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Michael Blackson disclosed that he used to be a shy person way back in the 80s because the Whites used to mock Blacks.<\/p>\n
In his words\u2026.\u201dThe thing about me being a comedian also made me just open and free just; I don\u2019t even know where this comedy thing came from because I was just a shy kid. Later in life, there\u2019s something imma need to do Mike, you know, that\u2019s where I feel this whole comedy thing came from. Because you know, going to America in the late 80s.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an era where you are proud of being a foreigner. You know it was the only very different in America. It wasn\u2019t an era where people were searching for identity. You know, they wanted to be everything; this is gonna be Americans. No, No, No, I have to say the people there, you know people there. They made this; everything foreign that was different, they make fun of. You know, so we were shy foreigners,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, I just think this is something God just throw on me like this will be your mission. This is what I am gonna give you, I\u2019m going to take you out of shyness, and I\u2019m gonna open you up, you gonna get people to believe in you, you gonna love you, and but it\u2019s for a bigger cause. Any black person that was foreign that had an accent, just thought you are Jamaican.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause there weren\u2019t that many Ghanaians, many Liberians, many Nigerians. You know, so it really made fun of us. You know people were shy, and they didn\u2019t want to say much, but you know, that is what made me. That is why I was very shy. I was like 13, 14, and me by 17 my last share of high school, God started putting this thing in me as you know, imma get you out of shyness cause I have a mission for you,\u201d he stated<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when I was finally able to make money and buy clothes, I\u2019m like ok, I\u2019m feeling comfortable with myself you know nobody is making fun of me anymore, now let me turn and get these guys back. Let me make fun of them. That is why I started like slowly telling jokes roasted. Kind of roasted back defending myself, you know\u2026I was just happy, you know when I got there, and the kids were teasing me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to leave, but then, when I finally took time to understand these kids, you know. They didn\u2019t know any better; you know what I am saying. I just wanted to be a funny guy, you know. So when I realized then I study America then I became more comfortable, and I started to jab back with words\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I started, I didn\u2019t know which direction I wanted to go. It took me three years to know what I wanted to talk about. I remember one time I was on stage and I was making fun of a family member and me, you know, I was trying to talk like them and when I was trying to talk like them, they cry- laughed at everything I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, I was like ok, maybe I should do my own jokes like this. Do my own thing like this, so I\u2019m like if I wanted to talk like this, let me put the cap to go with it, and then I went all the way out. And then boom, career went all the way up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n