With no end in sight to the government shutdown, Rinku Sen joins a panel on the Melissa Harris Perry Show to discuss the racist roots of obstructional tactics in the US government.

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After Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce, discusses a new reality show on Fuse, Rinku Sen returns to highlight the excess of negative images of black women in the media, linking it to the government shutdown.

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