Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, And Others Say It With Their Chests In ‘Hey White People!’

Kevin Hart has a message for white people: All black people do not meet at Oprah’s house once a month to discuss black issues and eat a home cooked meal. We do that twice a month. Hart was but one of many black celebrities appearing in Jon Baiste’s PSA entitled, Hey, White People! Think of it as the updated version of Lori Beth Denberg’s “Vital Information For Your Everyday Life” but coherent and with a remarkably restrained Samuel L. Jackson.

Stephen Colbert’s bandleader decided now was the time to gather some of his famous friends to start an open dialogue with white people as racial tensions are just a tad high at the moment. Anthony Anderson wants them to stop walking around barefoot like the world is their kitchen, Michael K. Williams would love to do Hamlet and not the thug version of Hamlet, Tituss Burgess wants to know what the hell does “racially tinged” mean, and the aforementioned Jackson is tired of being confused for a golf caddy. In fact, Mace Windu is so upset by this, he once called Will Smith to ask how much money did he need to make before people stopped confusing him for a caddy. Digging even deeper, he asked Will how much money did he need to make before white people forgot he made The Legend of Bagger Vance.

Let me tell you a secret, Sam: they didn’t forget on purpose. That neuralizer from Men In Black? Yeah, Will somehow found a way to create that technology in our reality and more than likely carries it around to make people forget his missteps. If only he used it on me after I saw Seven Pounds. I’m still having nightmares about that one.

John Oliver even shows up to let white people know that they had a good run and deserve a big high-five for their accomplishments. Chief of them being John Oliver himself.

While all of this is funny and definitely stuff black people talk about to each other while we dine in Oprah’s guest house, the cherry on top of the joke is the final title card. If you pause it at at the four minutes and thirty-one seconds mark, you’ll see the executive producer–and the man we have to thank for it–is Kelsey Grammer. For those of you who don’t know, Grammer produced The Game, Girlfriends, and probably a litany of other shows with a prominent black cast. Chances are if its on TV and there’s a lot of black people gathered, his presence is felt. In fact, your life may very well be executive produced by Sideshow Bob’s alter-ego and you’re completely unaware of it.

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