How Jazmine Almost Cancelled The Boondocks | Behind The Boondocks 

My first L is via Star Wars. Apparently George Lucas explicitly stated Star Wars was paritially based on the Vietnam war. My lack of Star Wars knowledge strikes back again. I'll freshen up next time and for the record its really cool that people were able to catch that and engage with the strip in a way i didn't. I've read these strips for years and never caught that. You learn something new everyday.

No because legit Jazmine’s psychological struggles with accepting who she truly is was one of my favorite things about the show and it should’ve been explored more.

3:31 Dawg. I’m not even gonna lie, the fact that they perceive an 10 year old biracial child as a sex symbol meant for the use of black men makes me think we gotta check their hard drives Edit: Jazmine is apparently 10 not 8 also what are some of y’all on about

One Sunday strip I've kept in my mind all these years is Jazmine brushing her hair after a shower and it's in a ponytail all straight and she's got a big smile on her face, then she walks outside into the heat and her hair just instantly poofs out and she instantly has a defeated look on her face.

The “breaking grandad” episode about the hair industry was the closest we got to Jasmine’s and Tom’s identity crisis. They were the first to try the wave cream instead of embracing their natural hair

I very truly hate when people say things like "comics are about making people laugh" like jfc imagine living with the mindset that art exists solely as a disraction from reality

No one: 3:30 : This cartoon 8 year old is a real sex symbol hubba bubba, no surprise that McGruder made her so sexy Like, how does a mf start writing that and not just stop themselves

Ngl, as a nerdy "black" guy who is not American, it's weird when someone says I act white or I'm not black because I'm not "American." As a person who's looked at being "black" through many different lenses, I've come to the understanding that honestly I don't even think anyone is truly "black," at least not by someone's definition. There are so many definitions of what it means to be black or of African descent, and it's not like you can just ignore it, too. Race is such a complex thing that has shaped who we are as a people, but I think it's what divides us the most, too. I'm not biracial, but to a degree, I do get how it feels to not fit in with most of the "black" kids. But I think this really depends on where you are raised and what the "culture" around there is and how it's affected the black population within the area. But that's just my opinions.

Jazmine is a great example of what light skinned mixed girls go through. We struggle in finding beauty in big hair when everyone around us makes jokes and tease while asking downright stupid question that make you feel less than human. We aren't accepted by other black women but also denied by white women and it is isolating. You stand out and people let you know. It's hard growing to love yourself when no one else looks like you in media or in your family. Jazmine was one of my favorite characters and she reminds me of my sister so hard.

Jazmines struggle is something that needs to be explored more.

its so fucking crazy how bad mfs can miss the point. I mean im white, but I've never seen Jazmine as the butt of any of those type of jokes. she isn't a character that exists to get dunked on and I actually think she, and what she represents is actually really brilliant. I love her character. mcgruder never seems to just frivolously invents a character. it seems to me like every single aspect and detail is there for a reason.

I like Jazmine and her sympathetic protrayal. Huey was insensitive when he kept insisting that she's 'denying being black' and is his major blind spot

My perspective on race coming from a Brazilian person Jazmine and Huey are probably the most relatable characters ive seen in a cartoon. Huey's personality has a lot in common to mine's and Jazmine being biracial also is relatable to me since im Brazilian and people here are even more than just biracial, theyre literally everything. I never understood the duality that (usually people from the US have) when it comes to race. For them it seems like a bigger problem, you either gotta be white or black, while in Brazil, a country that over 50% of the population is mixed, you are just you, kind of. People here got many different features from many different races. Even the average white person in Brazil has some afro features like the hair or the nose. But yeah, its weird to see that Jazmine is considered controversial for some public in the US, even though for my country, she would just be the average citizen.

I really need to know where Jazmine learned to do corn rows. 😂

my favorite character when i was little and watched the show and read the comics!!!!

Im half black and dont act like other black people apparently. I just act how I do, race be damned. Not gonna let simebody tell me how to act because the color of my skin, or assume there's some degree of self-hate cuz I don't like the same things or talk how they do.

