Name: United Shades of America
Uploaded: 2025-04-23T03:15:05.000Z
Description: Follow comedian and political provocateur W. Kamau Bell as he explores communities across America to understand the unique challenges they face.

Follow comedian and political provocateur W. Kamau Bell as he explores communities across America to understand the unique challenges they face.

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W. Kamau Bell heads down south to meet with members of the Ku Klux Klan looking to rebrand their message.

The New KKK

Kamau heads to San Quentin to meet men who have spent a lifetime in prison. Hear their stories and see what kind of people they've become behind bars.

Behind the Walls

Kamau heads to East Los Angeles to meet with Latinos fighting to live the American Dream while facing prejudice and intolerance.

Latino, USA

Kamau visits one of the most dangerous cities in America -- Camden, New Jersey -- to see if a new way of policing will help change the relationship between law enforcement and the people.

Protect and Serve?

Kamau travels to North Carolina and Tennessee to see what it takes to live off the grid.

Off the Grid

Kamau visits people in Portland, Oregon, to discover how hipsters and gentrification have affected their neighborhoods.

Is It Cool To Be Hip?

Kamau heads to Barrow, Alaska, to observe how a person lives above the Arctic Circle and learns about the Inuit customs and traditions the natives are trying to preserve.

The Last Frontier

Kamau heads to Daytona Beach, Florida, to see how spring breakers and retirees are getting the most out of life.

The Fountain of Youth

On a freewheeling visit to Washington, D.C., Kamau enjoys meeting an abundant cross-section of immigrants who have come to this country from all over the world to make a better life.

Immigrants and Refugees

Kamau goes into the heart of Chicago gang territory to explore the truth about violence in the city.

Chicago Gangs

Kamau's trip to the Dakotas sheds light on the indigenous people we mistakenly call Native Americans.

Native "Americans"

Kamau meets Muslims in Michigan who are eager to explain that practitioners of Islam aren't what people assume they are.

Muslims in Small Town America

Kamau unlocks some of the myths of Puerto Ricans with an epic journey from New York City to the captivating island itself.

Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rico

Appalachia may be one of the hardest-hit areas of the country economically, but it is still a region rich with history and optimism.

Appalachian Coal Country

Kamau visits San Francisco's Chinatown for a conversation that uncovers what it means to be American and culturally connected to another country.

It's Chinatown!

Kamau heads to the US-Mexico border to discover what life is like for the people who live there.

The Border

Kamau unravels the stereotypes about one of the most misunderstood religions in America: Sikhism.

Sikhs in America

Kamau explores the rich history and traditions of the Gullah Geechee people, who are, in many ways, the seat of African-American culture.

The South Carolina Gullah

Kamau meets with people in the disability community to understand their views on healthcare and how they're portrayed in the media.

The Disability Community

Kamau heads to Historically Black Colleges and Universities to examine why these schools are important.

HBCUs

Kamau heads down south to debunk some myths while also retracing his family roots with his father.

Sweet Home (Mobile) Alabama

Kamau takes a trip up north to Canada to see if it is truly a multicultural utopia that is as tolerant and racism-free as people have claimed.

The Canadian Way

Hawaii isn't just a paradise for tourists -- its lands are full of history and culture. Kamau visits the islands of Hawaii and talks with natives to experience its past, present and future.

Native Hawaii

Kamau visits Dallas, Texas -- the home of the Megachurch -- to explore the new face of Christianity today in a city where church and state are far from separate.

Megachurches

While in and around Seattle, Kamau takes a look at different forms of activism that white people are using to combat America's history of white supremacy and the rise of extreme right-wing groups across the country.

Not All White People

Kamau meets members of the Hmong community brought here after the Secret War forced their expulsion from Laos. He learns the multi-generational stories of loss, perseverance and hope that make up their American journey.

Hmong Americans

In Jackson, Mississippi, Kamau explores the divisive world of reproductive rights and reproductive justice, including abortion, sex education and women's health.

Body Politics

Kamau heads to Washington, D.C., where the city's residents show him the vibrant culture of life there that is distinct from the Washington politics that surround it.

The Real DC

Kamau visits Salt Lake City, Utah, to explore the growing LGBTQ+ community living in the epicenter of the Mormon religion.

Out and Proud Salt Lake

Black residents in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the most segregated city in the US, explain why living there can be so challenging for them.

#livingwhileblack

Kamau visits Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania to learn about the toxic, man-made disasters that have polluted these communities for generations.

Toxic America

Why Dallas is an epicenter of not only shocking statistical deadly violence against the trans community, but also of activism and resilience.

United Shades of America

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