Joining me is a very special guest im excited and honored and kind of nervous to have on. Executive producer of united shades of america cammal. Thank you for coming on the show. Im a little nervous. Nothing to be nervous about with me. Im a college dropout. It was an ivy league school, the university of pennsylvania, that you dropped out of it. I dropped out of the best. You usually make us laugh and showing up for it. All right, cool, were going back air. While making us think about what and we are black with it means to be black in america. Executive producer and host of cnns united shades of america, serious issues. Really, today, there is not much and oakland resident e w kamau bell. Here is a question, what are you doing to take care of your to talk about. Yeah, if you go on twitter, you go to find black people who Mental Health during this time. Are posting and finding ways to you make jokes. Laugh. It releases tension. And avoiding the idea. Im turtling up. Nows the time where
Guests Kareem Abduljabbar Phoebe Robinson. W. Kamal bell. And the legendary roots crew its the tonight show at home edition. And now, heres jimmy. Thank you for tuning into the tonight show. Our opening sequence had no music. That was not a mistake, that was done in solidarity with the Music Industry and blackout tuesday, which means no music will be used in our show at all tonight. Just a way to remind everyone, hold everyone accountable for their actions and just recognize the struggle that black lives have been going through. We here at the tonight show support black lives matter, and we are against any type of Police Brutality for me as a comedian to do these shows that arent necessarily funny but just a conversation, we ar comedy show so were going to try to make you laugh tonight we have two very funny human beings two dope queens, Phoebe Robinson w. Kamal bell from united shades of america. Theyre going to shed their views of whats going on in the world as well as they cant help
Fo really called our church this. From sky 7, you can see hundreds of drivers lined up patiently waiting their turn for pickup. Pastor kenny foreman says he has never seen anything like this before. Were going to be here for the long haul until we goat the other side. Second harvest of Silicon Valley distributes food through sites in santa clara and san mateo counties. The church is just one of them. We have so many people feeling so much anxiety right now, and so many people finding themselves for the first time in need of help. Across town at the san jose armory, Real Estate Developer urban community has brought together a network of business and Community Leaders to help form a new nonprofit called san jose ship kits. There is a lot of good people throughout that really want to make a difference. And weve got a lot of already. The group is distributing free medical, food and wellness supply kits by those in shelter in place mandate. Theyre really going through it. And to be able to
Hes 18. Hes in city hall in beaverton, oregon. And according to him, hes high on mushrooms. So he starts a fight with some cops. They all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cops gun and shoots it. More cops jump in. It ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. This is white privilege. If that idea bothers you, then lets just call it benefit of the doubt. Those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. Now, of course, when youre black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. Cops murdered Laquan Mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. Cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. But jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. On this episode, were talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. You want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake . Yes. Youve seen the vi
he s 18. he s in city hall in beaverton, oregon. and according to him, he s high on mushrooms. so he starts a fight with some cops. they all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cop s gun and shoots it. more cops jump in. it ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. this is white privilege. if that idea bothers you, then let s just call it benefit of the doubt. those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. now, of course, when you re black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. cops murdered laquan mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. but jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. on this episode, we re talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. you want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake