The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for February 20, 2012

borrowing an expression from New Orleans:WHO DAT?

I believe he is depicting Bill Cosby.

Yes, Bill makes some really intelegent and incisive comments which some people selectively ignore.

He received a lot of flack for his truthful comments.

Baggy pants worn around the ankles are ok, but someone wearing sunglasses causes Huey a problem? He sounds a bit defensive there.

I don’t think Huey is suggesting that baggy pants are okay, nor do I think he’s being defensive here. I think he was trying to point out hypocrisy. In his eyes (no pun intended), it’s ridiculous for someone to wear sunglasses indoors, I guess unless they’re blind.

McGruder had a problem with Bill Cosby’s comments around 2004, because he felt that what Cosby said was classist. A lot of people thought that Cosby was talking to the Black community, while in McGruder’s opinion, Bill Cosby was calling out lower class Black community in particular. What McGruder felt, was that a lot of what Cosby was saying applied to American youth in general, not just poor Blacks, which is true. I see rude kids of all races wearing saggy pants, backwards hats and listening to vulgar music.

Also, Aaron McGruder stated that Bill Cosby failed to see the hypocrisy in criticizing the use of AAVE (‘jive speak’), when he was the one who created the character of Mushmouth in the Fat Albert cartoons (Mushmouth was a not-so-intelligent, goofy-looking boy who spoke in Ubbi Dubbi).

Well said/typed