Aziz Ansari hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time ever where he called out Donald Trump as being the "Chris Brown of Politics," suggesting he's got his nose in the wrong place.
"I’m sure there’s a lot of people voted for Trump the same way a lot of people listen to the music of Chris Brown, where it’s like, 'Hey, man, I’m just here for the tunes. I’m just here for the tunes. I don’t know about that other stuff. I just like the dancing and the music. I don’t condone the extra-curriculars," Ansari says.
The actor went on to compare Trump to Brown directly, using two famous quotes from both to draw parallels.
"If you think about it, Donald Trump is basically the Chris Brown of politics. And Make America Great Again is his These Hoes Ain’t Loyal."
Chris Brown did not take the joke lightly, taking to Instagram to vent his anger.
"Somebody tell Aladdin to hop off my d***," the artist writes on his Instagram post.
Except, he got one fact wrong. Aladdin, a character inspired by a Middle Eastern folklore, is not Indian.
Ansari is.
People quickly called out Chris Brown for being a "dumb racist" following his outrageous comment.
It's 2017, and stereotypes and ethnic profiling are still a major cause for concern for minority groups feeling discriminated against in the West.
And, Brown's comments reinforce that trope.
Brown's comment was only more proof that Ansari was right
#AlternativeFacts aka Lies
Who is Aladdin?
Aladdin is a famous Middle Eastern folk story, one of the many tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, added to the collection by French translator Antoine Galland in the early 18th century.
Galland heard the tale from an Arabian storyteller, but the actual story takes place in China. Some even believe that Aladdin is of Chinese origin.
Walt Disney's version of the story takes place in a fictional city of Agrabah, which has pulled inspiration from places like India and Morocco.
The Sultan's palace was inspired by the Taj Mahal in India ... So, maybe Chris Brown just got confused?
Chris Brown has reinforced the bundling up of the "east" ... An orientalist move that doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon.