Leslie Jones, MLK, and The Embrace

A friend sent me the link to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cha5Nhb3PM0" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The Daily Show with Leslie Jones</a>’ take on the new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Boston Common. I clicked play. I listened. I even laughed, uncomfortably, at the disgust Ms. Jones’ displays. Yet before the segment played out, my levity turned sour. I wondered why a comedian granted the huge platform of The Daily Show chose to use it so disparagingly. Ms. Jones starts with a warning: “Even though I am about to go straight on this statue, I got to talk to the white people for a second. White people. You don’t need to be saying shit about this statue, you understand? Black hands only. You need to sit your ass in the back of the bus for this one, okay? You need to honor this statue. This is our civil rights icon.” <a href="https://paulefallon.medium.com/leslie-jones-mlk-and-the-embrace-dd579bac884f">Read More</a>