Dave Chappelle and Jackie Chan

Dave Chappelle and Jackie Chan

The way I view Jackie Chan may be similar to how many educated Blacks feel about Dave Chappelle.  Jackie Chan fucked up the reputation of the Chinese and encourages the mass of society to continue on with their racist behavior against the Chinese.  Many blacks have worked very hard towards equality and respect in America but then Dave Chappelle comes along and makes all sorts of comedy sketches poking fun at blacks to have the world laugh out loud about the stereotypical black man.  The educated blacks may then be wondering, what the fuck are you doing Dave? 

All the other races are sitting back and laughing and wanting the entire thing to continue on for their own entertainment.  But for the blacks, it is not something so simple, if you allow the mass of society to sit back and laugh at your race, what are you promoting to be reinforced?  You are promoting and reinforcing racism and stereotypes.  That is the cost of laughter.  When you make one person laugh by talking shit about another, the person laughing will be all smiles, but the person being laughed at will be in fury. 

Here we had Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. work so hard towards equality and respect towards blacks and then we have Dave Chappelle coming in and fucking up all the hard work that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X worked so hard for. 

That is how I view it with Jackie Chan.  Bruce Lee and Jet Li worked so hard to gain equality and respect in Hollywood but then we have Jackie Chan coming in and fucking up all the hard work that they did to gain respect and equal treatment in Hollywood.