with me, zeinab badawi. my guest today is funny. she s a comedian, actor, and a disability advocate. she was born in the united states to palestinian immigrant parents. and since birth has been living with cerebral palsy, a condition which affects the brain and nervous system. maysoon zayid believes comedy has the power to transform the lives of disabled people. she also says her standup comedy shows help normalize the perceptions of muslims, when many seek to demonize them. can comedy really do all that? and where do you draw the line between what s funny and what s unacceptable? theme music plays maysoon zayid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. i really want to shake your hand, but i shake too much to shake. laughs consider it done. maysoon zayid, you ve said if there were an oppression olympics, you would win the gold medal. yes. why do you say that? i would definitely win the gold medal because i m palestinian, i m muslim, i m a woman of colour, i m di
the united states to palestinian immigrant parents. and since birth has been living with cerebral palsy, a condition which affects the brain and nervous system. maysoon zayid believes comedy has the power to transform the lives of disabled people. she also says her standup comedy shows help normalize the perceptions of muslims, when many seek to demonize them. can comedy really do all that? and where do you draw the line between what s funny and what s unacceptable? theme music plays. maysoon zayid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. i really want to shake your hand but i shake too much to shake. laughs consider it done. maysoon zayid, you ve said if there were an oppression olympics, you would win the gold medal. yes. why do you say that? i would definitely win the gold medal because i m palestinian, i m muslim, i m a woman of colour, i m disabled and i live in donald trump s america. you don t get more oppressed than that. we will come to donald trump s a
my guest today is funny. she s a comedian, actor and a disability advocate. she who was born in the united states to palestinian immigrant parents. and since birth has been living with cerebral palsy, a condition which affects the brain and nervous system. maysoon zayid believes comedy has the power to transform the lives of disabled people. she also says her standup comedy shows help normalize the perceptions of muslims, when many seek to demonize them. can comedy really do all that? and where do you draw the line between what s funny and what s unacceptable? maysoon zayid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. i really want to shake your hand but i shake too much to shake. laughs consider it done. maysoon zayid, you ve said if there were an oppression olympics, you would win the gold medal. yes. why do you say that? i would definitely win the gold medal because i m palestinian, i m muslim, i m a woman of colour, i m disabled and i live in donald trump s amer
we recently met historian and educator jordan in detroit s gordon park to learn about the uprising, which led to 43 deaths over 7000 arrests, and the deployment of 5000 federal troops to restore order. i am a historian and a leader with black world history and torn i do towards drop the city of detroit. what happened on july 23, 1967? officerndercover attempted to get inside of 9125 the street, which was police thought an illegal after-hours bar. after he was able to get in at 3:00 in the morning, the bar was rated by the police for breaking the law. and when they raided the place, they found it was not a small but the policee, confronted about 85 people who were there because two vietnam war veterans had returned, and the party being held at the club was for them. and it was sunday morning. the police were at their lowest manpower, so it took them a long time to get all of these people out. the police did not have a good relationship with the african-american community at
1967? a undercover or plainclothes officer, charles henry, attempted to get inside 9125 12th street, which is what police call a blind pig, an illegal after-hours bar. after he was finally able to get in mainly around 3:00 in the morning, the illegal after-hours bar was raided by the police for breaking the law. when they rated the place, they found it was not a small amount of people, which they were used to in these types of raids. the police confronted about 85 people who were there because to because two vietnam war veterans had returned and the party being held at the club was for them. it was sunday morning. the police were at their lowest manpower so it took a long time for them to get all of these people out. the police had no good relationship with the african-american community at that time. there had been a number of complaints for decades about racist police brutality. as the police are bringing people out, it is sunday morning but still nighttime, still dark