that are in TV because of the fact that people acknowledge them. Bailey , what do you want to say?Yeah, I mean, I think it coming up now and having relevance now is like, I mean--
I'm not going to put up with that. Bailey . Michelle Phan maybe?
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I'm Jared Meeker. I play guitar. Patrick Bailey . I play bass. Blake Collie. I play drums.
LaFawn Bailey : Good afternoon, everyone. My name is LaFawn Bailey . I'm with the Global Diversity and Inclusion Team. I'm also a member of the Black Googler's Network. So, on behalf of the Network and Authors at, I'd like to welcome you here today.
knowledge of the geography of London, had all these plans? Please. Give me a break. LaFawn Bailey : Thank you. Did you want to ask a question? MALE #1: Hi. Thanks for visiting us and sharing with us. It's an honor to speak with you. I'm curious about your opinion about what is the greatest obstacle to that day
The only thing that's relevant is their qualifications. LaFawn Bailey : I'll read a question from our moderator page. "If you were to rewrite the speech for today's audience, what would you change, if anything?" Dr. Clarence Jones: Well, it's interesting that you should say that because one of the things I'm contemplating is that 2013 is going to be the 50th anniversary
or in the millennium. LaFawn Bailey : OK. Did you have another question? FEMALE #2: So, like possibly many people in here, when I was in college, I did some research and a paper on Martin Luther King. And one of the things that I noted is that
So, I'm saying, "If they can do that to Martin Luther King and myself, you mean to tell me they knew nothing about James Earl Ray?" I rest my case. LaFawn Bailey : Thank you. I'll ask one more Dory question here. It says, "At first, you were hesitant to leave domestic tranquility-- Dr. Clarence Jones: Oh, I know what that is.
Dr. Clarence Jones: Oh, I know what that is. LaFawn Bailey : "to help a total stranger, Dr. King. Could you talk about the important role that your wife played in encouraging you to get involved?" Dr. Clarence Jones: Well, I have to make this, a long answer, short. But in 1960, Dr.
did. I was narrowly focused and only wanted to get on with a career in intellectual property law. LaFawn Bailey : Well, thank goodness for her. Dr. Clarence Jones: Right.
Dr. Clarence Jones: Right. LaFawn Bailey : OK, next question. FEMALE #3: Hi. You alluded to this a little bit as you were speaking, but can you talk a little bit more about how Dr. King's religious convictions influenced all that he stood for?
keep making so many of them?" LaFawn Bailey : Very good point. Thank you. I'm gonna read another question. "Dr. King survived the Civil Rights Movement, but was killed a month before the Poor People's March on Washington. If he were alive today, how would he try to change the heart of the
only way I can explain it. How can some African American minister in a church publicly go out and say he is opposed to the rights of gay people? It doesn't make sense. LaFawn Bailey : When you wrote your controversial piece in the Huffington Post, "Time to Think the Unthinkable," you stated "progressers might have to consider running a campaign against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement?
against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement? LaFawn Bailey : There has been tremendous social and cultural changes since the climax of the Civil Rights Movement. What themes and challenges from then are still present
against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement? LaFawn Bailey : Thank you. Dr. Jones, I am humbled, honored, and inspired to have you here today. So, on behalf of Google and even the people you can't see that VC'd in, thank
against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement? LaFawn Bailey : You sure can.
LaFawn Bailey : Hello everyone. Audience: Hello. LaFawn Bailey : I'm going to introduce Aisha really quickly. I'm not gonna go too far into her Bio because I really want us to have time to have a unique conversation.
Aisha Tyler: We just have it all in our heads magically. LaFawn Bailey : But the problem, people, people think we are Google. That's the problem. Ask us all kind of things.
Aisha Tyler: So we come to you and we're like, so I need to get to 917 North 24th Street. LaFawn Bailey : Exactly. Aisha Tyler: If you could, if you could drop a pin, that would be great. Aisha Tyler: Search nearby for some restaurants. That would be awesome too.
Aisha Tyler: Search nearby for some restaurants. That would be awesome too. LaFawn Bailey : So that actually says more that her Bio does. LaFawn Bailey : But really quickly, she was actually the first African-American and female host on E!'s Talk Soup. I don't know how many of you guys used to watch that.
LaFawn Bailey : So that actually says more that her Bio does. LaFawn Bailey : But really quickly, she was actually the first African-American and female host on E!'s Talk Soup. I don't know how many of you guys used to watch that. LaFawn Bailey : But that was one of my favorite shows.
LaFawn Bailey : But really quickly, she was actually the first African-American and female host on E!'s Talk Soup. I don't know how many of you guys used to watch that. LaFawn Bailey : But that was one of my favorite shows. LaFawn Bailey : After Talk Soup she moved into television and film rolls. She was also the first African-American to play an extended character role on Friends.
LaFawn Bailey : But that was one of my favorite shows. LaFawn Bailey : After Talk Soup she moved into television and film rolls. She was also the first African-American to play an extended character role on Friends. LaFawn Bailey : Which I was really excited about.
LaFawn Bailey : After Talk Soup she moved into television and film rolls. She was also the first African-American to play an extended character role on Friends. LaFawn Bailey : Which I was really excited about. LaFawn Bailey : I think we were all really exited about that. She played on the Ghost Whisperer, CSI, 24, Nip/Tuck, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rio 911, The Boondocks and many, many more.
