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A white man makes fun of black people

Tuesday, 22nd July 2008

...And gets away with it. Comedian Jeffrey Ross -  who has a Ph.D in the art of the insult  -  proves it can be done. Ta-Nehisi Coates links to the video clip as his contribution to the debate over whether satirists and comics can work up the nerve to tell jokes about Barack Obama.  Don't go watching if you don't like profanity.

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