The world's richest man won it gambling, in that video ... that's a sharp observation. He then bought an infant with cash. That's also a sharp observation.
Big Al the friendly non-threatening weatherman stopped showing deference to his white co-worker. That was followed up with the Powell-Cheney story, to underline it.
The line about Chuck looking pasty and sick can be taken a couple ways. Big Al claiming a different speaking voice is different side of the same coin: neither of them can be their true selves.