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Apr 23, 2016
WKB visits the "new" and "improved" KKK that is more concerned about its branding but still has the same hate.
May 01, 2016
WKB visits San Quentin, one of the most progressive prisons from a rehabilitation standpoint.
May 08, 2016
The population of East Los Angeles is over 90 percent Latino; they are predicted to be the majority population of Americans by 2044; W. Kamau Bell speaks to many Latinos who are fighting prejudice and spreading the message of tolerance.
May 15, 2016
Camden, New Jersey has a reputation as one of the country's most dangerous cities; W. Kamau Bell heads there to see if a newly implemented community policing program is helping the relationship between citizens and the police force.
May 22, 2016
W. Kamal Bell visits people in North Carolina and Tennessee who are living completely off the grid; inside the tiny house movement; legendary Summer of Love commune, The Farm; doomsday prepper who refuses to be identified.
May 29, 2016
W. Kamau Bell is off to speak to the people of Portland, Oregon where the result of a massive influx of hipsters appears to be gentrification; he inquires as to how this has affected the local neighborhoods.
Jun 05, 2016
W. Kamau Bell visits the Inuit people of Barrow, Alaska, 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, where this town, only accessible by plane, is fighting to hold on to its traditions as large companies seek to acquire their natural resources.
Jun 12, 2016
Comparing the youth scene in Florida to the lives of those in retirement communities.
About
United Shades of America Season 1 (2016) is released on Apr 23, 2016 and the latest season 7 of United Shades of America is released in 2022. Watch United Shades of America online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. United Shades of America is directed by Morgan Fallon,Sarah Holm Johansen,Helen M. Cho,Gillian Brown and created by W. Kamau Bell with W. Kamau Bell and Samuel Robinson. United Shades of America is available online on Max and Max Amazon Channel.
Comic and political provocateur W. Kamau Bell hosts this CNN original documentary series in which he travels to the far corners of America to explore race-based subcultures. Using humor to soften his experiences, Bell willingly subjects himself to awkward situations -- like attending a cross-burning, hate-mongering Ku Klux Klan session -- to demonstrate "the many diverse and colorful definitions of America," CNN says. Bell also visits a gated retirement community, experiences inner-city policing, spends time with spring break revelers, speaks to prison inmates, and travels to the Last Frontier.