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Louis CK and Bill Maher: Why white comics can cop a black attitude

By Camilo Smith

1:49 PM on 12/30/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Bill Maher and Louis C.K. talking about race and mocking their own white privilege creates a balance of saying, 'they can't talk about that,' with 'damn, he's right'...
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Bill Maher lets Reggie Brown finish his routine

By theGrio

4:57 PM on 06/27/2011

Brown disputed the idea that his racial material played a part in his set being cut short and expressed doubt about being significantly over his time limit...
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Why can't comedians crack wise about Obama?

By Michael Arceneaux

8:19 AM on 06/20/2011

OPINION - Must you resort to Black History jokes and miscegenation jabs Barack's probably been hearing since third grade?...
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Why Obama will never be 'black enough' for some white journalists

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

8:05 AM on 07/27/2010

OPINION - Everyone seems to feel justified in defining what it means for a black politician to have a 'genuine black experience'...
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Where Mel Gibson tapes circulate online, jokes follow

By theGrio

3:01 PM on 07/22/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - The anger and ethnic slurs make the tapes difficult to listen to. Parody, though, has come easier...
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Bill Maher's joke on Obama's blackness reveals serious ignorance

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

1:00 PM on 06/01/2010

OPINION - Apparently Bill Maher, the ultra-liberal talk show host who both entertains and annoys me, doesn't understand what it means to be a black man...
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