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Black Confederacy supporter draws comparisons to Chappelle's Show's Clayton Bigsby
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A Black man named Daniel Sims was interviewed in Alabama for his support for Confederate-era monuments. The news clip quickly went viral, causing Dave Chappelle's name to trend on Twitter due to his similarity to one of the comedian's most famous characters, a blind Black white supremacist. As Jemele Hill put it, "And here I thought Dave Chapelle was incredibly high when he created Clayton Bigsby. Turns out, he was well ahead of his time."
TOPICS: Chappelle's Show, Dave Chappelle, Retro TV
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