Host welcome to book tv and in depth. This is a Monthly Program with one author, talking about his or her book and we are pleased this month to be joined by west moore who is the author of three books plus Childrens Book in a novel. In his first book came out in 2010. Its called the other west more braided is a bogeyman in 2015 in this most recent book is about baltimore during the arrest and death of freddie great and just come out five days. Thats what that is called but in your folks, you write is a military save your life. What you mean by that. Wes moore i think of the military played an incredibly Important Role in my life where some of the most important times of my life is wearing suits, tshirt and jeans were is very uniform in this country. I was first introduced in the military system actually one is about 13 years old. I was into a military school. And there was issues and challenges and when i was younger, my mom was pregnant when we went to military school. I was eight yea
Killer mike and chris hayes. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey. Thank you. Youre very nice. I am. Stephen thank you very much. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Well, were back after ten days off, and i never imagined that, after ten days, a Global Pandemic would not be the lead story. Remember when we were all afraid of our groceries . I miss those days. No, the story that has pushed 100,000 covid deaths below the fold is americas preexisting condition racism. Protests against Police Targeting black people have broken out in dozens of cities. So april was Global Pandemic, may is maissive nationwide unrest. I assume june is plague of locusts, and then in july, pleated pants are coming back. Its not just the u. S. Citizens protesting racism in the United States. Protesters gathered in london, toronto, even berlin. You know its bad when germany thinks your countrys racist. Thats like jama
Police crackdowns. Alarming video leads to new scrutiny of tactics against demonstrators nationwide. Well talk with new york the Police Commissioner. And racism in america. First on cbs this morning, basketball great Kareem Abduljabbar on why people should not rush to judge those who have taken to the streets. His words give you a lot to think about. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I cant breathe the only thing that can put out these fires are Police Accountability and equal justice. Streets from coast to coast. Curfews in place in dozens of cities as demonstrations, some peaceful, and others violent rage for the sixth night. We are the change. We are the hope, the dreams, the embodiment of a people who say enough is enough. Enoughs enough. With protests breaking out across the u. S. , theres concern there could be a new coronavirus outbreak. We went from a stayathome order. Now were seeing thousands of people jammed in together in close proximity. Atlantas ma
Plus stephen welcomes killer mike and chris hayes. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey. Thank you. Youre very nice. I am. Stephen thank you very much. Welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Well, were back after ten days off, and i never imagined that, after ten days, a Global Pandemic would not be the lead story. Remember when we were all afraid of our groceries . I miss those days. No, the story that has pushed 100,000 covid deaths below the fold is americas preexisting condition racism. Protests against Police Targeting black people have broken out in dozens of cities. So april was Global Pandemic, may is mass civil unrest, i assume june is plague of locusts, and then in july, pleated pants are coming back. Its not just the u. S. Citizens protesting racism in the United States. Protesters gathered in london, toronto, even berlin. You know its bad when germany thinks your countrys racist. Tha
Large, have been taught to have indifference or even contempt for black life. We have defined the country as a white nation where people of color are here on a guest pass and its a guest pass that we think we can revoke. Reporter cbs news contributor is a professor at american university. He says since the jim crow era, white people have had the right of using the police to their advantage. They recognize that they are they have the privilege to call a Police Officer with the belief that the Police Officer, even if theyre in the wrong, will be on their side. Reporter its a painful history that educator jane elliott has been trying to fight for more than 50 years. The blueeyed people are the better people in this room. Reporter her famous brown eyes versus blue eyes experiment assigned heightened status to third grade students based on those arbitrary parameters in an effort to teach them about discrimination. Its time to recognize people as they are, which is human beings. Were all in