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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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"The bottom line was, white people own everything," Chappelle said, "and where can a black person go and be himself or say something that's familiar to him and not have to explain or apologize?"

I detect humor and sarcasm in that statement. Anyways, he stated that one of the reasons he needed a break was because the higher-ups at comedy central were starting to use racial slurs and cliches in the wrong way around him after seeing his sketches. That's what he seems to be referring to.
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