You want those kids and all those schools to be as smart and prepared for the world as possible

because they're going to be adult someday and you're going to run into them.

So you want all the kids.

You want them to be as smart as they possibly can be.

Helping those kids is a selfish act.

Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.

Today I am talking with W. Kamau Bell.

And I have to say, it was very hard for me during this podcast not to just, you know,

totally go to church around him because I have so much admiration for what he does in the world and he makes me laugh and he astounds me with his courage. Kamau is a stand-up comic, activist, and

TV host. He was the host of the United Shades of America, which ran for seven seasons on CNN

and won five Emmys.

Check out his book with Kate Shots, Do the Work, an anti-racist activity book.

Anyway, let's get into it.

Meet W. Kamau Bell.

All right, first off, let me just get over, and we can cut this part out, whatever.

I am in all of you.

I have so much respect for what you do.

So I'm a little nervous, but I'll get over that pretty quickly.

I promise, I promise.

Now let's get over this part.

You are one of the defining, like as a kid watching television saying, I want to do comedy, I want to be in that

business. Sam Malone was one of my like heroes as a kid. Wow. So like it was like, and

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