Obituary: Comedian and activist Dick Gregory, 84, died last night:
Gregory broke racial barriers in the 1960s and became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs._____
Gregory higlighted segregation and racial injustice in his standups. He was arrested several times in the 1960s for joining civil rights rallies.
He rose to fame in 1961 when he filled in for comedian Irwin Corey one night at the Playboy Club in Chicago, after which he earned a three-year contract, CNN reported.
Gregory also appeared on several television shows, recorded comedy albums, and wrote books throughout his life - including an autobiography and a memoir. He was also a vegetarian and health advocate.
Gregory cancelled two recent comedy shows in early August, but took to social media to say he was looking forward to stepping on the stage due to current racial tension exacerbated by the white supremacist rallies in Virginia.
The alt.right and "men's rights" go together like bacon and eggs:
Cantwell also identified as a “men’s rights activist” and wrote for the site A Voice for Men, one of the hubs of organized misogyny on the internet. He expressed his views that the state supposedly gives “women the power to have men arrested for anything without any evidence at all” and how women, in their roles of “traditionally carrying the role of raising children and supporting the men,” did not evolve to have high IQs. Like men do. Allegedly._____
Speaking of the alt.right, they are gaining more and more in popularity thanks to the Trump era.
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