‘White Fragility’ Author Robin DiAngelo: Comedy ‘An Excuse To Be Racist’

Speaking on an interview in April, “White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo posited that comedy is “an excuse to be racist.”

Speaking to interviewer Joseph Jaffe, DiAngelo stated, “So comedy is, I think it’s an excuse to get to be racist, right? Like irony. And I think TV shows like ‘Family Guy’ and ‘South Park,’ maybe a little bit ‘The Simpsons,’ right, allowed white people to be racist self-consciously, right?”