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== Comic Books ==
* Occurs in the final chapter of Gene Yang's ''[[American Born Chinese]]''. Danny {{spoiler|(a Chinese-American originally named Jin Wang)}} attacks his "visiting cousin" Chin-Kee, a buck-toothed slant-eyed [[Japanese Ranguage|Engrish-speaking]] caricature, for being a perpetual embarrassment. {{spoiler|It turns out Chin-Kee is actually the [[Journey to the West|Monkey King]], trying to get Danny/Jin to accept the Chinese heritage he had rejected after a falling out with his stereotypically nerdy Asian best friend (and a desire to [[Me Love You Long Time|date a Caucasian girl]]).}}
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** [[Barack Obama]] [http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2008/06/obama-channels-chris-rock referred to Rock's routine] during a June 2008 speech on the responsibilities of fatherhood.
** In a later routine, he lightheartedly called out [[Public Enemy|Flava Flav]] for his [[Uncle Tomfoolery]], especially in the light of the candidacy of [[Barack Obama]]:
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** Like the [[Bill Cosby]] example, there has been backlash from that; primarily by Jesse Jackson, who criticized his fatherhood speech as "talking down to black people".
* [[Bill Cosby]] provoked a [[Real Life]] [[Flame War]] in 2004 when, during a celebration of the ''Brown v. Board of Education'' ruling, he criticized African Americans who put higher priorities on sports, fashion, and "acting hard" than on family, education, self-respect and self-improvement. Some celebrated his speech as lending a dignified public voice and face to sentiments that had long existed within the black community, while others accused him of being patronizing to lower-class blacks or even of [[Uncle Tomfoolery]].
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