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The Boondocks: Martin Luther King Jr. is Alive!

Posted on January 16, 2006 12:46 PM

Happy MLK Day, people! It’s your man Dark writing to you live from the SOHH compound. Yes, they got us working on the brother Martin’s birthday. I’m not thrilled but things could be worse. Right, Dave? Anyway, let’s get down to why we are all hear… “The Boondocks.”

Last night’s episode, “The Return of the King,” posed the question: What if MLK hadn’t been killed on that faithful April day in Memphis? The episode shows what might have happened if Dr. King woke up from a decades long coma to find our people in the condition we’re in. Deep, huh? Well, for those of you who saw it you know it only gets deeper.

While Aaron McGruder and company addressed the topic with their usual irreverent tone—commenting on how streets named after Dr. King are notoriously in the most violent neighborhood (a point Chris Rock has also made), the respect we give our leaders/heroes (“Yo, that’s my nigga MLK! What up, nigga?”) and Uncle Ruckus constantly throwing bricks at Dr King… and missing (“Sorry, mister white man.”)—the episode was certainly the series’ most poignant and serious episode yet.

The speech Dr. King gives at the political party informational meeting-turned-house party was both painfully truthful and eye-opening. Through Dr. King, McGruder has again touched on the harsh truths that so many African-Americans are afraid to acknowledge. We have not lived up to “the dream” that King and so many others fought and died for. Instead, many of us have been lulled into a sense of either complacency or apathy. Many of us (including me) are satisfied with just doing enough to hold our own down. And, while I am not judging, we as a people have no right to complain about our place in this country when we are not willing to do anything about it.

As I watched the episode—with my girl, Lois Blvd, who was pumping her Cosby-supporting fist (“Cosbyness is next to Godliness.”)—I realized that the revolutionary in me isn’t dead. Sure, I’m not leaving my cushy suburban crib to live amongst my peoples. Nor am I forsaking my white friends, they pay for drinks at the bar… and tip.

However, what I will do is continue to be the opposite of the stereotype. I will also be sure to teach future generations of young Kents the same thing Ma and Pa Kent taught me—to respect themselves and others first and foremost. I will be the best man I can be.

That’s my version of the dream.

UPDATE: Check out Aaron McGruder on Nightline speaking about this episode:

Posted by Dark Kent

Comments

  • tha masta says...
  • when he blew up that was the best part IMO yeah great episode

  • January 16, 2006 1:02 PM
  • Randy says...
  • Thank you, Mr. Mcgruder

  • January 16, 2006 1:16 PM
  • liliverson718 says...
  • That was the most serious episode to me so far.i sat through that whole thing with my mouth open in disbelief. the part that got me was when dr.king called all the negros Niggas. i was laughing so hard that i was crying and saying damn in the same breath.after a while i kinda felt ashamed cause at times i shuffle and jive.(im tryin to break that habit)i really hope that the boondocks get the image award from naacp. cause it will be really fucked up if they actually get the most embarrassing black person award.(if you dont know what that is yall need to step your came up on the boondocks and read dummy!)
    peace

  • January 16, 2006 1:35 PM
  • Illy says...
  • man props to the boondocks, this episode was crazy. when he gave that speech i was actually listening to what he said.

  • January 16, 2006 2:20 PM
  • DAMN says...
  • we all know that that niggas was just speaking the truth, "niggas love to be late, niggas hate to hurry" I've seen this shit happen one too many times, mothafuckas are always fucking late, they're gonna be late to their own fucking funerals. but on the real though, I like this episode. I have noticed that Martin Luther King Blvd is the most dangerous place to walk through, we have one over here, and niggas are crazy over there, that was damn fact. "niggas love to hear themselves talk but niggas hate to explain". I've seen this shit happen to alot of mothafuckas who keep on talking nonsense but when you ask them to explain themselves, they could never do this, that was fuckin' funny as hell.

    all I know is mothafuckas need to wake the fuck up and help each other, the government isn't going to do and they haven't for the past 400+ years so wake the fuck up. we all know the niggas that we talking about are the poor niggas so why can't we uplift them. teach them to do better. we are a people of so much strength but we've yet to realize our own fucking potential and that frustrates the hell out of me. why when a black man/woman wants to start some movement, niggas always wanna drag their fucking feet. Oh well, as the saying goes"niggas never learn"

  • January 16, 2006 2:39 PM
  • Boy Wonder says...
  • WILL YOU NIIIIIIIIIIGGAS SHUT THE HELLLLLLL UP!!!!!!!

  • January 16, 2006 2:41 PM
  • chevy g. hustle says...
  • This was the best episode so far to me.

    Dr.King said three things that are the God honest truth:

    1) Why is this man's picture on everything? He said "they should really have my authorization for things like this." "Something like that."
    2) Soul Plane is a fucked up movie.
    3) BET is the worst thing that he's ever seen.

    Three truths.

