hello? pretty good. on, everybody? i'm trevor noah, and this is the daily social distancing show. today is tuesday, may 18th, which means it's the 20th anniversary of the release of "shrek." and everyone was arguing online today about whether shrek is a classic or actually terrible. and i can't believe that this is a debate! guys, "shrek" is the greatest movie of all time. it's got eddie murphy as a donkey. what's the best animal? a donkey. what's the best eddie murphy? eddie murphy. put them together and you've got shrek. not to mention the story: it's about an ogre who thinks he's falling for a beautiful princess, but she actually turns out to be an ogre. which is a good lesson for kids because it's never too early for them to learn about catfishing. anyway, on tonight's show: a new giuliani just dropped, another cp time with roy wood jr., and we'll tell you why the

waiter hasn't shown up with the menus yet. so let's do this, people! welcome to the daily social distancing show. >> from trevor's couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is "the daily social distancing show" with trevor noah. ♪♪♪ >> trevor: let's dick things off with the police. the answer to the question, whatever happened to that bully from high school? ever since the black lives matter movement began, there has been a debate over the best way to stop police abuse. should the police be reformed, defunded, abolished? and police have consistently replied, nah, let's do none of that. but now, even the most stubborn police organizations are giving at least a little ground. >> police unions across the country endorsing a potential shift in the way that officers defend each other. the union's committee approved plan calls on more than 350,000

members of law enforcement to intervene when they see another union member doing something wrong, a rejection of the so-called code of silence among police officers. >> trevor: interesting. so you're telling police officers that, starting now, if they see someone committing a crime, they'll have to stop it? i guess we can try it. for real, though, people. it's so disconcerting police even had to be told this. it's like the employees must wash hands sign in restaurant bathrooms. what were you doing before this rule? there's all the potential this could be a slippery slope because, knowing cops, once they start policing each other, they're also going to start overpolicing each other and pretty soon the nypd could be 10,000 cops planting crack pipes in each other's squad cars. but i still think this is the right move, because a code of silence is pretty much a bad thing. the only acceptable code of

silence is the one where you hear your grandmother casually fart and you just pretend it didn't happen. when you think about it, it's actually ironic that police even have a code of silence because half of their job is convincing you to snitch! tell us who sold you the drugs, brad. it's the right thing to do. okay, but first, you tell me which officer beat me up while i was handcuffed. i'm not telling you nothing! i ain't no snitch! moving on from news to the world of politics. we all know rudy giuliani, former adviser to president trump and the only lawyer loyal enough to go to prison with clients. giuliani once spawned offspring, it's true, and now one of them is following in his foot spheps. >> developments in the new york governor's race into the live detection desk this morning, andrew giuliani throwing his name in the hat this morning.

>> giuliani's only political experience is his former role at president trump's sports liaison where he helped to organize white house visits for sports teams. >> i worked in the trump administration four years and i'm proud of the many policies we were able to accomplish. i'm pushing policies that are pro economic development, record setting crime reduction that the giuliani name is certainly associated with and we have that play book ready to do. >> trevor: the giuliani name is associated with crime reduction? i mean, guess if one person is personally doing all the crimes, that does reduce the number of criminals. but, yeah, rudy giuliani's son is running for governor off his dad's name. not a bad move, considering how much americans love political dynasties. bush, clinton, cheney, kennedy, cuomo. it's almost like america fought the revolution to say we don't

want a king, we want, like, six to eight kings and they can rotate! what surprises me is any politician's kid would want to go into politics. yo, man, personally, i would steer clear of any job that turned my dad into a melting piece of licorice. i don't want none of that action. but andrew giuliani isn't just running as the son of america's only living gargoyle, he's also running off his extensive experience as president trump's sports liaison. i know some people think sports liaison, sounds like a bullshit job, like influencer or consultant or astronaut. but personally i think he crushed it as the ports liaison. who do you think helped trump get the championship teams all those cheeseburgers? you think it's easy explaining to uber eats ordering 500 burgers was not a mistake? new york needs that executive experience so we can order the burgers. let's talk about pets.

