The comedian has been vocal about being in solidarity with the black community since the start of the George Floyd protests.
Image zoomLopez, who didn't call out any celebrities by name, remembers being in Los Angeles during the 1992 Rodney King riots. In March of that year, King was beaten and stomped by a group of police officers in the San Fernando Valley during an arrest. The four officers were acquitted of any crimes. But the incident was caught on camera, leading toLopez remembers doing a comedy show at the Ice House in Pasadena at the time where he brought up the political climate during his act.
"I remember walking off stage and two tables of people were flipping me off as I walked by," Lopez says. The San Fernando Valley native has always been vocal about breaking minority stereotypes in his comedy act. “People see color first. After a show in Houston, a guy came up to me and said, ‘I didn’t think you’d be funny.’ I said, ‘Why, because I’m Latino?’ He said ‘Yeah.’ I appreciated his honesty, but it shows the stereotypes we’re fighting," Lopez toldLopez has been active on his Instagram discussing the Black Lives Matter movement.
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