LaFawn Bailey : Which I was really excited about. LaFawn Bailey : I think we were all really exited about that. She played on the Ghost Whisperer, CSI, 24, Nip/Tuck, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rio 911, The Boondocks and many, many more. Aisha Tyler: So many more. Like three or four more than that. Three or four.
Aisha Tyler: So many more. Like three or four more than that. Three or four. LaFawn Bailey : You wanna talk about those three or four more? Aisha Tyler: At least.
Aisha Tyler: At least. LaFawn Bailey : So, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go back a little bit. Far back. Two years ago. And talk about when you returned to your stand-up roots. Aisha Tyler: Yeah. LaFawn Bailey : You created a, a DVD called Aisha Tyler Is Lit.
Aisha Tyler: Yes. Audience: Yeah. LaFawn Bailey : Live at the Fillmore. [laughter} LaFawn Bailey : And you also wrote, directed and starred in a viral Rap video.
Aisha Tyler: Um, hmmm. LaFawn Bailey : Called Nowassitall. Aisha Tyler: Um hmm.
Aisha Tyler: Um hmm. LaFawn Bailey : Can we play that really quickly? Aisha Tyler: Oh, we're gonna see it. That's very exciting.
Aisha Tyler: Oh, we're gonna see it. That's very exciting. LaFawn Bailey : We're gonna see it. Aisha Tyler: Oh, it's awesome. We're actually going to the real internet.
it don't wiggle, no ass at all. My friends are trying not to giggle, no ass at all. No ass at all. Shit . LaFawn Bailey : That was an exciting video. Aisha Tyler: I was so excited that the internet worked, wow!
Aisha Tyler: I was so excited that the internet worked, wow! LaFawn Bailey : So were we. LaFawn Bailey : As a native of the San Francisco Bay area, I suffer from a similar disorder.
LaFawn Bailey : So were we. LaFawn Bailey : As a native of the San Francisco Bay area, I suffer from a similar disorder. Aisha Tyler: Yes. LaFawn Bailey : It's not that bad, but I definitely can't compete Aisha Tyler: Nothing can be as bad as mine.
Aisha Tyler: Yes. LaFawn Bailey : It's not that bad, but I definitely can't compete Aisha Tyler: Nothing can be as bad as mine. LaFawn Bailey : with some of the audience, so. Tell us why you made that video and what messages you hoped to convey. Aisha Tyler: Oh, wow, so heady so early in a conversation.
it was also a great creative process for me. Yeah, it was really fun. LaFawn Bailey : Congratulations on that. Aisha Tyler: Thank you. Thank you. It looks way. We shot it in HD by the way. That was not really the best version that you could have seen it. Grainy pop up ads for Lady Gaga
Aisha Tyler: Oh yeah, let's talk about my podcast. LaFawn Bailey : Podcast. Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler. Aisha Tyler: Yeah. LaFawn Bailey : It's a show about stuff guys love, brought to you by the ultimate guy's girl Aisha Tyler: I didn't write that.
Aisha Tyler: Yeah. LaFawn Bailey : It's a show about stuff guys love, brought to you by the ultimate guy's girl Aisha Tyler: I didn't write that. LaFawn Bailey : Well, somebody did. I don't, I don't Aisha Tyler: I might have written it under a pen name. LaFawn Bailey : It kind of LaFawn Bailey : Sounded like you maybe.
LaFawn Bailey : Well, somebody did. I don't, I don't Aisha Tyler: I might have written it under a pen name. LaFawn Bailey : It kind of LaFawn Bailey : Sounded like you maybe. LaFawn Bailey : Video games, action movies, drinking, comic books, sex, blowing shit up, all of that good stuff. And it is already the top downloaded pod, one of the top downloaded
LaFawn Bailey : It kind of LaFawn Bailey : Sounded like you maybe. LaFawn Bailey : Video games, action movies, drinking, comic books, sex, blowing shit up, all of that good stuff. And it is already the top downloaded pod, one of the top downloaded podcasts on iTunes and Zune .
Shall I tell my whole life story? LaFawn Bailey : Please. Aisha Tyler: I was born a poor black child. Um, no. What it is is that we were talking about this. My parents divorced when they were kind of young. And this is, you know, the kind of the, the divorce battle over kids, that's something that rich people do. I don't
Aisha Tyler: So it's great. LaFawn Bailey : Wonderful. Speaking of video games. Aisha Tyler: Uh huh.
Aisha Tyler: Uh huh. LaFawn Bailey : I saw in the interview that you actually play a voice in Halo Reach. Aisha Tyler: Uh huh, uh huh.
Aisha Tyler: Uh huh, uh huh. LaFawn Bailey : How many of you guys play Halo? Aisha Tyler: Anybody play Halo? Anybody heard of Halo? Anybody?
Aisha Tyler: Anybody play Halo? Anybody heard of Halo? Anybody? LaFawn Bailey : I'm pretty sure that there's somebody that plays Halo. Aisha Tyler: Anybody ever break a bone and have to wear a halo?
I stopped playing for a long time and then I started playing the first Halo game and uh, I don't even remember that year. I think I blacked out, really, just. LaFawn Bailey : Really? Aisha Tyler: It's really, it's really sad to be a grown woman with a mortgage and be up at 4:00 on a Tuesday trying to kill digital aliens. That's just Aisha Tyler: That makes you want to reconsider your whole, all your life choices up to that point.