they're the reason you occasionally talk like this -- ( baby talking ) yes you do! yes you do! adopting a pet was one of the most popular things to do during the coronavirus lockdowns. they provided companion ship, comfort and gave you something to post pics of aside from your ugly-ass lasagnas. but now that the country is reopening, some of the pets are learning about petco's return policy firsthand. >> animal shelters across the country are filling up with pets returned after a pandemic adoption boom. stome orders from last year prompted a lot of people to take on a dog or cat as a companion during those difficult months but shelters are saying now those furry friends are being returned. shelters say the return pets have no behavioral problems. instead, owners are heading back to work or travel and didn't feel they fully understood the gravity of pet adoptions. >> trevor: okay, this is not cool, man. like, i understand some people's

pets don't live up to their expectations. i bought a turtle once and it barely did any karate. but pets don't deserve to be treated like. this they're members of the family. you don't just return a member of your family. no. you put them in an affordable group home and visit them just enough times to stay in their will. but seriously, people, pets are a real commitment. i think a lot of people don't understand that going in. social media doesn't help, by the way. based on people's post, you think owning a pet is a stress free cuddle paluza. no one is on instagram saying, hey, 3:00 a.m. walk to walk my dog. hope he poops on the thumb drive with the work files on it. the pets are facing the consequences. the goodness is you can help. "the daily show" launder our daily show dogs collection, a new charitable line of gear for

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busier and we're finding it harder to find staff. >> there is definitely a glut of jobs and a lack of hands to fill positions. >> in january, 7% of restaurant operators named recruitment and retention as their top challenge. by april, that number was 57%. >> some restaurants are even turning to robots to flip burgers and make french fries. one restaurant owner put jobs on the menu literally, advertising for staff below the daily special. a chicken express in texas sported signs on their drive-through windows warning customers to be patient with them given that, "no one wants to work anymore." >> trevor: goddam that's an angry sign! most signs just want to inform you. that sign is trying to drag you into some drama. i don't want to get political, i just want to buy six nuggets to eat in traffic. but that's right, restaurants like chicken express are finding out workers want to be there as

much as the chickens do. instead of doing right by their workers they're turning to robots to do the job. that's a brilliant idea. think about it, instead of hiring people in these jobs, just get robots to do it. then you also get robots to raise the chickens and deliver the food, and then you can get robots to market these companies and create the ads we see on tv. oh, you don't even need people for those ads, right. you can use robots for that, too. and wall street and police can be robots, teachers, doctors, lawyers are robots and then because no human has a job, they can't afford to buy anything so we make robot consumers and then the cycle is complete and humans are no longer necessary. terminate. terminate. terminate. terminate. so why is it so hard for restaurants to find workers? well, to some people who have never worked in one, the answer is obvious. >> business groups and republicans say the enhanced

unemployment benefits are encouraging out of work americans to stay home and leading to a labor shortage. >> the unemployment benefits are too generous. >> people don't want to go back to work. we've sent them so much money. >> texas, indiana and oklahoma are joining 17 other g.o.p.-led states in ending the pandemic relief, the $300 weekly federal boost to unemployment benefits. republicans claim the benefits are keeping people from going back to work. >> human nature kicks in. do i want to get the same amount of money by working hard or sitting at home? >> why work if you can get that kind of money and stay home and netflix. >> trevor: kids are watching netflix and then having sex. get a job! i get where the pundits are coming from. if the average person could have their jobs, they would be crazy not to take them. who wouldn't want to spend 10 minutes a day sitting in a chair

