Larry Wilmore is the senior black correspondent for The Daily Show. He has written for In Living Color, The Bernie Mac Show (for which he created and served as executive producer), The PJ’s (which he co–created), The Office, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He won an Emmy and a Peabody Award for his work on The Bernie Mac Show.

In an excerpt from his new book I’d Rather We Got Casinos and Other Black Thoughts, The Daily Show correspondent explores Biblical signs of Jesus’ “homey heritage.”