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🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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0:00.0 | My childhood in a nutshell, well it all started in Northampton in the 80s. |
0:06.4 | I didn't even know I was in the closet but I did find George Mikel in there. |
0:10.9 | My dad was the manager of the local football club, but the only thing I was tackling was |
0:15.2 | a good act of a Christie. |
0:16.6 | I don't know why I'm telling you about it. |
0:18.6 | They've only gone and turned it into a series, so do yourself a favour and watch my |
0:22.8 | awkward years in glorious technicala, changing end screen free on ITVX. |
0:28.1 | Comedy is back in the building. |
0:58.3 | I'm John Flanhill and this is The Weeds. |
1:08.2 | When you're a black person living in America, it can feel like discrimination is lurking |
1:12.7 | at every turn. |
1:14.7 | And if I'm honest, when I was younger, there were times that I thought this creeping |
1:19.1 | feeling was paranoia on my end. |
1:22.4 | But no, there are real hard numbers that prove this. |
1:26.0 | The average black person makes 30% less than the average white person. |
1:30.7 | Black people have to wait for about 10 more seconds than their white counterparts for cars |
1:35.1 | to yield to them at a crosswalk. |
1:37.0 | Well-being black people spend almost an hour of their day waiting, compared to 28 minutes |
1:41.6 | for their high income white counterparts. |
1:43.8 | Black people have a 74% greater chance at longer wait times at polling precincts. |
1:49.7 | The life expectancy for white people is over five years longer than for black people. |
1:55.9 | For many black children, the first time they experience this kind of discrimination is |
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