I keep trying to write the crowd-pleasing slavery joke and the crowd-pleasing reparations joke, but any time you mention slavery or reparations… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The citizens of Puerto Rico pay taxes with no representation every day, because Puerto Rico is not a state. And the rules… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household where we talked about race all the time, and that's sort of in me. So if… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
If we're constantly giving every one of our allies the woke test instead of inviting them to be more woke, we're doomed.… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The jokes I was always attracted to, and that I would tell for the longest, were jokes where I cared about the… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
My dad and stepmom live in Mobile, Ala., and spend their vacation time an hour's drive away in Orange Beach, Ala. This… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
“When art sets racism in the past, no matter how good it is, it allows white people in the audience (and others)… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
“And when I attempted to point this out he accused me of both not "getting the joke" and not being fun. He… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I'm happy that I know how to speak 'Southern.' I spent a lot of time in Alabama throughout my life. I even… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The Right doesn't usually threaten to leave the country. When the Right feels threatened, it just declares it is going to invent… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
“Maybe your aunt is funny in quiet moments with her friends because like many women her age, she was taught to not… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
“It may sound like I am making too much out of all this, but the only way you can allow a kid… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
As a black man, I actually had naturally sort of comedic curiosity about the Klan. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The country should be more inclusive, not less inclusive, and over an infinite timeline, it becomes more inclusive. It doesn't always happen at once. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
We could do something set in the 21st century, where I travel around to lots of different places and we talk to different ethnicities… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I feel like, as a black guy, I can't not believe in God... I'd wake up in the morning, 'I'm black, and there's no… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
For some people, the definition of who is and who isn't an American defies logic, historical accuracy, common sense, decency, good manners, the milk… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I'm happy that I know how to speak 'Southern.' I spent a lot of time in Alabama throughout my life. I even lived there… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The downside to defining everything Chinese as different than American is that all things Chinese then become exotic. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be in the late-night talk show wars, and I think somehow with 'Totally Biased,' I got caught up in all… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
There's no religion in this country that is more misunderstood, mis-categorized, and misidentified than Islam. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
As a black person in this country, I am always frustrated by the lack of attention my people's issues get. But at least the… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I'm just another non-native whose mom told him we were part-Cherokee. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
