Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Failures | Vann R. Newkirk II

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day and The Daily Show honors this civil rights icon's legacy. Host Trevor Noah and correspondent, Roy Wood Jr, discuss the many ways Americans misrepresent what King stood for and guest host, Leslie Jones, goes into the streets of New York City to find out how white folks celebrate the holiday. Also, Trevor sits with journalist, Vann R. Newkirk II, to discuss how his piece in The Atlantic honors King's legacy and provides context on where he stood politically when he was alive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.4	Today is
0:35.0	Today is Martin Luther King Day, a day when America celebrates the legacy of one of its greatest civil rights
0:44.8	leaders and a day where black people get to cut in line at Chipotle.
0:49.6	At least that's my excuse.
0:51.3	But what is Martin Luther King Day and how should people celebrate it?
0:55.0	Well for more on this we turn to a man who has had many dreams that no one wants to hear about.
0:59.0	Roy Wood Jr. everybody.
1:00.0	Welcome,
1:03.7	welcome.
1:04.7	Welcome. Good to see you.
1:05.7	Good to see you, Mandela.
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