Keegan-Michael Key appeared in The Late Late Show on Monday night a candid chat with host James Corden about race and the protests around the country following the death of George Floyd. The Emmy-winning actor and producer he began by saying: “I feel a little frustrated, and it is not sadness what is going on and the fact that this is something that was happening in our country 50 years ago and it’s still happening today.”
“[It’s] as to say that the fire department should spray all the homes in a neighborhood, even if only one house is on fire”.
The Key & Peele star touched on the phrase “all lives matter” — which some use as a rebuttal to the Black Lives Matter movement — and shared a spot-on analogy to describe why this is an unacceptable response, if you need a clear explanation. “[It’s] as to say that the fire department should spray all the homes in a neighborhood, even if only one house is on fire because all the houses in the area. And yes, your home does not matter 100 percent, but his house is on fire, the Key,” he said.
The comedian then shared his thoughts on the looting that has occurred during some protests around the country this week. “They told us that we are all equal and that we’re going to have equality of opportunity, and some people have found that it does not apply to them. The American Dream is supposed to apply to all of us, and does not apply to me,” the Key, ” he said. “People do not know what to do with the frustration or the feelings, and this is the manifestation of it in some part.”
Watch the interview clip above to hear Key and Corden all the moving discussion.
