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Racist Boondocks Cartoon in Sunday papers 1/9/05
Philadelphia Inquirer
| 1/9/05
| American Infidel
Posted on 01/09/2005 7:31:05 AM PST by American Infidel
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To: DGray
I don't think Boondocks is racist either - in fact, I think the word "racist" is thrown around way too lightly these days by too many people. It signifies a belief that one race is inherently superior to another, as in believing that black people were by default less intelligent than white people. It was the dominant view by the vast majority of the white intelligentsia of the 19th century and well before. I may be naive, but I truly believe there are very few true racists around these days, in the US anyway.I think you're correct. As a white guy who graduated from a historically black university, I believe that race relations aren't nearly as good as most white people think they are - and they aren't nearly as bad as most black people think. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in the middle.
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posted on
01/09/2005 12:36:49 PM PST
by
Terabitten
(Time to die, nerd boy! www.sluggy.com)
To: D Edmund Joaquin
I live in a state where the temps are usually high. I've seen black people dressed as if they were in freezing Alaska, when I'm in shorts. Hmmm...I imagine you wear a Speedo in the summer, too?!
Come to think of it, I bet those same black people, make fun of you then, too.
Oh, BTW, my husband used to wear shorts through November. He called them his lucky football shorts. I told him, you might win the game, but you won't be getting lucky wearing those stupid shorts in November.
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posted on
01/09/2005 12:44:16 PM PST
by
World'sGoneInsane
(LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
To: humblegunner
Sweet. best laugh I've had today.
To: Tragically Single
I believe that race relations aren't nearly as good as most white people think they are - and they aren't nearly as bad as most black people think. If you left the word "most" out, I would fully agree.
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posted on
01/09/2005 12:46:33 PM PST
by
World'sGoneInsane
(LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
To: World'sGoneInsane
lol, lady I'm a rancher. If I go swimming I don't need no stinking speedo
To: Owl_Eagle
To: D Edmund Joaquin
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posted on
01/09/2005 12:48:04 PM PST
by
World'sGoneInsane
(LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
To: World'sGoneInsane
I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
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posted on
01/09/2005 1:02:48 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: American Infidel
The real Racism here is that a black Cartoonist is allowed to do this, while a white Cartoonist would be ostracized. It is the same old song, a black man is not capable of racism becasue he has been oppressed, while all white men are automatically racists becaue they are oppressors.
Fortunately, this is only the Leftist Socialist view and not the Conservative or even mainstream view. There are millions of black people who know that all whites are not automatically racists. And they know there are many racist black people. Even many who are aware of dark-skinned black vs. light-skinned black racism.
But the Leftist Socialists in the MSM keep singing the same old song, and that is why a black Cartoonist gets away with what a white Cartoonist could never do these days, without a maelstrom of protest and boycott threats. Just imagine a cartoon of 2 white children in front of a fan drining tall lemonaids and watching a black jogger running in 120-degree heat, saying "black people" and see the firestorm of protest from Jesse Jackson and the black fascist elite.
To: FreedomCalls
To: DGray
The correct term, IMO, should be "bigoted," which Boondocks definitely can be at times Excuse me but IMO bigoted IS racist. They are one and the same word. You are bigoted because you have prejudged one race of people, in this case white. When you prejudge, you are prejudiced, hence a racist. I like the word prejudiced better because it says it better and the term racist seems to conjure up images of people torching buildings and throwing bombs, but back to the original statement: Bigoted is racist.
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posted on
01/09/2005 1:16:57 PM PST
by
calex59
To: American Infidel
My question is simply....
When did cartoons stop being funny? I know there are a few out there, God rest Charles Shultz's soul.
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posted on
01/09/2005 1:20:55 PM PST
by
MissouriConservative
( Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. - Robert E. Lee)
To: Hodar
I think it's kinda flattering.
If you want to get ticked off at McGruder look at the strips concerning Condi Rice. It doesn't help anybody to be overly sensitive.
To: weshess
i don't remember saying anything about that on #36.
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posted on
01/09/2005 1:29:09 PM PST
by
ken21
(if you didn't see it on tv, then it didn't happen! (/s))
To: FreedomCalls
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posted on
01/09/2005 1:37:39 PM PST
by
humblegunner
(And who knows what else?)
To: calex59
Well, I disagree. Everyone has prejudices about everything under the sun - not just race. Prejudices in and of themselves aren't necessarily bad. Prejudices are nuetral - they're our way of working out our own system of dealing with the world around us. I, for one, am very prejudiced against religions that advocate blood sacrifice, for instance. So, bigotry is a result of negative prejudices about race. But bigotry by itself does not equal real racism. You can hold negative ideas about a group but still not believe that they are inherently inferior, unintelligent as a group, and not deserving of basic rights like being able to go to college, own land and businesses, and to vote.
I don't see MacGruder expressing racist sentiments. I do see lots of bigotry and lots of anger, which leads to muddled thinking on his part.
All in my humble opinion, of course. :)
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posted on
01/09/2005 1:46:11 PM PST
by
DGray
(http://nicanfhilidh.blogspot.com)
To: ßuddaßudd
Lumping disparate people into a group - implying that they're all the same - abilities, tastes, proclivities - is a vile thing. Pre-judging - manifesting prejudice - hurts anyone who does it. It's the work of the devil. He invented it. This filthy strip is like the sweatshirt that says "E=MC2. It's a White Thing." It should offend you if you're decent.
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posted on
01/09/2005 2:05:49 PM PST
by
185JHP
( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
To: VictoryGal
Actually, I'm not hung up on it, I just didn't think that the strip was funny. If anything, the strip is more a generalization of the difference in the work ethic between Blacks and Whites. It's the Blacks who should be complaining.
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posted on
01/09/2005 2:10:01 PM PST
by
Eva
To: bitt
Although Boondocks has its fans, many of you were uncomfortable with it, and at times we were, too. Because the role of cartoonists is to comfort us.
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posted on
01/09/2005 2:15:19 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers.)
To: Catphish
Like I said, there's too much sensitivity all around. But sensitivity is a renewable resource.
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posted on
01/09/2005 2:22:44 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers.)
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