Comedian and stand-up comic R. Kelly joins Jemele to discuss immigration, racism, and why he thinks people are racist because of their skin color. Plus, he gives us his thoughts on the Air Canada employee who speaks another language.
00:01:17.780But, you know, the immigration debate has been a thing in Europe for a long time.
00:01:21.720It's been a thing in the United States for a long time.
00:01:23.420It has not been a thing in Canada until extremely recently.
00:01:29.860And you were saying shit that a white guy could not say on stage two years ago and not get canceled even from a pretty open place or at least not be successful doing it.
00:02:36.780It's just I judge people on the outfits and and, you know, also, if you're trying to speak English and if I if I pass like an immigrant family and I can hear them talking to their kids in English, even if it sounds not perfect, that kind of like fills me with pride of like they're trying.
00:02:55.780They're trying and and I and that's great.
00:02:58.540I don't I would you know, it's like when a fat guy goes to the gym, you know, you're like, look, he's he's working on it.
00:03:05.420But it's it's when it's when it just becomes like certain things.
00:03:11.560Tell me if I'm wrong and maybe I'm a bad person for this, but like checking into Air Canada and the people working there start talking to each other behind the desk in another language.