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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]]:

{{quote|"~~[[Blatant Lies|~~We're not just voting for [Obama] 'cause he's black]], we're voting for him 'cause he's black and ''~~[[Blatant Lies|~~qualified]].'' That's why we're voting for the motherfucker. Yeah. That's why we're behind him. It's not like we're voting for Flavor Flav. ''(imitating)'' '[[Catch Phrase|Yeeeeah, boooooy! Flavor Flaaaav!]]' Hey, I love Flavor. Lovin' him for 20 years. I love the '[[Flavor of Love]]' show; I think it's quite entertaining. But Flavor Flav must be killed. [[Someone Has to Die|In order for black people to truly reach the promised land, Flavor Flav has to be shot.]] These are important times! We got a black man runnin' for President! We don't need a nigger runnin' around with a [[Iconic Item|fuckin' clock around his neck and a Viking hat on his head!]] 'Not this year, Flav, put a suit on! [[N-Word Privileges|Nigga, put a suit on]]!'"}}

{{quote|"We're not just voting for [Obama] 'cause he's black, we're voting for him 'cause he's black and ''qualified.'' That's why we're voting for the motherfucker. Yeah. That's why we're behind him. It's not like we're voting for Flavor Flav. ''(imitating)'' '[[Catch Phrase|Yeeeeah, boooooy! Flavor Flaaaav!]]' Hey, I love Flavor. Lovin' him for 20 years. I love the '[[Flavor of Love]]' show; I think it's quite entertaining. But Flavor Flav must be killed. [[Someone Has to Die|In order for black people to truly reach the promised land, Flavor Flav has to be shot.]] These are important times! We got a black man runnin' for President! We don't need a nigger runnin' around with a [[Iconic Item|fuckin' clock around his neck and a Viking hat on his head!]] 'Not this year, Flav, put a suit on! [[N-Word Privileges|Nigga, put a suit on]]!'"}}

** 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]].