this is not “jon bashing,” nor is this about the appropriateness of jon’s herman cain impression or about humor in general, it’s more about how POCs can be shut up and dismissed on the subject of race. funny how white people know more about racism than everybody else and how their hurt feelings trump others’ lived experience.
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[Stewart] got incredibly defensive. I remember he was like, What are you trying to say? There’s a tone in your voice. I was like, “There’s no tone. It bothered me. It sounded like Kingfish.” And then he got upset. And he stood up and he was just like, “Fuck off. I’m done with you.” And he just started screaming that to me. And he screamed it a few times. “Fuck off! I’m done with you.” And he stormed out. And I didn’t know if I had been fired. More here.