10:52 George Lucas is pretty anti-war, and is on record saying that the Vietnam war was a big influence on him while writing the original trilogy. So, I don't think Huey is reaching THAT far. It definitely has an intentional anti-imperialist message in there underneath the popcorn entertainment.

I'm half Israeli half Ethiopian. I've always been "too Black" or "not Black enough". Add on to this I've lived in Santa Clarita my whole life and was brought up Jewish. So I was raised "White" according to my mom's side of the family.

There is a huge denial about the way blk women and blk men in interracial relationships raise their kids differently. Blk men really seem to think they have erased their blkness due to having non blk wife and children, like Tom. They don't teach their kids anything. There was whole wave of biracial kids coming out about it on social media. Jasmine is extremely accurate as a character, especially as a girl, because beauty standards absolutely affect them more than biracial boys.

3:28 WHAT?????????????

i feel like the animated adaptation should've focused more on this side of Jazmine..

It is kind of funny how most of the characters like Grandad and Ruckus are protrayed as athletic-like from time to time. Even though they are old man, they definitely run, swim and fight like young people.

The controversy surrounding Jasmine's role is largely rooted in the polarized American cultural perspective. In less polarized countries like the UK or Brazil, Jasmine's role might have been appreciated for the a genius it was (While it is to others). Criticisms seem to interpret "soft points", that subversively project insecurities by dismissing the sophisticated and serious satire that Aaron skillfully incorporated into his work. This proves that Aaron fulfilled his radical role as a truthful writer and artist by creating a thought-provoking and groundbreaking masterpiece just based on some of the dumb extremist public reception.

This is deep, basically a bunch of traitors and white supremacists attacked Mugregger’s right to freedom of speech and expression. What Jazmine is going through is definitely something lots of half and half kids go through. In Japan there’s literally half Japanese and half black kids that get harassed by their peers because of their curly hair. What Jasmine is facing is real life stuff and the peanut gallery is trying to shut this man up! I want this comic to be animated! Boondocks must comeback! And Mugregger must be given 100% freedom to say and write whatever he wants!

I live and grew up in a Maryland suburb and I've met all these archetypes.

I'm multi racial; blk, white, native American(also latino), middle eastern and Polynesian to name a few. I always grew up in a household where it was always encouraged to love every aspect of yourself. Ik my heritage and wore it. Others would try to exclude me, saying I didn't count, telling me what I am and am not. They tried saying they had the right to dictate who and who couldn't celebrate their heritage, their ancestors. I come from many wonderful people and I plan to always and forever celebrate and honor them. No one can take my identity.

That A.D. powell was definitely projecting and making everything about jazmine about her.

This is wild to me as someone who is mixed and grew up constantly picked on due to my light skin. I actually used boondocks as one of the few mediums that helped me get thru some of the hardest times growing up.

As someone who is a light skin mixed person who considers themselves, both black and mixed, i actually really liked the character Jasmine found her incredibly realistic portrayal of mixed people and also the fact that. There was a reassurance that yeah, if you're biracial, you are also black. IDK I am also someone who is raised by the black side of my family, so my experience Is slightly different from another biracial person, but....😅

OG here… Bro in 1998, methodman wore goggles in a number of appearances, including Triumph…. Young black males between ages 14-20 were wearing goggles as if we all rode motorcycles.

I never expected to relate to a fictional nine year old biracial girl since I always hated my natural hair too. I would always keep it low until I turned 14. Around that time, I started to express my "emo-ness" and got back into Linkin Park. When I saw that Mike Shinoda had this really cool red spiky haircut, that's when I knew that's what would make me truly me. I did get my hair straightened before and loved it but I still hate my natural hair lol. In the future I will just curl it as an alternative.

It's really wonderful seeing someone cover the old web and newspaper comics where Boondocks got its start. I'm 43, and I was reading newspaper comics for about two decades by the time Boondocks was being nationally syndicated. These days, I don't think people understand what an achievement it was to be nationally syndicated. There was rarely a push for "young blood" on the newspaper page. Newspaper readers would complain at the slightest change, so if one paper drops, say, The Lockhorns to publish The Boondocks, there's going to be many angry letters. For a strip like The Boondocks to even be given a chance was really shocking. It was so bold. What Aaron did was a real accomplishment.

