINLY BELIEVED IN GOD, AND
IT’S THE EMBEDDED THERE IN THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND
IN A LOT OF THE WRITINGS OF, BUT
THE BOTTOM LINE AND YOU BELIEVE
IN GOOD AND EVIL, YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT WHEN EVIL GETS GOING
UNRESTRAINED AND WHEN THERE
AREN’T ATTEMPTS BY SOCIETY TO
KEEP IT IN CHECK IN ALL ITS
FORMS, IT SPREADS.
IT SPREADS LIKE A CANCER.
AND YOU GET THE SENSE THAT WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THIS KID THAT WAS --
I SAY KID, HE’S # 1, HE
CERTAINLY WAS AN ADULT, BUT YOU
SEE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THAT
SAME MINDSET THAT HE IS.
NOW, PART OF IT HAD TO DO WITH
THE PANDEMIC.
KIDS AND GROWN-UPS WERE LOCKED
IN FOR TROOPING, THEY HAD TOO
MUCH TIME -- TOO LONG, THEY HAD
TOO MUCH TIME WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
STUFF, AND ALL THAT CRAP GOT
INTO THEIR HEADS, AND IT PLAYED
OUT IN THEIR ACTIONS.
SO SOME OF THAT IS THERE.
BUT BUT THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF
AMERICA THAT HAS TO SOMEHOW BE
KNITTED UP AGAIN, RIGHT?
>> IT DOES, AND IT’S VERY
COMPLICATED BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE
THIS CYBORG GENERATION THAT, YOU
KNOW, THEY’RE HALF-PEOPLE, SOME
OF THESE KIDS, AND
HALF-COMPUTERS.
THEY’RE LOCKED ON THESE CELL
PHONES.
THEY’RE CONSUMING THINGS THAT
THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS CONSUMING.
THEY DON’T ARE HAVE THE SAME
FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS AS WE HAD
A DECADE AGO, AND THEY’RE IMMUNE
TO CERTAIN THINGS.
I GO INTO THESE JUVENILES AND
WORK WITH THE UNDERSERVED KIDS.
IT IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THESE
DAYS TO TALK TO CHILDREN AND GET
THROUGH TO THEM BECAUSE OUR
HOMES ARE NOT IN ORDER.
OUR FATHERLESSNESS CRISIS HAS
PLAGUED THIS LAND, AND NO ONE
REALLY WANTS TO GET TO THE ROOT
CAUSE OF THAT AND HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE NOW WITH MILLIONS OF
HOMES, 18.5 MILLION KIDS WITHOUT
DADDIES AT HOME THAT WILL KEEP
THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
HOW DO WE THINK WE’RE GOING TO
ACTUALLY FIX THIS ISSUE IF WE
WON’T GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE?
WE CAN’T SPEAK TO TRUTH ANYMORE
BECAUSE IF YOU SAY THESE THINGS,
YOU OFFEND PEOPLE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY PROMOTING AND ENDORSING
BREAK-UPS OF FAMILIES.
WE REDEFINE WHAT A FAMILY MEANS
AND LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS REALLY
COMPLEX, BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD BOTHER EVERY SINGLE
AMERICAN.
BUT WE SHOULD ALL COMMIT TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN OUR OWN
COMMUNITIES AND SPEAK THE TRUTH
AND STOP CARING WHAT PEOPLE SAY
AS LONG AS YOU’RE ON THE SIDE OF
RIGHT.
DAVID: YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AT THE
RISK OF PUTTING FAITH OUT THERE
FULL FRONT AND CENTER, THE ONLY
WAY I THINK THERE IS TO BEAT THE
DEVIL, TO BEAT EVIL IS WITH GOD
AT YOUR SIDE.
IF YOU TRY TO DO IT BY YOUR
SIDE, DEVIL’S ALWAYS SMARTER
THAN YOU ARE.
AND YOU KNOW WHO KNOWS THAT
BETTER THAN ANYBODY?
THE REFORMED ALCOHOLICS, I KNOW
YOU’VE WORKED WITH PRISONERS AND
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN, REALLY BEEN
IN THE GUTTER, HAVE HIT THE
GUTTER, AND ONCE YOU’RE THERE
AND YOU HAVE GOD BY YOUR SIDE,
YOU’RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO COME
OUT OF IT AND TO BECOME A
SUCCESSFUL REFORMED ALCOHOLIC OR
A REFORMED DRUG ADDICT DISTRICT,
ETC., AREN’T YOU?