  • January 16, 2006 2:48 PM
  • Youngnigga says...
  • Man, the Boondocks is the best fuckin show ever.that shit was so real.that muthafuckin fake MLK speech needs to be broadcast on all the nigga news stations(Fox,Upn,even WB),BET and MTV.i can only hope they dont cancel that show,cause i know its coming, just cause i like it.but anyways,that was too real.people(black people)need to understand that the legislation of civil rights is already here.we still got problems,but its on us,cause them white folks aint givin too many more handouts.racism still exists,and the only way we can prevent it from affecting us is to be in a position where it doesnt matter what they do.its fuckin america, and we have to understand that we are lucky and gifted.niggas(including latinos)could have still been in them third world countries(the word "third world" is racist in itself),super strugglin',without even a means of getting money.we are in the land of opportunity,so niggas need to take advantage.
    In the ever so wise words of Dr. King,"The most dangerous thing in this world is sincere ignorance,and conscientious stupidity!!!"
    KEEP HOPE ALIVE, MUTHAFUCKAS!!
    ^^^^
    c )

  • January 16, 2006 3:48 PM
  • gully son says...
  • This has to be the most meaningful and important episode that Aaron McGruder has created. It shows a lot of our reflections of how we fucked it up when King was gone. Back then, they marched and protested and make things happen. Now on MLK Day is nothing but a goddamn nigga party.

  • January 16, 2006 4:24 PM
  • bond says...
  • "niggas love to hear themselves talk but niggas hate to explain"
    love that line
    it was a deep episode, and boondocks should win countless awards for this. Boondocks should be used in school, this show alone could teach a generation. DR. KING FOREVER!!! We've come far, but we still got miles left.

  • January 16, 2006 4:25 PM
  • Creem says...
  • this truly was the best episode ive seen to date, Aaron is a Genius. I laughed so hard i was crying. It was very funny as well as thought provoking, im glad we have someone creative like this in our generation.

  • January 16, 2006 5:35 PM
  • Ron Mexico says...
  • Oh snap! A boneless rib sandwich!

  • January 16, 2006 6:54 PM
  • riley says...
  • i hate you morgan freeman!!

  • January 16, 2006 7:14 PM
  • ms. piggy says...
  • aaron has won the image award before, but i hope he wins it again he should anyway. I don't see anyone else doing anything worth note!!

  • January 16, 2006 8:18 PM
  • Whoa says...
  • I hope Uncle Ruckus dies. That nigga has been brainwashed to the point that he thinks a skin color is superior. That whole "sorry mister white man" shit wasn't cool yo.

    All MLK wanted was equality, but that dumbass nigga Ruckus said "I was happy sitting at the back of the bus." And when he said all that shit like "big cheeked monkeys," etc.

    I like the show, but I think Uncle Ruckus is a little too harsh.

  • January 16, 2006 8:24 PM
  • Georgia Bottom Boy says...
  • Whoa,

    it's cool when Riley and Huey talk bad about white people, but when Uncle Ruckus talks bad about black people you get offended? Be real man, it's just comedy, don't take it personal.

  • January 16, 2006 9:15 PM
  • biggda says...
  • THE SHOW IS OVER. One of the Hudlins is an executive on this show. One of the Hudlins is now a bigwig at BET. I see a lot of pressure on this show. Rave reviews do not equal great ratings. Nielsen never asked me what shows i like.

  • January 16, 2006 9:57 PM
  • Stone says...
  • Umm I'm not following that line of reasoning. BET is owned by Viacom. Cartoon Network (the channel on which Boondocks is shown) is owned by Ted Turner.

  • January 16, 2006 10:08 PM
  • youngnigga says...
  • Ron Mexico,

    "Ohhh snap,a boneless rib sandwich!Whut will they think of next?"

    "I can't decide between a 50 gig Ipod,and a 100 gig Ipod.."

    Man,the muthafuckin boondocks is the truth.

  • January 16, 2006 10:20 PM
  • youngnigga says...
  • Oh yeah, Uncle rucker takes that self hatin shit alittle too far.cant fuck with it.i know theres probably niggers like that(note the "er"),but i dont know any,none of them types in my fam.that nigga is straight up crazy.that dude makes me kinda mad.
    Oh yeah,georgia down bottom must be a whiteboy,cause in case you didnt know,blacks make as much jokes about white folks as yall make about us,probably more(black folks be pretty racist,for a formally opressed people).
    KEEP HOPE ALIVE,muthafuckas!!

  • January 16, 2006 10:25 PM
  • Trust says...
  • As I was watching the episode I couldn't help but think that it was just a tiny bit,untrue. the black community hasn't kept up their end of the bargain but it took 500 years to get us out of bondage it will at least take that many to completely free us. Martin Luther King is not given the type of credit that he should be given because he wasn't just "free blacks." He was on another level both intellectually and spiritually, which few people in general actually get to. And with this he was able to make change. He wanted every person to get to thst level because then he wouldn't be needed. But the question is as a society, "Can we ever get to that level?" It isn't just a black issue anymore, it is a human one, and as humans, right now, we treat eachother like animals.

  • January 16, 2006 11:21 PM
  • ------------ says...
  • I LOVE THE BOONDOCKS FOR SEPERATING BLACK PEOPLE FROM "NIGGAS". FUCK NIGGAS! DEATH TO YOU ALL! AS LONG AS STREET TRASH KEEPS MAKING A PROFIT OFF DEGRADING OUR RACE THRU MUSIC, BLACK PEOLE WILL NEVER ADVANCE.

