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The comedy legend and NYT bestselling author of How Not to Get Shot and Surrender, White People! exposes how racism unjustly predisposes Blacks and minorities to health and safety risks.As COVID-19 gripped America, we learned that African American communities were being disproportionately infected and killed by the pandemic. For D.L. Hughley, the news was sadly unsurprising. Minority communities lag behind in access to medical care, healthy food, clean air and water, mental health care, education, and more. They may often be "essential workers," but the health and safety of Black and brown people is far from a priority in America. Indeed, racism kills, and not just via police brutality (the subject of D.L.'s How Not to Get Shot) but in a thousand everyday ways that never make the news.
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One of the most popular and highly recognized standup comedians today has also made quite an impression in the television, film, author, and radio arenas. DL can currently be heard nationwide as host of his own afternoon radio show "The DL Hughley Show" which is nationally syndicated in over 60 cities across the country. The radio show dives head first into hot topics of the day and dishes on the latest news, entertainment, pop culture and what's trending in social media.DL shot his 11th stand up special "DL Hughley: Contrarian" in 2017. The special is currently available on Netflix. In addition, in June of 2018 Harper Collins released DL's third book How Not To Get Shot, And Other Advice From White People. The book, a satirical conversation about race relations, became DL's second book to reach the New York Times Bestseller List. In 2012, Random House books released his first humorous book title, I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up. That same year, DL also created and starred in the satirical documentary special for Comedy Central DL Hughley: The Endangered List, which premiered to rave reviews. The special was honored with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards. In 2016, DL released his second book Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years, described as a satirical retrospective of Obama's years in office. The book went on to make the New York Times Bestseller List. Known for being astute and politically savvy in true comedian-style, DL served as host of his own late night talk show on CNN DL Hughley Breaks the News,and was a series regular on the Aaron Sorkin NBC drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. DL hosted the TBS's game show Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host. He also tapped into his playful side and participated in the 16th season of the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars. As the star and producer of his namesake television show that ran on ABC and UPN The Hughleys, DL is also well known as one of the standout comedians on the hit comedy docu-film The Original Kings of Comedy. A veteran of numerous talk show appearances DL switched the tables in 2005, hosting his own talk show on Comedy Central Weekends at the DL. DL's first love always has been, and always will be, standup comedy. "From the minute I first walked onstage and picked up a microphone," he says, "I knew that it was what I was meant to do."DL and his family reside in Los Angeles, CA
