During his opening monologue while hosting Saturday Night Live in November 2022, comedian Dave Chappelle addressed the controversial remarks and reckless social media posts about Jews that Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Kyrie Irving had made earlier that fall. But instead of defusing the controversies, Chappelle’s now widely commented-on monologue only inflamed tensions further, highlighting just how difficult it can often be for one group of people who have suffered from persecution to be equally sensitive to another people’s historical trauma.