When The Chappelle Show first premiered on TV the final sketch to air on its first episode was of a blind white supremacist, who just so happen to be black. So, who better to have host Saturday Night Live the Tuesday following the election other then Dave Chappelle?

When news got out that  Dave Chappelle would host SNL on Nov. 12, people were excited. I was excited; the last time we saw Chappelle on TV doing stand up was in 2005. He’s been selling out tours since then, but I, personally, wanted to see a full set of his live.

Chappelle’s whole set touched on today’s issues regarding Trump, police shootings, mass shootings, black lives matter, blue lives matter, Harambe and being rich while black under Obama in the witty, funny and honest way only he can talk about these issues. He ended his monologue with an anecdote, where he talks about the history of black people being allowed in the White House and asking Trump to give us, the historically enfranchised, a chance.

Besides stand up, Chappelle did appear on three other sketches, a personal favorite being “Election Night”. During the sketch, Chappelle (with a special guest appearance by Chris Rock) watches the election results with a group of white people and spoke on the surprise of  liberal white people that Trump won the election. Accurately enough, I was in Chicago at an open mic night, surrounded by white people, where depression set in among many upon realizing Trump will become president. Meanwhile, my colored friends and I weren’t surprised. I was in the 10th grade when my English teacher asked the class if racism is still prominent in America today, and I was the only one who replied with a yes.

Racism was built in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This was also around the time of the Trayvon Martin trial and other police shootings, not being something completely new in America. Comedian Richard Pryor has a joke about police brutality in the 60’s; Michael Che has one in his 2016 Netflix special, which I would highly recommend.

Don’t get me started how people of color are portrayed, or lack there of, in the news and media. Why is a film about Egypt characterized with white people as the kings and queens, while black people are characterized as thieves and poor?

Another layer of the sketch I found to be intriguing is how the white people were using POC as a pawn for their goals. Florida was going to go blue because of all the Latinos there, so they made a toast to Latinos. Later in the night, when Trump was winning, it was because all of the black people voted late, highlighting the mild racism and prejudice that white liberals have.
My favorite part of the sketch was near the end, where a group of white people discuss how [Trump being elected] is the most shameful thing America has done, then it cuts to Chappelle and Rock looking at each other and burst out laughing. Because of slavery, get it?
I don’t want to keep perpetuating the slave narrative that is being used to keep white and black people separated, because slavery has been present since the beginning of time, but you still have to take responsibility for your actions.

With 53 percent of white women who voted for Trump, I am more scared of white people in ECC than ever before. I don’t care that Illinois went blue, that doesn’t take away from the fact that people voted for Trump in Illinois. I saw the signs outside of lawns. It doesn’t take away from the fact that there has been more race riots in the North than the South, with the last race riot in Elgin happening in the 1970s. Living in fear, however, is American and I’ve never felt more American in my life.

In such a time of fear, hate and race tension, the comedy of Chappelle was needed now more then ever. With 3 million people tuning in on Saturday night to watch the comedian host and his monologue. He has racked up more than 8 million views in less then a month, and all his sketches maintain similar numbers (Election Night has 11 million views). Since SNL, Chappelle has signed a 60 million deal with Netflix to premier three specials (two being from his personal vault and one to be recorded sometime next year). It’s good to have Chappelle back.