  • January 17, 2006 12:11 AM
  • Bird says...
  • It's interesting that some folks said they laughed during the episode. I didn't crack a smile the whole time. I was too busy wondering what Dr. King would have thought had it actually occured the way it was depicted. He'd keel over and die from seeing what we have done with the opportunities he died to give us. We are motivated purely by money and the shit money can buy. We will do anything for money. Think of all the stars (men & women) who date or marry extremely attractive people. They know damn well they couldn't get them without the money, yet they fuck with them anyway KNOWING they want them for their money. Think of all the rappers and black hip hop execs who will spend tens of thousands on a piece of jewelry knowing they put their lives in jeapordy everytime they wear it in the street. Look at Bob Johnson, a black genious who abandoned his initial positive programming for a dumbed down tit and ass show just so he can become a billionare. Look at all of us who admire him for being that sellout who would take down our community to make his pockets fat like a common drug dealer. Maybe now we can understand why white folks enslaved us. For the money. We cool with that motivation right? Dr King got his wish. We are as greedy and self indulgent as white folks now. This shit ain't funny at all to me and I agree with the other person earlier in the post. It's gonna take centuries for us to turn this shit around if we are not totally destroyed by greed first.

  • January 17, 2006 12:35 AM
  • Aural Essex says...
  • The Boondocks is the truth

    "And now I wanna talk about soulplane"
    -M.L.K.
    This Show is what we need. It's not for kids and shouldn't be. It's for adults who need that wake up call.
    I can't understand why we as a people have let it come to what it has. Niggas be Shuckin and Jivin too much. Talking bout some bullshit half the time. You know it's fucked up when the most thought provoking people we have is Dave Chappelle and Aaron Mcgruder.

    What happened to the movement. Where did the leaders go? They are busy getting paid!
    We need to wake up!
    And the Boondocks just may be the alarm clock we need.

  • January 17, 2006 9:32 AM
  • MLK says...
  • I think I'd be most upset with being portrayed as a "scum-nigga" then anything else. I bet if I was in a coma and woke up to this show, THEN I'd keel over and die. Thanks for nothing my black people. YOU MAY BE FREE IN THE PHYSICAL BUT YOUR LOCKED UP IN THE MENTAL. Peace to all men...

  • January 17, 2006 9:38 AM
  • depressed_black_male says...
  • if malcom x and martin luther king was alive they spit in your face black you are the opposite of what black people have struggled for i spit in you face if i saw you in the street

  • January 17, 2006 10:41 AM
  • question please says...
  • does anyone know where i can get that speech from on the net?


    i love that speech he gave.


    mlk speech on the boondocks

  • January 17, 2006 11:11 AM
  • smokey robinson says...
  • Yo, I jest peeped on myspace that part of that speech comes froma song called "Niggas" by Asheru (Unspoken Heard). www.myspace.com/asheru1. He posted the real song on his page.

  • January 17, 2006 4:34 PM
  • YOUNGSOUFSIDA says...
  • The Boondocks been the truth since day 1. it always tackles ironic issues that smart black ppl think about all the time. Bill Cosby was right about us as niggaz and if u dont see it then ur blind or retarded.

    Put da brickz, cookies, and grillz down and pick up a fuckin book 4 a change. Learn and grow. Holla

  • January 17, 2006 10:48 PM
  • smokeymacpott420@ayhoo.com says...
  • Yall see Arron on Nightline? That shit was hella funny she put that bitch on BLAST when she was like the "N" word, and he was like what Nigga! LOL That shit was funny as hell to me. You know what is even more funny, you know that bitch has said the word NIGGER befor and now she wants to say the "N" word?? Fuck that white folks at there, don't be SCARED to say NIGGA just make sure you know what NIGGAS are around when you say it.

  • January 18, 2006 12:40 AM
  • nik says...
  • does anyone know the name of the song that was played during this episoded when huey and dr. mlk are "taking it to the streets"

    the songs starts " i wish the president would stop lying and black babies stop crying, i wish the police would stop killing and politician stop steelin . . ."

    .nik.

  • January 19, 2006 11:17 AM
  • Whoa says...
  • Georgia Bottom Boy, fuck are you talking about? I never said it was OK to talk bad about ANY race. Didn't your half reading ignorant ass see everything I wrote before you jumped to conclusions. I was talking about equality.

    I was saying Uncle Ruckus is too harsh of a character. If Uncle Ruckus is comedy to you, then you need to clue the fuck in. Sometimes its funny, I agree, but the rest of it is inhumane.

    I didn't take anything personal, you need to read everything before you make a descision. You can't learn anything by stopping halfway. Nothing makes sense until its complete.

  • January 19, 2006 11:55 AM
  • 313rd says...
  • I just saw the MLK episode last night and I laughed my ass off! Uncle Ruckus is the funniest and most poignant character on the show. He represents a common mind state that most black folks have but aren't aware of it or don't embrace it like Uncle Ruckus. Our older generation definitely believes in white is right. They have been increasingly submissive and afraid to disrupt things because they don't want to lose that "good job" or make boss man mad. They are willing to accept their brothers and sisters dying all around them as long as they can move themselves away from the struggle and closer to the white folks who run from us whenever we move to their town and then idolize and immitate us behind closed doors. For any black veteran that lived through the wars of the past, how could you encourage your young to enlist for the military when you put your life on the line for a country that still sees you as a threat and a burden to their way of life. Why is dying for one person or one group's point of view patriotic, but allowing entire races of American citizens to die senseless deaths and live like 3rd world citizens. PETA can locate and prosecute any animal offender within this country but we didn't have the resources to get black folks out of New Orleans. Yeah, sure! But the show was on point and he should get a couple of awards for that shit!

