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The Daily Show’s Roy Wood Jr.: “Racism is Getting Craftier"

Best known as a correspondent for "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah," stand-up comic Roy Wood Jr. is noted for satire that confronts the tough topics head-on. His new hour-long special for Comedy Central, "Imperfect Messenger," takes on everything from race and police reform to mass shootings and celebrity activism. Here is Roy Wood Jr. talking to Hari Sreenivasan.

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