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
Going on in the reeled world, roy wood, jr. On the vote and the crazy plot to kidnap the michigan governor. Lets do this. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Alsos be honest guys, there have been a lot of upsetting news over the last few weeks. Suks months, year and a half, four years and it only seems to be getting worse. Coronavirus, the supreme court, election anxiety, emily in paris, the list goes on and on. But it turns out there is still good news out there. So lets de compress for a moment with another installment of our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. Lets kick things off in peru, the country best known for its adorable living pun atas. Luke most of the world the south american nation has been in lockdown for coronavirus. But this week it reopened its biggest attraction for one lucky guy. Patients have paid off for a japanese tourist who refused to let the pandemic ruin his trip
Welcome to the daily social distancing show, im trevor noah. Today is wednesday the 14th of october. Which means that if you live in kansas, rhode island or tennessee early voting is now open in your state. So go out there, get your vote in early because that way youll get the house to yourself when all your roommates are voting on election day. Think about it, it will be the first alone time you have gotten all year. And you know what that means shake up a martini and celebrate being home alone, baby, yeah, anyway coming up on tonights show we catch up on what is going on in the reeled world, roy wood, jr. On the vote and the crazy plot to kidnap the michigan governor. Lets do this. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Alsos be honest guys, there have been a lot of upsetting news over the last few weeks. Suks months, year and a half, four years and it only seems to be getting worse. Coronav
Riots in the police, thank you for joining us for this important and timely conversation. My name is jason riley and im a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and i want the viewers to know that throughout the program please enter your questions on any of the platforms that youre watching us on and we will either wrapped some some into the discussion or save them for the q a at the end of the event so i just want everyone to know that before we get started. As far as i said this was of course not be a more important ormore timely conversation that were going to have today. Since the death of george floyd and in Police Custody last month, weve seen nationwide unrest. Weve seen protests not only here in america but internationally. And weve also seen a certain narrative take hold area it starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd step is through a racial lens. In fact, all encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly viewed this way. I
Platforms you are watching us on and we will either wrap them into the discussion or save them for the qanda at the end of the event. I want everyone to know that before we get started. As i said, this of course could not be a more important or more timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month we have seen nationwide unrest and protests not only here in america but internationally. And weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd staff is through a racial lens. In fact all encounters between the police and black suspects increasingly are viewed in this way. It assumes the behavior, typical Police Behavior towards black suspects and it assumes george floyd is a sort of black every man in america thats what happened to him happened to black people all the time, that essentially they leave everyday worried about having a violent encounter with