W. Kamau Bell
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And has to be reckoned with for the rest of American history. And has to be sort of like... And the whole doc is like, but we gotta reckon with all of it. I think if we don't reckon with all of it, we're... I think it's bullshit. I think it's bad for black people to not reckon with all of it.
And has to be reckoned with for the rest of American history. And has to be sort of like... And the whole doc is like, but we gotta reckon with all of it. I think if we don't reckon with all of it, we're... I think it's bullshit. I think it's bad for black people to not reckon with all of it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like the way I said in the doc is that it's not about black wealth. It's about black money not being, money being not such a factor in every black household's decision.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like the way I said in the doc is that it's not about black wealth. It's about black money not being, money being not such a factor in every black household's decision.
Yeah. Like not like you're a doctor. They never there was never. No, no, no.
Yeah. Like not like you're a doctor. They never there was never. No, no, no.
And the parents were able to make decisions based on what they wanted. Not can we afford it?
And the parents were able to make decisions based on what they wanted. Not can we afford it?
Which to me is like a different level of freedom that most black people don't have in this country.
Which to me is like a different level of freedom that most black people don't have in this country.
Yeah, they were just like, should we do this? It's not good times.
Yeah, they were just like, should we do this? It's not good times.
It's like the side effect from the medicine didn't kick in for a long time.
It's like the side effect from the medicine didn't kick in for a long time.
Yeah, I think that like, I'll just say this. I've talked to people just around the making of this, who feel like I owe my entire career, and these are black people, to the job I got on The Cosby Show and to his specific mentorship of me on that job. And I'm still doing, I'm in show business at this level because I started there.
Yeah, I think that like, I'll just say this. I've talked to people just around the making of this, who feel like I owe my entire career, and these are black people, to the job I got on The Cosby Show and to his specific mentorship of me on that job. And I'm still doing, I'm in show business at this level because I started there.
Now, some people would say, well, you would have gotten another chance somewhere else. But that's not true. Maybe, maybe not. Yeah, yeah. Especially as a black, like these are black women who worked around him who were like, I wouldn't have done this.