United Shades of America Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Black in AppalachiaIn this episode W. Kamau Bell travels to the heart of the central Appalachian hills to learn about the culture of this largely unknown population of Black Americans. Along the way, he hunts for squirrels with renaissance mountain man Marcus Oglesby and his family.
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Episode 2 - Athletes & the Cost of WinningWhile sports can be exhilarating and bring us together, they also come with a lot of intensity and pressure that can compromise athletes' mental health. W. Kamau Bell heads to the legendary sports town of Boston, Massachusetts to find out how athletes are speaking up and leading change.
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Episode 3 - The Landback MovementW. Kamau Bell travels to the Black Hills of South Dakota - a place known for centuries to the Indigenous peoples of the area as "the heart of everything that is." Bell dives into the leading edge of one of the most profound campaigns of Native self determination to date with the LANDBACK campaign.
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Episode 4 - California is BurningYears of prolonged drought and extreme heatwaves in California have seen wildfires grow in frequency, intensity, and size. It is a complex crisis, fueled by mismanagement of the land, corporate greed, and of course, climate change. There's no quick or easy fix to any of this, so in the meantime, how do we learn to coexist with wildfire?
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Episode 5 - The Woke WarIn this episode, W. Kamau Bell explores what is going on with 'wokeness.' The term "woke" has become the epicenter of a massive political and ideological fight for control of the nation's future. Bell visits Arizona, an emerging swing state on the front-line of a culture war that is an epicenter of national polarization.
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Episode 6 - Hawaii for HawaiiansThe word aloha has come to define Hawaiian hospitality: a warm, open armed welcome. But in his second trip to Hawaii, W. Kamau Bell learns how that word has been commodified and corrupted to benefit transplants and how an exploitative tourism industry has left local Hawaiians protesting to get their jobs back, competing with tourists for space in the water and struggling for housing.
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Episode 7 - Asian Americans in the SpotlightW. Kamau Bell takes us on a personal journey as he discusses representation with some of his Asian American friends in the film and television industry, examining the commonality between his own experience and theirs.
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