when I first saw this headline I thought, "how many times can the guy get pulled over? maybe 2 or 3 a year?" According to the article above, Rock decided to start taking the selfies after getting pulled over 3 times in 7 weeks.
(Chris Rock from "Pootie Tang")
Rock was also pulled over twice more earlier this year.
this is what Rock said in December when he was interviewed with New York Magazine and spoke about the racism he encounters as a black male in 2015:
“I mean, I almost cry every day… I drop my kids off and watch them in the school with all these mostly white kids, and I got to tell you, I drill them every day: Did anything happen today? Did anybody say anything? They look at me like I am crazy.”
i remember Rock joking about 'driving while black' during his second HBO stand-up special, Bring the Pain. that HBO special, by the way, holds up quite well 19 years later. it's sad, not ironic, when life, in this case, imitates art.
For your viewing pleasure, I give you the YouTube link to Chris Rock's Bring the Pain (1996), the full special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-opn0LzBR8
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