The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for April 15, 2022
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Transcript:
Jazmine: Why aren't you coming to our cookout on the fourth? Huey: I don't know if your parents told you this, Jazmine, but we weren't freed on Independence Day. Apparently one of the rights America won from the British was the right to hold slaves and oppress others. I see little reason to celebrate. Jazmine: Oh, you can find the downside to anything. Huey: Like chattel slavery? Yeah, I guess I'm just funny that way...
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 2 years ago
Bound servants (Those who sold themselves into slavery for 7 years to pay for their passage to the Americas) didn’t have it much better. The only real difference was that they knew when their servitude would end… but some blacks were able to buy their freedom, too.
Ellis97 over 2 years ago
Huey should be a history teacher. He would really make a difference in improving the system.
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
Yeah he is a real F**king downer!
GreggW Premium Member over 2 years ago
Here’s a documentary that Huey would appreciate https://thelongshadowfilm.com/
namelocdet over 2 years ago
I wish I was as enlightened as Huey is now when I was his age.
Ammo hates the comment policy Premium Member over 2 years ago
American History is defined by abuse. Some overcame and prospered others shoot up the streets. You pick.