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Hyphen-Nation: Jason

"Black man first, American second."

Aired 02/16/2017 | Rating NR

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Hyphen-Nation: Jason

Clip: Special | 1m 45s

"Black man first, American second."

His experience of looking out from a beach from Accra, on the other side of the Atlantic ocean, and realizing that he is the first person in his family to see where his ancestors were taken from.

Aired 02/16/2017 | Rating NR

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"We're going to check your bags a little bit extra." (1m 50s)

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