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And that's why you don’t see a lot of black folks on, like, those survival-type reality shows. We don't need to fuck around like that. Man Vs. Wild, Doomsday Preppers.
No, thank you. We leave that for y'all.
Black folks can get the same exhilaration just by driving around on expired tags.
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But one of my favorite ones to watch is Naked and Afraid, That’s the best one
If you haven't seen Naked and Afraid, treat yo' self
They take a man and a woman and they drop them off on some uninhabitable island or, you know, desert or Florida and, uh…
You know, like the Everglades. You know, the swamps, yeah.
Thеy drop them off in there, Thеy got to get butt naked and they have to survive for 21 days, and they get to bring one item. Usually, the guy shows up with some crazy knife or custom-made ax or something, and the woman, she shows up with, like, fishing nets or maybe a fire starter.
But there was this one episode, this guy showed up with his ax and this woman showed up with a fucking magnifying glass.
The look on his face said it all, Like… “Magnifying glass? Like… Bitch, what you think? We out here solving crimes? What the hell?”
I love that show
There was an episode that stood out, because it was a black guy on the show, yeah
This black guy… he's paired up with this nice little white lady from North Dakota, right?
They drop 'em off on this island… and they were… Things were going great, right? So after, like, day three… the white lady's like, “Oh, Ronald, he's a good team player and, uh, man, like, the bugs and everything, just nothing is bothering him. Nothing is affecting him out here, so I think we're gonna be good. He keeps to himself, but I think we’re gonna be okay.”
Two days later, you find out that Ronald is homeless, yeah
These assholes booked a homeless man to go on Naked and Afraid
So no wonder nothing was affecting him
He got on that island, he thought he was at Sandals, He was like, “Oh, shit. Yeah. I can do this. This is nice.”
That lady went home. She tapped out. She was like, “I quit. I’m going home.” She was like, “I don't think he’s ever gonna leave.”
Naked and Afraid was written by Wanda Sykes.
Wanda Sykes released Naked and Afraid on Tue May 21 2019.