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Oct 2017
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#033 Is Trump Better For Black America T...

Russell Brand
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Author and Professor of Black Studies Kehinde Andrews joins me to discuss Britain’s colonial nostalgia, how the west is built on racism, and that Donald Trump is better for black America than Barack Obama. 

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