Tragedy and Comedy

The Daily Show's take on the senator's oft-discussed Blackness:



In other (related) news:
I was recently witness to a classroom discussion that reminded me a certain Chris Rock joke...A third grade class was having a Black History Month event. The instructor asked the class if anyone knew who started Negro History Week (the precursor to Black History Month). Little hands flew up.

Call on a little boy, "Yes?" ... Martin Luther King? "Nope."
Call on a little girl, "Yes?" ... Rosa Parks? "No, that's not it either."

No one guessed Martina Luther King, but you get the point.