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america has an opportunity right
now to heed the warnings before
it's too late because this isn't
just a problem in georgia.
we've seen these issues all
around the country.
and if this happens ghaen gwen
in november with the presidency
at stake, best believe, people
are going to be fighting over a
lot more than just toilet paper.
all right, we need to take a
short break.
but don't go away, because joe
biden is joining us right
biden is joining us right
after this, so stick around.
for over 75 years people
...with geico... ohhh...sorry!.
director's voice: here we go.
from the top. and action
for over 75 years people
have saved money with gecko
so....
director's voice: cut it!
...what...what did i say?
gecko? i said gecko? aw...
for over 75 year...(laughs.
but still trying to keep it
contained)
director's voice:
keep it together.
i'm good. i'm good.
america has an opportunity right
now to heed the warnings before
it's too late because this isn't
just a problem in georgia.
we've seen these issues all
around the country.
and if this happens ghaen gwen
in november with the presidency
at stake, best believe, people
are going to be fighting over a
lot more than just toilet paper.
all right, we need to take a
short break.
but don't go away, because joe
biden is joining us right
biden is joining us right
after this, so stick around.
for over 75...
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maybe hbo should make people
take a quiz about american
history before they get to watch
"gone with the wind."
question number one: why was
there a civil war?
because states wanted the the
right-- you don't need to watch
the movie.
here's a documentary.
try in a few years and come back
again.
hbo hasn't said how they're
going to add context to "gone
with the wind."
it is going to be a tough task.
so we decided to do it for them.
>> scarlet, you know you get
prettier all the time.
>> thank you, ashley,.
>> we traveled a long road since
the old days, haven't we
scarlet, the lazy days.
>> they weren't lazy for
everyone.
>> the warm twilight, the high
soft--
>> the what.
let's get one thing straight, if
we're laughing starkly, it means
we're laughing at you.
you know she's talking about
slavery.
you got that, right?
>> go ahead and make that way.
maybe hbo should make people
take a quiz about american
history before they get to watch
"gone with the wind."
question number one: why was
there a civil war?
because states wanted the the
right-- you don't need to watch
the movie.
here's a documentary.
try in a few years and come back
again.
hbo hasn't said how they're
going to add context to "gone
with the wind."
it is going to be a tough task.
so we decided to do it for them.
>> scarlet, you know you get
prettier...
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being drafted.
>> trevor: you know this
movement is creating change when
even the dictionary is agreeing
that they need to update the
definition of racism.
dictionaries can be very slow
to embrace change.
most of these words have the
same definition since i was in
preschool.
they just updated the definition
of an entire word in the
dictionary.
that is huge.
i can imagine if whoever is in
charge of math was like, yo, we
screwed up on the number 7.
it's a lot more complicated than
we realized."
and it makes perfect sense to do
this, because too many people
out there think that racism is
only if you wear a klan hood or
call somebody the "n" word.
if you don't do that, that's not
racist.
amy cooper herself said i did
not do anything racist.
but racism as a system is often
more dangerous and descructsive.
preventing black people from
getting loans, stopping black
kids from getting an equal
being drafted.
>> trevor: you know this
movement is creating change when
even the dictionary is agreeing
that they need to update the
definition of racism.
dictionaries can be very slow
to embrace change.
most of these words have the
same definition since i was in
preschool.
they just updated the definition
of an entire word in the
dictionary.
that is huge.
i can imagine if whoever is in
charge of math was like, yo, we
screwed up on the number 7.
it's a lot more complicated than
we...
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>> go ahead and make that way.
spend whatever you want.
make it as fine a plantation as
it ever was.
>> oh!
it will be a fine plantation.
but it's going to have to have
white labor next time.
the south is not going to rise
again, scarlet.
>> trevor: great job, dulce.
next up, you should fix
"green book."
now, while our movies are
getting a lesson in racism,
we're also making some updates
to the "movies of reading":
books.
>> one woman is changing the way
peole look at racism by
changing its definition.
kennedy mitchum contacted
merriam-webster after she saw
folks quoting the definition of
racism online.
mitchum says the definition
should include that there is a
systemic oppression upon a group
of people.
it is not simply just dislike of
someone because of the color of
their skin or ethnicity.
the editor of merriam-webster
agreed and said a revision to
the entry of racism is
being drafted.
>> trevor: you know this
>> go ahead and make that way.
spend whatever you want.
make it as fine a plantation as
it ever was.
