- i'm rick james, bitch. (audience laughing) - "in living color" set up a platform for black comedians blowing up. - i don't think so. homie don't play that. (audience laughing) - arsenio hall was, "woo, woo, woo, woo, woo." it was groundbreaking. - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. - you had a black man willing to fight the power. - nice being out of jail. (audience laughing) - laughter is healing, laughter purifies the air. actually i don't like to talk about the races, because i'm white. - and we, as black people, have been doing it forever. - i am, this is a freckle. (audience laughing) - all black comedians discuss race. - it's harder being gay than it is being black. i didn't have to come out black. (audience laughing) - we have to address our pain to make you laugh, and so that we could get through it. - "mom, i'm black." "oh, no, lord jesus!" (audience laughing) (upbeat music)