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W. Kamau Bell reflects on his own experience with coffee shop racism in 2015. After watching the arrest of two black men in a Starbucks in Philadelphia, he writes that not much has changed.
Comedian and social activist W. Kamau Bell managed to shoot seven more episodes of his Emmy-winning CNN series “United Shades of America” during a pandemic, doing nearly all his interviews ...
The Republican budget bill passed last week, which some are calling the largest wealth distribution to the wealthy in history.  We’ll speak with W. Kamaul Bell who is a stand-up comic, commentator, ...
W. Kamau Bell’s vocabulary. Unlike Alec Baldwin, who had to be told by GLAAD that “cocksucker” is offensive to the LGBT community, Bell is out there educating the public: 2.
W. Kamau Bell is embracing the word "negro." It's a term that connects him to civil rights icons of the past. "Some people may be offended by it, but to me it just feels very like classically, ...
Editor’s Note: W. Kamau Bell is a sociopolitical comedian and author who hosts and executive produces the CNN Original Series “United Shades of America,” airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The ...
W. Kamau Bell, who performs regularly in Bay Area comedy clubs, said he was shocked when the employee tapped on the window from inside the café and indicated that he should leave the area. The ...
W. Kamau Bell, a comedian and television presenter with roots in Mobile, releases his book "The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell" on May 2, 2017. (John Nowak/CNN) Two days after confronting race ...
When W. Kamau Bell got started, he just wanted to make people laugh. At 21, he began with a goal of being a stand-up comedian. Then everything changed. “We had a Black president, then we had an ...
W. Kamau Bell isn’t exactly an investigative journalist and he isn’t exactly a dirt-digging muckraker, and the case of Bill Cosby doesn’t really require such a specialist.
W. Kamau Bell has a reputation for doing things some people say he shouldn’t do. First, it was talking to the Ku Klux Klan. Next, it was interviewing white nationalist Richard Spencer.
Comedian W. Kamau Bell joins the In Defense of Ska podcast to talk about his love of Fishbone, including their influence, ...