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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

ICYMI - Why Are African Americans Being Hit the Hardest by COVID-19?

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Trevor examines the role systemic racism is playing in the outsized rate of coronavirus infections hitting black people in the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.7

BAM!

0:05.0

Let's talk about Black people.

0:07.2

They're like white people, but with seasoning.

0:10.0

In America, Black people have had a long history of getting the short end of the stick.

0:14.8

From slavery, to Jim Crow, to the criminal justice system, to the sunken place.

0:20.4

But when it came to the coronavirus, it seemed like for once, Black people were catching a break.

0:27.2

A lot of these viruses were immune to.

0:31.6

Yeah.

0:32.4

Because our skin is radiant and our skin comes from the sun.

0:38.0

Uh-huh.

0:39.0

That is our superpower, melanin.

0:40.4

The fever.

0:41.6

We will not get the coronavirus because we've got a little thing in our body where we're calling the melanin.

0:48.4

Monorys can't catch it.

0:49.4

We should.

0:50.4

Say that one more time.

0:51.4

Monorys can't catch it.

0:52.4

Minorities can't catch coronavirus.

0:55.2

Uh-huh.

0:56.2

Why do you say, why do you want?

0:57.2

Name one.

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