Chris Rock Talks About Ferguson Protests

Although he is a comedian we all know that Chris Rock can be very serious and candid when talking about hot topics.

In a recent interview with New York Magazine he talked about his newest movie “Top Five” and then moved on to more serious issues one of them being the Ferguson protest and racial issues in general.

He stated that he doesn’t think that race is the main issues in Ferguson and when asked about President Obama he described him as cool, but not-that-cool.

“Here’s the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they’re not as crazy. To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before.

Kind of cool. I always say, cooler than most politicians, not as cool as actual cool people. He’s not cool like Jay Z’s cool. He’s not Eddie Murphy. But in a world of politicians…”