W. Kamau Bell

Sociopolitical comedian W. Kamau Bell has been hailed by The New York Times as “the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.” The host and executive producer of the Emmy Award winning CNN docu-series “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell,” he also has his own Netflix special, “Private School Negro,” about which TIME Magazine raved, “it’s the moving way [Bell] talks about searching for hope that really makes this hour resonate.” The author of “The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6′ 4″, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian,” Bell is also the director of the critically-acclaimed documentary “Cultureshock: Chris Rock’s Bring the Pain.” He is on the advisory board of Hollaback! and Donors Choose and is the ACLU Celebrity Ambassador for Racial Justice.