"They're going to arrest me for calling a black man a nigger?"

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“What was uncalled for? It is uncalled for you to interrupt my ass you cheap motherfucker!”

“Ohh, I guess you got me there. He's absolutely right. I'm just a wash up. Gotta stand on the stage.”

“What's the matter, too much for you to handle?”

“Well, you interrupted me, pal. That's what happens when you interrupt the white man, don't you know?”

“For me to be at a comedy club and flip out and say this crap, I'm deeply, deeply sorry. … I'm not a racist, that's what's so insane about this!”

“You can talk! You can talk! You can talk! You're brave now, motherfucker! Throw his ass out! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! A nigger, look, there's a nigger! Ooh! Ooh! All right, ya see? It shocks you, it shocks you, to see what's buried beneath, you stupid mother fuckers!”

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