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Rickey Smiley Hilariously Calls Out Black Folks For Doing Too Much On Thanksgiving

The comedian is Rickey Smiley, a man with a magnetic appeal to laughter, dripping with hilarious truths about day's traditions in the Black...

The clip shows Smiley bouncing around two fictitious Thanksgivings-one white where it’s just turkey, stove-top stuffing, and pumpkin pie, for members of the family, and one that Black folks basically celebrate for a week-long culinary marathon, cooking enough to feed a small nation. The ability to keep this flowing, the shape he had to be in just for this segment alone…” Indeed, the bombardment of dishes from the comedian would leave most exhaling in relief, but Smiley went on with ease and hilarity, pointing out that Black Thanksgiving can really get way in-your-face. The plays to comedic delight are all deliberate overstatements; nevertheless, there are real culturally marked distinctions surrounding the holiday: In fact, Black families tend to have the Thanksgiving put in such a massive production-partially for love of the event, partially out of tradition, and, more importantly because nobody wants to be that one relative who didn’t bring enough food.

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