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supremacy. the subtle stuff and insidious versions. we filmed in 2020, which means we filmed weeks before 2020 hit and months before minneapolis and george floyd and the protested followed. before many of us heard of forming or de-funding the police and his president and cronies related to race crimes. you don't have to look to history to see racism. just watch the news. the question is, are we finally ready to do the work that makes america the just, equitable and great place it's always claimed to be? ♪ ah, the first episode of united shades of america. such an innocent time. i know many of you remember it.

i hear it all the time. there isn't any racism anymore. you're right. it's gotten way worse. and that was all before covid-19 and before four cops in minneapolis killed george floyd rather than treat it like a human. protests. a police station burning to the ground. before fatening the curve and through it all, the president not handling it at all. oh, look, baby's first bible. america's finally ready to get real on white supremacy. so let's start math, easy, basic. these are white supremacists.

44 white presidents out of 45 in a land 100% native american is white supremacy. white supremacy is a big, complicated web of systems and institutions set up to keep us with one race. guess which one? ♪ the bird of paradise. it's known as steel town usa. most is gone. it's progressive liberal cities

in western pittsburgh, pa. an industrial city and grueling technology hub. it's america's most livable city. one sacred and the most affordable city and the worst city in america for black people. wait, what? what in the name of pittsburgh's mr. rogers is going on? the paradox of seven times higher injured mortality rate of black babies over white babies or a safe and livable city versus the daily attack on white people at a synagogue. means that in pittsburgh, like america, the history and structure of white supremacy has us living two totally separate relatitys. you know existing black in pittsburgh is like starving to death in a supermarket aisle. i didn't come up with that. a pittsburgher and native did.

did you ever hear of a pittsburgh steeler getting arrest arrested? >> yeah, it happens here. >> that's funny. >> david young is a writer and a co-founder of one of my favorite websites. he was born and raised here. most importantly, he stayed her here. >> i feel like pittsburgh is a microcosm of america in the sense that i think that we believe our own hype. it just as america kind of believes its own hype, it's lofty missions that were written by slave owners. and there is a reason why white people in pittsburgh seem to be thriving and black people are not. it's like we didn't get this way because of unconnected decisions? that's why white people in the phrase of white supremacy are only thinking of the clan, the same nation now, segregation freedom. they're not thinking about the

structures that exist in this country that keep black folks at the bottom. >> and it's not even about hate. >> yes. >> it's not about hate. >> you could have a black best friend and still. put a lebron james poster on your wall. >> and still have white supremacy. >> many think white supremacy is neo-nazis and kkk members. those guys are just the most invisible tip of the iceberg, ones with genocide, hate groups. but beneath that cold, dark water is actually most of the structure that keeps white supremacy going along, like police brutality. some states don't have crimes, jim crowe laws. much, much, more. and then as we move deeper down the iceberg, we get to the

hardest of the city. racist children, race baiting. all lives matter. i never even owned slaves. the problem is, it's too easy to look up at the top and say, what a bunch of assholes. that's white supremacy and i'm not that. it's everything else. slavery ended and the lakers and the celtics played. >> everything was fine. >> when disparities exist with wealth, with education, with employment, with incarceration. these are sparing any country. but in pittsburgh, they're more stark. there is two cities happening here. ye

yeah. while black communities in pittsburgh deal with huge racial disparities in neighborhoods, predominantly black steel mill towns like braddock just outside of the city are a common experience for black communities across the spire nation. the calm, evolution and long-term systemic white supremacy. >> this is the town that steel built. this is where mostly a lot of the black folks lived back in the day. all of this area was occupied. this was the steel minimum so they literally worked right

there. >> i can hear and see smoke coming out of there. >> they say it's steam. >> i heard that before. >> folks used to live on top of it. so all day, all night, this is the sound that they heard. a lot of people look at this town in the last, why would anybody want to stay here? we're talking about people that have their social networks there. in fact, that right there is the school that my mom went to when she was in junior high so a lot of the folks that lived here, they have been here for generations. >> summer league. pittsburgh born but raised in braddock. she is the state rep for the 34th district.