  • January 20, 2006 10:32 AM
  • Kevin M. says...
  • the boondocks is the most truthful show i have ever seen. i admire the way that it was done without fear, and i really loved the mlk episode. until then, i thought i was the only one who saw us black folks as a failure. i hate to see prisons full of black men, and black men killin each other. racism is still alive, but no longer is it the white man against the black man, but the black man agaisnt the black man. we cant blame our problems on "the man" anymore, and we wont grow until we realize that we are repsonible for the desecration of our own race. thank you for listening. God bless, praises to Allah. Black Power

  • January 21, 2006 12:23 AM
  • E says...
  • to the person who wanted to know the song with the lyrics "i wish the president would stop lying and black babies stop crying, i wish the police would stop killing and politician stop steelin. Its a song called wishing by masta ace and pete rock. If u have limewire u can just type in wishing by masta ace and it should come up.

  • January 21, 2006 2:33 PM
  • m says...
  • The boondocks is perhaps the most socially insightful shows out now, and it can get away with such bold statements because there is a point to it all. The points made in each episode hit hard and clearly into our everyday lives and interactions across racial lines.

    I wish Aaron and the show the most success, and I hope that the right people will watch the show a learn something.

    Best episode ever...

  • January 22, 2006 12:20 AM
  • Chief Rocka says...
  • I think Uncle Rucus is the most offensive character on the show. He is the worst kind of a racist, one who hates his own people. He disgusts me, and I hate him, but I also pity him, and those like him. Which is why he is my favorite character, and why he is so important.

    I personally found the MLK episode not very funny (there was some good parts) and highly offensive, but it is supposed to offend. I believe the show was created for the solom duty of of raising awareness. The question is now, do we sit around discusing it, or do we do something about it?

    We all know that our people's progress has been in steady decline after the murders two of our greatest black leaders. But we choose to do nothing about it, we still buy into all the same products, hype and sterotype that we aleady know are oppressing us. Yet we do nothing.

    Prime example. Nigga.

    Nigga is a term that has been to belittle, disparage and oppress black folks since the middle passage. Only now, we're using their weapon against ourselves.

    Let me ask you this, if your entire life a bully calls you stupid and ugly, and when you grow older, you call yourself stupid and ugly, your bully can retire. You're doing his work for him.

    Everytime we use that word to describe ourselves or our people, we're breathing life into it's power to hurt us. We can only heal from it, if we let it die.

  • January 22, 2006 12:59 AM
  • Jazzman says...
  • Uncle Rucus lives in too many black communities across the nation. Often the worst enemy is one of our own... Dr. King would likely be rolling on the floor laughing at the episode, as were many who were able to take the cartoon in context. Peace, Jazzman

  • January 22, 2006 6:47 AM
  • JW says...
  • To keep it short, who knows if MLK would have reacted the same way, and who cares. Some of the points that the Boondocks version made are vaild. It is just sad that we need a medium such as a cartoon to be our "wake up", but I guess I am preaching to the choir for the most part. Whatever works I guess.

  • January 22, 2006 4:14 PM
  • SOSDD says...
  • Enjoyed the show. I am enjoying the dialog it has created even more though. Speakup, no need to be profound, just be heard. "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
    - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

  • January 22, 2006 4:26 PM
  • Azrael says...
  • This was the first episode of The Boondocks I had ever seen, and I didn't even catch it from the beginning. I caught it at the best part; the political party meeting at the church followed by the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King speech. I have been pondering these exact same sentiments since the seventh grade. I am 27 now and I just have to say, God help us!

    Every mid-January thru the end of February of every year, I recalled black students, who spent most of their time in the deans office, trying to redeem themselves with one of MLK's speeches, a George Washington Carver science project, or a Malcolm X book report just to end up back on suspension or in detention Mar 1.

    The young black girls doing their really cool African bush dances in gym during the Black History assembly, later becoming pregnant and dropping out half way through their desegregated high schools years.

    As an aspiring music producer, my disgust with the music industry and the way that Blacks can take an art form that our creativity, tribulations, and souls help develope and use it to lead our youth and entire race down a path of self-distruction. Now it's a part of pop culture, so white, asian, and latino kids are at risk. I'm sick of hearing that the reason booties are shaking in every lyric and video is because sex sells. That's funny, I heard sex also kills... especially in Africa.

    We ask ourselves, "What if Dr. King was still here"? No offense to anyone in his family, but his sons are still here. Rev Jesse Jackson was standing with him when he was shot. What are any of them doing to keep true hope alive. A mere charity foundation or a proposed assembly (with room for a million, but attended by a couple hundred thousand) is not enough.

    The Bible said that in the last days that God's elect would be tested and some even deceived. Maybe we are just too afraid of being assassinated for doing what's right or imprisoned say what needs to be said (1st Amendment).

