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[@danielleennis5988]

It's so upsetting that some black people who speak proper English and have a good education and were raised correctly are looked down upon.

[@JSeaman2099]

The opposite of how it should be.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes

[@jackpea7102]

Goof Ball there are a lot Black people who were raised correctly from other back grounds. You are just white washed, an Oreo.

[@coreyholloway9104]

@@jackpea7102 it sad that black don't won't to see other blacks get out of the ghetto

[@gracesmyth7620]

What's "raised correctly"? I'm assuming you mean raised correctly by "white" standards. If so, you need to get out more...

[@chrisbotron]

more power to wayne brady, for surviving a military father, for being a proud black man, for being a proud human being.... But you gotta admit that Paul Mooney joke was funny.

[@JSeaman2099]

No, actually it wasn't.

[@BanglishBoy]

Meh

[@stevem2323]

Not really.

[@TheEndKing]

Is it just me? Or does Wayne Brady seem like he'd kick someone's ass in a fight? But, like, not just a normal ass whipping. More like, he'd have to be pulled off the guy if he gets angry enough.

[@stevenizback]

+John Smith you can say "f*ck" but not...You know...the other word? 😮

[@JohnSmith-oy9by]

stevenizback yes.

[@arthurdurham]

I know this is an old comment but I 100% agree. I've seen so many self proclaimed tough guys who have literally run away from fights. But guys like Wayne, who have a strong self respect for themselves and who they are, are the toughest motherfuckers around.

[@AirelonTrading]

That was *_intelligently_* said ... The division of individuals because ... yes ... I / they belong to this group ... is so out of hand ... it has become a comedy in and of itself. This spills into so many groups, and so many individuals at the same time The point of irony, is this dynamic has come about because everyone tries so hard to be *_properly diversified_* by specifying who is different, it automatically creates *_categories_* *_White people_* *_Black people_* *_Native American people_* *_Irish people_* *_Irish American people_* *_Jews_* It goes on and on and on ... The creation of the categories is what is ironically driving such *_obsession_* over the categories

[@adamhartless1835]

what is black people funny? on another note, what is (insert race here) funny? I thought funny was just funny. funny isn't ignorant. its just funny. its crazy that there has to be race cards pulled in comedy (except I mean, unless its part of the comedy) kind of sad actually. not funny

[@J_Granted]

I whistle while i work it

[@savneetghotra3731]

Wayne Brady need to contact. MikeDreadzProduction keenwittedinc

[@itguy13]

INDEED

[@Apropoetic]

The more and more of Mooney's comedy I have seen the less I like him. It seems like all he does is take cheap shots and talk about how the black man has it bad this and that. I can understand comedy like that to a point, but he many of his "facts" that he throws in in his sets I happen to know are completely false. On the flip side, I've grown to like Bill Cosby less and less the more he talks down about Pryor, Murphy, and Chappelle for their language and what not, like he is better than them.

[@emmettk]

Brady addressed the question intelligently and without malice. Is that Black enough for you?

[@JohnSmith-oy9by]

No, that's white it seems.

[@jackobrien4910]

@@JohnSmith-oy9by i know this shit was 6 years ago but homie this comment is funny as fuck

[@talashialopez4197]

Wayne is 100 wit his. He's classy and doesn't act street and that's why some black folk don't like him. I think he's funny and a role model for the black community and more black men should be like him.

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

It is sad to me that because he is black and didn't grow up ghetto and refuses to "black" it up for people he catches so much flak. Why do some black people feel the need to pressure on each other to live up to negative stereotypes.

[@erauprcwa]

Steven Perez I get the same thing... I don't fit the stereotype. It's something that doesn't get talked about.

[@TopFlightSecurity415]

its one of the many issues that we have to fix in the black community

[@deeweatherz12]

He is a Real Black man. No matter how he talks, he still goes thru the Black experience

[@johndohio]

Nah Wayne Brady is cool ! WE don't a bunch of dimensional stereotype black actors or anybody else . Sometimes we can be our own people's worse enemy with this type of shit . Embrace all of us because we come from the hood, country, and suburbs

[@pHiLKizer]

3:04 This is exactly how I was raised. It's a shame that my parents worked hard to make me proper speaking, upstanding black man, yet I get judged by my own people for not being "hood" enough. Why do so many blacks associate "blackness" with poverty and everything that doesn't lead to success?

