One of the guest joining Code Switch on stage at Harlem's world famous Apollo theater

is celebrity chef Marcus Samuelson.

Born in Ethiopia, he and his sister were adopted and raised in Sweden where they were the

only black kids around.

Not just on the block, not just in the village, actually in the city.

Now he lives in New York City in Harlem and runs a restaurant where soul food and Swedish

meatballs grace the menu.

We'll talk with Marcus Samuelson live on November 16th.

We'll get your tickets now at workitevents.com.

The following episode contains language that some listeners may find offensive.

You're listening to Code Switch, I'm Gene Demby.

Cherine is out this week.

On this episode, we're going back to Ron Brown College Prep High School.

It's a high school here in DC that we spent a little time with last year.

It's a story that was very important to a lot of you.

We got a lot of emails and tweets about it.

So last year, we spent four episodes with the first freshman class at this brand new

public high school for young men of color.

Almost all the students at the school were black as were most of the teachers.

Most black males in the school system don't come in contact with not one black male in

the school system.

You got four black males sitting in this circle right here.

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