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"In the Seventies, when my family first moved to this country, we were the target of those comedians. I don’t see a lot of difference between the racist and hostile jokes directed at my family by comedians in the Seventies, and the targeting of the trans community now. If you come from any sort of minority, marginalised background, we’ve all got to have each others’ backs. Prejudice is a contagion.”
Nish Kumar

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https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/nish-kumar-interview-ricky-gervais-jimmy-carr-b2987362.html

Nish Kumar: ‘The safety of minority groups is more important than whether or not Ricky Gervais likes me’

Ahead of a new standup tour, the peppery comedian speaks to Louis Chilton about anger, punching down, and the state of British comedy – and he doesn’t hold back

The Independent

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Paul Cantrell 3d ago

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“There’s this idea that comedy is always about punching up. It’s not. Comedy’s sometimes about punching down. It’s a more complicated artform than just one type of engagement with power. There’s always been this half of comedy that is bullied people taking agency of their narrative, and the other half has always been comedy for bullies. And this latest bout of transphobia is just the latest marginalised community to fall into the crosshairs of bullies.”

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solo “claire” esta bien

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“Sometimes,” he says, “we need to be careful about assuming that things are happening for the first time.”