jules? mr. feiffer: this is a black man from the early 60's. this guy says, i love jazz, discussesthis guy says, i dug freedom, and i am among -- a thought among american racists that every part of black culture they will pick up, but not blacks. they will pick up the music, they will pick up the style they will wear their hat backwards, they will act cool, they will get a certain sway to their hips, but actually acknowledge that there are other races, not just blacks, but other races? that is a no-no. that is what whites have always done, they can plunder other cultures, but you cannot let them into the club, that is a no-no. mr. trudeau: did you get backlash from other liberals who did not like to see their hypocrisy exposed? mr. feiffer: the answer to that question is that i don't know. i did not get that much feedback, you get a lot of feedback but i did not come at basically did not communicate with me except on very weird issues with hat -- issues which had nothing to do with anything. [laughter] mr. feiffer: i didn't get much feedback. i

jules? mr. feiffer: this is a black man from the early 60's. this guy says, i love jazz, this guy says, i dug freedom, and i am among -- a thought among american racists that every part of black culture they will pick up, but not blacks. they will pick up the music, they will pick up the style, they will wear their hat backwards, they will act cool, they will get a certain sway to their hips, but actually acknowledge that there are other races, not just blacks, but other races? that is a no-no. that is what whites have always done, they can plunder other cultures, but you cannot let them into the club, that is a no-no. mr. trudeau: did you get a backlash from other liberals who did not like to see their hypocrisy exposed? mr. feiffer: the answer to that question is that i don't know. i did not get that much feedback, you get a lot of feedback, but i did not come at basically did not communicate with me except on very weird issues with hat -- issues which had nothing to do with anything. [laughter] mr. feiffer: i didn't get much feedback. it all

jules feiffer could comment on his jewish and left background.[laughter] >> i don't know what you're talking about. [laughter] >> i will tell you because i have your book your and i would like you to autograph it and it's filled with jewish commentary. [laughter] >> i never saw that book. [laughter] and i've never been a jew. [laughter] >> well, you got me [inaudible] [laughter] >> many were irish catholic. there were a few jews but the jews were mostly in the comic books and they came from new york. >> i beg your pardon? >> cleveland. >> yes, they came to new york and i branched out in the notion many years ago that superman really didn't come from the planet krypton. and in any case i don't think that that is true anymore and the comic book artists come from all over the place, but the generation that are for generations away from where i am and there's a lot of commentary about what happened. and there was a great depression and people form political alliances and they said that was a communist party and the socialist party and there was the a

jules feiffer brilliantly probing -- [inaudible] appeared in the be village voice for 42 years. in ordered 35 books -- authored 35 books, he's written novels, plays and an acclaimed autobiography. he received the george polk award way back in 1961. he said to me just the other the other minute that this was the first major award he received. it took our colleagues up at columbia university another 25 years -- [laughter] to see the light and recognize him with a pulitzer prize. [laughter] [applause] political artwork and writing cut across multiple platforms. her work can be found in "the new york times," paris review and the permanent collection of the museum of modern art. she has drawn in guantanamo bay abu dhabi migrant camps and rebels in syria. "the guardian" has characterized her as equal parts william s. burrow and cirque de soleil. i would add lenny bruce to the mix. [laughter] django gold, the senior writer for the onion, unfortunately will not be with us. he got stuck in chicago where there's bad weather and problems with planes flying out. our moderator is ron rosenba