Hot take, Aaron doesn't really know how to write female characters, she could have been better in the cartoon with actual depth

It's a damned if you do and damned if you don't sort of thing. As a Mixed person if you say you're Black there are people who will make sure to remind you that you aren't and if you say you're Mixed then you will deal with people will tell you that you only identify as Mixed as a way to deny your Black side and associate closer to with White side. In reality most people that identify with Mixed see it as just as an honest statement about who they are and they aren't trying to deny anything about themselves. Most Mixed people I've come across tend to identify more closely with Black culture but this also depends on a variety of factors in their upbringing and as a result Mixed people tend to have very nuanced identities and develop a skillset where they know how to navigate in and out of the cultures that make up their background.

Very informative video. I never had the chance to look into the comic strip stuff before I lost my sight so any videos on this content is a fun listen along with the context surrounding it.

When I was a little girl, I also struggled with my curly hair due it having multiple different textures since I'm mixed, so I related to Jazmine a lot.

My dad was about 60 when I was born and my mom is Filipino, so I've been the black sheep in both sides of my family and amongst my peers, pun intended. One parent was born and raised in an entirely different generation and had the perspective of decades past, and the other parent was born in the East so their perspective was completely different in it's own way from the "Modern American" experience. All my life I've been told that I am black, yet also not black enough. I grew out my hair because I felt like it, yet I gravitated towards a lot of "white" music and interests. I've been told I'm the "black friend that every white group has" and on some occasions I just brush it off and other times I am irked by it. I've also gotten comments on both sides of the coin where I'm told that I speak eloquently or professionally, yet with others they tell me I must be bothered by people telling me that I speak well. In reality, I only do so because that's what my dad wanted and I respect and value him as my dad so that's what I did. I guess the main takeaway from this is that with the dualistic aspects of cultures coming together, the only thing that should matter to you is how you internalize all of these things and what you put back out. You don't have to force yourself to be in a rigid identity if you don't want to, but you also don't have to be ashamed of it nor overidentify more than what you feel as a way to compensate for not being fully "there". So yeah, I guess be yourself lol

I'm amazed that at this stage I can still BE amazed at how absolutely, mind-numbingly stupid my people are. Just...ugh. Great video, frustrating reality.

What I liked about Jazmine was that she was just a nice, NORMAL girl! All the crazy characters, and there was just this pure, innocent, sweet, little girl, who donates Riley's millions of candy bar dollars to charity without a second thought because she's just so wholesome like that.

Bro I struggled with this and I very much black black no mix just black as hell. It most had to do with going to private schools and what not growing up. I kinda leaned toward an general idea that I was just "american" in hopes of escape judgement and perceptions from people. So glad I grew out of that. Wasn't too hard because I never really vibed with the "american" ideal anyway. I just wanted to get away from being treated a certain way.

I'm old enough to remember all of this. I remember reading the comics as an 11yr old and thinking "Why are people so angry?" I was often the only black person in an entire city or town. These were feelings that i had to deal with. Anyone who is angry about Jazmin doesn't know what is like to be the only black person or be the victim of actual overt racism. The struggle between survival in a community or violence and outcasting.

First time watcher i was going to just scroll past this but i saw it said “uploaded 15mins ago” and i said “hm let me check them out” AND IM GLAD THAT I DID this was very well said and done 💯

I think my issue is claiming multiracial people as one race is that it denies the differences in socialization and access to opportunities that are largely denied towards monoracials. There is a problem with multiracials, particularly those mixed with Black, being a shamed of their Blackness because of how anti blackness is ingrained, even into the people who fit the label. At the same time, restricting multiracials to their Black side *is* naive. Because it denies the different socializaion and access to opportunities these "just Black" people have, due to having ethnic white proximity. Even in the US with the one-drop rule. There was a huge difference in how mixed kids with white moms vs mixed kids with Black moms were treated. The former were less likely to be seen as Black because acknowledging Blackness would defy the "white purity" of their mothers, whereas the children of Black women were labeled Black to absolve white fathers from responsibility. And tbh, this sometimes persists in the modern day given how historically some Black Men have pursued white women as a revenge against the white man to marry out of Blackness, whereas Black women are still treated as the burden of proof of Blackness due to normalized devaluation of them. You see a clear difference between Mixedness and Blackness in acting, where actresses like Zendaya, Amandla Stenberg, and Yara Shahidi are granted opportunities more than even monoracial light-skinned Black women, because their white heritage puts them above. And then the "just be Black" thing sometimes falls apart in other countries like South Africa where categories like "Colored" exist and there were systemic differences made between Indigenous South Africans and multiracial counterparts as a buffer between the Boers. Are Mixed (with white) people white? No. Does that make them "Just Black?" The social and systemic differences made between them and monoracials says otherwise. Which is why I think Afro-denial is so rampant? Because how can one identify with an experience that they're actively denied, whether by their parents or the ones who maintain mixedness as a buffer.

I love Jazmine sooo much- what a well thought out character. I’m not mixed but I still relate because I was called white washed and I wasn’t as outspoken as my cousins and other family members. One episode that stood out was when grandad took everyone to the movies and she was scared. 😭💕😂😂ALSO when she got the perm and her hair was stretched out- I felt so seen when she couldn’t stop looking in the mirror and called herself “the most beautiful girl in the world.” because seeing yourself thru a Eurocentric lens as a CHILD for the first time- will totally make you feel like that.😅😂

Some of the 99 stripes are in "because I know you don't read the newspaper" if you need help looking.

In love with the way you did this man. I was even considering doing a video about the original comic strips cause I use to actually read this when it came out back in the day lol. I did however do a video about the style and look of the original unaired pilot compared to the comic strip itself. Watching this is taking me back fr

I think she's free to identity as white or black, but preferably both. Despite the history around it, I don't think it should be seen as bad if she identifies with one side of her race. Isn't it a bit counterintuitive to say it's bad for her to "act" or "identify" with her white side and say that it's only right for her to do so with her black side?

Jazmine's always my favorite. There's a lot of nuance to her particular experience of being multiracial that flies under the radar because the show just makes her the butt of the joke so often. There's this bizarre sort of privilege to being "raised white," for lack of a better term, because you don't act like you're "supposed to," and it confuses people. You end up sidestepping a lot of people's individual racism because they can't fighre out what kind of racist to _be_ to you. And when so much of the experience of being a person of color arises from that experience of racism, and when you know you've been spared from the worst of it, it feels _weird_ to claim that identity for yourself. It's not just internalized racism, it's also this weird kind of impostor syndrome. You don't know your own people, you always feel apart from them, and they don't _feel_ like "your people" because of that. You missed the crucial window to learn what it's like to be what you look like. And there's a part of you that's comfortable in that privilege, because, like, being the target of racism _sucks,_ man! And yet, despite all of that, you still have the skin, you still have the hair, you can't be white, not that you would want to either. So yeah, there is that sense of floating, and loneliness, and a kind of gut rejection to actually claiming a label that it should otherwise be your birthright to claim, just because you don't feel like you've actually _lived_ it. And this is why we all play tieflings in D&D. That and the bisexuality.

Love your vids, thanks for using "I Wanna Kno"!

I can't relate to the afro denial. Grew up in the south, mixed, with Caribbean relatives, got teased for reading/studying/nerd/doing white activities, and the insults went through one ear and out the next. Those taunts hurt my sister badly, but me, I couldn't give af. 99% of my friends in one state are blck, 99% of my friends in another state are white, 99% of my friends now are from Africa... I've been to every continent, dated every race, and every so often, still, someone has to hit me in the head and reminded me, "hey, wyd? You're black!" Ah... lol... almost forgot! Preciate ya!

I’m a Cape Town South African and I can say I appreciate your videos man. I’ve been a boondocks fan since 2012 and I can say your videos are informative. Keep it up Brodie 🤝🏽👊🏾🫂

3:30 damn the self report is crazy.

Honesty, your analysis and philosophy is eye opening. For the longest time, i wondered how society see different cultures outside of media. Thank you

As a light skinned woman myself my white mom never taught me how to do my hair.

I feel like a lot of those people missed the point of Jazmine. I feel like people who are bi-racial (idk if thats the correct term) or even people who are multi-cultural may also be able to relate as well, although both of those seem to go together as well

I remember reading the comic strip whenever I could as kid. It always stuck with me as a strip that was way more elevated in concept than any of the others that were usually just fluff by comparison. I understood Huey's point of view often, and even felt like I got to understand the black experience in America to a limited degree. I had never read or knew why W.E.B. DuBois was known, and so I never understood the meaning behind Jazmine's character, but did understand as a multiracial person what her struggle was when you don't feel like you really belong to any one side of your heritage. And I guess that is the point.

i love reading these in the character voices from the show

The fact that this dialogue is necessary is why the show exists. No point in arguing unless the subject is divisive. No point in feeling strongly about issues that have already been addressed and resolved

This video is making me realize that I need to re-read the comic as an adult. I read it as teenager and I liked it, knew it was political and satirical, but I know I can understand a lot more if I read it today. Just pausing to read the pages on screen (instead of doing my chores). The comics seem to be much more meaningful than the animated series, and that is usually the case with adaptions.

Good ahh video. Thanks for keeping The Boondocks still on people's minds, with enough community persistence we can maybe get a movie with the remaining recorded lines.

I always go back and read my boondocks collection books every few years, so it's fun to see deeper into the lore

I kinda face Jasmine's insecurity in the opposite way, I'm Hispanic yet I don't speak or understand Spanish, and so many people (Including Hispanics) said that I don't "Look Hispanic" which just makes me feel like I don't belong and therefore I have trouble connecting with my culture because I feel like I can't, because I don't belong. And in turn that something is wrong with me.

Where can I read the leaked pilot script, as I thought that it would have been included in your list of citations.

Ain't got much to add to the conversation, but yeah nice video. Jasmine deserved more attention in the series honestly and its also nice to see Huey and Sarah having some pretty interesting dynamics in the strips. I didn't even know she had a job much less as a lawyer and activist. Kinda wish we got to see more of that. Feels like we misses out on some interesting potential episodes, but I ain't necessarily saying that her series counterpart isn't something interesting to dig into as well. I wanna read more of the strips, but its kinda awkward to do it now for the first time, cuz its hard to set a reading consistency for strips. With Peanuts I trued going over them year by year and I just got bored. Now I just jump to a random year on a random page and start reading whatever looks interesting.

I'm loving this series so far

I'm not biracial myself, but I've always pitied those who felt like they had to "choose" or disliked one part of themselves. They should be able to embrace every side of themselves and love themselves equally. Especially children who aren't allowed to explore each sides of their culture properly.

