2018: Apparently, it’s right-wing to find the “Hotep Jesus” Starbucks reparations video hilarious. “I thought it was kind of a Saul Alinsky/Yippie move, but I guess nothing is supposed to be funny anymore. . . . Brilliant! So much to talk about. It’s really a Borat-style stunt. I assume the barista isn’t playing a role but spontaneously responding to Hotep Jesus’s demand for ‘reparations’ and embodying all the empathy she’s learned to show, even as she’s videoed doing something that must be a firing offense, handing out free coffee. Yes, there is something wrong with making light of reparations, but that’s what makes it funny. It’s transgressive.” Is there really something wrong with making light of reparations?