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Principle of what theyre doing with overturning some of these things to gay marriage rights, gun rights, contraception. how worrying is it that all the progress we have made as a country could be unravelled by this decision coing down in june if, in fact, roe versus wade is overturned? >> thank you for having me. in this company i feel a little intimidated, but i will speak my piece as a standup comedian. >> you should never be intimidated when dean obedella is on a panel. >> really, thats how w...

Principle of what theyre doing with overturning some of these decisions to things like gay marriage rights, gun rights, contraception. how worrying is it that all the progress that we have made as a country could be unravelled by this decision coming down in june, if in fact roe v. wade is overturned? >> thank you for having me. in this company i feel a little intimidated but i will speak my piece as standup comedian. >> you should never be intimidated when deen is on a panel. >> really? thats h...

Unapologetic about their blackness, in ways that really hadnt been seen, like, on prime-time television, before. >> so, next saturday, when you turn 13, youre becoming a man, too. a black man because im throwing you an african rites of passage ceremony. >> that does not sound as fun. >> no, it does not. >> blackish was a show that was really good at talking about individual social issues, in a way we hadnt really seen since norman lear. >> and that leads us right up to the free boot of norman le...

>> really aside from wardrobe and the places they live, they were still black. because no matter how much money you have, no matter where you live, blackness is its own class. >> how can you afford to live in a place like this? you aint tall enough to be no basketball player. awarded for k quality 27 times in a row. that means the best experience with calls, texts and data usage of any major carrier, according to customers. theres only one best network. the only one ranked #1 in reliability 16 t...

But to go out of their way to use terms like dirty toenails and to attack ahmaud personally knowing that his family was sitting in the courtroom, that was something that got under our skin a bit. and i certainly think that it backfired. were glad to hear that the jury wasnt going to be fooled by the invitation to make this case about ahmauds blackness and some stereotypes about the dangers of being black and male in america. >> and wanda, i was wondering about your thoughts on this. >> regardles...

Jogging, he was cornered, chased down and ultimately shot and killed. i think it actually is a reason for discussion because it points to something larger here. i think when youre talking about self-defense, we have to think about what self-defense is and the legal concept. and i think we have to reckon with the fact that the people who are going to be interpreting that legal concept are going to be people like you and i, people who make up the community. when we talk about reasonableness, if a ...

Year, i dont like this tax bracket, im going to look at this -- hey, im a republican. oh, you are a republican? your blackness is gone and your new nickname is uncle tom. because you cant succeed under their plan. you need us. we have to treat you like children, and bait you and tell you we are going to do this and this and then when you cant succeed its not their fault, i mean, you are black, did you have a father? the answer -- you laugh, but that -- they say that with a straight face, but don...

>> he attracted a lot of people who werent fans before that night. ♪ >> the 90s was a glorious moment for black television. because you saw these representations that youd never seen before. ♪ the premise of "the fresh prince" was this kid who comes from philadelphia. ♪ in west philadelphia born and raised on the playground is where i spent most of my days ♪ >> his mom says im going to send you to live with your uncle. he shows up at this mansion in bel air, baseball cap on backward. lik...

If you could drop the mic in a courtroom, and walk off, thats the time to do it. i wouldnt advise anytime to do that in the courtroom, but thats the time to do it. it was brilliant. it was textbook. but the reality is it was just revealing the truth. there was no excuse for doing this. and it is a part of this broader conversation in america right now, it seems to be this uptick in racial violence directed against african-americans by white vigilantes who feel that they have a license, that thei...

Embodiment of multiple levels of performance, a black preacher, a black activist, performing social justice in america, and the nations black minister. this is why you are going to be with the ahmaud family because you represent for us that spiritual presence. that is the performance of blackness in its most pristine form. >> you break that down in the book because even being able to perform with an activist, drama, marches, or whatever, is to help further a cause. some people say dont be theatr...