[@joshuawatson575]

Because of hip hop and the mentality that we must be less than to be great

[@themostbeautifulisraw4561]

I really want to know this

[@mrgq181able]

sad I have same problem I don't talk slang never did never will I talk proper naturally I'm rich black look at me strange cause I'm very successful sad

[@NellieKAdaba]

They say the same thing about Aisha Tyler and Lenny Kravitz. I think this only happens in America.

[@PabloJ1968]

Wayne should be the role model to follow!! He is awesome!

[@NellieKAdaba]

Amen!

[@sheltiepaws1]

I love him because he grew up like I did with good parents who corrected you when you we're wrong and taught you to respect God and your fellow man. I don't think it's about color nor should it ever be, he's a good and decent man who is extremely talented and quite handsome:)

[@travismccoy3927]

Wayne Brady, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, & Will Smith are just examples of multi-talented black men. Men that people are afraid so they call them names

[@stevem2323]

What people are that, i friking love those guys.

[@samsignorelli]

I don't particularly give 1 wet shits what Wayne's race is....I laugh and grin like an idiot any time I watch him on Whose Line. He is hilarious, supremely gifted, and fearless.

[@TheRealestIdealist]

*I agree and respect Wayne Brady 100% with this.* I commend him for speaking up on this issue...however, sometimes a joke isn't meant to be that deep or to make sense...sometimes silly things just make people laugh! But again, if Wayne has been hearing this his entire career, I can understand why he got offended by it! Respect to everybody remaining authentic!!!

[@josh18230]

It's kind of sad that a black man who speaks perfect english, has a good job, and a stable family is considered to be "acting white" by his peers. The only thing keeping black people down these days is other black people.

[@KBB4eva]

Most talented PERSON on TV bar none

[@gardenlover9663]

The only thing I care about is whether Wayne is funny enough. And he is hilarious and compelling. I am thankful that he shares his incredible talents. I love watching him on old Whose Line episodes. He is amazing, and he always put 100% into everything he does. I respect that.

[@Antrizzle2009]

I've always hated that "oh he's not black enough" bullshit. When are our people going to move forward passed this nonsense? In no other race do you see this.

[@bobbythespaceghost51]

It's puzzling. Not "black enough"? That textbook box of "marginalization". I guess there is only one type of black person that qualifies for the "black experience".

[@NiGHTSaturn]

Regardless of skin color, and “not this and that enough”, something never changes. When someone has a certain magnetism with ALL communities, jealousy blooms. Wayne deserves all the love.

[@roryschweinfurter2601]

Can anyone tell me how I can get the entire Brady/ Chappelle sketch on training day It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen Help me please

[@msrainbowbrite]

Wayne Brady is Fantastic... I never get bored listening to him, he is a true entertainer and my opinion should still matter even tho i'm white

[@WHATISUTUBE]

I don't like Marc's politics, but I sure as shit enjoy his interview style.

[@bluespirit6342]

You know what the most dangerous thing in America is? A nigga with a library card. - Brother Mouzone

[@jerrysmith6321]

Wayne Brady is not soft that's for sure.

[@Grnvolpe]

That's impossible, that show isn't funny, but Wayne Brady is

[@___GhostRider___]

Wayne Brady is the definition of a real black man he can Hangout with Obama then go chill with brad Pitt then chill with jay z to Martha Stewart and Oprah Wayne Brady know how to get that monie

[@singenstattatmen5096]