by the 1960s and '70s, suburbanization with the white population of braddock. up the hill. while black folks remained along with red lining and demonstrate tore homeland, which were all legal until 1916. in the more than 50 years since, it's clear they changed the law has not changed the reality. >> the jobless rate is over 15% in pittsburgh. >> when the united states steel industry collapsed in the '80s, braddock, the town that lived and died for steel was left with problems and little else except the worst air quality in the u.s. of a. >> we look at wages. we look at environment am issues and we look at education. when we look at the school to prison pipeline. mass incarceration, we see those as kind of issues in and of themselves. in reality, they are a part of the cycle of racism. perfect example. take my town. black folks, most of them live there because at some point they were red lined, government policies, predatory lending. those all assured black folks could not get into communities where there were more opportunities. so ghettos, our supreme court says education can be funded by the local level. which means you live in this town. you get one educational experience. you live in a suburb, you get a vastly different one. you live in this community, you are more likely to live by an environmental hazard. we have u.s. steel in this community. are you more likely to live in a medical desert and a food desert. we have where we are, no grocery stores. we had a hospital that was notoriously closed down and you are less likely to have transportation in and out of your community. so you are literally and

physically trapped in your community. so which means you have now bussed your kid a one-way ticket right back into that cycle. that's simple racism. where do you even start to begin to dismantle that? >> well, you have just proven it all the way down. go and do this. >> just last year one of their facilities caught fire. the day before christmas. we didn't find out until two, three weeks later. even me, the state rep in this area, you know, every other deposit official. we saw is that on the news. it was like, hey, there was a big fire. if you live in any of these communities we suggest you don't go outside from january to may. we are just supposed to be grateful for the jobs. why can't we be grateful for the jobs and also be healthy?

>> in the wake of covid-19, some people wondered why black people were affected at a higher rate. >> why is it three or four times as opposed to other people. it doesn't make sense. >> black to the expert. black communities generally have adverse health problems, which leads to respiratory issues and, oh, yeah, having a says to hess healthcare and food. no shit it's going to hit you harder. >> this town nobody has 500 white properties filled with empty vacant lots. basically a ghost of what it used to be. we have to talk about what is a community partner? community partners contribute, they participate, they are active in your community. they're your neighbor and they're not doing all that, they're your colonizer.

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. >> while some fight in braddock, 30 miles northwest, a blue collar town, it's all coming across america, post-industrial job loss and poverty. one might think that the shared struggles would bring people closer, but, nope, balls our fears and frustrations have been used to divide us. we all know that can end in violen violence. on october 27th, 2018, an alt right supremacist south of the city killed 11 people in the squirrel hill neighborhood of pittsburgh at the tree of life synagogue. his manifesto blamed jewish people and immigrants for the past. this is a part of the race and hostility in america. you don't have to take my word on that i brought an expert.

are you nervous? >> yeah. a little. >> there is no way. >> i'm scared of what you might get me to say. >> cnn kamau bell. if you watch cnn, and a reporter is somewhere in america talking about racism or silence, it's probably sara sidner. >> you are in the shh it. you are running after hate. >> yeah. you have to recognize that hatred often comes from a place of fear and pain. the fear is someone else is taking over and i'm going to be a minority. and one of the big themes of this white supremacist movement is the browning of america. and so i'm a white supremacist's worst nightmare. not because i attack them. because of who i am. my mother is caucasian and my father is black. i am mixed race. i am changing america.

>> yeah. >> in this town, it used to be an industrial town, good union jobs. >> you retired, you had a pension. >> yes. >> then the industrialization happens. jobs go overseas. people start to get frustrated. >> scapegoating starts? yes. >> who do you blame? you don't want to blame yourself. right? you don't want to blame your family or your community. so you look at who could be the scapegoat? the immigrants. even if there isn't an immigrant to be seen if your community. >> yeah. >> they are to blame for taking my livelihood and, therefore, taking my life it gets people in this case where hatred is okay. i'm just protecting myself and my family. the other thing is it can feel

food. >> hatred can feel good. >> am i wrong? >> no, you are not wrong. powerful. >> when mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. >> knock the crap out of them. would you? you see these thugs thrown into the back of a patty. i said please don't be so nice. >> that language is used by our leaders. it spreads. so when you see hoy far it can go, how hatred can grow and turn into not just words, then actions and they become deadly, i sat down with the family in el paso. misty and paul's son-in-law and their daughter jordan were two of 22 people killed by a suspected terrorist at an el paso walmart. the mot was holding her child.

the child survived. just a baby. you can't sit there and talk to families without having that sit on you. >> yeah. >> forever. right. thinking about them. >> i mean, sorry. thinking about that family and what they will have to tell this child who has no idea, right, why his mother and father are not there. because somebody hated immigrants. how do you explain that? how do you even begin to explain that? that will forever bother me. >> yeah. >> i'm sorry. >> no that's all right.

