The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for August 02, 2020
Transcript:
Huey: Granddad, will you teach me C.P.R.? Granddad: I don't know C.P.R. Huey: You don't know C.P.R.?! You're raising two young kids. What if something serious happens? Granddad: I tried to learn C.P.R., but they wouldn't let me 'cause....I was black. Huey: What? Granddad: Oh sure, nowadays y'all can learn C.P.R. whenever y'all want. Just go 'round saving lives! Resuscitatin each other willy-nilly! But when I was a young man, it used to be against the law to teach colored folk C.P.R.! Huey: That's not true!!
Because he could only use it on other black people.
If he tried to use it on white people, he’d be shot for assaulting them.