YouTube's Akilah Hughes on #BlackWomenAtWork & Feeding The Buzz

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

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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week is Akilah… obviously! Akilah Hughes – otherwise known as Akilah Obviously – is a writer, comedian, and YouTuber who talks as easily about race, feminism, and intersectionality as she does pizza, hair, and punching Nazis. In this conversation, our hosts chat with Akilah about her life as a creator and the videos she’s most proud of (like the fantastic series, “This Shouldn’t Be News”). We also dive into what it’s like to be a black woman in media in the time of #blackwomenatwork and share the smart and hilarious content you ought to add to your queue. So hit play – obviously!

Watch Akilah’s videos on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/smoothiefreak! And follow Akilah on Twitter: @akilahobviously.

Your favorite hosts are going on tour – find out when they’ll be in your city at www.harikondabolu.com and www.wkamaubell.com. In the meantime, listen to Hari’s new record “Hari Kondabolu’s New Material Night Volume I” on Bandcamp and iTunes. And watch Kamau on CNN’s “United Shades of America” beginning in late April.

As always, send us your thoughts and suggestions on Twitter and over email: @politicreactive or [email protected].

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0:00.0	If anything, I'm just so tired. Are you all tired?
0:02.8	Like, it seems like every day there's just a new,
0:06.4	news story about some racist white person saying something about black people.
0:11.4	And I'm just like, man, remember what, like I missed those moments where it was shocking?
0:15.8	Like, wasn't that a good time in my life?
0:18.4	From Topic and Airwolf, this is politically reactive. I'm W. Kamau Bell.
0:24.8	And I'm the future US Secretary of Sex, Harry Kunderbohler.
0:29.2	The show or two comedians trying to make sense of politics in America.
0:35.2	As a result of this ridiculous mission, the podcast will be on forever.
0:42.2	Last week, many of us witnessed the power of Britney Pacnitz,
0:46.2	amazing hashtag, hashtag black women at work.
0:51.2	It seems like your hell been on trying to make sure that whatever image you want to tell about this white house.
0:57.2	Let me answer. I understand.
0:59.2	Okay, but you know what, you're asking me a question and I'm going to answer it.
1:02.2	I'm sorry, please stop shaking your head again.
1:05.2	In response to a claim journalist and acclaimed black woman,
1:09.2	April Ryan being told to stop shaking her head by baby man Sean Spicer,
1:13.2	the black internet went...
1:16.2	And many black women used the hashtag black women at work to talk at times
1:20.2	when they had dealt with similar treatment.
1:23.2	And the white demonery didn't stop there Kamau.
1:26.2	Then there was your racist uncle slash quote unquote journalist Bill O'Reilly
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