The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015) S2020 E154
somniloquist 2 points 3 years ago*. (Contains Spoilers)

Aw shucks, super duper sorry that being black in America means that you can be murdered in the street by cops who face no consequences. It should be so much more light-hearted to be shot dead in your home, or walking down the street, or driving a car. If Trevor Noah and his writing staff would just make more jokes about having a skin color that serves as an arbitrary death sentence, I sure would get to laugh more. Cause we NEED funny right now. Racism is a real bummer, huh? Sure wish people didn’t take it so darn seriously.

nikkimckelvy 1 points 3 years ago.

I wasn’t saying that at all. Think about all the fighting that happened in the late 1960’s and 70’s. Monty Python poked fun at it in The Quest for the Holy Grail. Humor, done correctly, brings about as much social change as hatred does, and Mr. Noah has talent enough to do that. I’m all for reforming the police. They kill more white people than black people, and frankly, they shouldn’t be killing anyone. I’m simply saying that Mr. Noah has the ability to get people to laugh at how stupid the police are being and bring about social change that way. Goodness knows we need all the ways to bring it about.