complaining about how other people don't want to work. great gig. you know what? these republicans might be right about one thing -- generous unemployment benefits really might be one reason people aren't rushing back to their old jobs. but that doesn't mean they're sitting around net-flicking. first of all, it's been over a year, they've already finished netflix. the they could serb scribe to paramount + which has a library of classic films and hit shows. i think they will subscribe! but the unemployment checks are giving workers the rare opportunity opportunity to look for a job that's more than a way to survive till their next paycheck. >> the pandemic gave restaurant workers a chance to reinvent themselves, choosing to leave for what they believe are better situations, following pandemic shutdowns when workers have been forced into overdrive, coronavirus exposing industry flaws. >> restaurantwork wooers are considered essential workers but

we're not treated like essential workerrers. >> there's issues with wages, childcare, benefits, health insurance. >> you're having to work 50-plus hours a week and it's still not enough to pay your bills to be able to take care of your family. >> in restaurant workers left the industry over the past year taking jobs in sectors such as the construction business with higher pay and better hours. >> people moved to things like warehouse jobs which offer more regular schedules, more pay and healthcare. >> medical marijuana, an industry that's growing and attracting workers from a particular sector of economy. >> seeing a lot of cooks, cocktail servers, a lot of people from the restaurant industry coming here. i think it's a quality of life issue. >> trevor: who wouldn't rather work in the weed industry? it's the most chill job in the world. customers are always relaxed, nobody's in a huer hurry. the only bad thing is the drug test where they give you a bag of edibles and you've got to eat it all right there. i failed that, like, three times. people, it makes complete sense

restaurant workers are looking for better jobs because these are tough jobs. they're on their feet all day. they take care of everyone. they pretend to not hear when you're breaking up at the table and after all of that they have to rely on tips. you know a job isn't paying enough when the meal ends with a mini go fund me. they're looking for jobs they can actually live on. the unemployment benefits is giving them leverage to use against employers and it seems like it might be working. >> restaurant and fast-food chains are ramping up hiring and beefing up employee benefits to attract workers. starbucks, olive garden announcing benefits and increasing pay. >> mcdonald's increasing minimum-wage. company restaurants will pay workers between $11 and $17 depending on location. mcdonald's hoping to attract 10,000 new employees. >> whataburger adding pay and

increasing 401 matching. >> chipotle increasing rages to an average of $15. other chi polt yu benefits include mental health care, 401k and debt-free college. >> restaurants trying to bring workers back sometimes offering cash incentives. applebee's taking a different approach. you fill out an application to applebee's and get a free appetizer. >> trevor: damn! applebee's is confident in their onion rings! they're out there, forget the 401k guys, just have them eat these bad boys, yeah, get redio to meet the new co-workers, everybody. equal rights more like equal spice! the point is, many many restaurants are getting workers back by raising wages and overing benefits. so i guess it turns out that when they were saying nobody want to work, what they actually meant was nobody wants to work for the starvation wages that we were willing to pay them. and apparently, they were able to afford this the whole time. it just took some pressure from

the workers to force their hand. and look, i know that some restaurants can only afford to pay their workers so much, but i honestly believe that that's your responsibility as a business owner to figure it out. like if you need more revenue, i don't know, try adding a side of guac to the ben you. in america you can charge whatever you want and customers will pay for it if it's guac. seafood, indian, a side of guac. guac place, you're already boiling, don't need advice from me, player. if your business can only get by on the backs of workers who can't, that's not a sustainable business because everyone deserves a job that less them afford the necessities of life -- housing, healthcare and at least one net-flick. all right, after the break, roy wood, jr. is back for more "cp

