Of the 5 late night hosts on broadcast television, they are all White Straight men. Because of the color of their skin and their sexual preferences, there are some jokes that they cannot tell that would be really funny to hear if we could.
Yesterday on Late Night, Seth Meyers had an African-American woman to one side and a Lesbian to the other. Then he had him deliver the punchlines, which he can’t. Don’t believe that he can’t, wait until he tries to tell one of those jokes.
Now I don’t want see Meyers go (believe I don’t), but he is right, we need to have a more diverse late night. So when CBS decides not to renew Stephen Colbert’s contract (which is my personal opinion), then maybe they will brave enough to make the change that is desperately needed.
What do you think after watching this funny yet poignant bit? And are you hoping that the NBC late night show does this segment more often? I know I am!
