“That's the nature of my [stand-up] act: black man with a white baby.” MenBlackWhiteBaby Author:W. Kamau Bell
“It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on the side of oppressed people in general.” PeopleSidesBlackPositionBlack PeopleOppressedComedic Author:W. Kamau Bell
“When I was a teenager, black pride became newly popular again. Suddenly a lot of black people were wearing the fake kente cloth and red black and green and Bob Marley. That was sort of my window into finding my own identity as a black person.” PeoplePersonsBlackMy OwnIdentityPrideFindingsRedWindowGreenTeenagerFakeBlack PeopleBobBlack PersonMarleyBlack Pride Author:W. Kamau Bell
“There is a linear way in which black comedians are expected to talk about race by all audiences - black people are like this, white people are like this - and it really is hard to break through that. I never was doing it that way.” PeopleWayHardBlackWhiteRaceBreakAudienceExpectedComedianBlack PeopleLinearBreak Through Author:W. Kamau Bell
“Portland is often trumpeted as being one of America's coolest, hippest cities. I've been to Portland many times, and I'm always like, "Yeah it's cool and hip, but also, where are all the black people? Why is this city so cool and hip, and also keeping the black people away?"” PeopleBlackBlack People Author:W. Kamau Bell
