Comic goes to bat for the bitches and ho’s

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The Chicago Foundation for Women is chagrined this week after an actor it hired to appear in an anti-violence PSA turned out to be a comic whose favorite terms include “bitch” and “ho.” In the commercial, comedian Jay Parks says, “I have to change the way I talk.” But he doesn’t really mean that, at least as far as his standup act goes. “I think a lot of people find a lot of things offensive,” he tells the Chicago Sun-Times.

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