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You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it.

People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different things. There's black people from America and then there's black people from Africa. Racially, they're the same; culturally, they're extremely different.

I'm not like most comedians. I don't deal with just heckles - I'm also dealing with threats and anger. Here I am, a brown person on stage being quite blunt. I talk about white privilege; I talk about U.S. imperialistic practices; I talk about colonialism. I'm not saying things that are easy for people to laugh at.

As a comedian, you have everything working against you.

There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races.

I know how to be funny to black audiences.

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

Every black comedian in the country knew what I could do. But that doesn't mean everyone else is paying attention.