Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change.
タグ: end, end-of-the-day, day, change

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I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.
タグ: born, black, school, man
Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent lyrics, soulful samples, and a sense of joy that is never exhausted in one sitting.
タグ: sitting, never, joy, best
When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap purely, although they are extremely conscious of the social inequities that prevail.
タグ: prevail, like, look, you
I used to tell people when I preached at a church, 'If you want a great sermon, be a great audience.'
タグ: church, people, great, you
Race was thick in the O.J. Simpson case from the very beginning, but it wasn't evident. And I think the O.J. Simpson case revealed that there is subtle race, and there is sophisticated race, and there's evident and observable race.
タグ: sophisticated, race, think, beginning
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