    John 3:16,17

  • January 22, 2006 5:57 PM
  • tl3 says...
  • I'd like to respond to 313rd's comments:
    "Our older generation definitely believes in white is right. They have been increasingly submissive and afraid to disrupt things because they don't want to lose that "good job" or make boss man mad. They are willing to accept their brothers and sisters dying all around them as long as they can move themselves away from the struggle and closer to the white folks who run from us whenever we move to their town and then idolize and immitate us behind closed doors."
    What the hell is wrong with getting good jobs? The whole point of those movements of the past was to get equality and be able to have the opportunity to achieve a living equal to that of a white man's. Now whenever a black guy gets a good job, we call him a "sell-out". We act as if blacks only live in America and that it is the only culture that a true brotha must adopt. Ever been to England? The blacks there talk the exact same way as the rest of British; there's no huge culture gap. We here in America get angry for some reason when a black person acts or talks "like a white guy" even though the "black thing to do" is not done anywhere else in the world. I'm not saying we need to change the way we talk, but we need to be careful how we choose an identity for a black person because as long as being successful or living in a nice house is considered a "white thing" or the "submissive thing" instead of a "good thing", then we really have blown it, and being broke and living in the projects will always be the "black thing" since we have made the alternative so unpopular. All is lost when we start equating success and improving one's lifestyle with submissiveness. Maybe the fact that we all CAN move into these white neighborhoods shows that our need to "disrupt things" might not correct. For over two hundred years we fought for the right to integrate our ways of life: live where we want to, marry who we want to, work wherever we're qualified -- and then we culturally segregate ourselves from each other in order to maintain this black culture that has no roots in black heritage and only exists in this country. I don't know any white person who moves to another neighborhood whenever a black person moves in. There would be a lot of moving vans on the freeway. In the Boondocks MLK says "niggas love to hear themselves talk but niggas hate to explain"...explain what you meant when you said "They are willing to accept their brothers and sisters dying all around them as long as they can move themselves away from the struggle...". So are you saying that it is the duty of every black person to drop whatever they are doing or quit any job they have when someone with the same skin color is having trouble? What do you mean by "dying"? Are they starving to death or being murdered? Are you talking about bunch of blacks being killed by a white mob, and a black guy with a good job turning a blind eye? Are you saying that successful and ambitious blacks are evil and selfish? Or are you talking about poverty? There are poor people of all races; why is it that only blacks are required to share in each other's misery? Are you saying that they are dying from crime on the streets? If two rival gangs are fighting over territory, what would you have a black lawyer or banker do about it? What do you mean by "dying all around them"? I thought you said these blacks were moving into white-filled areas. Where are blacks just dropping like flies left and right and how come I haven't heard of such a place? What are blacks dying of that Asians and Latinos aren't?
    And your comments about black veterans can be answered like this: they loved their country. We're Americans. Black is not a separate citizenship. People like the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII fought for a country whose inhabitants treated them with oppression because they believed they could earn a future for us. That future has become a reality, but we don't want to admit it. Black veterans of WWII love their country even more now because they lived during an oppression that we have never experienced, and they are now treated with the dignity they only dreamt of getting when they were our age. When they see a dictator like Saddam Hussein, a man who hates the US and actually used WMD in the past, actively create a conducive environment for terrorism against the US, they want to see their country be defended. In war you learn that it is better to attack before your enemy has a assembled their weapons, and Saddam DID have a weapons program that was cut short, but that's a different argument. Protecting America does not mean fighting to protect "the man", it means defending Americans of all color.
    By the way, the hurricane relief efforts in New Orleans took two weeks not only because of some problems with Louisiana state law, but it is hard to drive supplies in when there are no unflooded roads, it's hard to airlift in supplies when there are no unflooded airfields, and it is hard to bring supplies in by boat when there is so much debris. To execute an enormous and organized relief effort that works around these obstacles is very time-consuming.

  • January 23, 2006 12:46 AM
  • Jimmy says...
  • We (black people) and people in general will never get anywhere until we stop blaming entertainment for our problems. Why does crap continue to play on the air waves? Because that's what the majority of people request and demand be played. Why would a guy take a chance of being thought provoking or creative when he can make a snapable song about nothing and get paid. Not making excuses, but facts are facts.

    Yes music is apart of the people, but the real issue is alot (not) parents not being respnsible today. Don't want to watch the kids? Let the babysitter, TV, PSP, DVD, watch them. Is your kid hungry? Feed them some cheap crap from KFC, Taco Bell, Burger King, Whitecastle, and so on.

    We've got to the point where parents and teachers push kids through school not learning a damn thing. Its very sad to see 7th graders that can't multiply or read at a 2nd grade level, but can recite every word of Busta's new song or "Grillz".

    Its time for parents to step up and stay home from the clubs sometime.

  • January 23, 2006 12:58 AM
  • ChaP says...
  • "This is it? This is what I took all those ass-whoopins for?"

    That's one of the greatest lines ever written. Truth hurts.

