*Dave Chappelle takes a moment to enlighten working class Trump voters in his upcoming third Netflix special, “Equanimity.”
In the first trailer released Thursday ahead of its Dec. 31 release, the comedian says it wasn’t until Election Day, when he was standing in line among Trump voters, that he realized the issue he has with white folks.
“I’ve never had a problem with white people ever in my life. Full disclosure: Poor whites are my least favorites,” the comedian joked. “We’ve got a lot of trouble out of them. And I’ve never seen so many of them up close. Looked them right in their coal-smeared faces. And to my surprise, you know what I didn’t see? I didn’t see one deplorable face in that group.”
Referring to the “basket of deplorables” name given for Trump supporters by Hillary Clinton, Chappelle explained how he actually “felt sorry for them.” He continued, “Saw some angry faces and some determined faces, but they felt like decent folk. … I know the game now. I know that rich white people call poor white people ‘trash.’ And the only reason I know that is because I made so much money last year, the rich whites told me they say it at a cocktail party.”
Chappelle also described the comments he overheard being made by Trump voters, something he failed to comprehend.
“I stood with them in line like all Americans are required to do in a democracy — nobody skips the line to vote — and I listened to them. I listened to them say naive poor white people things. ‘Man, Donald Trump’s gonna go to Washington and he’s gonna fight for us,'” he recalled. “I’m standing there thinking in my mind, ‘You dumb mother**ker. … You are poor. He’s fighting for me,” Chappelle joked, referencing his income.
Following Netflix’s release, Comedy Central will make available all 28 episodes of “Chappelle’s Show” on New Years Day, before the presentation of the comedian’s 2000 stand-up special, “Killin’ Them Softly” at midnight.
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