this is the "united shades of america." this episode of "united shades of america," we're going to talk about disability. and if there's any episode where i'm 100% sure to screw something up, this is the one. why? because i'm new to all this. and the identity of people with disabilities is as complex as identity can get. so when we talk about disabilities, you ain't just talking about one thing. the word disabled covers a wide range of circumstances. some physical, some mental, some invisible to the outside world but just as real. and there's no way that i can cover every disability. i mean, up only have an hour-long show. i need one of those seven-hour o.j. simpson documentaries just to get started because there are 56.7 million people in the united states with hundreds of different disabilities. so on this episode for the sake of clarity and also so i don't screw it up too often, we are specifically sharing stories about people with visible physical disabilities, vision loss and the deaf community. let's be honest, those

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. >> kamal is here, he's the host of "united shades of america" what do we call them in the news, hot >> hot topics, i'm on the view. >> and don't forget wendy. they spoke with the president today about a plan to hold a series of race summits at the white house. why are you making that face? black athletes and artists would be invited. why does he need a summit in order to communicate with black people? >> because he doesn't know black people. >> he knows darryl scott. >> yeah, but he has to have a summit? can't you get him on the phone? this is that tokenism, the kanye effect that has spread throughout all of show business and america. there's this talk towards we're going to do something, but that's not doing anything. that's not helping the neighb neighborhoods. it's not helping chicago. >> this is a west virginia senate, he called mitch mcconnell's father-in-law a wealthy china person and doubled down and said it's not racist then he put out this ad. >> swamp captain mitch mcconnell has created millions of jobs for china people. >> there's so many things in there. the idea that cr

this is "united shades of america." >> i have said all along that america is based on few djewdey christian believes. america was not founded as a crestion country. the only constitutional mention is freedom of religion. it's christianity that's everywhere, even on the money. notice it doesn't say in gods we trust. knowledge of most other religions in america are somewhere between kind of understood to gleefully misunderstood. [ chanting ] >> and then there are six. also known as sikhs, but more and more wanting to be called sikhs. >> yeah, even their name is misunderstood. so let's see what happened when i show people on the streets a picture of a sikh. do you have any idea what this guy might be? >> ah. >> muslim? >> a lot of people say muslim. >> satan. >> i thought you were going to say something else. >> satan, is that even a religion? so little is understood about the sikh religion that many people assume that they are members of other religions, and with a look like this, guess which religion is most popular for people to associate them with. >> sikhs have been targeted now repeatedl

on this episode of "united shades of america," we're talking about the u.s., mexico border. ide of the wall and that side of the wall. who wants

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of america i don't understand. now i'm challenging myself to dig deeper reaping to understand all the kurts and beliefs adding color to this crazy country. this is united shades if there is one thing that united shades of america is about it's the idea that black people are not a monolithe. this is about a lot of things. inclusion. me nodding my head a lot. me looking bad on television. and then it's the idea that black people are not a monolithe. exit admittedly sometimes that's lost when me and my people stand up together whether for the common good, black lives matter or why haven't they brought back living single in come back they brought back all the white shows. but if there is one group of black people who absolutely prove we are not moan lithe it's the gullah people oh or the geechee people. or the gullah geechee people. concentrated on the sea islands of the coastal areas of south carolina, georgia and florida. the beginning of their story is much like american black folk. come on you heard the bob marlie song. brought to america stole fibrin africa. it's not until they were free from slafrly that they cemented a culture all their own. by that time t

of hate. >> since 9/11, anti muslim hate crimes should be more and more -- yep, in america, we can't even get our faiths straight. >> host of cnn's united shadesve been saying sikh all the time. so now i know, it's sikh. >> that's just one of many words i mispronounce in the episode. >> but you're setting us all straight now, so why is it that this sikh religion is so misunderstood in america? >> well, because we sort of only have room in our brains apparently for so many religions, and this show about opening that up, i think religions from the middle east and asia that's not buddhism is muse si muslims, because we associate with beards with muslims and head covers with muslims. but now it's dangerous when people mistake people who are muslim with sikhs. >> i understand you were approached with this idea? >> i was approached on twitter, so an internet approach. a man saw me live tweeting one episode and he reached out to me and said you should come to boston and talk with me about the sikh community. and that's happening a lot right now on twitter. >> because people are reaching out to you about what it is they want to know more of, and they'

with me, the host of "united shades of america," it is a treat to talk to you on tv. s incident with roseanne. look back to august of last year, charlottesville, where the president referred to very fine people, the delay in disavowing david duke during the presidential campaign. why do you think it is so hard for the president to speak out against racism? >> because i think he knows he would be hypercritical if he spoke out against racism. he has, in his life, done racist things. it is clear, he is not a man who has a moral ground to stand on when it comes to racism. you don't have to go to charlottesville, go to central park five, the justice department in '73, you can go back to birtherism. he has no moral ground to stand on when it comes to calling people out for racism and i think he knows that. >> that doesn't make it okay that he doesn't say anything. it wouldn't explain why he doesn't. >> what would it mean if he did say anything? if he did say something, we would know he was reading it from a teleprompter, not from his soul. >> from his soul. he commented on i

