The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for November 01, 2022
October 31, 2022
November 02, 2022
Transcript:
Huey: How can you say that? There's no way you can compare Martin Luther King with Jesse Jackson! Granddad: I disagree... Jesse was almost president. Jesse is a great man! Huey: Granddad, comparing Jesse Jackson to MLK is like comparing "the PJ's" to "fat Albert"! They're on two different levels! Granddad: And just what, pray tell, do you have against "the PJ's"? Huey: (Sigh) never mind, granddad.
In ‘88, we were sitting around the drivers’ table waiting for them to finish loading our trucks, and discussing the just-held primary election. I said that I had voted for Jesse; one of my co-workers leaped up, shouted "You’d vote for a n****r?!?!?, stormed off, and didn’t speak to me for 6 months.
I was fine with that…………..