> 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 Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
> 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 Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies." property="og:description">
> 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 Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
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>> 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