D.L. Hughley says anyone who spent serious time with Jeffrey Epstein back in the day should be raked over the coals for it ... arguing many people have been canceled for far less.

We caught up with the comedian at LAX Friday morning ... and, we had to ask him about the political topic on everyone's mind -- the impending release of the Epstein Files.

In the clip, Hughley expresses his outrage that we don't know everything about these men ... chalking it up to privileged rich white men. Gallery Launch Gallery Getty

D.L. argues if people of color took children to an island and sexually abused them as Epstein and his collaborators are accused of doing, the U.S. government would've wasted no time in releasing every little detail of the horrific acts.

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