First a discussion on the late author and active audra lorde, following by eddie glaude on james baldwin. Welcome to the Shomberg Center book festival. We had to reimagine a block long multistaged outdoor philadelphia as a viral one with your favorite write centers opportunity to discover more books. This we we have 35 authors and midraters sharing narratives from the u. S. And uk to west africa and jamaica, each night we go between the past and present like the Shomberg Centers archives and programs. Tonights program, audra lordo features writers roxanne gay, tracy. Something i and mahogany browne. Im the associate director of Public Programs and exhibitions at the Shomberg Center for research in black culture. Were celebrating 95 years of one of the world residents leading cultural institutions devoted to research, preservation and exhibition. Our are care has 11 million ims at that time illuminate the richness of black history and culture and we have met some items v8 digitally. Vis
Seth stoughton, and d. L. Hughley, and what its like to be black in america. First lets catch up on todays headlines. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with immigration. Its the reason your food has flavor, and how the president met 66 of his wives. When donald trump ran for office, his platform was that he opposed illegal immigration. And i want people to come into the country, but i want them to come in legally. Trevor thats right, big guy. But after taking office, he began restricting legal immigration, too. And now, thanks to corona, it looks like hes taking it all the way. Tonight, a new round of immigration restrictions from the white house. President trump has signed an executive order blocking entry into the United States for at least four types of visas, including the h1b visa for highskilled work
In phase two of reopening, which means many people can go back to their offices. However, i am not yet going back to the office, because thats exactly where corona thinks im going to go. To beat the virus are you have to think like the virus. In tonights episode we talk to seth stoughton, and d. L. Hughley, and what its like to be black in america. First lets catch up on todays headlines. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with immigration. Its the reason your food has flavor, and how the president met 66 of his wives. When donald trump ran for office, his platform was that he opposed illegal immigration. And i want people to come into the country, but i want them to come in legally. Trevor thats right, big guy. But after taking office, he began restricting legal immigration, too. And now, thanks to corona,
Social media to the morning news, has been Bubba Wallace, nascar, and the noose. Now, if you missed the story, heres how it all went down Bubba Wallace, the only black nascar driver, has been promoting the black lives Matter Movement and pushing nascar to ban the Confederate Flag from its races. Nascar agreed, and Bubba Wallace immediately faced a huge firestorm from people who felt like he was blocking their Southern Heritage and racism. Then, a week after the flag was banned from the races, one of wallaces crew members found a noose hanging in the garage where wallaces car was parked. And so, immediately, everybody was on edge, especially black people. I mean, its a noose. A noose is like the n word of ropes. In fact, i dont even like to say the word moose because its too close to noose. I just call it a canadian cow. So, anyway, after the noose was found, nascar called in the f. B. I. To investigate if this was, indeed, a hate crime, and last night, the f. B. I. Announced their find
Couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor Trevor the big story thats had everybody talking, from social media to the morning news, has been Bubba Wallace, nascar, and the noose. Now, if you missed the story, heres how it all went down Bubba Wallace, the only black nascar driver, has been promoting the black lives Matter Movement and pushing nascar to ban the Confederate Flag from its races. Nascar agreed, and Bubba Wallace immediately faced a huge firestorm from people who felt like he was blocking their Southern Heritage and racism. Then, a week after the flag was banned from the races, one of wallaces crew members found a noose hanging in the garage where wallaces car was parked. And so, immediately, everybody was on edge, especially black people. I mean, its a noose. A noose is like the n word of ropes. In fact, i dont even like to say the word moose because its too close to noose. I just call it a canadian cow. So, anyway, afte