Cenk Uygur
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Russell Simmons and the Harriet Tubman Sex Tape
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August 16, 2013
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6:01Now Playing"On the first day of his "All Def Digital" YouTube page, mogul Russell Simmons managed to anger nearly everyone with a video parodying abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman with a "sex tape."
The video, titled "Harriet Tubman Sex Tape," revisits the story of Tubman's efforts to rescue hundreds of slaves by parodying her as having used her sexuality to outsmart slaveowners and obtain freedom for the enslaved."*
Russell Simmons launched the controversial "Harriet Tubman Sex Tape" parody video on his YouTube channel, All Def Digital, which led to many critics demanding an apology. Simmons apologized and took down the video, but did it go way too far, even though it was just meant to be comedy? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the story, reviewing Simmons' recent interview on The Young Turks.
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