During a recent taping of Netflix s Patriot Act, host Hasan Minhaj invited his friends and fellow comedians Desus Nice and The Kid Mero on stage to answer a round of questions from the audience.
In a video uploaded to YouTube last week, you can see the pair who host the show Desus & Mero on Showtime answer what Minhaj calls the question: Whats the one thing they would do if they woke up white?
As hysterical as the answers are, they speak to the persistent, undeniable racial disparities in the U.S.
For one thing, the comic duo told Minhaj, theyd talk back to cops.
I would talk wild spicy to police, Mero, whos Dominican American, told the host, alluding to the double standard that exists for people of color when it comes to law enforcement.
He explained that theres a stretch of highway in New Jersey where drivers are not permitted to cross lanes. But if he were white, Mero said, hed take his chances.
If the state trooper stops, Id be like What the fuck you gonna do? You cant do it to me, Im Joe Prosciutto!
CRYING.
Minhaj, an Indian American Muslim, says hed run in the airport.
Ive never been able to run in the airport, Minhaj said, referring to the discrimination many Muslims face during air travel. Ill be with my wife and well just be power-walking... Ive always wanted to run in the airport.
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