Friday, March 20, 2009  laugh awkwardly when white comedians
talk honestly about whiteness  [Not-safe-for-work language
alert]  In this clip, comedian Louis CK makes some unusual jokes
about whiteness. I think they're unusual because they're coming
from a white male, and they're all about how relatively great it
is to be a white male. His historical bit is messed-up, since
whiteness hasn't actually been around nearly as long as he
implies it has, but he makes some great points and gets the
crowd to laugh.  The laughter seems awkward to me, though. If it
is, maybe that's because the crowd isn't used to hearing jokes
about whiteness that acknowledge and describe white male
privilege.  Do you find the laughter awkward? And do you know of
other white comedians who honestly describe and joke about white
and/or male privilege? If anyone comes to mind, please let us
know in the comments.     1. Perhaps the laughter was awkward,
in the sense that many whites in the audience probably never
thought of their whiteness i