Because Chris Rock is promoting his new amazing comedy Top Five (seriously go see it, every funny Black person in the world is in it), he sat down with Vulture for a rather in-depth interview where he shared his thoughts on everything from rich people to Ferguson to President Obama and Black people to Ike & Tina Turner, Chris left no stone unturned.
And in typical Chris Rock chatter, you’re going to want to read this. The conversation hit a lot of heavy topics, but the funnyman kept things light while still digging into society’s perceptions on race relations. When asked about being a journalist and what he would cover, Rock said he’d be in Ferguson right now and that his reporting would not only be in-depth, but funny. “I’d do a special on race, but I’ have no Black people.” Rock shared. That was the comment that opened up the conversation of race and Chris said:
Yes, that would be an event. Hereās the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, itās all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now theyāre not as crazy. To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before.
But the thing is, we treat racism in this country like itās a style that America went through. Like flared legs and lava lamps. Oh, that crazy thing we did. We were hanging black people. We treat it like a fad instead of a disease that eradicates millions of people. Youāve got to get it at a lab, and study it, and see its origins, and see what itās immune to and what breaks it down.
So, to say Obama is progress is saying that heās the first black person that is qualified to be president. Thatās not black progress. Thatās white progress. Thereās been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years. If you saw Tina Turner and Ike having a lovely breakfast over there, would you say their relationshipās improved? Some people would. But a smart person would go, āOh, he stopped punching her in the face.ā Itās not up to her. Ike and Tina Turnerās relationship has nothing to do with Tina Turner. Nothing. It just doesnāt. The question is, you know, my kids are smart, educated, beautiful, polite children. There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Letās hope America keeps producing nicer white people.
Itās about white people adjusting to a new reality?
Owning their actions. Not even their actions. The actions of your dad. Yeah, itās unfair that you can get judged by something you didnāt do, but itās also unfair that you can inherit money that you didnāt work for.
Good right? Check out the full interview on Vulture.
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