Humour reveals culture and values. It exposes taboos and comforts pain. In breaking down barriers it invariably reveals who is the ‘in group’ and who is considered an ‘outsider’. Laughter might be universal but not all humour is.
Comedian Dane Baptiste, comedy producer Carlton Dixon and author of Think Like a White Man, Nelson Abbey, discuss what shapes and informs black humour and what that says about Black British society.