The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays (William J. Cobb) TP-New

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.–jacket. Troubling Waters — Nation-time: Cotton Comes To Washington — 41 Shots — White Negro Please: Eminem”s Race Blues — The World Is Yours — The Hoodrat Theory — The Quagmire Blues — The Cosby Show — Fear Factor — Terror In Black And White — Six In One Hand — On The Stroll: Pimping Three 6 Mafia — Out Of Time (brian Barber”s Idlewild) — The Trouble With Harry — Pimp-slapping Oprah (or We Still Wear The Mask) — The Hater”s Ball — What Happens In Rio — First Person — My Daughter, Once Removed — Seeing Double — Two-fifth & Hollis — The More Things Change — Black-owned — Kindred”s Soul: Words With Octavia Butler — Lifecycle Of A Butterfly — The Killing Fields: Notorious B.i.g. — Ore: Requiem For A Neighborhood Badass — The Last Race Man — Blood At The Root — Rev. Al”s Big Score — King, For A Day — Beautiful Struggle: An Interview With Talib Kweli — The Stamp Of Disapproval — What Black People Should Know By Now — The Road Ahead Of Barack Obama — The Tragedy Of Colin Powell — Malcolm: The Unknown — The Genius Of Harold Cruse, 1916-2005 — The Truth About Rosa Parks — Seeing Coretta — Auburn Avenue Blues — Hanging Curve: Barry Bonds As Tragic Hero — The Good Example — The Devil And Dave Chappelle — Past Imperfect — The Millionth March — Willie Lynch Is Dead (1712?-2003) — The Case Of The Disappearing Negro — The House Negro Blues — Ghosts Of Tuskegee — Outkasts And Indians — Brown V. Blacks — The Other L-word — The 41st Acre — The Good Ol” Days Of Slavery — Slavery.edu — Forgetting Where We Came From. William Jelani Cobb.