Name: The Woke War
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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Encouraged by the state, mainlanders flock to Hawaii during the pandemic; native Hawaiians now beg people to stop visiting and moving to Hawaii, where the rising cost of living makes it the most expensive state in the country.

United Shades of America

Hawaii for Hawaiians

Kamau travels to the Black Hills of South Dakota, known for millennia to Native Americans as "the heart of everything that is"; Native leaders explain the Landback Campaign and demand the United States honor its treaties and return all public lands.

The Landback Movement

Through interviews with Asian American celebrities, Kamau traces the history of negative stereotypes and the portrayals of Asian Americans in comedy, examining how stereotypes contributed to violence and racism towards Asian Americans.

Asian Americans in the Spotlight

Years of drought and extreme heat waves in California have seen wildfires grow in frequency, intensity and size; the crisis is fueled by mismanagement of land, corporate greed and climate change.

California Is Burning

While sports can be exhilarating, they come with intensity and pressure that can compromise athletes' mental health; Kamau heads to the legendary sports town of Boston to find out how athletes are speaking up and leading change.

Athletes and the Cost of Winning

A largely unknown population of Black Americans have called Appalachia home since the time of the conquistadors and contributed to American culture in overlooked ways.

Black in Appalachia

Kamau visits Arizona, on the front lines of a culture war, where the term "woke" has become a fight for control of the nation's future; Kamau talks with parents and educators to hear both sides of CRT and how it is being used as a weapon.

The Woke War

Comedic and political gadfly W. Kamau Bell explores the far corners of the U.S. and its various groups and subcultures.

S7 E1 | The Woke War

E7 | Hawaii for Hawaiians

E6 | The Landback Movement

E5 | Asian Americans in the Spotlight

E4 | California Is Burning

E3 | Athletes and the Cost of Winning

E2 | Black in Appalachia

E1 | The Woke War