WELL, MY NAME IS MARINA. IT'S NOT A GREAT AFRICAN NAME.
LIKE MY SISTER'S GOT A GREAT AFRICAN NAME.
HER NAME IS NAILAH, WHICH MEANS "ONE WHO SUCCEEDS".
MY NAME IS MARINA. IT MEANS A PLACE WHERE YOU DOCK
BOATS. [LAUGHTER]
THANK YOU. I GREW UP IN CHICAGO, THAT'S
WHERE I GREW UP, THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YEAH, THANKS.
THANKS. WHITE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO.
THEN WE MOVED TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, WHICH IS A BLACK--
[LOUD CHEERING] [LAUGHTER]
I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. [LAUGHTER CONTINUES]
THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, WHICH WAS A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO BASICALLY I WENT FROM BEING THE ONLY BLACK CHILD IN ALL
WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BEING THE ONLY WHITE CHILD, IN AN ALL
BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT WAS TOUGH, MAN.
I REMEMBER GROWING UP IN THE WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE IN
SCHOOL LIKE WHEN WE WOULD HAVE THEME DAYS.
LIKE ON TIME, WE HAD '50s DAY, WHICH ISN'T REALLY A GOOD TIME
FOR MY PEOPLE. [LAUGHTER]
BUT THE WHITE GIRLS WOULD COME OUT WITH THE POODLE SKIRTS, ALL
EXCITED. THEY'D BE LIKE, WOO-WOO, IT'S
'50s, YEAH! I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO I
JUST WORE A SIGN THAT SAID, WE SHALL OVERCOME SOME DAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO I LOVE DOING THIS COMEDY
THING. IT'S JUST IT'S HARD TO DO THIS
AND KEEP A MAN AT THE SAME TIME. WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE, 'CAUSE
LOOK AT ME. I'M HOT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
I USED TO DATE THIS HAITIAN GUY. HE COULDN'T STAND THE FACT THAT
I DID COMEDY. YOU KNOW, HAITIAN MEN, THEY WANT
YOU TO STAY HOME, COOK, CLEAN, HAVE A BIG BUTT.
I CAN'T DO ALL OF THAT AT THE SAME TIME.
[LAUGHTER] AND HE WAS ALWAYS YELLING AT ME.
HE WAS ALWAYS LIKE, [THICK HAITIAN ACCENT] MARINA, DON'T
WRITE THIS THING YOU ARE DOING. [LAUGHTER]
THIS COMEDY, YOU THINK YOU ARE SO FUNNY.
SO HA, HA? [APPLAUSE]
YOU NEED TO STAY HOME AND COOK. YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MY
ZUZU. [LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I WAS WITH HIM FOR A LONG TIME, TOO, FOUR YEARS.
THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHEN YOU DON'T LIKE HIM.
THAT'S LIKE, HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN?
I ACTUALLY BACK TO LIKE THE FIRST TIME WE WENT OUT.
AND I REMEMBER HIM SAYING TO ME, MARINE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH
ME-- FOREVER. [LAUGHTER]
[BLOWING SOUND] [LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S A VOODOO. [GIGGLES]
SO I LIVE IN HARLEM NOW. I LOVE HARLEM.
ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS SHOULD ALL GO, LIKE AS A GROUP.
[LAUGHTER] GO.
I LOVE IT. I GET IN TROUBLE, THOUGH, IN
HARLEM, ALL THE TIME. LIKE ONE TIME I SAW THIS MOTHER
YELLING AT A CHILD ON A STREET. YOU SEE A BLACK MOTHER YELLING
AT HER CHILD ON THE STREET, DON'T EVER GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
MIND YOUR BUSINESS. THIS WOMAN, SHE WAS TELLING AT
THIS CHILD SO BAD ON THE STREET-- THAT'S THE CHILD.
SHE LIKE, GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE.
I SAID GET YOUR BLACK ASS OVER HERE!
NOW WHAT THE HELL YOU CRYING FOR?
SHUT IT UP. I SAID SHUT IT UP.
I'LL POP YOU IN YOUR MOUTH. I LOOKED AT HER, I WAS LIKE, OH
MY GOD. I TOLD HER, I SAID, YOU DON'T
TALK TO A CHILD LIKE THAT. SHE LOOKED AT ME, SHE SAID, WHAT
THE HELL YOU LOOKING AT, HUH? YOU WANT TO RAISE MY CHILD, HUH?
I WAS LIKE, NO. YOU DOING A GOOD JOB.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WAS SO SCARED--
I WAS SO SCARED, I RAN DOWN TWO LONG HARLEM BLOCKS.
I WAS LIKE, DON'T LOOK BACK. YOU JUST KEEP GOING.
BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING
ON. I LOOKED BACK FOR JUST A SECOND
AND SHE WAS STILL STANDING THERE LOOKING AT ME.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT.
THANKS A LOT. THAT'S MY TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]