Bad Analogies Dutch people are, of course, like fridge magnets very difficult to group together. They come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Some are interesting, some not, some are funny while others just hang around and make big scratches on your freezer door. My folks are from Suriname, I was born here, raised here, but my cultural background means that I have a different sense of humour compared to other Dutch comedians. My humour and comedy is used in a different way.
Black people use it to compete, to snap at each other.
Your mother this, your mother that'. Always to see who's on top. Just to see who's the sharpest. I get a whole different kind of laughter from an all black audience than if I do the same jokes for an all white audience. This peculiar practice of standing alone in front crowds of varying colours with the sole intention of making them laugh is not new in The Netherlands.