Outspoken comedian W. Kamau Bell, who just signed a deal for a new CNN series, stood outside a Berkeley, CA cafe showing some books he just purchased to his wife and her friends, who were sitting at tables. Kamau is black and his wife and her friends are white. An employee inside the cafe tapped on the window and gestured for Kamau to “move along” as there was “no selling.” He wrote about the experience of yet again being a black man standing, and the cafe owner, who was mortified, invited him to a discussion.
Our NIOT crew spoke with people who attended the event at Willard Jr. High. Check back soon for video highlights.