United Shades of America Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

Where Do We Even Start With White Supremacy?

Sun, Jul 19, 2020

W. Kamau Bell heads to Pittsburgh to take a deeper look into the damaging systemic applications of White supremacy.

Episode 2

All-American Family Farms

Sun, Jul 26, 2020

W. Kamau Bell heads to Oklahoma to explore how politics and economic disparity are impacting families and independent farmers.

Episode 3

Going to Public School

Sun, Aug 2, 202042 mins

W. Kamau Bell explores inequities in the public education system through two very different school districts near Cleveland, Ohio.

Episode 4

The Gig Economy

Sun, Aug 9, 202042 mins

W. Kamau Bell speaks with Vanessa Minton, a gig worker in Austin, Texas, on what life has been like during the pandemic. Across the United States, the fastest-growing category of new jobs is gig work, spurred on by tech companies and their never-ending stream of apps; low and uncertain incomes have replaced benefits.

Episode 5

The Time For Reparations

Sat, Aug 15, 2020

Episode 6

Venezuelans in Doral/South Florida

Sun, Aug 23, 2020

W. Kamau Bell heads to South Florida, home of the largest number of Venezuelans in the United States. He meets with newly arrived Venezuelans as well as established Venezuelan-Americans helping their community to better try to understand the complicated crisis that's forcibly displaced millions of Venezuelans from their homes, many of them now seeking asylum and refuge in Miami-Dade.

Episode 7

The Homeless Crisis in LA

Sun, Aug 30, 2020

Kamau spends time on the on the notorious Skid Row in Los Angeles and explores its racial, socio-economic and statistical dynamics.

Episode 8

Iranian-Americans in NY

Sun, Aug 30, 202042 mins

Kamau visits New York City to talk to recent Iranian immigrants and those who came here decades ago.