Trey Knowles’ “Black Netanyahu and The Evangelicals” <br /><br />In this bold piece of dark satire, Trey Knowles invites the audience into a provocative thought experiment: Imagine if Netanyahu were a Black man accused of carrying out the very same controversial actions. Would the global reaction be the same? <br /><br />Knowles suggests it wouldn’t. He jokes that Europe’s restraint would disappear overnight — that sanctions, speeches, and moral outrage would move at record speed. The punchline lands on the idea that geopolitics often looks different depending on who’s in the picture. <br /><br />He then pivots to American Evangelicals, teasing the close political alliance many hold with Israel. In Knowles’ version of events, that support would suddenly flip — as if foreign policy were less about principle and more about branding. He delivers a biting image of the Christian Broadcasting Network going into “cardiac arrest,” scrambling to reconcile theology with politics. <br /><br />The joke crescendos with a dark twist on scripture. Instead of “I will bless those who bless you,” Knowles quips, “You bless me… and I’ll curse you,” flipping the sacred promise into a cynical commentary on power and loyalty. <br /><br />Through exaggeration and irony, the piece challenges audiences to consider race, religion, and the politics of selective outrage — all wrapped in sharp, uncomfortable humor <br />