In all honesty, I feel nothing but sadness and empathy for Jasmine and those that live her struggle. The truth is, the "One Drop Rule" was created to disenfranchise a whole group of people from their fair share of humanity. All in order to justify someone else's selfish (and many times evil) desires and actions. That was true not only back during the days of slavery but, it remains true to this day. And I find it an equally evil thing for people who consider themselves "liberal" to act as if that Common law "Rule" doesn't still exist today. I have spoken to quite a few biracial people and it's a life and existence I dare say, I wouldn't wish on a curr dog. No matter what society one lives in, the invention of "racial" caste systems throughout the world has made the lives of biracials untenable in so many respects, because all societies demand that their people identify within that system. And try as they might, the biracial is caught in the mailstrom between two separate worlds. And while modern times have given its peoples many different additives they may wish to hide behind, and many different publically accepted labels they can use at the end of the day, race is still the #1 identifier used to differenciate people within a group. Especially in Western cultures. This is due in no small part to the insidious nature of the concepts of White exceptionalism and Black inferiority in the West (and really across the globe). For biracials, these concepts are a catch 22 of no correct answers. As they straddle both worlds and must choose which one best suits them. Yet, this is a fool's mission. As no matter what choice they make, they are right. But ultimately, they are also wrong. For a character like Jasmine, she CAN identify as white. As she has the genes and lineage to back up her claim. However, due to the "Rule," that one drop of African blood denies her the full benefits and privileges thereof. Because the all encompassing caveat to that lifestyle, is racial purity and mindset. Conversely, she can also claim heritage and pride from her African DNA as well. With its long lists of accomplishments and achievements. Yet, who wants to identify with the "losers" of the racial race? Which leads many biracials to feel conflicted and alone because while those "losers" may have open arms and welcoming smiles, most don't fully "trust" or "accept" biracials due to their "duel consciousness." And therein lies the rub. Biracials are not born or bred from testtubes. They weren't dropped off by some mysterious spaceship in the middle of the night. They were born of the coupling of two people who on some level claim "love" for each other. And it is within that moment, they must hold themselves accountable and their "love" for that child as the foundation of taking on the hard work and telling that child; the truth. Like Tom and Sarah (Jasmine's parents), too many interracial parents ultimate sin and betrayal is not fully explaining the full scope of what their children will have to live through. Because it's an uncomfortable conversation. Instead choosing to create a "safety bubble" of lies, omissions, and obfuscations. This is wrong and truly treasonous. I love the fact that Aaron included a character like Jasmine so much, BECAUSE she leaves no room for the lies. This conversation should be open, honest and it must be had between both communities in order for clarity and healing to begin. there is a small groundswell of people who live this experience that are trying to create their own separate identity of "mixed or biracial." While this might seem an innocuous and correct reaction. It is a theory doomed to fail. As it's goal is to delineate from both racial castes or even some that choose to say they don't like to "identify" as anything or want to be "labeled" as anything. These are both weak deflections in order to sidestep or get away from the hurt of having to be a part of a wicked system. It is my opinion that Aaron doesn't "hate" interracial couples, nor does the addition of Jasmine poke fun or make mockery of those that live this experience. But what he "hates" is the need for the conversation of the products of their decisions. That these people must CHOOSE at all. And Jasmine's inclusion by proxy is an inclusion of those people within the black (and white) communities, whose voices are hidden behind the rhetoric of Black power and independence and white denial. We should all be open to having biracials as our brothers and sisters. Because in this great, vast human family...they are us. And we are they.

Ooooh the point about Riley and Huey's seeing eye-to-eye really hit home. It's probably we me and my brother could vibe.

No one is forcing anyone to hate their hair or identy, and no one is forcing anyone to buy product.

As a mixed kid growing up with a single white parent, in predominantly white neighborhoods, it's really *really* fucking hard socially in those early years of childhood. Sure, black culture and black art and black entertainment will be enjoyed by white people into high school, when they themselves are finally exploring who they are as people, but until that process of introspection begins you are always the "other", the person who is not like the others. Jasmine, and her relationship with Huey, is vitally important to both of them, to the comic, and to the readers. Huey is a black nationalist. Because Jasmine is black, he naturally has empathy for her. Tom is the character she would become, if not for Huey, it is easy to see the world where she denies her race due social pressures, for personal and professional acceptance. Huey, being as genuine a friend as he is, is important for her, because no matter her bites back at him for being how he is, he is one of the only people who accepts a part of her that she can not change and who will point out how the world is trying to shape her into something to fit into it, rather than allowing her to shape herself into something they must accept. But... would Huey even be her friend if she were *NOT* black? How many white friends does Huey have? Huey has his own agenda, and while he cares for Jasmine, he also is a "radical". If Jasmine did everything Huey's way, she basically would risk becoming the same kind of cynical, embittered person Huey is, which for Jasmine, is *exactly* the same as what all her other friends are doing, just on the flip side of the coin. What we get from Jasmine is a girl who is clearly intelligent, quick witted, and kind who is sat between two worlds. Huey, the black world, which wants her to be black and proud of her blackness to hell with what white people say, and the white world, which sees her blackness as a curious thing, unsure what to make of it, and poor Jasmine is stuck there. She *KNOWS* what Huey is saying most of the time, she *KNOWS* what her white friends are saying most of the time. She is a great character because of how she handles these two worlds, and how she struggles to handle these two worlds. Every character in Boondocks is a representative of aspects of blackness in america. Jasmine is no different, and therefore, no less important. When she's confused about Huey's radicalism it's rarely because she's straight up ignorant, it's because she's confused how doing what Huey is doing is going to change anything -- because chances are, whatever Huey is doing, *isnt* going to change anything, and it's important to point out Huey isn't always right. Jasmine is a humanizing element, because her existence allows the critique of both white america, and black america. God fucking bless Jasmine.

