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See Something Say Something

Episode 15: What Did We Miss?

See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8550 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ahmed talks with BuzzFeed News' legal genius Nabiha Syed about what to do if a Customs and Border Protection officer asks for your phone—and other ways to legally resist at the border. Plus, Nabiha gives us advice about talking to white men and mixing patterns. 

Then, a conversation with Bim Adewunmi about Mahershala Ali's historic Oscar win, and what it means for a black man and member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community to be the first Muslim actor to win an Academy Award. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, it's Amud. I'm joined by Nabeha. Hey, Nabiha. Hello. And I brought her back on to welcome in

0:11.5

season two of See Something Say Something. Woo! Oh my God, it's been too long. It's been like so many weeks.

0:18.4

And I miss talking to the microphone. It's very fun to talk to people that I like.

0:23.0

We're going to use our first episode to check in.

0:25.4

We're going to talk to a bunch of people about things that have happened

0:28.9

and how to live our life in this crazy, fucking crazy 2017 that's happening.

0:33.1

Every day is a challenge, a new nightmare.

0:36.5

And we're going to talk to people about that.

0:41.8

If you see something, you better, you better say something.

0:50.0

Nothing at all, nothing at all.

0:57.1

We're having some, like, symmetry here because in my first episode of season one,

1:01.7

I had Nabiha Sayyid, who's with me right now watching me yell at the mic,

1:05.8

and being my hype woman in the background.

1:08.5

A silent hype woman.

1:10.6

You didn't really know what it means to be a hype woman before I told you.

1:15.0

I'm learning. I'm in a Wikipedia later.

1:18.0

Flav of Flav, the most iconic hype man of all time.

1:20.7

If I could have a large clock necklace right now, I think the spirit would move me to be a better hype woman.

1:35.0

If you don't remember her from episode one,

1:39.2

Nabeha Sayyid is the Assistant General Counsel at BuzzFeed, but also a free speech lawyer who has volunteered her time teaching

1:42.9

know-your-right rights workshops and advising people

1:45.9

on everything and anything that you need to know. So we're going to talk to Nabiha first,

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