We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy
Book • 2021 • Documentary
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Discussion of a scandal where a Native comedian used the n-word and refused to apologize in spite of nationwide boycotts and outrage.
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A comedian jokes that he didn't play cowboys and Indians as a kid, but Nazis and Jews instead.
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At the beginning of the chapter “Those Friendly Canadians Send Death Threats to Williams and Ree” there is mention of people dying in a bus accident
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The comedian Will Rogers and his pilot died in a plane crash.
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Makeshift electric chairs used to punish children in Indian residential schools
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