The Devil and Dave Chappelle

And Other Essays

By: William Cobb

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Paperback | 27 March 2007 | Edition Number 1

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There are no simple answers, only oversimplified ones. But the cure to all social ills lies in uncovering the truth. In this timely, wide-ranging collection of essays, William Jelani Cobb uses cinema, music, literature, politics, and pop culture to reveal some discomforting realities. "On the Stroll: Pimping Three 6 Mafia" is a fascinating take on the first hip-hop group ever to win an Oscar. In "The Devil and Dave Chappelle," Cobb discusses Chappelle's decision to walk away from a $50 million contract as not just a comedic choice but also a social and political choice, with Chappelle realizing that one wrong laugh could put him on the wrong side of the line between genius and Uncle Tom.

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Introduction	p. ix
Troubling Waters
Nation-Time: Cotton Comes to Washington	p. 3
41 Shots	p. 19
White Negro Please: Eminem's Race Blues	p. 23
The World Is Yours	p. 29
The Hoodrat Theory	p. 39
The Quagmire Blues	p. 43
The Cosby Show	p. 49
Fear Factor	p. 55
Terror in Black and White	p. 59
Six in One Hand	p. 63
On the Stroll: Pimping Three 6 Mafia	p. 67
Out of Time (Brian Barber's Idlewild)	p. 73
The Trouble with Harry	p. 79
Pimp-Slapping Oprah (Or We Still Wear the Mask)	p. 85
The Hater's Ball	p. 91
What Happens in Rio	p. 97
First Person
My Daughter, Once Removed	p. 111
Seeing Double	p. 117
Two-fifth & Hollis	p. 121
The More Things Change	p. 127
Black-Owned
Kindred's Soul: Words with Octavia Butler	p. 135
Lifecycle of a Butterfly	p. 147
The Killing Fields: Notorious B.I.G.	p. 155
Ore: Requiem for a Neighborhood Badass	p. 161
The Last Race Man	p. 169
Blood at the Root	p. 175
Rev. Al's Big Score	p. 179
King, for a Day	p. 183
Beautiful Struggle: An Interview with Talib Kweli	p. 187
The Stamp of Disapproval	p. 193
What Black People Should Know By Now	p. 199
The Road Ahead of Barack Obama	p. 203
The Tragedy of Colin Powell	p. 209
Malcolm: The Unknown	p. 215
The Genius of Harold Cruse, 1916-2005	p. 219
The Truth about Rosa Parks	p. 223
Seeing Coretta	p. 227
Auburn Avenue Blues	p. 231
Hanging Curve: Barry Bonds as Tragic Hero	p. 235
The Good Example	p. 241
The Devil and Dave Chappelle	p. 247
Past Imperfect
The Millionth March	p. 257
Willie Lynch Is Dead (1712?-2003)	p. 261
The Case of the Disappearing Negro	p. 267
The House Negro Blues	p. 273
Ghosts of Tuskegee	p. 279
OutKasts and Indians	p. 285
Brown v. Blacks	p. 291
The Other L-Word	p. 297
The 41st Acre	p. 303
The Good Ol' Days of Slavery	p. 307
Slavery.edu	p. 311
Forgetting Where We Came From	p. 315
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