Bill Burr Says White Women Have Hijacked Black Issues...And guess Mad?

Bill Burr Says White Women Have Hijacked Black Issues...And guess Mad?

Bill Burr is in the hot seat after his controversial opening monologue from last weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live. During his sketch, the 52-year-old comedian didn't hold back as he made blistering jokes addressing cancel culture, white women and Pride Month. Not long after taking the stage on Saturday night, Burr jumped into a joke about how people are "literally running out of people to cancel." "They're going after dead people now. They're trying to cancel John Wayne. It's like, God did that 40 years ago," he said. The commentary shifted to how white women have "hijacked the woke movement." "Generals around the world should be analyzing this," he joked. "The woke movement was supposed to be about people of color not getting opportunities that they deserve. ... Then somehow, white women swung their Gucci-booted feet over the fence of oppression and stuck themselves at the front of the line." Burr called out white women for ignoring their own contribution to racial oppression. "The nerve of you white women," he said. "You guys stood by us toxic white males through centuries of our crimes against humanity. You rolled around in the blood money, and occasionally, when you wanted to sneak off and hook up with a Black dude, if you got caught, you said it wasn’t consensual. Yeah, that’s what you did! ... So, why don’t you shut up, sit down next to me and take your talking-to?" As he neared the end of his monologue, Burr brought up Pride Month, asking the audience if they thought it was "a little too long" of a celebration. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories "For a group of people that were never enslaved ... how did they get all of June?" he said, comparing Pride Month to Black History Month in February. "Black people were actually enslaved and they get February, they get 28 days of overcast weather, sun goes down at 4 in the afternoon, everyone is shivering," he said. https://people.com/tv/bill-burrs-controversial-snl-opening-monologue-on-race-and-pride-month-draws-mixed-reactions/

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