Racist Boondocks Cartoon in Sunday papers 1/9/05

Philadelphia Inquirer | 1/9/05 | American Infidel

[tallhappy]

Aaron Macgruder (the illustrator) is vehemently anti-white. The Boston Glop (globe) runs Boondocks - it is routinely, racist, violent (against whites), crude, anti-Christian, and anti-American.

Yes, well put. He's got the typical marxist/neo-marxist elitist attitude and ideas.

[Caipirabob]

Just wait, this cartoon will be seen from an entirely different perspective on DUh...

This is racist against black people because:

1) The White boy is obviously running away from the black children.

2) The privileged White devil is dressed in the latest style for jogging clothes. His attire includes a $95 Izod Running Shirt with matching $65 shorts, the latest $300 Adidas Cross Trainer shoes and a matching headband, sweatband and sock ensamble by the late Gianni Versace. Meanwhile the black children are relegated to the pickings from the salvation army featuring jackets purchased from Walmart and "Keds". The White devil's propensity to cling to materialism and put it on such blatant display is an obvious affront to all people, who are summarily represented by these two small children.

3) The White boy is obviously moving freely, while he passed and left the black children frozen immobile in the snow. It obviously alludes to the precarious situation that all blacks find themselves in a white man's world. Frozen in poverty, with no means to move themselves ahead. The white boy probably didn't even notice them in their need...

Hey, take it for what it's worth. In McGruder's world I'm probably spot-on.

Here in reality in my world, however, maybe we're not all joined hand in hand singing "Kumbaya", but my world is a fair site more open minded as to give people a chance to prove themselves.

McGruder seems like a man with little internal peace. Here's to hoping he'll come to terms with the hatred he has for his fellow man.

[bigsigh]

Boondocks racist! I'm shocked. This has been going on for a few years. The liberals think he's cute, so he'll continue even if no one reads it.

[Catphish]

Yes, but there's a diffence between making sport out of a cultural idiosyncrasy and stereotyping people as criminals. Like I said, there's too much sensitivity all around.

[Nataku X]

Ah, yes, those joggers with expensive clothes make me chuckle too... when I was in high school, I was into tennis... my mother bought me a $100 tennis dress. I felt so bad not wearing it, but it was so uncomfortable... plus I never could get over putting tennis balls into my underwear instead of pockets.

NX

[isthisnickcool]

How about a large group of asian people running way from a huge wave about to fall on them and kill them. And the caption is "Gooks can't run fast"? Or maybe a caption something like "Hope they make it to the mosque, it's the only building built right".

I doubt the paper would print things like that but "white people" is OK.

Now, as far as runners go, the cartoon itself is funny. I've never understood why some runners run where they do and when. For example, a guy running next to a very busy street with cars spewing exhaust gases. That has never made sense to me.

[sgtbono2002]

I remember the Movie "White Men Cant Jump" always wondered what would happen if they made a movie called "Black men Cant Read".

When people ask me if about racism I always reply,Are these folks racist? Maxine Waters, Charles Rangel, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Cynthia McKinney, Barbara Brazille the list goes on and on. These people have either been elected because of their race or gotten rich race baiting.

For some reason black people get a pass on their racism, the Congressional Black caucus is as racist as the KKK.

[SauronOfMordor]

A bunch of years back, there was a popular t-shirt with a picture of Malcolm X, and the words "It's a Black thing, you wouldn't understand"

An enterprising t-shirt artist created a "reply" t-shirt, with a picture of Albert Einstein and a background of calculus equations, with the words "It's a White thing, you wouldn't understand".

I wonder what the response to the latter shirt on some college campuses would have been

[johnmilken]

[Drango]

Well I do think he's insulting the two black slackers. That said, we need to lighten up. Political and editorial speech is a well protected right. Next people will become overly judgmental of a comment or two that pushes the envelope on FR.

[johnmilken]

WOW! Thanks for the help. Black santa strips unavailable for free from Yahoo...but the above two should illustrate that Boondocks, while undoubtedly Dem, isn't shy of mocking black culture.

[discostu]

Not only is it funny, it's true. In my life in Tucson I've lived near two of the three most popular jogging/ biking paths in town, and the people out there are 99% white, and the people out there in bad weather are 100% white. And there is something innately hilarious about how only white people will go out in crappy weather risking pnuemonia for the sake of burning some calories and avoiding a heart attack.

[hineybona]

Pretty funny actually ..Lighten up ..I've seen some Kerry speedo types in my neighborhood jogging in the freezing cold in their designer gym shorts ..

[discostu]

Nope.

[shellshocked]

[B-Chan]

MacGruder may mock Whitey in the above panel, but you’ll notice that in his daily strip one of the black characters has no problem dating the blonde “white prize”. The message? White guy as athlete no, white girl as sexual status symbol OK .

Marse Aaron obviously thinks honkies is all right as long as dey keeps in dey place.

As a working, professional cartoonist, my opinion is that Aaron MacGruder is a talentless dorkwad who isn't fit to dump the pencil shavings of real artists like Ollie Harrington, E. Simms Campbell or Keith Knight.

Comics are America’s greatest native artform — and black Americans are an important part of its history. Anybody who wants to see what truly talented and skilled black cartoonists (and there have been plenty of them) have done need look no further than Tim Jackson’s fantastic online archive. Once you’ve seen these pros’ work, MacGruder’s crude scratchings barely rate the name “cartoon”.

[shellshocked]

Something tells me that his "cartoons" are computer drawn and all he does is place images with callouts. As a computer guy, it isn't hard to spot regular shapes that don't seem to be freehand.

[festus]

Uh oh. Now you've done it.....

[infidel29]

"It's true that as black man the author has more freedom to discuss racial issues than a white cartoonist would..."

And that is a problem society needs to address. Racism is not exclusive to whites, and no one should have 'more freedom' to discuss it than another. Perhaps we can get to a point when we can all laugh at each other and not be "offended" or at least put up the facade of offense.

[verity]

Perhaps you accidentally overdosed on your sensitivity meds.