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Next Question with Katie Couric

Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar on the art of skewering everyday racism

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

News, Health, Society & Culture, Commentary, Documentary,, Health & Fitness

4.44.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

“You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey,” is the title of the very funny, if completely horrifying, new book by comedian and late-night host Amber Ruffin. The book, which Amber co-wrote with her sister Lacey Lamar, is a collection of essays about all the racist sh*t Lacey has to put up with as a Black woman living and working in Omaha, Nebraska. On this episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, Katie talks with the sisters about growing up in Omaha, their different trajectories and experiences with racism and how humor can be used to expose and talk about the hard stuff. Katie also explores Amber’s career, her new show (The Amber Ruffin Show, on Peacock) and her incredible ability to skewer the kind of everyday racism she and her siblings have always put up with. And if you haven’t seen it already, go watch Amber make the case for a White History Month

Click here for more about the book, “You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism,” from Grand Central Publishing.

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1:41.7

Hi everyone, it's Katie Kurek and welcome to next question. So you'll never believe what happened to

1:48.3

Lacey. That is the title of the very funny, if completely horrifying new book by comedian and late

1:56.4

night host Amber Ruffin. Lacey always text me when something unbelievable happened.

2:01.5

She's at work and it's the book which Amber co-wrote with her sister Lacey Lamar is a collection

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