The WORST episodes of United Shades of America
Every episode of United Shades of America ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of United Shades of America!
Follow comedian and political gadfly W. Kamau Bell as he explores the far corners of our country and its various groups and subcultures.
#3 - Athletes and the Cost of Winning
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2022
While sports can be exhilarating and bring us together, they also come with a lot of intensity and pressure that can compromise athletes’ mental health. W. Kamau Bell heads to the legendary sports town of Boston, Massachusetts to find out how athletes are speaking up and leading change.
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#8 - The Color Of America
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/6/2021
Kamau goes to Philadelphia to explore the shifting ethnic makeup of the U.S. in a celebratory exploration of an increasingly robust mixed-race population and the ways in which they are changing and challenging the culture.
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#12 - Black in Appalachia
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2022
When we picture Appalachians, we generally picture the white working class of America. But a significant and largely unknown population of Black Americans have called it home since the time of the conquistadors, and they have contributed to American culture in ways that are often overlooked.
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#13 - Black To The Future
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2021
Kamau visits Atlanta and digs deep into the discrimination and racism that lingers in programs like STEM; he looks at efforts to build a more inclusive workforce for the globally competitive future in technology and space.
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#14 - California Is Burning
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/2022
Years of prolonged drought and extreme heatwaves in California have seen wildfires grow in frequency, intensity, and size. It is a complex crisis, fueled by mismanagement of the land, corporate greed, and of course, climate change. There’s no quick or easy fix to any of this, so in the meantime, how do we learn to coexist with wildfire?
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#24 - Protect and Serve?
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/15/2016
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.
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