>> THAT’S RIGHT, BECAUSE GOD IS
TAKING CHANCES.
THAT’S WHAT CHRIST CAME HERE
FOR.
SO IT DOES, IT GIVES YOU A NEW
LIFE.
WHENEVER YOU CAN REPENT FOR THE
EVILS THAT YOU MAY HAVE DONE,
YOU CAN CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY.
AND THE POWER OF GOD IS THE ONLY
THING THAT CAN DO THAT.
IN OUR -- AND OUR COUNTRY REALLY
NEEDS THAT AND TO TEACH OUR
CHILDREN AGAIN AND OUR FAMILIES
AGAIN AND EVEN THE FOLKS THAT
HAVE DONE BAD AND EVIL TO TEACH
THEM THAT THERE IS AN ANSWER,
THERE IS A WAY OUT, AND THERE IS
A NEW -- A REBIRTH.
WE DON’T SPEAK THIS WAY ANYMORE,
DAVID, AND WE HAVE TO BET -- TO
GET BACK TO THAT BECAUSE OUR
NATION IS HURTING RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR
CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND
THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THIS
COUNTRY IF WE DON’T START
STANDING UP FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND START A REVIVAL IN THIS
NATION AGAIN BACK TO GOD AND TO
SEEK THE FACE OF GOD
IMMEDIATELY.
DAVID: YOU KNOW, I THINK OF
SEVERAL CONCENTRIC CIRCLES HERE.
IT STARTS WITH THE FAMILY, I
THINK THAT’S THE FIRST CIRCLE.
THEN YOU WORK YOUR WAY OUT TO
THE SCHOOLS AND THE CHURCHES AND
THEN WHOLE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT’S WHY WHEN YOU HEAR ALL
THESE POLITICIANS WHO ARE
SNAPPING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT A
SOLUTION COMING FROM WASHINGTON,
THEY’RE LOSING SIGHT OF THE FACT
THAT IT REALLY DOES START AT
HOME.
HOW, HOW WOULD YOU ADVISE
AMERICANS TO BEGIN THE WORK?
BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE TO WAIT
FOR THOSE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON.
AND IF THEY DO, FRANKLY, THEY’RE
WAITING FOR THE WRONG THING, I
THINK.
>> I AGREE.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO START
TEACHING PEOPLE AGAIN HOW TO
PARENT, ACTUALLY GETTING OUR
HANDS DIRTY AND BEING THOSE
TEACHERS, GOING OUT AND BEING
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, GOING OUT,
TAKING YOUNG FAMILIES THAT ARE
VULNERABLE, THAT ARE
UNDERSERVED, PARENTS THAT MAY
HAVE NEVER HAD TEACHING ON HOW
TO BE A PARENT.
WE MUST COTHOSE THINGS BECAUSE
PEOPLE JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND
ANYMORE.
YOU CANNOT ASSUME.
OUR READING AND MATH PROFICIENCY
LEVELS ARE SO LOW, AND NOW WE
HAVE A GENERATION THAT’S
UNEDUCATED.
SO THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN
BLESSED WITH AN EDUCATION,
BLESSED WITH A SOUND FAMILY,
IT’S OUR OBLIGATION TO GO OUT
AND TEACH OTHERS.
AND I THINK THAT’S THE ONLY WAY
WE DO IT, DAVID, IS THROUGH
SERVICE, REAL SERVICE.
NOT WITH YOUR WORDS, BUT WITH
YOUR HANDS.
DAVID: WELL, THAT’S THE -- THE
BOTTOM LINE IS THERE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SHAKING
THEIR HEADS WHO ARE AS DISGUSTED
BY WHAT’S HAPPENING AS YOU AND
ME, BUT THEY’RE JUST SITTING
THEIR SHAKE -- THERE SHAKING
HAIR HEADS.
YOU CAN DO OUT -- GO OUT AND DO
SOMETHING BEYOND SHAKING YOUR
HEAD.
THAT’S REALLY THE ONLY ACTIONING
THAT MATTERS IN THE END.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND