Aaron McGruder - "White America has been watching us act like fools..."

[parallax]

I never thought the show was c00ning its social commentary

i dont like to use the phrase, but theres quite a bit of c00ning in it. every time ruckus came on the scene an noone checked him on his shyt made every black character associated with him look weak

 

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I think that quote would be more relevant now. Look at how white folks were putting the spotlight on Sexxy Red's nasty ass. White folks love that shyt.

 

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McGruder is a hoe ass nikka. Carl Johnson (co-creator/Thugnificent) broke the ice about the whole situation earlier this year with Vlad. Basically, it ended because they fell out with each other and it started when Johnson got the green light from Adult Swim and Sony to create Black Dynamite while he was also working on Boondocks. Johnson felt like Mcgruder was doubting whether he could do production for both and that eventually led to Carl noticing Aaron switching up on him and starting arguments over little shyt. Carl came to the conclusion that Aaron wanted to keep him under his wing and didn’t want him to shine on his own shyt. Between them falling out and pressure from the network and deadlines, Aaron said fukk it and quit the show while season 3 was only half way done with production.

After season 3, Adult Swim and Sony begged them to patch things up. Carl reached out to Aaron and asked him to come back to the show. Aaron said NO and they haven’t spoken since. This was like 13 years ago.

Damn. On the real, season 2 was the last good season. After that, it started to fall into a parody of itself. First two seasons, though, had strong social commentary but it went over little kids heads and simple minded people, and they focused on the n-word, Riley, and Uncle Ruckus

 

[staticshock]

That comment section is exactly what I thought it would be. Nothing but shyt flinging and insults instead of actual dialogue. These type of discussions are too nuanced to have online fr.

No need to dialogue with that c00n. You sound like you support him. I could never walk around looking for white acceptance



Edit- it’s a lot of you super c00n “they ain’t ready for that discussion” nikkas in here

 

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

That was the point of the show. Huey was the one who took a step back and pointed that shyt out. It wasn't c00nery for c00nery sake.

And that's why the last season took a dive after Aaron left, the writers had no idea how to write Huey's character(because it takes a political consciousness and skill to write him effectively), so he was barely featured. Without Huey the Boondocks is damn near a minstrel show.

 

[Capitol]

See @Scustin Bieburr 's last post as one of examples I mean. That might be wishful thinking on your part.

I feel like you dont understand me but thats cool.

Dont believe everything you read

In all seriousness you really study/learn from/with him? Why ?

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Zero clicks

 

[Jaguar93]

i dont like to use the phrase, but theres quite a bit of c00ning in it. every time ruckus came on the scene an noone checked him on his shyt made every black character associated with him look weak

The show always communicated that Ruckus is a fool. So much that lightning literally struck him once.

 

[parallax]

The show always communicates that Ruckus is a fool. So much that lightning literally struck him once.

that doesnt change the fact a man from the civil rights era let this being talk about black people all sorts of ways with little to no pushback

 

[JasoRockStar]

No need to dialogue with that c00n. You sound like you support him. I could never walk around looking for white acceptance



Edit- it’s a lot of you super c00n “they ain’t ready for that discussion” nikkas in here

Nope. I don't care about our image appealing to and eliciting sympathy from white people. Projecting a good image to influence black youth is another story. Over time, I've come to see that now.


So he had me at the image part, absolutely lost me with the "white folks are watching us" foolishness.

 

[Jaguar93]

Too bad with didn’t get the reboot. There’s so much material to talk about.

 

[murksiderock]

We are literally at the bottom of the economic totem pole. Latinos done surpassed us QUICKLY.

We've always been at the bottom of the economic totem pole here. And I'd hope that you're studious enough to understand that these other groups surpassing us, was created by the authority and power here----->not because of a lack of organization and education by us...

You can't say that it doesn't matter if they hate us when we can list countless examples of US "doing the simple shyt to build community" and having multi-generational roadblocks that are almost entirely unique to just being black in America...

There are always things we could do better as a community but we don't have the keys to the doors of wealth, success, or authority. So blaming us for not having more of those positions is, in a sense, anti-black and shows an ignorance of the historical record of the black experience on this land...

Judging us by the worst examples among us is anti-black, do you judge them by their worst examples?

And I appreciate this dialogue, please understand I'm not coming at you from a place of disregard or disrespect!

 

[broller]

If every single black person was mild-mannered, educated, and well spoken it would still be plenty of whites and non blacks who hate us black people "acting a fool" isn't to blame for racists...

Facts. Just speak to some black surgeons, professors, engineers etc

 

[Belize King]

I think that quote would be more relevant now. Look at how white folks were putting the spotlight on Sexxy Red's nasty ass. White folks love that shyt.

 

[ViShawn]

I really enjoyed season 1 of boondocks. I think that Aaron was subject to some creative control issues in the later seasons given the direction