W. Kamau Bell

So you have to sort of understand that there are different types of people out there, and it's fine, great, great. They're not bad.

So, my oldest is applying to high school right now. And it's sort of just... Pretty good religious high schools. That's what I'm saying. So, her mom, Melissa, went to, like, Catholic school K through 12. Like, actually through college, too. Me, too. Except for college one year. Yeah, she went to Santa Clara. So, she's... But she's not... She's Catholic in culture, not Catholic in... Yeah.

So, my oldest is applying to high school right now. And it's sort of just... Pretty good religious high schools. That's what I'm saying. So, her mom, Melissa, went to, like, Catholic school K through 12. Like, actually through college, too. Me, too. Except for college one year. Yeah, she went to Santa Clara. So, she's... But she's not... She's Catholic in culture, not Catholic in... Yeah.

Yeah, we don't go to mass. So when we started talking about high schools, she was like, there's a couple Catholic high schools in the East Bay. And I was like, ugh. But then we went and checked them out. And I went to Catholic high school for a couple years, so I understand. But we went and checked them out. So first of all, they're Bay Area Catholic. Right. So it's just not Louisiana Catholic.

Yeah, we don't go to mass. So when we started talking about high schools, she was like, there's a couple Catholic high schools in the East Bay. And I was like, ugh. But then we went and checked them out. And I went to Catholic high school for a couple years, so I understand. But we went and checked them out. So first of all, they're Bay Area Catholic. Right. So it's just not Louisiana Catholic.

Yeah. There's a lot of, everybody, everybody's in. And also the schools aren't even mostly Catholic kids. But for me, it was like, you know what? A big part of cultural IQ is knowing about religions. And they will teach her about religions of the world, including Catholicism, of course. And so for me, it was like, you actually have a hole here that you don't know this because your parents are...

Yeah. There's a lot of, everybody, everybody's in. And also the schools aren't even mostly Catholic kids. But for me, it was like, you know what? A big part of cultural IQ is knowing about religions. And they will teach her about religions of the world, including Catholicism, of course. And so for me, it was like, you actually have a hole here that you don't know this because your parents are...

Awful. And, but I think you should, it will behoove you to sit down in a classroom and actually learn about the religions of the world in a way that I just got from being out in the world. Yeah. So, so yeah, so I would say like, I don't want my kids to grow up without a concept of religion. We don't talk about like God in any sort of like real sort of like, oh, there's a God like in our family.

Awful. And, but I think you should, it will behoove you to sit down in a classroom and actually learn about the religions of the world in a way that I just got from being out in the world. Yeah. So, so yeah, so I would say like, I don't want my kids to grow up without a concept of religion. We don't talk about like God in any sort of like real sort of like, oh, there's a God like in our family.

They do, however, hear me all the time being like, oh, thank you, black Jesus. Like, they do hear me, like, as a person who, like, whew, that was close. Thank you, Black Jesus. So they understand that there is a sense of, like, there is a thing that I'm relying on that I'm calling Black Jesus. And so they understand those things.

They do, however, hear me all the time being like, oh, thank you, black Jesus. Like, they do hear me, like, as a person who, like, whew, that was close. Thank you, Black Jesus. So they understand that there is a sense of, like, there is a thing that I'm relying on that I'm calling Black Jesus. And so they understand those things.

But I think that, like, I am happy that she's going to have sort of, like, a deep dive into these things because I think it's important to know. And maybe you develop a relationship with religion on your own or God or spirituality. But it is interesting to me to think that, like, we basically have raised godless kids.

But I think that, like, I am happy that she's going to have sort of, like, a deep dive into these things because I think it's important to know. And maybe you develop a relationship with religion on your own or God or spirituality. But it is interesting to me to think that, like, we basically have raised godless kids.

Yeah, no, for sure. That's why I sort of only flirted with atheism as a teen, but I never could commit to it because I was like, I kind of do need black Jesus. When I say thank you, black Jesus, I am saying thank you. You're talking about Michael Jordan, of course. Of course, of course. I am saying thank you to something that is higher than me.

Yeah, no, for sure. That's why I sort of only flirted with atheism as a teen, but I never could commit to it because I was like, I kind of do need black Jesus. When I say thank you, black Jesus, I am saying thank you. You're talking about Michael Jordan, of course. Of course, of course. I am saying thank you to something that is higher than me.

I do it as a joke, but I am actually expressing gratitude to... In that moment, like something is bigger than me is helping me through this moment. But my kids don't have, didn't, but I also got that through going to church with my mom, going to my grandmother's Baptist churches where black women passed out and they had to speak in tongues.

I do it as a joke, but I am actually expressing gratitude to... In that moment, like something is bigger than me is helping me through this moment. But my kids don't have, didn't, but I also got that through going to church with my mom, going to my grandmother's Baptist churches where black women passed out and they had to speak in tongues.

So I got it in a more up close and personal way than my kids have gotten it.

So I got it in a more up close and personal way than my kids have gotten it.

But I think the other thing is like, it's important to me that they have, like we talk about gratitude all the time. Like we will get, because of my career, like we got to go to Universal Studios for free, and I'm sort of clear with them like, you didn't earn this. Yeah. You don't deserve, I don't deserve this. Yeah. So we should be grateful for the fact that we get to do this, you know.