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this is the united shades of america. y one thing that united shades of america is about, it's the idea that plaque people are not a monolithe. okay this show about a lot of things. including, me nodding my head a lot, looking bad on television. and then it's the idea that black people are not a monolithe. admittedly sometimes that gets lost when we stand up for our common good, black lives good or why haven't they brought back living single in she brought back all the white shows. but if there is a group of black people who prove that we are not a monolithe it's the gullah people ob or the geechee people or the gullah geechee. . man their name isn't even monolithe. concentrated on the coastal areas of south carolina, georgia and florida. the beginning of gullah geechee story is like most american black folk. come on you heard the bob marlie song. stolen from africa brought to america. but it's after they were free from slavery that the people of these island cement add culture all their own. by that time the black folks w

this is the "united shades of america." s any one thing that "united shades of america" is about, it's the idea that black people are not a monolith. okay, the show is about a lot of things. inclusion. me nodding my head a lot. me looking bad on television. and then it's the idea that black people are not a monolith. admittedly, sometimes that gets lost when me and my people stand up together for our common good whether to say black lives matter or say why haven't they brought back living single? come on, they brought back all those white shows. but if there is one group of black people who absolutely proved that we are not a monolith, it's the gulla people or the gichi people or the gullago, ichi people. the beginning of the story is much like most american black folk. come on, you've heard the bob marly song buffalo soldier, it was after black people were free from slavery these islands subm cemented a culture all their own. the black folks outnumbered the white people. and as white people left, they did something we could

on this episode of "united shades of america," we're talking about the u.s., mexico border. l talk to people that live on this side of the wall and that side of the wall. who wants to talk? we should probably book people the way we normally do. this isn't going to work. >> my name is w bell. as a comedian, i made a living finding humor in the parts of america i don't understand and i'm challenging myself to dig deeper. i'm on a mission to reach out and experience cultures i believe. >> let's get some things straight, there are things that are real and there are things that are imaginary, things that are real are observable, quantity fieble and predictable like gravity, climate change, that he man was better than joe and the national anthem doesn't mean you hate the troops and hot donuts taste better than cold. that's science. but things are imaginary like borders. they are drawn on the earth by men and i do mean by men to divide up land and sometimes the borders don't make any sense. it's divided into a three-square race just between bell yum and the netherlands. what up? and

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kamau bell, joining me now, the host of united shades of america here on cnn. sorry for mispronouncing your name. i know your mom is watching. mom, i'm sorry. how you doing? what do you think? >> you know, it's -- things escalated quickly, to quote will ferrell as anchor man. i was surprised abc made the decision so quickly to cancel her show, which leads me to believe, if we think it was hectic from the outside, it was even more hectic on the inside of that show. >> we keep saying abc did the right thing, they did. they got her off the show. >> i'm surprised they did that so quickly. the right thing would be to have followed her on twitter from the beginning. because everybody on twitter knows how roseanne tweets. she's tweeting right now. her twitter break was about four, five hours. everybody who knows twitter knows how she tweets conspiracy theories and racism and fat-shaming and islamophobia, that's what she does. so nobody who follows her on twitter is surprised by this. it's just that abc thought they could enter this game with her. >> but you know it's

we'll get a quick break in but first a sneak peek at sunday night's episode of the united shades of america. >> they are fighting to preserve their culture and like all marginalized groups in america, it is always a fight. >> unfortunately, people would say to me, boy, you're too geechee, and the reason they said that, because you need to change your -- you came from the plantation and you can't get ahead. but we were losing our own culture. to learn about these people that talk funny, and we still carry on those traditions and if we don't carry it on, it's going to die out. >> yes. >> be sure to watch united shades of america this sunday night at 10:00 eastern. dear foremothers, your society was led by a woman, who governed thousands... commanded armies... yielded to no one. when i found you in my dna, i learned where my strength comes from. my name is courtney mckinney, and this is my ancestrydna story. now with 5 times more detail than other dna tests. order your kit at ancestrydna.com now with 5 times more detail than other dna tests. if you'd have told me three years ago... that we'd b

