Re:Alex Trebek has died
by selimthegrim on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:09PM
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Chappelle has gotten a lot of stick for it lately if you haven’t noticed.
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Re:Alex Trebek has died
by dlivingston on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:21PM
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They all have, and the world is worse for it.
An anecdote: someone like Dave Chappelle is wildly popular on both the left and the right. Several friends of mine on the right devour his specials like a gourmet buffet. So when Chappelle gets up on stage and talks about his experiences with racism, police profiling, and inequality (as he did on yesterday's SNL monologue [0]), those same people on the right listen. They hear him. It moves the needle of justice forward by reaching an audience who otherwise wouldn't necessarily hear these stories.