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social distancing show." >> earlier, we were talking about how workers are flexing bargaining power when it comes to the pandemic. let's turn to roy wood, jr. to learn about forgotten black leaders in the labor movement in another episode of "cp time." ♪♪♪ ( sipping coffee ) >> hello. welcome to "cp time," the only show that's for the culture. today, we'll be talking about black leaders of the labor movement because, usually, when you think of labor unions, you don't think about black folk,

you think about those big giant inflatable rats that are always on strike. get back to work rats, you got a job to do -- i think. but actually, american history is full of black leaders who led their fellow workers in the call of justice like a. phillip randolph, the leaders of the porters union and the man with the most disappointed facial expression of all time. that's a face that says it's not your fault for failing math class, it's my fault for thinking that you were smart. randolph began his career organizing a union for elevator operators in new york. thanks to randolph's leadership, those elevator operators successfully unionized, and it didn't hurt that elevator operators can black mail their employers, too. hey boss, how about you get me some health insurance and i won't tell anybody about your penthouse mistress? our next labor hero is dorothy

bouldin, organized the national domestic workers union of america in 1968. she gave a collective voice to thousands of maids who no longer would be abused by long hours and unfair pay. and it's good that the maid got paid more because do you remember how dirty white people were in 1968? hippies were having orangeys in the mud and coming back in the house without wiping their damn feet. our next activists, hattie kenty, one to have the greatest strike leaders in united states history and a leading figure in las vegas' culinary workers union. that's right. even cooks needed a union. which surprised me because if there's one person you shouldn't mess with, it's the person that's in charge of what you eat. underpaying your cook isn't worth it if he's going to be serving your chicken alpubes. after beinga elected to the union's executive board in 1984,

kanty led a 75 day walk out to improve casino workers health insurance. personally, i could have used some of that health insurance on my last trip to vegas. i had a procedure where they removed all my benjamins. ( chuckles ) sorry i lost to house, baby. so sorry. our last labor pioneer is kurt flood, a man whose defiance changed baseball and helped black athletes take ownership of their own careers. in 1969, flood was told that he was being traded to the philadelphia philadelphia phillies, which at the time was notorious for its racist and hostile fans. not anything like the inclusive and intolerant philly fans of today. anyway... flood refused to be traded and he ended up suing major league

baseball claiming that the league's control over a player's rights amounted to involuntary servitude. i guess it's no surprise that it took a black person to tell white players, fellows, trust me, getting bought and sold like this is not going to end well. thanks to flood's efforts, players now of all races have freedoms that they might not have had otherwise, from the freedom to enter free agency, to the freedom to speak their minds, to the freedom to dress like they're in a white reboot of harlem nights. well, that's all the time we have for today. i'm roy wood, jr., and this has been "cp time." and remember... we're for the culture. that reminds me, i need to renegotiate my contract for this show. my mustache need a new hair dresser. mm-hmm, still hot. >> trevor: thank you so much for that, roy. when we come back, salima koroma will be joining us on the show to talk about the wall street

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here to talk about her new documentary that xplorers the history of the tulsa race massacre. >> tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. >> between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. >> today, we call it a massacre. >> trevor: salima koroma, welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> thank you, trevor. it's a pleasure to be on. >> trevor: you are one to have the most exciting film-makers working today and your new project is bound to get people talking, "dreamland: the burning of black wall street." i mean, this is a story that shockingly very few people in america and around the world

actually know about and, when you look at it, it seems like one to have the most consequential stories in and around black people building black wealth and then having everything taken away from them merely because to have the color of their skin. the question i would have first is why the title "dreamland" whenneth about a massacre that was so painful in america. >> oooh, what a great question, right. when we tell stories about black people in america, a lot of times the stories are -- they are dire, nay are sad, they're of trauma and poverty and all the bad things that have happened to us in this country. and that is true. this story about tulsa, this massacre is a story about something bad that happened to black people here in america, butteth also a story about this place that was a dream, that like a dreamland, right? and, like, for me, like, when i watched -- i know this is going to sound so cliche, but when i

watched "black panther" and you see wa conda, you can make jokes about it, i have to the first time i saw black people on the screen looking so grand, that the what we could be. no, "dreamland," we were that. we have been that in america before. so i wanted to tell the story of the dreamland here in the heartland of america. >> trevor: what i love about that title is exactly what you just said, and i think it's a story that doesn't get told enough, you know. one of the narratives that often gets spun in america about black people is, oh, black people don't want to work hard, black people want handouts, black people, just pull yourselves up, you can get over it, but what this story talks to is a world where black people did exactly that, they overcame all odds, they built an entire place that was theirs, they made it thrive. the title black wall street told it all.

