they are black
not white
they aren’t targets
maybe not yet, maybe never
The lavender mafia has gone after plenty of black comics for making gay jokes. Eddie Murphy and Kevin Hart come to mind. But after they both bent the knee and kissed the correct backsides, all was forgiven. I suppose someone got to them and buffaloed them into buying the party line that it’s about civil rights, or maybe just threatened their celebrity gravy trains. But you’re right, white guys don’t get off so easily.