# 5/10 Boondocks (Episode 2)- I don't get it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920 "2002-05-13T23:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920/21 "2002-05-16T05:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Good lord…at least Lynn Johnston has to do an entire controversial storyline before she catches hell for it Bah, we had a larger thread than this one over one line from a Sunday strip with April being sassy 😛 ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920/22 "2002-05-16T06:39:56Z")
If someone, a character or a real person, agrees with me 100% of the time, or if I agree with him 100% of the time, I would regard that person with the most suspicion. Some thing the characters say, particularly in _The Boondocks_, I wholeheartedly agree; other times I go, “What??” That how it is should be. The idea is that the Star Wars guy can pull this off without being totally laughed at and mocked. He may even get news coverage. A Black person who does nothing all day but hang out in the corner, or even wait for a movie opening, would be regarded as a either a lazy person, or a threating menace. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920/23 "2002-05-16T18:30:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by capacitor \* > \*\* > The idea is that the Star Wars guy can pull this off without being totally laughed at and mocked. He may even get news coverage. A Black person who does nothing all day but hang out in the corner, or even wait for a movie opening, would be regarded as a either a lazy person, or a threating menace. \*\* LOL. You guys are too much! Don’t kid yourselves. Black, white or any other ethnic group - if you are waiting in line for weeks for this, you are in general a target of laughter and mocking. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920/24 "2002-05-16T21:00:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*“Switch white for black in these cases and you have Al Sharpton having a heart attack because these statements would be so blatantly racist that he couldn’t express his outrage fast enough and I see him exploding.” > > —Will someone PLEASE switch white for black? I wanna see Al Sharpton have a heart attack and then explode. \*\* Just make this suggestion to a Fox executive and it will be on the air faster than _Celebrity Boxing 2_. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920/25 "2002-05-17T13:22:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Controvert \* > \*\* > > Just make this suggestion to a Fox executive and it will be on the air faster than _Celebrity Boxing 2_. \*\* LOL. Thanks for the first smile of my morning. ---
**Author:** ![ummm.yeahh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ummm.yeahh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ummm.yeahh)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920/26 "2002-05-17T13:36:25Z")
Sorry but this conversation reminds me of [this](http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Scripts/HolyGrail/grail-03.html). Please don’t take this as me making light of these issues but I just love this scene! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-10-boondocks-episode-2-i-dont-get-it/108920.md?page=1)