Nate Bargatze is "The Nicest Man in Stand-Up," and it shows in his SNL debut. We discuss Cultural Ownership and Authentic Blackness in "Chef's Show," Liberty, Logic, and American Exceptionalism in "Washington's Dream," and Commodifying Masculinity in the Please Don't Destroy video "Dawg Food." Suggested readings include Angela Davis' "Unfinished Lectures on Liberation," Charisse's article on the unprofitability of authentic Blackness, and a New York Times Magazine piece on why Americans stink at math.
