The Homeroom series invites a pair of comics and a famed hashtagger to comment on race and racism.
by Molly Adams"So often it seems to me that jokes we hear about race are designed to make white people feel better about their own racism, or prove that they aren't racist to other white people," says Fred Sasaki, who along with Seth Vanek curated "Racist Jokes 101: #OwnYourWords." The hybrid stand-up show and free-form conversation—part of the duo's entertainingly educational Homeroom series (Wu-Tang mythology, anyone?)—comes to the MCA in conjunction with the museum's Word Weekend (7/26-7/27).…[ Read more ]