The Boondocks was actually one of many steps I took as a white person to radicalization. Was introduced to it by my black roommate in college. Was a hardcore lib then, but this was one of the first times I had had access to critical black theory that wasn’t just some hand picked Malcolm X excerpts and it challenged the way I thought about African American history and culture and the criticisms of that culture by members within that group that I hadn’t been exposed to. I mean, it was part of a general cultural program that he dubbed ‘Hood Movie Wednesdays’ and I can’t say it was the main radicalizing factor, but I can say that it is one of the few things that became more enjoyable to watch as I radicalized.
Black people (and maybe others) get radicalized by the Boondocks
white people see Uncle Ruckus and laugh at him while tacitly agreeing
The Boondocks was actually one of many steps I took as a white person to radicalization. Was introduced to it by my black roommate in college. Was a hardcore lib then, but this was one of the first times I had had access to critical black theory that wasn’t just some hand picked Malcolm X excerpts and it challenged the way I thought about African American history and culture and the criticisms of that culture by members within that group that I hadn’t been exposed to. I mean, it was part of a general cultural program that he dubbed ‘Hood Movie Wednesdays’ and I can’t say it was the main radicalizing factor, but I can say that it is one of the few things that became more enjoyable to watch as I radicalized.