I’ve always admired this skit from the comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, which first aired in 2012 at the height of the Civil War 150th commemoration. The skit opens in a camp, where Confederate reenactors are being addressed by their colonel. The speech is full Lost Cause and everyone has bought in until Key & Peele show up dressed as slav…
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