Right to Offend: Wayne Brady on His Famous "Chappelle's Show" Skit | A&E

I love that Dave didn't attack Wayne for not appreciating the joke, but instead collaborated with him to do something much better together. Beautiful. And the sketch they put together was probably top 3 Chappelle's Show

Paul Mooney's joke was hilarious. At the same time, everything Wayne says here is valid. I think those things can simultaneously exist.

As a black woman from Brooklyn that had to deal with the whole " you're not from Brooklyn", "you're an oreo", " you're mad uppity"," nah, who's she trying to be", etc, I appreciated the skit. It was a reference to use when people tried to put me in a box just because I spoke a certain way.

Still one of the top 3 sketches. Dude is a talent. Mad underrated. Appreciated his work in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

To this day - all these years later - my wife and I still quote the "is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a b!tch?" line to one another on a fairly regular basis. It's comedy gold. Gold, Jerry! Gold!

“This is not an option Dave, now smoke this or we are gonna have a problem.” Comedy gold.

I recently saw an interview with Donnell Rawlings on the KFC podcast about that episode and this really brings it full circle. Wayne is right, there is an identity crisis within the black community where you can be deemed as not back enough if you're straight laced just as that episode of Fresh Prince when Carlton is called a sellout. It's a shame really, cause Wayne Brady is so so talented.

I love Wayne’s take on this. I also love that he had the sense of humor it took to take a situation he didn’t like, and turn it into something amazing and hilarious…and teach people something in the process. Unbelievably talented.

This reminds me of the Fresh Prince episode when Carlton was trying to get into a fraternity and was called a "Sell-out" for being rich and behaving the way he did. The speech Uncle Phil makes was exactly Wayne's sentiment about this.

Wayne Brady is so underrated. He can sing, he can act, he can be serious, he’s also hilariously funny. Very few people in show business has that much range.

A) The Mooney joke was funny, B) the wayne brady skit was funny, C) I agree with Wayne Brady 100% on every single thing he said in this.

And Brady is also a rare breed as a entertainer. He is so versatile. A comic, A+ freestyle comedians, can act a serious role, and slick singer. No type casting him.

As someone that would fit the stereotype as a Wayne Brady black man, I appreciate this fight he takes on. People are finally starting to understand black people are all kinds of folks. it’s easily the funniest skit the Chappelle show ever did.

I appreciate where Wayne is coming from. Our own people seem to think being articulate, use of correct English, diverse interest and willingness to experience anything outside of the community is the opposite of “being black”. To know thyself is important and not allow others to define who you are is essential.

He talks with such conviction and intelligence. Big up Wayne Brady, he ripped it when he did that sketch, and it will remain one of the best sketches on The Chappelle Show. Massive respect for this man. Stay up my brother!

I knew Wayne from "Who's line is it anyway" An never once did it cross my mind to judge him for his skin. His skills as a comedy artist is what drew me to him. Man's a genius of comedy and should be seen as such.

I love Wayne Brady in “whose line is it anyways”. Very creative and quick on his feet.

I really appreciate how Wayne said what he said. Reading between the lines, I think an important take away, for anyone paying attention, is that no one has the right to decide they know you better than you do. Also, no one has the right to limit who you are in your own mind. At the end of the day, this is why Wayne Brady can do what he wants... not because he's rich or famous, a member of a particular community or communities, but because he doesn't allow himself to be limited by what people think and he's willing to knock down barriers in his own life.

Eff me, bro! So glad he said this. I've dealt with this same exact situation my entire life, and I'm a comic, so the same sentiment that is said here is exactly how it was for me coming up in comedy, but I stuck to my guns and when I do address the issue of 'not black', 'the whitest black guy', or 'you're black, but not black black'. It's crazy to me that people are just cool with it, and when you let them know what's up, they act like the issue is me. I've had many writing sessions where, because I'm black, I should say and do this, and I'm like 'Why would I do that?'.

Wayne has a point however, we as an audience at the time were in fact on the same page with the joke. He took it to heart but it was hilarious.