FBI Director Quotes Avenue Q in a Speech About Racial Tensions
(© Carol Rosegg)
Even though Broadway is used to operating as a national trendsetter, it came as quite a collective shock when FBI Director James B. Comey quoted Avenue Q's "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" during a speech titled "Hard Truths: Law Enforcement and Race" at Georgetown University.
According to reports, Comey said, in part, "We all — white and black — carry various biases around with us. I am reminded of the song 'Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist' from the Broadway hit, Avenue Q:
Look around and you will find
No one’s really color blind.
Maybe it’s a fact
We all should face
Everyone makes judgments
Based on race."
He ended the speech, saying, "In the words of Dr. King, 'We must learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools.'"
Quoted in the same speech as Martin Luther King Jr. Not to shabby, Avenue Q.
A short clip from Comey's speech is below:
