As long as you say I'm the guy who's real about it, I have no problem being the person who people look to to talk about race.
I've always been talking about race in some sort of capacity.
You know, you can talk about race, you can talk about sex, you can talk about your biopsy. But when you get into class, people kind of clench up.
It was definitely during the Obama administration that talking about racism, or calling it out, suddenly seemed taboo. It seemed like talking about race was somehow summoning the evil of racism.
It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins.
I do think that people will claim a certain fatigue about talking about race. But I think that even though they do, it's still necessary - completely necessary.
If you don't address race, then people are like, 'Why don't you talk about the elephant in the room?' But you have to do it right. It can't be gimmicky.
Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race.
