United Shades of America - Season 3

United Shades of America - Season 3

Season 3

The critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning CNN Original Series, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, returns for its third season. The eight-episode docuseries follows sociopolitical comedian W. Kamau Bell as he explores communities across the country, using humor to start a conversation about race and how our differences unite and divide us.

In season three, Bell heads to the border, visits the coast of South Carolina to meet the Gullah Geechee people, travels to Hawaii to talk to natives, heads up north to Canada, meets with students at Historical Black Colleges and Universities, explores Sikhism in America, talks to members of the disabled community, and visits his dad in Mobile, Alabama to retrace his family roots. In the season premiere, "The Border," Kamau travels to the U.S./Mexico border to find out what life is like for people living there and talk about the proposed new wall.

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Episodes8
DatesApr 29, 2018 - Jul 1, 2018
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Episodes

The Border
Season 3Episode 160 min

The Border

W. Kamau Bell heads to the U.S.-Mexico border to find out what life is like for the people who live there and also show everyone that there's already a wall!

Apr 29, 2018
Sikhs in America
Season 3Episode 260 min

Sikhs in America

W. Kamau Bell unravels the stereotypes of one of the most misunderstood religions in America - Sikhism.

May 6, 2018
The South Carolina Gullah
Season 3Episode 360 min

The South Carolina Gullah

W. Kamau Bell visits the coast of South Carolina to meet the Gullah Geechee people, a truly original American culture steeped in West African traditions and good old-fashioned southern roots.

May 13, 2018
The Disability Community
Season 3Episode 460 min

The Disability Community

W. Kamau Bell looks into a minority group that everyone on the planet can be a part of - the physically disabled.

May 20, 2018
HBCUs
Season 3Episode 560 min

HBCUs

W. Kamau Bell head to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) to answer the question on why these schools are important.

Jun 3, 2018
Sweet Home (Mobile) Alabama
Season 3Episode 660 min

Sweet Home (Mobile) Alabama

W. Kamau Bell heads down south to debunk some myths while also retracing his family roots with his father.

Jun 17, 2018
The Canadian Way
Season 3Episode 760 min

The Canadian Way

W. Kamau Bell takes a trip up north to Canada to see if everything is truly as great as everyone says or if our neighbor to the north just does a better job of hiding its flaws..

Jun 24, 2018
Native Hawaii
Season 3Episode 860 min

Native Hawaii

W. Kamau Bell visits the islands of Hawaii and finds from the native Hawaiians that everything isn't just surfing, hula dancing and luaus in paradise.

Jul 1, 2018

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