  • January 23, 2006 9:39 AM
  • kneegro_ says...
  • This is the kinda shit nigga need to hear, it's just to bad that niggas have hard heads and you can't teach them shit. So hopefully those individuals capable of rising above the "Nigga" statis will understand how niggas are the strongest inhibitors in the african american's process. The boondocks is the best shit i've ever seen

  • January 24, 2006 12:14 AM
  • Janok says...
  • RE: tl3

    I'm not gonna even get into the war, this talkback is about the Boondocks, but I hafta say one thing about the hurricane relief. How can you defend the the fact our government IGNORED the plight of the people of New Orleans? You're telling me that they couldn't get relief to those people? Are you insane? Ever heard of the Berlin Airlift? Our military can deploy people/support to the most remote parts of the planet within 16 hours, and you think that they couldn't get into New Orleans? How did Anderson Cooper and every other reporter that was on the scene make it down there so quickly? When this government mobilized for Terri Schiavo, Bush was back to the White House in the middle of the night, but couldn't be bothered to fly down to N.O. for days. Nothing personal, but you're way off base. They ignored those people.

    As for the Boondocks, the MLK ep ruled. Ruckus is hilarious, he is perspective, showing us how awful it COULD be, to the point of ridiculousness. Anyone who didn't laugh when he walked into the rally with a sign that said 'I love Jim Crow' doesn't get it.

    Peace

  • January 24, 2006 9:56 AM
  • Patrick says...
  • This was one of funniest and most honest things I have every seen. Bravo!

  • January 24, 2006 11:36 AM
  • sonny says...
  • serious stuff one for the collection.... i need some of my children to view this episode.. can i puchas it or can when it will air again.. good job mr. McGRUDER

  • January 24, 2006 9:55 PM
  • Educated says...
  • While I am a big fan of the show The Boondocks. It seems some of my counterparts that are African American don't quite get the point. I have read though most of the posts on this and it seems that many of you are stating what sounds good, but at the same time saying it like a fool. You do not need to further state N**** this, muthaf**** that. You not only diminish the small message that the show did place. You further prove the point of what the shows was saying. You sound like a fool. To begin with uplifting a nation, you must uplift yourself first.

    While this episode was very good and I am presently looking for a transcript for the show simply for the speech that was given. I don't think people took it fully in context of how it should be.

    If you don't help yourself no one will help you. Black people are always quick to say that we are oppressed and have problems in this country but, always slow to answer to how to fix those problems. I am seriously sickened to my stomach everytime I see another black person arrested for something stupid. Survival is one thing, but people are geting arrested for stuff that doesn't even make sense.

    Every black person is waiting for the next MLK to arise. For the next Malcolm X. Why not become that person yourself. Or atleast follow someone.

  • January 25, 2006 2:03 AM
  • Kneegro_ says...
  • As an african american i think it's great to read these responses to the show and know that there are people out there that see blacks are not done with the struggle but at the same time understand that blacks have created new struggles within our own communities. After reading all the comments and opinion on "Niggas and Motherf*ckas" it all sounds great. But In the past years blacks have still struggled and unfortunitly turned on eachother because of the few that have stepped beyond the steryotypical african american and have left behind an image of the sucessful individual that the culture has named "Micheal jordan or kobe bryant syndrome". Where socity has give privelige to a black above others turning other blacks into individual idealist and no longer family oriented. Now majority of african youth believe that basketball and rap music is their best path to sucess when educatiuon (though my be a struggle) is optainable.
    All the comments on this page are great but fall on def ear. Because blacks are turned agianst eachother, and can't see how other blacks will aid their struggle because there have been Niggas in their path that will try to convenice them that the streets have everything or they become victoms because the streets, or the hood has taken everything.
    To many of us wait for handout, wait for apologies, while holding back those of our own just because we don't know. In the hundred years of stuggle as freeman leading to the marches of Dr. King... blacks from all states, and all struggles united because they knew they could count on eachother and brought us to the utopia that we have now. And it's a shame what we've done with it.
    Thank you so much Aaron McGruder

  • January 26, 2006 3:37 PM
  • tl3 says...
  • Response to Janok:

    About New Orleans...technically that isn't even supposed to be a federal issue. Whenever a state endures a natural disaster, like earthquakes, floods (which happened everywhere in the heartland during early to mid-nineties), or even volcanoes, that state's local government is supposed to be the one to respond. Bush shouldn't have had to even send the national guard down there; it was only after the local government proved to be incapable. In fact, by law, Bush isn't even SUPPOSED to be diverting National Guard troops to bring disaster relief. Bush's fault lies in trusting the Louisiana government to be able to uphold their duties in disaster response. If Bush was really a racist, then he would think that blacks are inferior and would never have relied on one to be his National Security Advisor or his Secretary of State.

  • January 26, 2006 4:33 PM
  • tl3 says...
  • I'm sorry to go off on the New Orleans issue again, but I just get so angry when people start buying into these conspiracy theories. When we spend all this time making outrageous accusations of racism, REAL occurrences of racism get ignored. Has anyone seen that Michael Jackson episode of South Park where it shows what it would really look like if law enforcement deliberately put innocent, rich, black men behind bars because they're jealous of their wealth? I didn't realize how ridiculous the idea was until I saw that episode; I then realized that because some of these popular claims of racism are so stupid, many people start to feel that racism is no longer a problem since it seems like the worst racial problems blacks can come up with are not even racist in the first place. Racism exists, but not in the same form as it did in the past. It is a form that no legislation or lawsuit can solve because it isn't even intentional. More obvious forms of racism are uncommon but exist, yet they get lost among all the millions of erroneous claims of racism. "Racism" is a word that is starting to lose its impact because it is used to describe nearly every problem we have. If black people are ever going to be taken seriously, then more responsible use of the "r-word" is necessary.
    "Is this what I got all those ass-whoopings for?" -"MLK"

