The issue of race in America is one of the country’s most longstanding, most painful and most challenging problems. So how is it possible to turn the issue of race relations into a laughing matter? How do you get an audience to laugh at their own prejudices and their own pain?

On this episode of The Perfect Podcast Comedian and TV Personality Chuck Nice joins me to discuss what it takes to craft a perfect joke about race. He selects clips from some of the masters of comedy – Richard Pryor, Louis C.K., Paul Mooney and Dave Chappelle – and examines how these brilliant comedians find humor in the darkest corners of the American psyche.

Getting an audience to laugh about mass incarceration, white privilege and police brutality? Chuck Nice helps us understand that jokes told about these topics have to be more than funny. When the joke is perfect it can also be informative, challenging, healing, accusatory and thought provoking; and it stays with you long after the last laugh.

Make sure to check out Chuck Nice’s official website HERE at http://www.chucknicecomic.com/

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A very big thank you to Molehouse Post – a state of the art edit and post house in NYC. They were gracious enough to let me use space in their beautiful facility. It’s a great place to edit, record voice over, mix and master!

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Check out links to the performances discussed in this episode:

Louis C.K.

Richard Pryor

Paul Mooney

Dave Chappelle #1

Dave Chappelle #2