Following up on his half-hour Netflix debut presented by Dave Chappelle, stand-up comedian Earthquake returns with his first full stand-up special for the streaming giant. The Gist: Now in his 60s, Earthquake has been a comedy “beast” for decades, according to Dave Chappelle, who first saw him perform back in 1993 the comedy club Earthquake co-owned in Atlanta. He believes they were no match for the white man, saying there’s no such thing in America as an unqualified white man: “His pigmentation is his qualification.”How deep does white privilege still run in these streets in 2025? In a bit much earlier in his set, Earthquake suggests he has seen it even while walking the streets of Portland, Ore., and remarking on how many unhoused white folks he saw there. His catchphrase of a refrain has long been “these ain’t jokes.” Somehow that feels truer now more than ever.