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Jim Norton’s signature shock humor is balanced well with honest, relatable jokes about his personal life. He also delivers an insightful critique of how race-related comedy is perceived in the U.S.

Many people may consider Norton a comedian who has been vying for a less politically correct humor. In No Baby for You, Norton is not abstaining from the politically correct but making a case for a new, more progressive free space. He proposes that there is a guilt and “dishonesty” among many white audiences that causes them to recoil away from white comics discussing race. He then launches into a line of jokes that give a frank survey of America’s racial-political landscape and tests the very boundaries he tried to establish.

It’s tough to award a racial sensitivity medal to anyone who is or was a part of the Comedy Central Roast Posse and is not named Patrice O’Neal, but Norton’s dissertation is genuine and accurate.