Richard Prior used to lay into everyone including his own. NW may be correct about Chris Rock. His earlier material did not always push beyond the boundry of "equal racism" (if you will).
I, myself, am what I like to refer to as a
"human racist" as I like to promote the superiority of
HUMAN BEINGS above all distinguishable colors and ethnicities i.e. whites, blacks, Americans, Germans, Mexicans Japanese etc. But it seems that there are so few adults these days who are content with simply identifying as just a HUMAN BEING (identity crisis???
).
I guess that on a higher level, philosophically, one might be ashamed of being merely "human" (in light of the state of the world), and choose to identify as something else. Seems counter productive though.
Personally, I like to observe and laugh at PEOPLE as there are so many peculiar behaviors exhibited by all the various shapes, colors, and ethnic varieties in which they come.
Anyone that cannot laugh at their own, I feel, must have allowed an extremely rigid tungsten rod to grow where the sun don't shine. Like TM7 mentioned; "Narcissism".
However, I feel also that the humor should be spread around evenly.
But, in reference to what TM7 said, "the world isn't a fair place" and there are many ranging from the Native American, to a lynching victim in the segregated south, a civilian in Heroshima and even to
Reginald Denny from the LA riots who are all too familiar with what is unfair.
Chris Rock's style has definitely changed over the years and not for the better. NW Hunter may well be correct about him having an agenda. Or perhaps, CR is just using racism to promote his currently inadequate commedy because it would otherwise just not be funny. Signs of a dwindling career maybe?
But lets face it folks, we truly make
"behavioral profiles" out of ourselves and our own. But it is difficult to step outside of oneself in order to observe what other people see. Just imagine though.
