What does it mean to be an American during a time of heightened xenophobia, anger and chaos? Who gets to be American? Despite being a nation of immigrants, these questions have become more complicated than ever.

Looking at project housing, Puerto Rico, the Black Hills and the relegation of Indigenous nations to reservations amid dishonored and broken treaties, episode two calls out the many iterations of settler colonialism and systemic racism present in urban communities of color – then and now.

From blackface to blackfishing, King Kong to Mandingo tropes, episode three deep-dives into the perpetuation of racist, classist, xenophobic and misogynistic depictions and analyzes how they see us vs. how we see us.

Everything’s not gonna be all white as prominent voices from various communities across the country sit down to wax poetic on our present, shining a light on how America can attain a more equitable future in all spaces.