that's all right. >> i did not expect this see, this is what i was afraid of. i am a reporter. you hear me? >> welcome to my house. i cry on the show all the time. it's what we do to move through these moments. >> the families that i talk to, they give me life, i see they're able to function. they're able move forward in their lives. they have no choice. they're still here. that fills me with like, okay, get up, go do your job, sara sidner, cnn, el paso. >>

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white supremacist live streamed the murder of 51 muslim worshipers in christ's church new zealand. . >> gunfire. >> it's amazing to watch. >> marry me. >> 50 is a great score, brenton. >> brenton has a light to his path, lord jesus. >> i love spiral and fortnight, too. i like the name, it's kind of like cool. >> i was subscribed. terrence, you are innocent and will get up in time. >> wow. >> yeah. >> yeah, that's a lot.

>> so somebody posted -- you don't know who they are? >> no they're all excited about the perpetrator in new zealand. >> tore attack. >> the first little girl was clearly watching something where you were hearing gup shots? >> yeah. >> wow. those are kids. >> those are kids. >> pete simi, ph.d. at chapman university, he studied terror groups. >> there are people well educated from middle class background, upper class background. we have this broader, historical engrained and almost of psyche out there. >> a lot is supercharged by the media and internet? >> absolutely. it's opened so many doors.

white supremacists had been getting activated online even during the 1980s with electronic bulletin board to create propaganda and distribute pr propagan propaganda. >> when the internet grew, it moved with an instant pipeline to the disenfranchised for the disillusioned and the teenager. >> a piece of the pie. welcome to devil -- everybody in the house, put your hands up. >> meet youtube's biggest star. felix shellberg and his channel putie pie. the shooter mentioned him in his manifester. >> it's over 100 million subscribers. >> yeah. >> those scuitto videos and has funny pranks. every now and again hate speech comes through. >> right. hate people, it's up on videos that say death to jews. >> i feel partially responsible.

>> meanwhile, the neo-nazi website daily stormer thanked him saying it normalizes nazis. >> how did you get the name cutie pie? >> i want to thank the internet for allowing the work. >> it's just that easy. >> joke. i'm a joke. who cares? that's how ideas of hate and racism get normalized. if you think it doesn't have any effect, you'd be wrong. looking at you. satisfaction... customer or insanely great value. now, with t-mobile for business, there's no compromise. network. support. value. choose. any. three. t-mobile for business ready when you are.

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narratives. >> i accept the light. >> when my friend, activist and pittsburgh legend asked me to talk to my class about work in the industry. i did. >> we're gone. >> we're hungry, for kentucky. >> they claim this is a symbol of god's love. holy shit. >> that's the final scene from the episode. >> were those people real clansmen? >> yeah, that's not the chappelle show. those are, yeah. this is not a sketch. >> i knew the clan existed. but hearing them really say those things, i had to laugh, because i'm like, wow, they really believe this. >> they got god and kentucky on

the same level. >> kentucky. what? >> i feel clan imagery is maybe older. i feel maybe our generation relates to it more than your generation had that same fear. >> i'm not scared if i go down south i will get lynched any more. i'm more scared when i go out the house, like am i going to get shot by a police officer. >> what nicholas said right there is the whole show. it's easy to focus on the kkk. but you can avoid the kkk. but the police, will you eventually have to deal with the police. a 2018 rutgers study showed negative portray also and fear of black men were a significant factor and a five times higher rate of unarmed black men shot by police than unarmed white men. that fear has justified not only excessive force but also claims of self-defense. >> i think a lot of it has to do when you see us in main stream media, we're dehumanized. so when antoine gets killed,

it's like oh, that's a young black dude. >> you know how it goes, a black 17-year-old antoine rose is scott and killed by a police officer michael rosso. he was fired for misconduct. the community focused and the fact he vol 250erd, was an honor roll student and never in trouble with the law. outside his community focused open a drive-by shooting. this community found it hard to focus on that since the officer shot antoine in the back as he was running away completely unarmed. >> when the trial happened, it was kind of this idea that it was going to be violence. >> yeah. >> so they had the courthouse surrounded by police. they shut the streets down around the courthouse. >> the police presence exponentially grew every day. they got thicker and thicker to the point you would think like the president was here it was

wild. it was madness. >> previously before that, the nra marched over. like, c'mon, we'll show you guys. >> a bunch of well armed, multi-weaponed white folks marching on the steps of the building, two-and-a-half months after the tree of life massacre. they were hoping to avoid another massacre. why would we want to do that? when white folks show up at rallies, we want to know lowry dig lus they are. look at these. in one case the cop shut down the street for the rally. in the other case, they shut down the street to stop the rally. who are you afraid of. >> i imagine us saying we will rise with our guns? just like how far this guy bust in? before like the bomb hits it. to me this is where white supremacy really functions.