13:28 this is a calvin and hobbes reference, also, which i think gives a lot of needed context for this lol. Like it's the exact same structure and tone it's uncanny lol, i havent looked at calvin and hobbes in a decade and it still hit me like a ton of bricks

Ugh, what's the beat of that song in the background? @13:45 ?

YOO ITS HERE

Where can I find the comic strips did Aaron ever make an omnibus or collection of these?

what would you recommend be the best way of getting a collection of these comics? i find myself pausing to read each one and would like to just support the author at this point while having an easier time to read. i see a few books on amazon, but nothing that looks like a complete collection. should i just grab one of each book?

George Lucas has actually gone on record stating that the empire is meant to represent america and the rebels were directly based on the viet cong so Huey wasn't stretching it that far

If you don’t mind me asking what’s the song at 13:40? I’ve definitely heard it before but don’t remember the name 😭

i love how in depth you get in these videos, always the best analysis (´∀｀*)

The bomb rush ost caught me off guard lol

Dawg when that bomb rush cyberfunk song came on I thought I was losing my mind I thought the game had taken over my life

The thing I love about McGruders style is how he can make you laugh and think at the same time.

Thank you for referencing AD Powell . I went down a rabbit hole and learned the word "hypodescent" now 👀 Reminds me of Khadija Mbowe's video on "racelessness" even though it was slightly different

What’s the background music 14:28

0:30 Is it the song? Why do I keep hearing Grandad yelping?

Huey isn't reaching you dont even have to do death of the author for that star wars take. George has gone on record that luke n gang are an allegory for Vietnam and the empire is supposed to be America. Mr lucas was wacky dude he has also said he would rather make a movie in the USSR since he may not be able to complain about the state but other than that you are good.

Loved the video. If you see this and you could give me music recommendations? Songs our artist.

11:22 while death of the author applies to every work of art, it’s not quite as big of a reach as you might think. George Lucas himself stated the empire was like the United States and the rebels were like the Vietnamese. While not about black colonial struggles it is ultimately inspired by colonial struggle.

Where can i buy or read there's please?

huey killed me in that last strip you showed 😂😂😂

27 minutes of calm low volume talking with chill jazzy music followed by an outro that has the same energy as "WHAT THE FUCK IS UP DENNY'S??????!" is really jarring ngl

Weird off topic question- is ‘negro’ spelled without an n at 1:06’s quote because of weird YT censorship rules or is that just a typo

20:14 back when microphones had the sound quality of a microwave

The Riley goggles was exactly that Hip hop figures such as method man etc etc used to wear goggles in the late 90s/ early 2000s

Id love a list of your favourite issues of the comic strip

I like to think as creatives we are not actually creating anything but rather bringing things into our reality from other realities. for instance, stories are glimpses into parallel realities.

18:29 He's scurred. 🤣🤣🤣

Aw shit. That 2mello at the end. I'm in love

I've never seen this many Boondocks strips back to back. These strips are really sober in their analysis of topics, but a few ot them actually got me to wheeze, and that never happens with newspaper comic strips. The Boondocks is head and shoulders above every comic strip I've ever read.

Hey everybody

These comics never should’ve left.