Deon Cole Black-ish star has advice for the next president (VIDEO).  

Black-ish Co-Star Deon Cole’s Advice for the Next President: Regulate Guns, Not Weed

Black-ish Co-Star Deon Cole’s Advice for the Next President: Regulate Guns, Not Weed

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June 17 2016 3:31 PM

Deon Cole’s Advice for the Next President: Regulate Guns, Not Weed

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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 16: Actors Deon Cole (L) and Tracee Ellis Ross attend the Entertainment Weekly & People Upfronts party 2016 at Cedar Lake on May 16, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly & People )

Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly & People

In this latest installment in a series from Slate, 92Y, and New America, we hear from Deon Cole—Black-ish regular, comedian, writer—as he offers his advice for the next U.S. president. Throughout this election season, we’ll publish a short video in which a policymaker, writer, or thinker gives the next commander in chief his or her best ideas for how to handle the highest office in the land.

Above, at the American Black Film Festival, Cole doesn’t hesitate to identify our country’s gravest problem, and offers an … unorothdox suggestion for what book should be at the top of the next president’s reading list.

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