W. Kamau Bell
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Woo, I've seen that image, but you just really sort of highlighted it now with like a disabled man. I mean, you know, I feel like every black man gets a cane at some point, whether he needs it or not. But now I'm really understanding it. Yes, he is a disabled man who's saying no cuts to protect his community. Yeah, okay, wow. Yeah. I didn't mean to interrupt. You were flowing.
Woo, I've seen that image, but you just really sort of highlighted it now with like a disabled man. I mean, you know, I feel like every black man gets a cane at some point, whether he needs it or not. But now I'm really understanding it. Yes, he is a disabled man who's saying no cuts to protect his community. Yeah, okay, wow. Yeah. I didn't mean to interrupt. You were flowing.
So one of the things that I just recently learned about, Section 504. Zoe, can you educate me and anybody listening who doesn't know about Section 504?
So one of the things that I just recently learned about, Section 504. Zoe, can you educate me and anybody listening who doesn't know about Section 504?
So one of the things that I just recently learned about, Section 504. Zoe, can you educate me and anybody listening who doesn't know about Section 504?
So just can you say, either one of you, about like what would happen if it's gone, what does that change about, you know, it says any place that gets federal funding, how would that affect somebody, a disabled person who is in a hospital or in a federally funded school, how would that directly affect them?
So just can you say, either one of you, about like what would happen if it's gone, what does that change about, you know, it says any place that gets federal funding, how would that affect somebody, a disabled person who is in a hospital or in a federally funded school, how would that directly affect them?
So just can you say, either one of you, about like what would happen if it's gone, what does that change about, you know, it says any place that gets federal funding, how would that affect somebody, a disabled person who is in a hospital or in a federally funded school, how would that directly affect them?
I can't help but in this, and you referenced this earlier, the idea of the disability community being intersectional before that was a word. Because the idea of like, I think sometimes, and you see this all the time, people talk about communities if they're all separate.
I can't help but in this, and you referenced this earlier, the idea of the disability community being intersectional before that was a word. Because the idea of like, I think sometimes, and you see this all the time, people talk about communities if they're all separate.
I can't help but in this, and you referenced this earlier, the idea of the disability community being intersectional before that was a word. Because the idea of like, I think sometimes, and you see this all the time, people talk about communities if they're all separate.
And like the black community, the women community, the disability community, it's like there's a woman who's like, all of those are me. Those are all me. Those are not three separate communities. And I think that when you compound
And like the black community, the women community, the disability community, it's like there's a woman who's like, all of those are me. Those are all me. Those are not three separate communities. And I think that when you compound
And like the black community, the women community, the disability community, it's like there's a woman who's like, all of those are me. Those are all me. Those are not three separate communities. And I think that when you compound
the discrimination that women get, that black people get, and then a disabled person in that one body, it's like, then you really are at a deficit of care in a place like a hospital, just because of all the stereotypes attached to each one of your separate identities.
the discrimination that women get, that black people get, and then a disabled person in that one body, it's like, then you really are at a deficit of care in a place like a hospital, just because of all the stereotypes attached to each one of your separate identities.
the discrimination that women get, that black people get, and then a disabled person in that one body, it's like, then you really are at a deficit of care in a place like a hospital, just because of all the stereotypes attached to each one of your separate identities.
Yeah, that's for sure. I forgot. Yeah, there's it's.
Yeah, that's for sure. I forgot. Yeah, there's it's.
Yeah, that's for sure. I forgot. Yeah, there's it's.