Moderated by Oscar Garza, Editor-in-Chief, Ciudad Magazine
The Daily Show’s “Senior Black Correspondent,” Larry Wilmore, skewers political correctness with his satirical takes on everything from Black History Month to snitching. A thirty year television veteran, Wilmore’s credits include early work as a writer for “In Living Color” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” co-creator and producer of “The PJs,” and executive-producer of “The Bernie Mac Show,” for which he won an Emmy for writing. Throughout his career, he has consistently critiqued and undermined Hollywood’s racial hierarchy–the same one that, early in his career, forced him to always “read for the part of the fast-talking ex-con,” as he told The New York Times. He recently appeared on “The Office”–where he’s a consulting producer–as a sensitivity trainer named Mr. Brown. The Southern California native chats with Ciudad editor Oscar Garza about career, race, and when it’s okay to laugh.
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