Wait, is Ice Cream Dairy . On tonights episode, roy wood, jr. Solves racism, nascar crashes the Confederate Flag, and how canada can solve all of americas problems. Lets get into it. Welcome to the daily distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily distancing show with Trevor Noah Trevor okay, first up, lets talk about some of the change taking place in america right now. In the weeks since protests began following the murder of george floyd, the movement has been more successful than many people could have imagined. 53 of American Voters now say that they support black lives matter with only two when only two years ago it was around 40 . Multiple major corporations in america have now said they are actively going to diversify their workplace and hire black people who theyve previously discriminated against for so long, and millions of white americans are now desperately trying to find a second black friend. One to have th
Been more successful than many people could have imagined. 53 of American Voters now say that they support black lives matter with only two when only two years ago it was around 40 . Multiple major corporations in america have now said they are actively going to diversify their workplace and hire black people who theyve previously discriminated against for so long, and millions of white americans are now desperately trying to find a second black friend. One to have the biggest shifts in america is something the country has been resisting for 155 years. Over at the capitol, House Speaker nancy pelosi is calling for nearly a dozen confederate statutes to be removed saying they play homage to hate. In richmond a con fefort statue of Jefferson Davis pulled down, the face smashed before towed away in pieces. Bubba wallace racing with black lives matter painted on his car, the race starting hours after nascar banned the Confederate Flag. That was a huge Pivotal Moment for the sport. A lot of
Lets talk about some of the change taking place in america right now. In the weeks since protests began following the murder of george floyd, the movement has been more successful than many people could have imagined. 53 of American Voters now say that they support black lives matter with only two when only two years ago it was around 40 . Multiple major corporations in america have now said they are actively going to diversify their workplace and hire black people who theyve previously discriminated against for so long, and millions of white americans are now desperately trying to find a second black friend. One to have the biggest shifts in america is something the country has been resisting for 155 years. Over at the capitol, House Speaker nancy pelosi is calling for nearly a dozen confederate statutes to be removed saying they play homage to hate. In richmond a con fefort statue of Jefferson Davis pulled down, the face smashed before towed away in pieces. Bubba wallace racing with
Speaker nancy pelosi is calling for nearly a dozen confederate statutes to be removed saying they play homage to hate. In richmond a con fefort statue of Jefferson Davis pulled down, the face smashed before towed away in pieces. Bubba wallace racing with black lives matter painted on his car, the race starting hours after nascar banned the Confederate Flag. That was a huge Pivotal Moment for the sport. A lot of backlash but it creates doors and allows the community to come together as one. Trevor yeah, from congress all the way to nascar, all over the country people are asking the question is it finally time to let go of the confederacy. I think its impressive nascar is doing this because the Confederate Flag is extremely popular with a lot of their fans. To soften the blow, maybe ban the fans from bringing the flag to the races but incorporate it into the race itself. If you win, they raise the checkered flag, for the loser the co Confederate Flag. Everyone wins. Why did congress have
On this is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. Jurors at this hour deciding the fate of the first officer charged in connection with the death of freddie gray, with my porter charged with in volunteer manslaughter. Gray died from injuries he suffered while being transported in the back of that police van, his death sparking days of riots in baltimore. Today police are again bracing for the worst. John terrett is in baltimore. Baltimore is a city on edge this morning. The police leave has been canceled, officers working 12 hours a day and the police have said they expect protest after the verdict comes in but dont expect it to turn violent. They dont say what they will do if they do turn violent. To be fair to the police, theyve worked very hard in transparent fashion since the riots of last april with the community to try to show how they are changing as a police force and avoid a repeat of what happened back then. The local School Districts have written to parent