I don't know what most white people in this country feel, but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institution.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children,

on some idealism which you assure me

exists in America, which I have never seen. Welcome back to Black History for White People,

a podcast where we educate, resource, and challenge white people about black history. I'm Brad,

and on today's show are my co-host Katina and

Garin. Today's topic is Sydney Poitier. We first talk about him being brought up on Cat Island

and then his moves to Miami and then New York City. Talk a little bit about his story and how he

got some breaks into the acting business, some of the racial dynamics within the acting world,

his place in changing America and some various views that he had.

And then we end the episode talking a little bit about the end of his life.

We hope you enjoy the discussion.

Okay, today we're going to be talking about Sidney Poitier, and I have, I don't have an idea of who he is.

And so I'm sure that I'm not the only person. I know nobody really tells me like, hey, yeah, I don't know who these people are either, but I'm just assuming.

And so, Katina, Garon, help me out. Who is Sidney Poitier? What has he done?

I want to learn about it. He's one of the greatest actors of all time. And he's an activist. I mean, he just is a

trailblazer. Did so many first as a black man in film. But take it away, Garen. Yeah, and it's hard to have an

appreciation now for what that means, for him to have been one of the greatest actors of all

time and what it means. And we'll talk about some of his acting career as we go through the

episode. But I think in the modern context, we don't really realize how much

he had to overcome to be great in acting and to and to chase down the opportunity to show that he could

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