I’m talking about his famous “Niggaz v. Black People” routine which is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwejDybX8oA&feature=related
Race is a taboo subject in politics. The mere mention of it is enough to stop a conversation. In fact, if you describe someone you met as a “black man” or an “Asian female” it is enough to make scorn come your way.
While comedy, this piece sums it up for me and many others. I am a white male who is troubled by the activities of some blacks in society and, at times, one feels that those people’s actions speak for an entire race. That is wrong to feel that way, but with limited interaction because of existing social constructs, those feelings form, just like those feelings arise for blacks as it pertains to white people.
Blacks sometimes feel that all white people are like the Klan members in the deep south or some rich corporate executives who could care less about their families. Those executives could care less about poor white families as well.
Couldn’t the same satire be done for white people? Couldn’t a white person say, “I hate white trash so much, they should let me join the black panther party!” or " When I stop in rural West Virginia, it’s not the media I fear, it’s inbred crackers like the Jesco White family."
It seems that each race has an underclass that the other race erroneously attributes to that entire race due to ignorance and/or lack of exposure. If we all said that THOSE people, be they inner city thugs, or Ku Klux Klan members do not represent US, then we could start a better dialogue on race. Thoughts?
I hope that this came out okay…Let the fireworks begin…