The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for March 27, 2014
March 26, 2014
March 28, 2014
Transcript:
Granddad: Now just calm down, boy. You're overreacting. Huey: Overreacting?! These people named an elementary school after J. Edgar Hoover and I'm overreacting? Am I the only person who's heard of "Cointelpro"? I mean, why Hoover? Why not, oh, Strom Thurmond? Or George Wallace, huh?! Granddad: I think they named the middle school after George Wallace... Huey: What?! Granddad: That was a joke, boy. Loosen up already. Huey: I hate this place...
Pharmakeus Ubik over 10 years ago
It’s actually Bull Connor Junior High.
JLG Premium Member over 10 years ago
Surely you’re joking…
jbmlaw01 over 10 years ago
My great-grandfather, and his brother, rode with Forrest’s raiders. They were captured by Yankees on the second day of their war effort, and taken to a prison camp in Pulaski. After a couple of days, they decided they had enough and walked out, going back home to the farm.
To offer a mild defense of Forrest – despite his famous bigotry – the KKK he founded was not nearly as vicious as the organization of the same name that evolved around the turn of the century. Another great-grandfather of mine was murdered by those rogues, kidnapped and shot. White folks were not immune.