step into the past in the next united shades of america and see the birthplace sunday night at 10:00 m. here a preview. >> this art is considered one of the oldest arts for afro americans and visualize patterns that are holder. for enslavement, there was no need for a beautiful piece. this say waste of time. >> need to get it done. it's like you're making tools. >> correct, correct. >> you're not making art. >> correct. >> you've done something i try to remind myself to do. you specifically say enslaved, not slaves. i try to remind myself that, you know, a person is not a slave. >> correct. it's out of respect. >> so you can't teach me how to do this, can you? >> colleen. get him. get him. >> i'm ready to be gotten. >> yes and no. >> okay. >> see, you're a come here, been here. >> you're a come here, we've a been here. >> yes. >> so i'm like a dark-skinned white man? >> yes. [ laughter ] >>> when this week's cnn hero saw children begging in the streets of vietnam, he went from truist to al truist. he left his toem and now works year-round in vietnam to give young people the skills to

of south america. like these mountains, each amazing on their own. but together? magical. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters. >>> in tonight's new episode of "united shades the most misunderstood religions in america. >> knowledge of most other religions in america are somewhere between kind of understood to gleefully misunderstood. [ chanting ] >> and then there are six. also known as sikhs, but more and more wanting to be called sikhs. >> yeah, even their name is misunderstood. so let's see what happened when actually people on the show are shown a picture of a sikh. do you have any rogue what this guy might be? >> ah. >> muslim? >> a lot of people say muslim. >> satan. >> i thought you were going to say something else. >> satan, is that even a religion? so little is understood about the sikh religion that many people assume that they are members of other religions, and with a look like this, guess which religion is most popular for people to associate them with. >> sikhs have been targeted now repeatedly. >> the man responsible for shooting a sikh man in his driveway is still on the run. >> this month's attack on two sikh men shot while walking along

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this is the united shades of america. >> i have said all along that america is based on judeo christianelieves. >> america is and always has been a christian nation. >> nope. that is not true at all. and it doesn't matter how many times people say it. america was absolutely not founded as a christian nation. check the constitution. there is not one mention of christianity, christians, christmas or even christian bale. weirdly there are two mentions of that man. anyway, the only constitutional mention of religion is about freedom of religion. but as much this kr country was supposed to give the freedom of religious choice it's christianity that's everywhere, even on the money. notice it doesn't say in gods we trust. knowledge of most other religions in america are somewhere between kind of understood to gleefully misunderstood. >> and then there are siks. also known as sikhs. more and more wanting to be called sikhs. even the name is misunderstood. so let's see what happens when i show people a picture of a sikh. >> do you have any idea what religion this guy might be? muslim that's -- a

. >>> in this week's episode of "united shades of america," kamal bell looks at how they are portrayedy, 10:00 p.m. eastern. here's a preview. >> i got injured when i was 22 years old. i didn't make the right chaseoi. while i was in icu, i made a promise to my friend that passed that something good would come out of the day. i got coaching wheelchair basketball. and just being around kids with disabilities gave me something to live for every day. >> what do you think people that aren't disabled get wrong about people that are disabled? >> they are surprised we can live independently and can do things. oh, good to see you out here. you're inspiring me today. i'm like, i got to get groceries. >> i think they think we're delicate or fragile. we're steel reenforced, actually. vo: gopi's found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. brand vo: snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, $4,340 in tax savings. quickbooks. backing you. on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? it

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. >> be sure to watch an all now episode of 123467"united shades america" right here at 10:00 on cnn news. >>> we're following breaking news, president trump's anger over the russia investigation boiling over now on twitter, his latest tweet saying i here demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi, doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the obama administration. and that's just one of the many tweets the president fired off today unleashing his frustration with the, quote, witch hunt russia probe just after the investigation hits its one-year mark now. let's get to cnn's ryan nobles to put this into context, ryan? >> reporter: we don't know what the president is going to ask for when he says he's going to officially demand that the -- but this does show a new level of frustration by president trump as it relates to the robert mueller investigation, which has now been going on for more than a year, of course from what we underst

. >> be sure to watch an all now episode of 123467"united shades america" right here at 10:00 on cnnews. >>> we're following breaking news, president trump's anger over the russia investigation boiling over now on twitter, his latest tweet saying i here demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi, doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the