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"That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people."
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"But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met."
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