we gave them no reason to believe. >> none. >> that there would be any type of violence because we protested all year and every single protest was non-violent. the verdict came out friday night. that following monday. young organizers from the universities and the high schools organized the largest protest that pittsburgh's ever se seen. >> we had three to 5,000 young people take to the streets. that's what gave me hope seeing how they organized at in the manner in which they showed up. that never the narrative. >> and we are seeing that narrative play out again. the protest following the killing of george floyd are some of the most powerful and engaged acts of civil disobedience and

first amendment rights since he had that degree. it's easy to see the disparity. remember, george floyd was killed over the suspicion of having a big 20. but this guy, cops bought him some burger king. you know how some media is. never missing an opportunity to paint black people as scary while completely ignoring the issues at hand. aka, what's up, tucker? >> for the past week, all of us have seen chaos engulf our beloved country. what do the mobs want? >> while many of you out there get caught up in, why are people rioting? well, your hero, martin luther king, jr. said the language is the unheard. somebody else said, it's hard to start a riot when everybody has a good job, a full belly, well educated kids, access to healthcare and feel safe and protected. try getting somebody to throw a brick through a window then. that was me, i said that shit

just now. >> this may be a lot of things this moments we are living through. it's not about black folks. remember that when they come for you. at this rate they will. >> carl tucker is a line for pillows. all of this shows why black folks have to have control over our own narrative n. 2019, the american society of news editor studies showed the overwhelming majority of decision-making rules in newsrooms are held. no surprise. so no matter the diversity of the stories, those stories are largely filtered through a white lens. regardless of intentions, this influences the perceptions that people of color have to live with and in too many cases die of it. >> a lot of people's experience with diversity does come from the media. from myself, too. growing up in a suburb area, that was kind of my outlet to be

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the truth is as much as we are surrounded by it, we rarely talk about the bottom of the iceberg. we are fascinated with the violence white supremacy creates. then the victims do most of the talking. the responsibility is on them to bang the drums, do the interviews and clean up the damage. the tree of life massacre was one of those days in america that makes zero sense when you hear about it. you quickly remember the days like these have become more common. i won't go over the details. you can do that on your own. i am here because of what came

afte after. >> there was a community modelled how to behave at a time of trauma to the jewish community. while the board of the islam were outside the tree of life as the incidents unfolded said something because this is where we knew we needed to be. but it didn't end there. it started a go fund me page, quarterly dollars. they said don't worry about the funerals. we're taking care of that. >> we knew immediately we wanted to do something. we had similar burial practices. we knew it had to be immediate. >> we returned the love and kindness, the horrific attack what the jewish of pittsburgh put together a go fund me page and sent like $650,000 to

christ's church. and we do that all the time. i think those things don't get highlighted. because our faiths don't tell us to boast the things we do. so these division people see between our communities are often concocted. i think it's an important message for people that wonder, can jews and muslims get along? why not? >> the reverend was conducting the service and the executive director of the islamic center of pittsburgh have worked together since the free of life shootings to bring peace and unity to the city. >> i feel generally, non-jewish americans thought anti-semitism was a thing of the past. not something jewish people dealt with. >> unless you experience it personally, you don't necessarily know that it's anti-semitism. i think i was about 10 years old. i came home one day from school and in the driveway, a couple

swastikas with the word jeff is a dirty jew. i always thought putting up with anti-semitism is the price you had to pay being a jew and wanting to live in the united states. >> on a level, black people will feel as long as we are not sheernsing the harshest thing of race i., you complain about things you should complain about. at least it's not worse. >> when is the last time you were here? >> oh, let's see. i think it was about three weeks ago. sometimes the mood is such that you could be having a great day and something reminds you of the events of october 27th and there are times i just can't drive by here. i'll detour. the visual reminder sometimes of the that said is just too much. >> yeah. >> to me the greatest hope would

be that they pass away anonymity without saying that these are beautiful people. they died because they were being jewish. so the answer to people dying because they were jewish is to do even more jewish. >> i like that, even more jewish. there is this wonderful phrase, it's not upon you to finish the task, but you are not ab solved from trying. so you may not get to that part of the rainbow. >> yeah. >> that doesn't mean we are letting you off the hook of trying and to get progress. >> no matter what our race, creed or religion. if we all do that every day to make the world a little better, it get better. >> absolutely. >> i cannot think of my mom in moments like this, to hear her talk to her friend about racism and activism. she was playing martin king jr.

records in the house. at the time, what do i have to? can't we put some temptations on? and to stand here, she was building a bridge for me to be here right now talking to you. >> so you honor your mother by doing the same thing to your kids. >> yes. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i didn't think i'd get emotional. thank you, rabbi. >> thank you. >> i'm glad you came to pittsburgh. >> it's hard about staying here in pittsburgh in mr. roger's neighborhood and not saying it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. >> today the sun is shining. >> yeah. >> it's a good day. yup! and that's faster? faster, yea! but is it reliable? ah huh and secure! you should consider making a big deal about it! bigger?