  • January 26, 2006 5:59 PM
  • Janok says...
  • for tl3:

    Technically, you are correct, the state government IS supposed to deal with natural disasters on a state level. However, Katrina was WELL beyond the range of the state of LA's capabilities, and the federal government knew it, even before Katrina hit. Blaming the government of Louisiana for not being able to handle Katrina is an extremely cold and callous attitude to take in the face of so much death. Saying that the federal government should not be involved in helping states deal with disasters among the magnitude of Katrina is just crazy. Would you approach 9/11 with the same mentality? Are you saying that the federal government should not have helped out in the clean up and aftermath of the Towers falling? And please, if the government is going to involve itself in things like Terri Schiavo and not Katrina, then we are truly living in dangerous times.

    As far as Bush being a racist? You can have your own opinion on that, but the priorities, attitude, and actions of this administration and Bush himself say otherwise. He has been unwilling to (and has yet to) meet with the NAACP as well as other black delegations in DC. This administration's policies, including their approach to education, has done NOTHING to help the poor, impoverished, and struggling people of this country, much less Katrina's victims. I am of the mind that the federal government's issue with the people of New Orleans was based on their socio-economic status more than their race, it just so happens that most of the poor residents of New Orleans are black (and Democrats). They don't vote for Bush, so they didn't matter. The administration was slow and ineffective in their response, and people died because of things like having no clean water to drink, and simple, treatable illnesses like dyssentary. Regardless of whose responsibility it was to respond to Katrina, a responsible administration would've taken care of the problem, not blamed the victims.

    And just for that added insult to injury, guess what company is making over 125 million in reconstruction contracts in New Orleans, but has yet to make any real headway? Here's a clue, it begins with an H.

    The worst racism is never overt.

  • January 27, 2006 10:03 AM
  • J. says...
  • The Speech: MLK

    Is this it?
    This is what I got all those ass whoopin’s for?
    I had a dream once.
    It was a dream that little black boys and little black girls would drink from the river of prosperity,
    Freed from the thirst of oppression.
    But low and behold some four decades later what have I found?
    But a bunch of triflin‘, shiftless, good for nothing niggas.
    And I know some of you don’t want to hear me say that word.
    It’s the ugliest word in the English language.
    But that’s what I see now,
    Niggas.
    And you don’t wanna be a nigga,
    cause niggas are living contradictions.
    Niggas are filled with unfulfilled ambition.
    Niggas watch and wane,
    Niggas love to complain.
    Niggas love to hear themselves talk but hate to explain.
    Niggas love being another mans judge and jury.
    Niggas procrastinate till it’s time to worry.
    Niggas love to be late,
    Niggas hate to hurry!
    Black Entertainment Television
    Is the worse thing I’ve ever seen in my life!
    Usher, Michael Jackson is NOT a genre of music.
    And now I’d like to talk about "Soul Plane".
    I’ve seen whats around the corner.
    I’ve seen whats over the horizon.
    And I promise you,
    You niggas have nothing to celebrate.
    And NO I wont get there with you… I’m going to Canada.

    MLK

  • January 27, 2006 7:34 PM
  • tired says...
  • You give credit to what was said in the speech then turn around and "nigga' this and "MF" this. That is part of the point MLK was trying to make and you missed it.

  • January 29, 2006 3:54 PM
  • kc says...
  • I did not see the show but watched the clips that were shown from this website.

    I find Aaron McGruder's attitude highly irreverent, disrespectful and sadly a reflection of his generation.

    While I agree that we as a people have not come where we should be, it should not be addressed by debasing the struggle of those who died to get us this far.

    Dr. King's life was a reflection of a time when we as a people cared about each other and worked together. Maybe Mr. McGruder can spend his efforts and air time to rekindle that instead of causing more division.

  • February 3, 2006 3:14 PM
  • Dl says...
  • I have a question? What is a wigger what is a nigga it pisses me off to the fact that not one person I have met can answer. We have built such a stereotype for ourselfs that we can't even remember what it used to be like. In the getto you used to be able to walk up to someone and say hi without being called an oreo. I am black and no more no less. I am black to heaven. God has made me bllack for a reason at that reason is to help anyway I can to lead his people from temptation. I wish I knew what I could do...... You know what we are just some triflin good for nothin niggas but my dad says I am not a nigga im a negro a bllack person with some common sense.

  • February 3, 2006 11:15 PM
  • ellis says...
  • as long as we keep swearin that we are enslaved by the white man while all the other minorities in this country keep buying resturants and stores and other buisinesses, we will always be enslaved.... by ourselves. one of the points of the episode was how WE HAVE ABUSED OUR FREEDOM! we now have the oppertunity to do whatever we want if we put our minds to it! but for whatever reason a sizable group of us decided to adopt the ideals of rampant materialism and delf destuction and self disrespect. and then have the nerve to poison our kids with that SH#T! i hate to say it but we as a black community were better of in the 1900s-1960s when we were segrageted and devoted all our time to keeping our families strong and our communities safe and close nit. it seemed all of america was against us then, and it made us better as a people. we had focus, and positive ambition. we worked hard for what we had and taught our kids to do the same in everything they did..... well thats all from me, just a brotha tired of niggas missing the point and tryin to sound like they got it.