I really really liked this interview - but the end confused me a bit, to say the least. What does he mean when he says that Wayne bases his improv on "black Tradition" and "black Dance" and so on? Because correct me if I'm wrong, but in my humble opinion, Improv is Improv. It's where absolutely everything is possible, anything can happen and you can be whatever or whoever the heck you want. From the top of my head, I honestly can't think of anything that has *less* to do with the colour of your skin than improv. I've seen *a lot* of Wayne Brady especially on whose lien, and just like all the other improvers his range was almos limitless. Whatever the situation required, he did it. And if it required him to Dance a Jitterbug or whatever, he did it, and there was nothing "black" (or White, for that matter) about it. I don't know why the interviewer finds it so important to emphasize that he's doing black improv, that's bs. And since I'm already ranting off; why does "race" even still matter? Seriously, I couldn't care less about what colour somebody's Skin is or where their ancestors came from. If some Comedy Comes from the differences and everything, sure, that's great, but I don't think it's really that important. :P That's just my opinion though, obviously. I'm not claiming to "know the truth", I'm just stating what I personnally think.

[@jackpea7102]

Everything come from Blackness Whites appropriate and claim it as their on.

[@stevem2323]

@@jackpea7102 Everything? Sure buddy, sure.

[@arthouseboy7717]

paul mooney said Flavor Flav not Malcolm X.

[@sauvageascension976]

Wayne perpetrated that Not Black Enough bullshit. It was a big part of his entire persona. He should just stop it. It’s bullshit. It’s a 90’s style corny old man/ hood joke. Get over it. Wayne has always be cleverly corny af. It’s like talking about crackheads but you ain’t seen a crackhead since 2003.

[@reecesamuel2023]

That joke was hilarious

[@obliviousfafnir01]

What a crock. If there's one person in comedy that seems 100% okay with who he is, it's Wayne Brady. Anything you see beyond that is your own false conjecture.

[@patrickscott2914]

He is one good human being

[@maxemum5752]

Wanye is the best.

[@tometom3587]

He really does makes Brian Gumble look like Malcolm X.

[@FreedMind1992]

Great interview. I love how people now see this side of black culture.

[@paulforrest6000]

Wayne is intelligent,well spoken and funny as hell (his job)..does anything else reallly matter?

[@superhighoctane]

That joke was funny then and funny now. The joke isn't on Brady. It's on White people's comfortability with Black people...

[@shaquandavis9905]

This is just more plantation politics.Putting one against the other that's all this dose.

[@Apropoetic]

The more and more of Mooney's comedy I have seen the less I like him. It seems like all he does is take cheap shots and talk about how the black man has it bad this and that. I can understand comedy like that to a point, but he many of his "facts" that he throws in in his sets I happen to know are completely false. On the flip side, I've grown to like Bill Cosby less and less the more he talks down about Pryor, Murphy, and Chappelle for their language and what not, like he is better than them.

[@musmus-culus]

It took me way too long to realize they weren’t talking about Paul Muni the old-time actor but actually Paul Mooney the comedian.

[@Epimpin101]

black people love Tyler Perry, so they don't have the best taste when it comes to comedy...

[@megawelderguy]

I guess Im not white enough.

[@marcthomson2484]

It was Mooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

[@NGcutti]

BRING CHAPPELLE SHOW BACK!!!

[@Kweation]

Bullshit.

[@TheHopiedopie]

Chestersee

[@finnderbird]

Love this.

[@reggied1811]

Paul was a comedian dude.

[@AckzaTV]

When Wayne Brady says Comport and Comportment, and white people are like "whats that word mean"?

[@ralphpadgug4718]

"I'm black in the morning, I'm black at night, I'll be black when I die, I was black when I born [sic], I'm black when I pay my taxes..." Wayne is brilliant on "Whose Line is it Anyway," and never less than reasonably intelligent every time I've heard him speak -- until this interview. I never expected to hear such stupid crap out of him.

[@jakillclinton]

Never Thought I'd Hear Wayne Brady Say Nigga

[@williamthompson3672]

Wayne Brady you aite b .... but I think it was just a stereotype statement no harm my brother cuz ya black just educated

[@sharpaycutie2]

Brady is REAL talent: sings , acts, improve and make it sound Good!!👏👏👏👏Do your Thing Wayne!!