“The Daily Show” set aside the funny for a little while.
I think the really, really sad thing about all of this is the comments I’ve seen on this, comments like, “I thought this would be the one,” as in, people hoping that this would be one time that justice is served. It’s sad to me because that’s what black lives have become now. We’re used to losing them, it’s another name on an ongoing list, it’s not even a surprise anymore. So now we’re hoping with each case that this would be “the one,” the one where justice will be served, and it never is, and now people are at a loss for words. Hopefully this will show what we’ve been trying to point out all this time, for years and years, before we were adults and back when our parents were children, our grandparents struggling to deal with the kind of racism that they hoped wouldn’t exist today but, in reality, still does.
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Jon Stewart Goes After Fox in Powerful Ferguson Monologue
I been waiting for the daily show to come back so they could cover this
Jon rip them boys a new asshole
See, Jon Stewart usually does a lot of satirical humour, but at this point, the writers are just like “fuck the comedy this shit is real” and I was so happy to see that they finally covered this, and it was really well done.
“You’re tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it.” ~Jon Stewart.
Seriously, watch this video, bless this video, it’s amazing, but I think my favorite parts are when he hears other reports on Ferguson and can’t even get his comment out because he’s so disgusted at what they’re saying. "They’re playing the race card.“ "Racists are the ones who bring up race.” Seriously, just… really?
What’s even better is that he knows that he’ll never understand how it feels, but its not about understanding, its about human decency and showing respect and knowing that this shit happens. Honestly, you don’t have to try and understand my black experience, but at least acknowledge that my experience is different and that there are people who will crap all over it because of my skin color. No one is playing any sort of card, stop living in this bubble racism is very real and people get killed over it. Stop comparing your experience to someone else’s, because it’ll never be the same.
