Dave Chappelle

And like I learned before them, no offense again, to not be afraid of white people.

Uh, my kids are, uh, uh, unlike me, they're, they're mixed race, right?

Their, their mom is Asian.

Their dad is black.

Uh, but their generation, I don't think thinks of anything like that.

Um,

In a town like Yellow Springs, a young person can use their time more the way they want to because there's not so many immediate dangers.

And it is a community.

If my kids are messing up, somebody in town tells me, hey, I saw your kid doing this or that.

Correct.

But, you know, my parents weren't, like, heavy on rules.

In fact...

Looking back, and I hope this doesn't upset you, Mom, I look at my parents as reference books.

You get the most out of them if you're interested.

My mother has amazing stories about her life.

My father would tell me amazing stories about his life.

But they also gave me a weird context about my life.

They didn't police me as much as they guided me or horse-whistled me.

I would think it was my idea.

but it was them.