>> oh!
it will be a fine plantation.
but it's going to have to have
white labor next time.
the south is not going to rise
again, scarlet.
>> trevor: great job, dulce.
next up, you should fix
"green book."
now, while our movies are
getting a lesson in racism,
we're also making some updates
to the "movies of reading":
books.
>> one woman is changing the...
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but imagine if we had that $2
trillion tax cut and we hadn't
wasted it on the wealthy that
generated virtually no growth at
all, no growth at all, according
to most of the conservative
think tanks.
imagine if we had that $2
but imagine if we had that $2
trillion tax cut and we hadn't
wasted it on the wealthy that
generated virtually no growth at
all, no growth at all, according
to most of the conservative
think tanks.
imagine if we had that $2
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$400 creams
olay regenerist microsculpting
cream
makes my skin feel so hydrated.
i can face anything with my
olay.
and my latest beauty secret...
for bright, smooth skin...
olay regenerist cream cleanser.
daily social distancing show."
earlier today i spoke to former
vice president and democratic
presidential nominee, joe biden.
here's more of my discussion.
one of the major things you
would have to do in order to
make more of this change is win
an election.
>> yes, that's true.
$400 creams
olay regenerist microsculpting
cream
makes my skin feel so hydrated.
i can face anything with my
olay.
and my latest beauty secret...
for bright, smooth skin...
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daily social distancing show."
earlier today i spoke to former
vice president and democratic
presidential nominee, joe biden.
here's more of my discussion.
one of the major things you
would have to do in order to
make more of this change is win
an election.
>> yes, that's true.
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doing in birmingham, alabama,
people went, "whoa!
i didn't know that really
happened in america."
>> trevor: right.
>> now today, everybody-- not
only should cops be wearing body
cams.
everybody has a bodyical.
everybody has a cell phone.
the last words of george floyd,
"i can't breathe," they would
have been cons qesh, but if they
had not seen him take his last
breath, none of this would have
been nearly as consequential.
because people are now saying,
"my god.
did you see that?"
it's one of those inflection
points.
>> trevor: it really does feel
like an inflection point and it
is one that is difficult for
many americans to navigate.
most americans agree there is a
problem in policing between
police and the black community
and even many poor white
communities.
this is something we know what
we look at interactions between
police and the american people.
you have come out in favor of
police reform, you know.
but what does that actually
mean?
because some people think that
you cannot...
doing in birmingham, alabama,
people went, "whoa!
i didn't know that really
happened in america."
>> trevor: right.
>> now today, everybody-- not
only should cops be wearing body
cams.
everybody has a bodyical.
everybody has a cell phone.
the last words of george floyd,
"i can't breathe," they would
have been cons qesh, but if they
had not seen him take his last
breath, none of this would have
been nearly as consequential.
because people are now saying,
"my...
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keep it together.
i'm good. i'm good.
for over 75...(uncontrollable
laughter). what are you doing
there? stop making me laugh.
vo: geico. saving people money
for over seventy-five years.
gecko: don't look at me.
don't look at me.
keep it together.
i'm good. i'm good.
for over 75...(uncontrollable
laughter). what are you doing
there? stop making me laugh.
vo: geico. saving people money
for over seventy-five years.
gecko: don't look at me.
don't look at me.
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give your kids black-sounded
names.
i'm joking.
you should see your face.
you were terrified.
you can be allies in different
ways.
for now you can continue giving
your kids white names like polo
and denaerys.
while all this racial reckoning
is going on, it's easy too
forget this is also an election
year.
last night, democrats and
republicans lined up to vote in
georgia's primary elections.
and when i say, lined up," they
lined up.
today voters waited in long
lines as they tried to cast
votes.
>> from the air you could see
long lines of voters, socially
distanced.
>> voters reported standing in
the hot sun for up to four
hours.
>> an extremely long wait.
i have seen lots of people leave
they don't have understanding
employers.
>> this is a crisis in our world
to make us not exercise our
right to vote!
please, god, help us.
>> trevor: goddamn, did you
see those lines.
give your kids black-sounded
names.
i'm joking.
you should see your face.
you were terrified.
you can be allies in different
ways.
for now you can continue giving
your kids white names like polo
and denaerys.
while all this racial reckoning
is going on, it's easy too
forget this is also an election
year.
last night, democrats and
republicans lined up to vote in
georgia's primary elections.
and when i say, lined up," they
lined up.
today voters waited in long
lines as they tried to...