  • February 16, 2006 6:43 PM
  • White Panther says...
  • I hate Martin Luther King and I'm glad he's dead, because now you niggas know your place. Which at the back of everything. You big pink liped monkeys. Why don't you ignit niggas stop your times and stay in your shackels and stick climbing trees and doing drugs you black son of bitches. Soul Plane is what you black people like and rap is bunch of crap that was created by crappy ass black people. I hope that black son of a bitch Al Sharpton boycotts that black crap that is The Boondocks. White people

  • March 18, 2006 5:55 PM
  • White Panther says...
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  • March 18, 2006 5:58 PM
  • Quaker Oats says...
  • this episode is one of the top 3 out of his season. it was effing hilarious and had a good point. fuck all those people who thought that his speech was a joke too. THAT SHIT REALLY HAPPENS. being black, i kno FOR A FACT that niggas is the most procrastinating people in history. DAMN i mean just hella slow.

    Also, what a lot of people dont understand is that people like Uncle Ruckus do exist and are alive and kicking. Instead of talking about how bad a character he is, how about u go out and meet some of these people? bitchin about an inanimate character aint doin shit 4 the community.

    Lastly, FUCK WHITE PANTHER. :)

  • April 18, 2006 11:40 PM
  • thebuegecko says...
  • as a white person i sometime cringe when i hear huey or his bitch of a brother go off about white this or white that
    but i am pleasantly surprised to see he actually gives i to both sides
    and for that i thank him
    too many blacks have high self esteem but low sense
    its good to see one of their own tell them to stop being niggers and start being humans

  • April 21, 2006 9:50 PM
  • L .J.S.L. J.r says...
  • Lots of people dont get it ,theres Black People in my school and they are expected to be someone who they not...I'm black too and already people think that i should'nt be doing that or other things... and there white. And then like ELLIS said...you start beeing yourself and your beeing called a oreo, other people saying your not black all because of stereotypes, they just don't know how it is. I live in Chateauguay, Quebec, CANADA, and when i was in sec 1, I Had a french quebeker axcent "and i still have one"
    and black people were saying it just gets me upset... Some of you might not know wat im saying but youll get it one day

  • May 20, 2006 8:58 PM
  • L.J.S.L.J.r says...
  • and another thing is that some white people want to bee themeselfs and they jus cant cause of stereotypes......im not racist or anything...but im for for both white and latin americans europeeins...everyone including asians and other continents that im forgetting but...[({I want people to accept other people for who they are... Thats all i got to say})]

  • May 20, 2006 9:13 PM
  • Ash says...
  • This episode really should have opened your eyes and make you see what our society is today..how we live..how all that freedom fighting..and sit ins and going to jail seems like it was all done for nothing...they fought to show the world we are not dirty and just pure ignorant..but all we did was prove them right...we cant get up on time..we make excuses..we are uneducated...we would rather get drunk and high that go to school..thats stupid its crazy..I know Dr.King would really be so hurt if he could come back and see what all his hard work did..NOTHING...sure we can sit in the front of the bus but we choose to sit in the back...nigger meaning dumb ignorant dirty person became nigga friend, buddy..yes we can vote but half of us wont..yes we can get jobs but half of us would rather be on welfare...yes we can eat in the same restaurant but we always go through the drive thru...we complain but wont find a way to fix it..we would rather sell drugs to kids that to mentor them and teach them what is right...we would rather have babies than to save ourselves...wake up black people..we have become what we feared,we have become what we fought against, we have become fools..we were saved but put ourselve back in harms ways..we were found but got lost again..we were sivilized but we made ourselve
    "ghetto"..we were humble but we became money hungry and greedy...we sacraficed but all we did was damn our culture into a pool of ignorance and stupidity..look at what we have done..the proccess is reversing..we are digressing..we can change starting with the youth of today..we can overcome poverty,greed,ignorance,stupidity,etc.. If that episode didnt open up your eyes..it was meant to be funny but get a point across..We work so hard but only set ourselves up for failure.

  • July 8, 2006 2:17 AM
  • bEYONCE says...
  • Beyonce is the best singer and dancer ever to be made in history of ur grandpa

  • October 17, 2006 4:42 PM
  • jay peso says...
  • every episode of this show tells tha truth about society these days but i think this one sent the strongest message of all and like everybody's been sayin i hope that we, not just "we" as black ppl but we as people no matter what race, color, background wutever u wanna call it can try to use this as an example and make a change in the way that we act and treat each other

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  • Beto says...
  • Shit, people...

    This was the best episode of the whole series. The Boondocks is probably the most RELEVANT tv series ever made in the US. It is balanced, and it is clever, and excelently delivered. MLK would have been proud of his ficticious self in this episode.

    I am not black (i'm not sure what my heritage is and i don't care), but i think all niggas out there should learn from The Boondocks.

    P.S. Like Gin Rummy, i don't mean nigga in a disrespectful way. I say NIGGA as a general term for ignorant motherfuckers, regardless of skin color. Words are like rocks - they have no absolute meaning. It's the context that makes them good or bad. Listen to some George Carlin. Logics will help y'all.

    Peace (and i do mean PEACE as an antonym for war & violence)

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