So, something y'all might not know about me is that I generally dislike slapstick/stand-up comedy. People tell me I'm being too sensitive, but hey, you know, -isms and -phobias are just things I cannot justify finding funny. [Read that as sometimes I laugh, but I'm judging myself for it.] Oppression is not the business, and if you make money off of promoting it then you will not get my support. Plain and simple.
So when Colorlines said they were doing a post about comedians " that are doing race well, and leaving out other garbage," I was excited. Wanda Sykes already gets the Maya Reid Seal of Approval, so I wasn't surprised to see her, but this guy right here was my favorite of the skits they posted:
And let's add in some Wanda just because she's a boss:
Inside the mind of a kind of quirky, pretty stubborn, way too opinionated, twenty-something, heteroflexible Black female newly employed up-and-moved-to-DC Princeton GRADUATE who's just trying to sort out her life. An uninhibited celebration of all that is me, this blog is an exercise in self-discovery and live-with-your-heart-wide-open-ness. Though I make respect a habit, I will not always be politically correct, and I believe in the power of making audiences uncomfortable to inspire change.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
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