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racism

Young Whites Unclear On Proper Use Of Slurs

White man Michael Tunison (the same white man fired by the Washington Post for having an outside blog—racism in action?) has written a column for TheRoot.com. Who cares? White people like us who control the media, that's who! That's because Tunison's point is that most young whites today have friends of different races and would hate to be called racist, which is true but not that revelatory. The real reason we're interested is that they've illustrated the piece with a photo of Stephen Colbert and his "black friend Alan," played by our close personal friend Jordan Carlos! We emailed with him a couple times, we feel like we know him! I guess having a multicultural cast of friends comes naturally to young whites like us. Actually, we just felt the need to point this out: Tunison's piece is called "Racist: The N-Word for White People." That should be "Nilla." We've been over this. [The Root]

12:22 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,794 views, 56 comments

Latest by Zorica: @braak: @ineffable.me: I have a friend whose longterm girlfriend has two kids. She always says she wears the title of "motherfucker" proudly and defends it all the time, so that's where I get my reading of the word as more »

comedians

Jordan Carlos Wants A Real Job

Jordan Carlos, the comedian we once touted as a possible candidate for the Saturday Night Live Barack Obama impersonation position (Lorne Michaels didn't agree, obviously), is getting tired of being pigeonholed as a black comedian without a steady job in television. Although he does have that gig playing Stephen Colbert's black friend. He's been on the NYC comedy scene for years now, and he feels he's not getting the respect he deserves. Specifically, he's a little peeved that the NBC show 30 Rock ripped off his own character idea, and that the Daily Show is one big exclusive white person club! More »

2:51 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
3,980 views, 49 comments

Latest by kthnx: The video you posted is pretty horrendous, but Carlos does some decent standup. Also, I saw 30 Rock after seeing some of his stuff, and Toofer does seem suspiciously like the character he portrays onstage. However, it's not like "preppy more »

unfounded speculation

Jordan Carlos Could Be The Next SNL Obama

When we suggested this morning that comedian Jordan Carlos might be a good candidate for President of Saturday Night Live Obama Impersonators, little did we know that Carlos actually has an Obama impression. One that is available to watch! Sometimes we are impressed by our own keen powers of prediction (which flow from ignorance—thanks, tipster!). Below, the comedian's "BA-L-ACK OBAMA" sketch from Funny Or Die. Lorne Michaels: consider this an audition. Whether Jordan Carlos wants it to be or not! More »

4:17 PM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,748 views, 17 comments

Latest by thecomicscomic: Carlos actually auditioned said impersonation for Lorne Michaels...last week! Hamilton, next time you've got a comedy question, just ask me and I'll give you the scoop. more »