"Are you suuuuuuure that was pizza you had for lunch?"
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The line is not that funny taken out of context, but W. Kamau Bell, in his recent (still showing) special on Showtime, SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell makes that line a hoot! If you have Showtime, or On Demand, record and WATCH his performance. It is very funny! Though I won't do it justice, let me set the scene for the subject line joke...
Bell is discussing racism. He says conservatives are pretty easy to identify (and can be easily dismissed by dropping them from Facebook), but it is the left and progressives which often are more problematic. He says there is a group, not all of them, who seem to always question racism or acts of racism. He personifies it by walking up to a mark, throws out his hip, with his hand on it, and in an affected "white accent" says, "Now, Kamau, are suuuuuuure that's racist?" He explains how absurd it is and exemplifies by doing the same actions, same accent, and the "person", upon being told about the other person's lunch plans, says:
"Are you suuuure you had pizza for lunch? How do you know it was pizza? Is it pizza because you think it is pizza but others may not? (and he goes on)."
Trust me, it is much funnier when you hear him saying it, understanding the reason why he is saying it. He even takes the pizza analogy and explains why it was pizza by giving a history lesson, the metaphor of pizza obviously being racism against African-Americans.
I looked at my husband and said, "I see that often (whitepslainin') when stories about racism crop up, but just as common and more defended is "Goy/Gentilesplainin'" (which is telling Jews what is and isn't anti-Semitism)." The compulsion some members of the majority have in telling a minority population what discrimination is or isn't to them is disturbing, but predictable because it is the majority trying to control the narrative and alleviate themselves and others of accusations of bigotry, often because the accusations are dead-on correct. This is especially true, and more common, among those of us on the left.
Seriously though, if you can, watch the show. It is hysterically funny. And if you haven't started watching his show on CNN, "The United Shades of America" (my earlier post)...set your DVRs NOW. Don't reply! Go do it now! It is worth it. (First episode was the Klan; second was Prisoners; third was Latinos, and coming up Sunday is about the Camden County (NJ) police. United Shades of America, Sundays at 9pm CST.)
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With United Shades of America.
He's right - nothing says "New KKK" like hanging out with a black man.
