W. Kamau Bell

“Capitalism doesn't care about sentimentality.”

“In most major cities, you can find stores for urban homesteaders. They sell everything you need so that you won't need anything. Sort of a 'Take This Civilization and Shove It' starter kit.”

“That's how to make a stand-up comedian: You take a person who is uncomfortable and try to squirrel their way out of it through humor.”

“Usually, the news out of Florida makes me feel like being black in Florida can be a terminal condition.”

“The country should be more inclusive, not less inclusive, and over an infinite timeline, it becomes more inclusive. It doesn't always happen at once.”

“I have an upfront, sort of in-the-trenches knowledge of white people's trying to avoid their whiteness and replace it with something else. When I met my wife, we went through the whole race-...”