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it's literally reclaiming those lands so we can re-establish those relationships. >> the host of "united shades of america" w. kamau bell joins us now and is also the director of emmy-nominated series "we need to talk about cosby" and the co-author of the new book "do the work, an act activity racist book" which is due out now. so good to talk to you. what exactly is the goal of the land back movement? do the native activists fighting for it, do they real want all of the land that makes up the u.s. put back under additional control? >> i don't frum speak for all of them individually, and i want to make a that clear but i think the short answer would be yes, but i think the clip was very interesting when i asked about all the people at home who would hear that and be afraid to come to their houses. fact that you would assume giving us the land back is a bad thing it's about your understanding of how this country works. he's saying if we get the land
lots of restaurants. basically, gold, silk. it was boston heights. >> w kamau bell is the host of "united shades of america." we need to talk about cosby, congrats again, and co-author of the new book, "do the work" which is available now. congrats to that too. i think i told you that last time, but continue. that's awesome. kamau, in this episode, you talked to a very diverse collection of people within the asian american community. chinese, korean, indian, kids, comedians, politicians. did you find that there was kind of a common thread about the experiences that they wanted to share with you? >> yeah, i think that 2020 was a sort of a line in the sand for many of us, particularly the asian american community and the rise in hate crimes against asian americans, and ways in which it looked like on social media that black people were attacking asian americans at some high level, that it was a
ladder, and so to know that there are organizations now taking it upon themselves, right, to promote and to build infrastructure, well, the fact that we're having this conversation right now for television, you know, means we're moving in the right direction. >> yeah. >> w. kamau bell joins us now, so he is also the director of the emmy-nominated series "we need to talk about cosby" and co-author of the "new york times" best-seller "do the work," an anti-racist activity book. you talked about how representation and how important it is and how asians need to have more a seat at the table. tell bus that >> i can't speak more about that without highlighting lisa ling and one. ogs of the series department and the fact that she owes an asian woman on tv community talking to people inside her community and outside her community. it's important.
>> and joining us now to talk more about this is the host of united shades of america, w. kamau bell. can a kamau, thank you so much for joining us. you have "do the work," an anti-racist activity book. you relate to us communities that we may not know have existed. this is a perfect example of that, black americans living in appalachia. why has the culture of this region been so overlooked. >> i think it's about how we tell stories in. this country we tell stories. we focus on the stories of white americans, so appalachia is a case where that's certainly been the case. so even someone like me who is well-traveled and when i first went to appalachia in season two, we passed a place called the lynch colored school. there's black people in appalachia and there's a thriving black history in
united shades of america, w. kamau bell. he is also the co-author of the new book "do the work, an anti-racist activity book" coming out july 19. hi, kamau. you're diving right in with the first episode tackling two topics distorted in recent history, woke and critical race theory. what inspired that? >> i think i heard them bandied about in ways i did not recognize or understand. you know, this was not an episode i was excited to do. it just felt like, oh, i have to do this. i think i'm the guy who does this, so -- >> felt like it was your duty. >> all right. let's talk about it. >> a sworn duty. >> your sworn duty. >> i get it. it's like, you know, taking medicine when you have to. what did you find out about what people think these terms mean versus what these terms actually mean and like where does this term originate and how it got to where it is now when it comes to woke? >> well, in the clip that you -- in the clip that you played,
>> race theory? >> you can teach it without having an opinion. >> is it okay if a teacher says i think slavery was bad? >> no. >> no. >> well? >> nazis is not good. >> nothing is bad. >> no. >> if the latter is how you heard it first i am not surprised you are confused that is why i grind my teeth when i sleep. >> it is manipulation and manufacturing pricing. >> who is manufacturing it? >> the democrats. >> we need to teach our children how to compete. >> we need to teach history america better here? >> no, no, no. not that stuff. >> well, not the whole thing. >> joining us now, the host of united shades of america. the co-author of the new book "do the work" antiracist activity book
demonize any sort of thinking that they perceive as progressive thinking about race. >> so the very fact this time last year, very few people had heard of critical race theory, but sidly overnight critical race theory is that thing that you have to come out and protect your children against it's a boogeyman, and we think -- >> the boogeyman, that is a think they use to say your america is being taken away. >> you actually follow the money, you'll see tens of millions of dollars have been spent to create critical race theory as the boogeyman. >> joining us the host of "united shades of america" and also a co-author of "do the work." that's coming out july 19th.
thirteen chanel went to dallas. and in twenty fifteen it was the turn of rome. the focus is always on craftsmanship every individual piece is produced by small paris studios who do the work by hand. businesses as it is that these studios had a tough time because work done by hand is not prized anymore at that and it's only thanks to lagerfeld and chanel but they still exist if you bought them all and now gives them a lot of freedom that's an a gift and that's really special because it doesn't need to go to that. line. that's the kind of luxury and craftsmanship chanel stands for. state. a lot of detail in craftsmanship is put down to karl lagerfeld now believed to be eighty four years old he apparently still designs the entire collection himself that's unusual in the fashion industry.