W. Kamau Bell

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, and also I think it comes down to my parents are also just very different types of people. From each other or from you? From each other.

Yeah, and also I think it comes down to my parents are also just very different types of people. From each other or from you? From each other.

The way I describe it is my mom is sort of an outside agitator. She's like, oh, you won't let me do this? I'm going to go outside and throw stones.

The way I describe it is my mom is sort of an outside agitator. She's like, oh, you won't let me do this? I'm going to go outside and throw stones.

My dad is more like, yeah, my dad is MLK. He's like, let's go work with him. Let's figure it out. And so he's like... like an achiever, like if you look at his resume, he's achieved a lot. A lot of it happened actually after I was sort of more grown up, so people think I grew up with him this way, but he was like, When I was born, he was like a semi-professional photographer and like poet.

My dad is more like, yeah, my dad is MLK. He's like, let's go work with him. Let's figure it out. And so he's like... like an achiever, like if you look at his resume, he's achieved a lot. A lot of it happened actually after I was sort of more grown up, so people think I grew up with him this way, but he was like, When I was born, he was like a semi-professional photographer and like poet.

And now he's like, he was like an insurance guy and did a lot of, was very successful in the insurance industry. Whereas my mom was self-publishing black quotation books in our house and selling them to like black bookstores around the country.

And now he's like, he was like an insurance guy and did a lot of, was very successful in the insurance industry. Whereas my mom was self-publishing black quotation books in our house and selling them to like black bookstores around the country.

It's a book called Famous Black Quotations in the mid 80s. In the mid 80s, people don't, there weren't books that collected black quotations specifically. Quotation books were just white people, mostly white guys probably.

It's a book called Famous Black Quotations in the mid 80s. In the mid 80s, people don't, there weren't books that collected black quotations specifically. Quotation books were just white people, mostly white guys probably.

Of the book?

Of the book?

Who were like the... I mean, you know, there's probably like a Mount Rushmore. Of course, there's a lot of King. There's a lot of King. There's a lot of Frederick Douglass. Okay, of course. He was good. He was good. Who could forget? Of course. Hold for applause. Yeah, I don't think who else, because I don't want to leave anybody out. I'm trying to think.

Who were like the... I mean, you know, there's probably like a Mount Rushmore. Of course, there's a lot of King. There's a lot of King. There's a lot of Frederick Douglass. Okay, of course. He was good. He was good. Who could forget? Of course. Hold for applause. Yeah, I don't think who else, because I don't want to leave anybody out. I'm trying to think.

There's definitely going to be a lot of Maya. Especially in the mid-'80s. That's when Maya was really blossoming publicly. I'm trying to think who else is in there. That's probably the... Oh, Malcolm X. Yeah. I'm going to say Malcolm X. Yeah, those are the ones.

There's definitely going to be a lot of Maya. Especially in the mid-'80s. That's when Maya was really blossoming publicly. I'm trying to think who else is in there. That's probably the... Oh, Malcolm X. Yeah. I'm going to say Malcolm X. Yeah, those are the ones.

I used to go to my dad's every summer in Alabama.

I used to go to my dad's every summer in Alabama.

That's the best way.