Details the vision of the atomic bomb. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan 3. Next on American History tvs weekly reel america series the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 krontv documentary about Police Brutality in the community and various ideas to reform the Police Department. Almost from the day it was founded in 1848 folks across the bay in San Francisco have been making jokes about oakland. Theres no there there Gertrude Stein is said to have said. Today californias fourth largest city is a booming industry of commerce, art and culture. But oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all its citizens. Nearly half the citizens population are nonwhite and many are poor. They do not patronize the simpphony or museum or hold the jobs created by the industry port and transportation facilities. Most of oaklands black and brown citizens came here from the south during world war ii lured by recruiters for government and private industry
Because while the movement in the street has been building up steam, democrats in washington have been scrambling to respond. But yesterday, i think they figured it out. With some were not a fan of the colorfucolorful kente scarf turt into a political prop. Trevor okay i understand the symbol symbolic gesture of kneeling to remember george floyd. What i dont understand is why they had to dress like extras from coming to america 2. A lot of people were confused about why democrats wore african cloth to talk about george floyd and Police Brutality. It felt as if they were trying too hard. But im just glad they managed to talk nancy pelosi down from the original outfit she planned. A step too far. And, look, however much you want to blame nancy pelosi and the democrats for doing this, we also have to assign some of the blame to the african store owner who knew full well that no good can come from one white person buying 50 kente cloths. No, nancy, you have to trust me. The more kente you
Californias fourth largest city is a booming center of art, industry, and culture. Oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the citys population is nonwhite and many are poor. They do not patronize the symphony or the museums. They dont use the coliseum or airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industry, port and transportation facilities. Most of oaklands black and brown citizens came here from the south during world war ii, lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. After the war, the shipyards closed and many factories moved to the suburbs, leaving most nonwhite workers behind. Technology put more workers on the unemployment and welfare lines, where they were joined by newly dispossessed farmers and farm workers forced off the land. During the 1950s, oakland became a stagnant, seating ghetto surrounded by oaklands allwhite Police
Tonights episode is specific for you you. Yeah, you bryan. I see you. 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 all right, before we get into the conversation thats happening among activists and everyone in america, lets catch up with the ongoing conversation in washington. Because while the movement in the street has been building up steam, democrats in washington have been scrambling to respond. But yesterday, i think they figured it out. With some were not a fan of the colorfucolorful kente scarf turt into a political prop. Trevor okay i understand the symbol symbolic gesture of kneeling to remember george floyd. What i dont understand is why they had to dress like extras from coming to america 2. A lot of people were confused about why democrats wore african cloth to talk about george floyd and Police Brutality. It felt as if they
Show. On tonights episode, we wanted to talk about the only conversation every american is having right now what do you do about the police . Do you abolish them . Do you defund them . Do you make them smoke the whole carton of tear gas so they learn their lesson . Well, tonight instead of guessing or using some random account on twitter to try and figure it out, were going to be speaking to actual organizers and some of the actual people who have been behind the defund the police andthe abolish movements from the very beginning. So if youre confused, or if you dont agree, or if you just want to try and find out what the hell is going on, well, tonights episode is specific for you you. Yeah, you bryan. I see you. 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 all right, before we get into the conversation thats happening among activists an