'The Daily Show' calls out Confederate Memorial Day: 'f---ed up on so many levels'
YouTube/Comedy Central
"Can I just say, that is f---ed up on so many levels," Noah said.
While it's been 152 years since the end of the US Civil War, some Southern states on this day still honor those who died fighting to break away from the Union over, principally, slavery.
Noah imagined how the holiday could get very uncomfortable.
"What are black people supposed to do on this holiday?" the host asked. "If you're a black person in one of these states, what are you supposed to do? You're just sitting around like, 'Man, this is some bulls---. So I either don't get the day off, or I support slavery? Man, I'll take the day off, but I'm watching BET the whole time.'"
Trevor pointed out that some people who celebrate Confederate Memorial Day acknowledge that it is racist, but "they just don't give a f---."
You can watch the entire segment below:
- I spent $2,000 for 7 nights in a 179-square-foot room on one of the world's largest cruise ships. Take a look inside my cabin.
- Saudi Arabia wants China to help fund its struggling $500 billion Neom megaproject. Investors may not be too excited.
- Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
- 2024 LS polls pegged as costliest ever, expenditure may touch ₹1.35 lakh crore: Expert
- 10 Best things to do in India for tourists
- 19,000 school job losers likely to be eligible recruits: Bengal SSC
- Groww receives SEBI approval to launch Nifty non-cyclical consumer index fund
- Retired director of MNC loses ₹25 crore to cyber fraudsters who posed as cops, CBI officers