Shaun King on Controversy, Color, and Kaepernick

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

And Kamau's musical take on the Star Spangled Banner.Our guest this week is known for his bold and relentless writing on racial injustice and police brutality. Surprise: the “alt right” is not a fan. They’ve accused New York Daily News Senior Justice reporter Shaun King of everything from theft to being the new Rachel Dolezal (remember her?). One of the most vocal members of the Black Lives Matter movement, King breaks down how BLM unites unlikely allies and is a true extension of the Civil Rights Movement. The activist also responds to accusations that he’s white (he’s not) and reflects on why he identifies with his friend, Colin Kaepernick. In this episode, we get into all of it – not only King’s own past, but the past, present, and future of race in America. Keep up with Shaun on Twitter: @shaunkingAnd find Hari’s new album Mainstream American Comic at www.harikondabolu.com! That’s also where you can find tour dates (meet him on the road!). And learn more about Kamau’s podcasts and projects at www.wkamaubell.com. Tune in next week when we answer your questions! Keep commenting at #politicallyreactive and politicallyreactive@firstlook.org

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0:00.0	I was gonna say you're the first person that when we pitched our bosses at first look that we want to talk to you
0:06.2	You're the first person they were ever like uh, let's think this through first
0:13.9	From first look media and panoply this is politically reactive. I'm Debbie Camelbell and I'm back up forward for the 1992 dream team
0:22.1	Harry Kundebova
0:24.1	They've been called the greatest team in Olympic history
0:26.9	Good
0:28.1	George Parkflake
0:30.1	and Kundebova
0:34.1	The show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America
0:37.3	It's like if the Netflix show Stranger Things was a political podcast that had nothing to do with the Netflix show Stranger Things
0:44.1	On today's show we're talking with New York Daily News Senior Justice writer Sean King
0:48.1	What the hell was that?
0:50.1	Oh it's new it's the controversy alarm
0:52.1	It goes off when we mentioned someone or something potentially too controversial for the show
0:56.1	Just keep going I'm sure it's fine
0:58.1	Okay
1:00.1	Sean King is currently writing a 25-part series in the Daily News on solutions to police brutality
1:06.1	Which is 25 more parts than what the police have come up with
1:10.1	You knew that was coming
1:12.1	And in 2014 Sean along with several others
1:16.1	Use Twitter to emerge as one of the new voices of the civil rights movement and specifically Black Lives Matter
1:20.1	Of course it went off Black Lives Matter racist ass alarm
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