Bernie Mac & Rhonda R. McCullough / From the bookshelf

I Don’t Care If You Like Me, I Like Me

Bernie Mac was the fearless powerhouse of standup.

Commentary & selection by Yad KonradJanuary 29, 2025

Bernie Mac was the fearless powerhouse of standup.

Straight talk with that signature raspy delivery. The man was loud, raw, and unapologetically honest. Bernie was the kind of comic who left you laughing long after the set was over.

(We watched him on Def Jam Comedy), soooo don’t quote us.

Bernie Mac and Rhonda R. McCullough’s I Don’t Care If You Like Me, I Like Me on a wooden table, with bookshelves behind it. — 01 / 02I Don’t Care If You Like Me, I Like Me. Photograph by Yad Konrad.

The book open to its January 29 entry about taking responsibility for your own actions and responses. — 02 / 02The January 29 reading, photographed for the original Library post. Photograph by Yad Konrad.

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