“I think people get it mixed up all the time, as if like an aversion to the construct of whiteness means you don’t like white people, and I’m like, ‘No—did I not just say I love Hilary Duff?!’ White people are fine—what’s bad is whiteness as a construct used as a tool of oppression.”
We chat with comedian, actor, and writer Dewayne Perkins about finding his way to comedy, building jokes, and writing for The Break with Michelle Wolf.
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Shout out: Janelle Monae
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