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i saw blood everywhere. jodi gonterman : her daughters laying there. >> terrified. a yo >> terrified. attacked. jason morales : blood on the floor, shovel, duct tape, also a knife. unidentified woman : i truly thought brittani would die. andrea canning : you wake up from your coma. brittani marcell : im just, like, trying to communicate. dr. lori wright : she didnt give up. brittani marcell : it was a struggle. andrea canning : youre not youre the witness. brittani marcell : its almost...

>> she is the definition of grit. >> she didnt give up. >> hes hurting me. >> the details that she gave. >> it was unbelievable. >> she said, you did it. i said, no, you did. route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway faded and closed as the cotton wood mall be...

Of the races. [laughter] by the time im done, theyll all be one color, tall, light-skinned, and amazing. [laughter] >> greg: [laughs] oh, boy. >> tyrus: for those wondering why i have flower pots underwater, its because they use them to lay eggs in. thats why they are there. >> greg: thats much like kats! >> kat: i dont even get it. >> greg: i dont, either. sometimes things dont work. >> kat: why do i lay eggs? >> greg: [laughs] what is your animal? >> kat: this kitty is really -- look at that! ...

>> reporter: utzi was a man who lived more than 5,000 years ago. until now he was thought to be light-skinned and hairy, but new research finds he was more likely dark-skinned and balding. >> we found out that the skin color is much darker than we thought. hes had a very dark skin color, even darker than todays south europeans like people from sicily, sardinia, but not as dark as people from subsaharan africa and on the other hand, we found out that he was most likely bald. so he had a genetic p...

At all. just laugh, its fine, im light skinned. a lot of mixing and what-not back then. goes on today. >> greg: todd piro just ran out of the building. >> i know he did, his parents are here, he cant go far. it doesnt matter whether trumps ancestors owned slaves or not. they are right, just like it doesnt matter that old biden great, great grandparents owned slaves, it doesnt matter. you are here where you are now because of effort you put in or your family put in. it doesnt matter what your flo...

Amanda Seales and Damona Dixon, aka Don’t Call Me White Girl, join forces to talk defying stereotypes, handling trolls, and the difference between bullying and colorism.

Raymond parks was the first real activist i ever met. he was a longtime member of the naacp." -he was the first man i had met since the death of my grandfather that was not ready to accept what we call bowing and scraping, and "yes-yesing." -"he was in his late 20s and working as a barber in the black barbershop in downtown montgomery." -a mutual friend introduces rosa and raymond parks to one another. rosas initially not interested. -"i thought he was too white. i had an aversion to white men w...

Waits school that i was a person of dignity and self respect. i should not set my sights lower than anybody else, just because i was black. >> raymond parks was the first activist averment. he was a longtime member of the naacp. >> he was the first man that i had met since the death of my grandfather that was not ready to except it. he was in his late twenties, and working as a barber in a black barbershop in downtown montgomery. >> a mutual friend introduces rosa and raymond parks to one anothe...

Puerto rican famous puerto rican? >> bad bunny of course. >> ive been on television and a half a century. >> do you like her? >> jenny from the block. >> joe biden says hes puerto rican. >> no way. >> hes too light-skinned. >> hes a liar, hes not a puerto rican. >> stopped, done, over. >> i didnt know that. >> do you think hes telling the truth, why would he lie? >> hes looking for more votes. >> bingo. >> hes old and senile and you people put him in office. >> you people? >> it wasnt me. >> wh ...

Centuries of indoctrination have ingrained into the minds of white and Black Americans that any aspect of Africanness was negative.