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This edition: Vanessa Valdes, Bernhard Blythe, Rayner and Amber

Episode Details

Original tape date: October 30, 2018. First aired: November 15, 2018.

An Afro-Latina scholar, Vanessa Valdes, carries on the mission of black archivist, Arturo Schomburg. Interior designer and son of immigrant parents from Germany and Jamaica, Bernhard Blythe draws inspiration from world culture. Multiracial married couple, journalists Rayner Ramirez and Amber Payne bring together their diverse family backgrounds to create a modern family.

Guest List

Bernhard Blythe Interior Designer, Founder, Blythe Design Studio

Amber Payne Executive Producer, Teen Vogue, Them

Rayner Ramirez Executive Producer, Tilt Shift Media

Vanessa K. Valdes Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, The City College of New York/CUNY

  • About this series

  • When you take a look in the mirror, what do you see? Shades of U.S. is a series that explores the complexities of people through color, race, religion, and sexual orientation. It's a show that's not just black and white, there are many shades.

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