Phillip Agnew Talks Bernie Sanders, HBCUs, Spike Lee & Reparations

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with activist, community organizer, National Surrogate for Bernie Sanders, and co-founder of The Dream Defenders, Phillip Agnew. Over the course of the next hour and change, the trio dives deep into the importance of HBCUs to the black community, the case for electing Bernie Sanders, and the issues of reparations and identity politics. The conversation is full of big ideas tempered by plenty of laughter.

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0:00.0	What's up party people? It's Tyler and Kuala Lita, host of the People's Party.
0:03.4	I know you've been enjoying it so far. We thank you for your love and support.
0:06.8	We got more people's party coming up. We got all types of situations that you're
0:10.6	gonna want to tune into and never forget to watch. Tyler and Kuala Lita, Jasmine Lee,
0:14.8	it is the People's Party. Let's go.
0:16.5	What's up party people? It's Tyler and Kuala Lita, this is the People's Party. We are
0:32.8	partying with the people. The people are the party. I got my lovely and talented
0:36.7	home girl Jasmine Lee in the motherfucker house.
0:38.7	Hey, how you doing Jasmine?
0:43.2	Oh, I am so excited for this interview.
0:48.4	You seem excited. Oh, I am. Your shoes are excited and they can't even see them.
0:51.6	Famous colors, baby. Famous? You went to Famous. I sure did.
0:54.4	Our next guest also went to Famous. Somebody who inspires me a lot on the activism side of things.
0:59.9	The founder of one of the founders of Dream Defenders, activist and a trailblazer,
1:04.8	a supporter of the culture, a man who gets out on the streets. He doesn't just stay on social media.
1:10.1	He gets out on the streets. I know because I see them out there on these streets.
1:13.9	Where it is born. Give it up for Phil Agnew in the place.
1:16.5	Yeah.
1:26.1	All right, all right. I'll get you. I feel left out.
1:30.5	Sorry. I should have told you.
1:32.5	You can go back. Comment, comment, went for a little while.
1:35.5	Dead prize met at Famous.
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