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On this session of The Bird and The Bear \u2026 Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, continue their discussion about the Deep South with their reactions to the next two installments in a YouTube documentary series on the Deep South by Peter Santenello, \u201cInside Inner-City America - Breaking Hood Mindset\u201d and \u201cExploring Wealthy Alabama\u201d \u2026 Let\u2019s sort through it together!

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(0:00) - The session opens with some elite snack picks from our hosts before they introduce the first YouTube documentary they\u2019ll be discussing, \u201cInside Inner-City America - Breaking Hood Mindset,\u201d by Peter Santenello - \u201cIf you were raised right, you would realize that being an American means that you should you care about your f**king fellow man \u2026 So yeah, it is your responsibility to care about this community"

(16:10) - A man named Tommy shows Peter Santenello around Jacksonville, Mississippi and as they walk through Tommy\u2019s old neighborhood Peter compares crime in Jacksonville to crime in Bangladesh - \u201cHis tiny statistic that he used to prop up an entire conversation \u2026 Is only good in that narrow window\u201d

(24:32) - Peter and Tommy make their way to a community garden and Tommy has a bit of a back-and-forth with an old man at the garden - \u201cThere\u2019s no one at the top \u2026 They can\u2019t elect anyone who\u2019s gonna lead the charge \u2026 To be a communal leader \u2026 To, you know, rally the people into change \u2026 Like, Tommy is a good example of someone who can help but you need bigger figures than Tommy\u201d

(33:23) - Sammy notices that Peter keeps coming back to the argument that kids need their fathers if they want a chance at being successful - \u201cNo guarantee that the next generations of fathers is going to step up, is going to fix the problems of today \u2026 You can have a crystal ball and go, \u2018Look, all the fathers in the future are gonna be there\u2019 \u2026 Great, what do we right now?\u201d

(44:51) - Tommy takes Peter to his alma mater, Tougaloo College, and it sparks a short conversation between our hosts about traditional colleges versus HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) - \u201cWhere as, if your black in America \u2026 You have a sturdy vein of understanding, and culture, and experience \u2026 You have that thread that immediately connects you\u201d

(55:26) - The first documentary wraps up with Tommy taking Peter to a local soul food restaurant where they spoke with more of the locals before driving through one of the nicer neighborhoods in Jacksonville - \u201cThe people of Jacksonville have made the most out of what they have but they clearly deserve a chance to have more\u201d

(1:05:08) - Our hosts introduce the second YouTube documentary they\u2019ll be discussing, \u201cExploring Wealthy Alabama,\u201d by Peter Santenello - \u201cThese motherf**kers rebuilt a whole 800 square-foot house and it\u2019s gonna be gone in three years\u201d

(1:10:51) - A man named Doug shows Peter Santenello around Fairhope, Alabama and they slowly make their way through the coastal town as Doug explains some of it\u2019s history - \u201cNo, you f**king haven\u2019t \u2026 You live in a white isolated bubble in southern f**king Alabama \u2026 Where rich people rebuild there piers, regularly, and the only black guy in town was a bartender \u2026 that DIED!\u201d

(1:16:22) - Daryl points out another problem with Peter Santenello\u2019s documentaries and the hosts go on to debate Doug\u2019s past life - \u201cWhy can\u2019t the philosophy of this place propagate outside of this place? Why can\u2019t this be all of Alabama?\u201d\xa0

(1:22:45) - The second documentary wraps up with Doug taking Peter to the beautiful home of his friend Michelle where they have a conversation about life in Fairhope - \u201cDidn\u2019t see the Chinese guy and the black guy is dead\u201d