Hannibal Buress Quotes

I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'

Hannibal Buress

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• Black
• Community
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  Hannibal Buress
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  • Night
  • Black