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okay. this clearly is pittsburgh. this is santa monica. home of the santa monica pier and the birthplace of steven miller. we aren't here for that stuff. we're here for this lady. my mom. >> it would be really good. >> you are always cold. >> i think something happens when you get older. >> and you are old. >> yes, i -- >> i mean like old. >> i acknowledge that. >> like old, i mean like -- martin luther, jr. would be 91. >> that's just nine-years-older than me. >> my mom experienced every part

of america's racism except for slavery. janet cheatham bell born in indianapolis, indiana. she is fighting racism wherever she goes. mostly she is happy you can't believe she's 83. so when you had me, what was your idea of raising this black boy? >> i was very conscience about that. and i remember when you were a little guy. you know, 6, 7-years-old and there was a drug store near us that we would shop in and as soon as we walked in the door, the store detective would follow us. i said, be really careful and not point out the store do it. because we're always being watched. >> i remember that lesson and it sticks with me today so much so that i am aware in stores as a fully green adult, where my hands are. and then you know as a kid, i was aware because i didn't want

to be arrested. now i don't want to be killed. >> yeah. >> the other thing i want to talk about is how i didn't think america would ever elect a black president. >> yeah. >> and then i remember you voted early because indiana had early voting. >> right. >> then you flew out to san francisco. >> to watch the returns with you. >> with me. >> we could have just talked on the phone. >> oh, no, no, i wanted to be there when the results came in. yeah. ye yeah. it was a historic occasion, living history. shoot. i didn't ever think in my lifetime that i would get to see a black president. >> the thing that crushed me, we only have one blurry picture of that night. >> oh, really? >> of you, like, aaah! >> yeah, i'll never forget that

night. yeah. >> eight years later. >> yes. >> every time black people make any progress in this country, there's a backlash. and so this is the backlash to obama's being president. >> how bad do things feel right now? like i said, you experienced every part of racism except for slavery. >> i feel fascism coming on. and so that really, really frightens me. and if we don't somehow overcome this in the next election, i'm worried. i'm really worried. >> i don't know if i ever told you this, but i remember when trump won, i was like, it's kind

of too bad he didn't die when barack was in office. >> oh, really? >> you know i don't mean that. >> i understand. >> it just felt like, oh, come -- like. >> you know all of my siblings are deceased and i am glad they didn't have to live through there. one of the biggest success stories in racism in the united states is how they have kept the races apart. that was deliberate, of course, the segregation started it. and so if you keep people apart so that they don't get to know each other, then they can just hate that unknown group. if all the people of color and the disgruntled white people came together, they wouldn't stand a chance. the people in power. they wouldn't have a ghost of a chance. so they have to keep using us as decoys to keep white people from understanding that they're being

ripped off, too. one thing i know for sure is that when people get to know each other, they can't hate each other. >> yeah. >> look, every single episode of this show, by the end, i hope this thing we talked about will be over forever. but it never s. and sometimes, honestly, i feel alone in this. i bet a lot of you do. but one thing we are seeing right now is, we are not alone. >> many other groups joined in. >> the crowd, there is at least a few thousand. >> i seen a wave of demonstrations with u.s. protesters. >> at home or in the streets, we are in it together. okay. maybe not ever one of us. a lot of us are out there in this fight. >> you see what is in front of them right now.

peaceful protesting. >> really in the shit, putting ourselves on the line from hunts victim, alabama to berlin, trying to do everything we can to make sure that no matter what happens, today we will do whatever we can, fight as hard as we can, love as hard as we can, to make i make sure tomorrow as one of pittsburgh's favorite person says. ♪ it's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor ♪ ♪ would you be mine ♪ would you be mine ♪ it's a wonderful day ♪ thinking a way for a future in the ♪ would you be mine ♪ would you be mine ♪ would you be my neighbor this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to you, our viewers here in the united states and arounded the world, i'm kim