The Delegate
Never fails that when I go to a comedy club I end up representing my race. This is kinda becoming a running joke at this point.
Last night Becky and River invite me to join them at the Laff Stop. No secret that I generally rank comedy clubs right up there with bowling alleys but that is for another journal entry. The host/intro comic was pretty funny and gets things going. Next up is a comedian who is Mexican American who launches into a routine on race. Of course I get singled out by name. Over all the guy is respectful and funny, nothing out of line at all. By the time the headliner gets up there and asks, "Are there any Black people in the audience?", I swear to you at least a half dozen people turn around in their seats and yell, "Yeah, George is back there."
Oy vey!!
Last night Becky and River invite me to join them at the Laff Stop. No secret that I generally rank comedy clubs right up there with bowling alleys but that is for another journal entry. The host/intro comic was pretty funny and gets things going. Next up is a comedian who is Mexican American who launches into a routine on race. Of course I get singled out by name. Over all the guy is respectful and funny, nothing out of line at all. By the time the headliner gets up there and asks, "Are there any Black people in the audience?", I swear to you at least a half dozen people turn around in their seats and yell, "Yeah, George is back there."
Oy vey!!
posted by Booster MPS at
10:49 AM
4 Comments:
I get this. LOL!
My son is the whitest black person I know.
Sounds like you have good friends. Hope you have a great weekend Booster! You're not going out of town??
Yeah it was hilarious, could't help but laugh at myself
Black AND Jewish? You're one up on me then ;-)
Poor Baby! I have lots of friends, in particular I have a group of black friends I go out with and every once in a while....we joke in front of strangers and they say something about me being white and I exclaim out loud of course, I'm white? No way why didn't you ever tell me this?? They laugh and say they didn't want me to feel left out or something like that.
I think race is blown WAY out of portion. Of course we laugh about it, but as far as my friends and I are concerned it's such a non issue and that I think is really how it should be. Atleast in my life it is...sorry you were singled out. :-(
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