Race and Comedy




Office Hours show

Summary: This episode we sit down with Walt Jacobs [1] to discuss his Winter 2010 Contexts feature 30 Years of Black Presidents [2]. During the interview, Walt and Sarah listen in on comic sketches by Richard Pryor and Dave Chapelle. If you prefer your audio/visual materials to include video as well as audio, you can watch the clips below! But first, we have a discovery on segregation and crime [3] presented by Arturo! Download episode #32 now! [4] Videos in the Podcast John Mayer skit [5] from Tom [6] on Vimeo [7]. Videos Discussed in the Article [1] http://www.tc.umn.edu/~wrjacobs/ [2] http://contexts.org/articles/winter-2010/30-years-of-black-presidents/ [3] http://contexts.org/discoveries/2010/02/15/separate-but-violent/ [4] http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/download.php.mp3?orig=48357.mp3 [5] http://vimeo.com/8213736 [6] http://vimeo.com/user2811169 [7] http://vimeo.com