The Racist Draft

During the Dave Chappelle “The Racial Draft” skit, I had a freaky flashback to a conversation I had with a couple friends recently.  We were talking about a basketball player whom I had, until I got corrected, thought was white.  As my friends were making fun of me for not knowing he was African American, a friend made the comment of, “Nah, we’re keeping ‘basketball player,’ you guys can keep O.J.” He was obviously teasing, but I believe, that while humorous and exaggerated, Dave Chappelle was not to far off in this skit.  The satire really brings about important points in a way that doesn’t make people uncomfortable. By addressing topics such as these in a satirical way, instead of making people uncomfortable, like if Jim Carey’s character on In Living Color were real, it makes them easier to address and makes people more aware of important issues.