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Professor Fakes Black Identity & Protests in Rochester, NY

Season 25 E 150 • 09/08/2020

A gender reveal party causes a California wildfire, a professor confesses to pretending to be Black, and protesters demand justice over the police killing of Daniel Prude in Rochester, NY.

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