Emily

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The sketch works because it wholly commits to absurdity, but the metaphor undergirding the absurdity is clear. The racist language is extreme, but the speaker has no ability to discern its truth because he literally can’t see the world around him. How does he know black people “think they’re the best dancers”? Someone had to tell him and he had to accept that as fact. It’s how racist ideology is passed down.
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
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