The matrix is populated with magical Negroes.

There's always a black person ready to give,

you know, a reason advice.

You could argue that, you know, perhaps that is the white,

utopic future. You know, all of us are in prominent positions of power,

but we all exist just to help out the white protagonist.

Like, we could be leaders, we could be generals, we could be presidents,

whatever, but our only purpose is to help white people have all the sex that we're not having.

Basically.

So welcome back everyone to stuck with Damon Young.

The show where the only magical Negro that we believe in is Jesus.

Because y'all need to get saved.

So, earlier this year, the Guardian ran a profile of Jamin Huntson,

where the Oscar-nominated actor lamented that his career has been as successful

as he believes it could have been.

Of course, one of the reasons for this lack of success is the limited amount of roles at Hollywood

makes available for black actors. And one of these roles is the magical Negro,

a perpetually recurring trope and film on screen, in literature, in politics,

and even strangely on our food.

And to rank someone of most well-known magical Negroes in recent American cinematic history,

I'm joined by Keep It Host and pop culture maven, Aura Madison.

And then, for Dare Damon, the homey cultural critic, Shamera Ebraham, joins us to help

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