narrative that we often hear in the media. black appalachian s came here over generations, dating back to the conquistadors. they worked the coal mines and fought for labor rights alongside white appalachians. they won. they farm and hunted and all things considered, black folks found a pretty decent life. we know how capitalism works though. with the discovery of extractable coal, many mines shut down and people of all colors flowed out of the region. since 1950, west virginia lost nearly half of its black population. in some ways, the culture they created is barely hanging on. the first stop on the appalachian trail brings me here, in full camo, with a shotgun. stay tuned. if the history of the show teaches us anything, this does not go well.
all right. reporter: appalachia is not a place, it s a region. 13 states, 206,000 square miles and 26 million people. the 2.5 million black appalachians are the largest minority group here, disrupting that singular white working class narrative that we often hear in the media. black appalachians came here over generations, dating all the way back to the conquistadors. they worked the coal mines. they fought for labor rights right alongside white appalachians, and they won. they hunted and farmed and all things considered appalachia, black folks found a pretty decent life. but we all know how black capitalism works. with the discovery of easily distracted high quality coal. since 1950, west virginia lost nearly half of its black population. damn. and in some ways, the culture
which means that we must recognize in legislation that the trampling of indigenous rights is a cause of climate change, we are allowing people and we are allowing ourselves to make sure that we are allowing folks to deny ourselves human rights. tucker: so the descendant of conquistadors is once again lecturing you about racism. okay, sandy cortez. it s easy to mock her. on the other hand, open your mind. larry summers just told us that january 6th cost inflation, he s a very smart man despite his repulsive table manners. the idea that your racism is making the planet warmer isn t is actually possible. we can t say, we are not scientists. the one thing we can say for sure if the people who screwed up everything are in no way responsible for what they did legally or morally, in fact there blameless. and we can tell you that with confidence because the one thing