I'm really growing weary of this type of vituperative b.s. I don't want to get into a lengthy diatribe to overstate the obvious but can our readers answer this question-what is the deal with quantifying Blackness? Or better yet-what exactly is an authentic Black person. It seems that the general answer is someone who has ties to slavery and has suffered. Add the customary dash of self-destruction and anger and you have the prototypical real African-American. It amazes me that many Blacks and Whites have a similar hypothesis as to what a true blue blood Black person is and he/she is usually a person with negative attributes.
Former president Clinton really did not get the "Black" tag until impeachment proceedings commenced due to his philandering in the Oval Office. Then this socio-political Negro stew became complete when he added some ray bans, an appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show and a quasi-admission to marijuana use. Now that's super bad and super Black-just ask Mr. McGruder. I think it's confession time for yours truly as well-I liked some of what the Boondocks was trying to do but was never truly comfortable with it either. McGruder is cut from the same tired 60s progressive cloth that comprises much of the Black victimization model that we all grew up with-this ideology just doesn't cut it anymore. But don't let me add to the suspense. Check out this snippet from Pal-item.com which encapsulates McGruder's belief that Obama isn't a "real" Black person....again (maybe McGruder needs to speak to President Obama's Secret Service detail for the definitive answer)-
On the eve of President Barack Obama's inauguration, McGruder is "cautiously pessimistic" about the presidency.
"I don't think you're going to see any dramatic change from Barack Obama," said McGruder, who wore a "Boondocks" T-shirt over a black long-sleeve shirt and jeans. "I'm hoping he proves me completely wrong."
McGruder bases his opinions of the U.S. presidency on the 2000 election and how nothing has been done since then to change the election system. "It was a sham then ... It's got to still be a sham," McGruder said. "I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but it's what I tend to do."
On the topic of race and ethnicity, McGruder said that to him, Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave.
"The person who is one of us in the White House is Michelle Obama and her momma," McGruder said.
His comments outraged Dionne Robinson, 44, of Richmond.
"I want my $5 back," she said. "It's one thing to have an opinion, but he doesn't have any facts. He needs to go back to college."
Robinson said that people were enslaved in many parts of the world, not just in America.
If you want to hear the rest of McGruder's foolishness, click on the link below:
Cartoonist 'cautiously pessimistic'
And if you need even more evidence that these dummies need to be verbally neutered, check out this clip of Young Jeezy and Jay-z spouting the n-word with irreverent veracity......during pre-Inauguration festivities-
Jay-Z My President is black Remix LIVE 1-18-09 from pleasedontstare on Vimeo.
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