tells us about the place not many people talk about and what made it so special. >> when i was pitching the story, a lot of people said black wall street, there was a trading floor? no, it is a metaphor for the financial prosperity that this place called greenwood, an outskirt of tulsa, it is a metaphor for that, and this place greenwood, the reason it existed is because -- because we're talking about the 1920s, right, it's a booming time in american history. there's an oil boom in oklahoma and tulsa, and what happens is, at the same time, black people are not allowed to go into, you know, white, you know -- be patrons in white businesses. >> trevor: right. >> so black people, at this time, in greenwood, in tulsa, they had to create their own. so something that is almost this, you know, you're segregated from going to these places but then you also have to

create your own. and they were forced to create their own thing, forced to create this utopia. a lot of people when they hear about tulsa, the massacre, it happened 100 years ago. they say, okay, this thing happened 100 years ago, it was an event and then it ended,eth now all done. what i'd love people to understand is that 100 years -- you know, it's still happening, the massacre is still happening through gentrification, through urban renewal, what they call urban removal, taking people out of their homes and, you know, building a school or universities, you know, really taking people out of their homes. so this is not a story of 1921, it's a story of 1921 to 2021. >> trevor: what i appreciate about the telling of this story is how it touches on the idea of the compound effects of anything. you know, oftentimes people will talk about, you know, injustice or massacres or anything that

was done to a group of people and they're going to be, like, that was so long ago, get over it, blah, blah, blah, but they say it as if they don't understand the compound interest of trauma and pain. when they do understand the compound interest of actual money. what you touch on in this documentary is how you take from somebody yesterday, it will affect them not just that day but today and tomorrow and, for many tomorrows because that wealth is generational. >> absolutely. it's generational wealth. i was talking about an oil boom that happened in the 1920s. people are still eating off that oil. >> trevor: right. >> families are still eating off that oil. so the fact that this black community was wiped out, all this wealth, all the stuff that was lost, you know, it's not even just wealth, it's family photos, it's history, it's knowing of one's self, right, it's completely just obliterated. and, so, the trauma still persists today. and, you know, you can make as

many -- you can put as many memorials out, you know, do commemorations, but to be real, going down there, people want cold, hard reparations, you know. like, i mean, money is what's going to help. there are still three survivors who are in tulsa, 106 years old, 107 years old, who are still alive, who, you know, never saw anything, never saw -- barely saw sorry, right. and, so, i think it's time for us to not just be telling these stories but actually doing something that's tangible for these people and for these communities. >> trevor: what's really amazing about this story is, as you said earlier, you were pimping it to people and you went around trying to find somebody to help you make the project. your teammates now are none other than lebron james and mav carter, a powerhouse team. why did you think these are the

people who make the story with? >> trevor, you think i chose them? >> trevor: you did. you pitched to them, so you chose them. >> trevor, nobody wanted -- i pitched this many years ago. it wasn't the first time that i pitched this story respect and years ago, no one wanted to do it because it felt too scary. >> trevor: wow. >> i think it felt too scary, it didn't feel real, so i gave it on it for a few years. and then, i don't know, last year, i said, you know what? i'm going to do this. i talked to all the people i needed to talk to, and i literally think i sent it out to spring hill and maybe in a matter of days they came back and were, like, let's do this, we want to do this. so i don't know how it happened, you know, but i'm happy that they wanted to do it. like they were the first ones who wanted to do it. so that's it. thank you lebron and maverick. >> trevor: i really hope people watch the story and i hope you make many, many more documentaries, congratulations on your journey, thank you for

taking the time. >> thank you so much. >> trevor: don't forget people, "dreamland: the burning of black wall street" will premiere may 31 on cnn. okay, we're going to take a quick break but we'll be right back after this. it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today.

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