Dave Chappelle's skit is a parody of both a black man and the KKK. In the skit, a blind black man is in the KKK and is fully speaking out against African Americans, whereas in real life, he would actually be speaking out against the cruel actions towards the African Americans, and the injustice of the KKK. The KKK support him in his actions and even help him advertise white supremacy.
A parody is an imitation of a style of an author or work for common effect and ridicule, which is exactly what is happening in the skit.
Since I saw this blog post I had to change mine because I was doing the same thing. I absolutely love this skit because its a type of dramatic irony which enables the white audience to show how ridiculous the same racism looks coming from a different racial group.
Posted by: Evan L | 12/23/2011 at 07:45 PM