You make good points. It is also notable that he made fun of just about everyone in that special — from blacks, to whites, to Jews — just to a lesser extent. An

You make good points. It is also notable that he made fun of just about everyone in that special — from blacks, to whites, to Jews — just to a lesser extent. And I think he did that on purpose. Nobody and nothing is off limits. We all can find relief and humility in comedy. It’s often the case that minorities wear parts of an identity so as to show some kind of immutable and unique right against prejudice. But the sooner we realize that our differences are opportunities to unite against intolerance and bigotry, the sooner we can stop drawing lines in the same about whose experience is more painful or inequitable than another’s. I’ve heard rabbis deliver sermons on slavery drawing parallels between the plight of Jews to the African slave trade. The point isn’t that Jews get to say “oh I was enslaved too so whatever.” Rather, it’s an opportunity to say, “Hell yeah, I recognize oppression, and let’s right those wrongs together.” Not one community and not LGBTQ+ gets to be the sole victim. Nobody gets to dominate the outrage scene on Twitter. Coalition building and tolerance require humility, and pretending like one’s group has a greater need for equality or accommodation defeats the point.