# Is Boondocks Not Running This Week Where You Live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489 "2004-09-22T14:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/1 "2004-09-22T14:55:54Z")
The Washington Post is skipping this weeks run of ‘The Boondocks’ for, as they put it, ‘content reasons’ (at least on the website). I looked elsewhere and it’s about a reality TV show in which black folks are trying to land a job (expressed more pungently). So is it just The Washington Post or are other newspapers giving it the heave ho this week? ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/2 "2004-09-22T15:35:36Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > The Washington Post is skipping this weeks run of ‘The Boondocks’ for, as they put it, ‘content reasons’ (at least on the website). > > I looked elsewhere and it’s about a reality TV show in which black folks are trying to land a job (expressed more pungently). > > So is it just The Washington Post or are other newspapers giving it the heave ho this week? Looks like it’s across the board. MSNBC, which has censored the B_D in the past, is also showing a rerun, while ucomics has the [new one](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/). The word "N_\*\*\*A" is used four times…“Lazy and stupid” is used twice. That’s probably the reason. Not that I support the reason. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/3 "2004-09-22T15:39:58Z")
The Chicago Tribune ran it. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/4 "2004-09-22T15:58:36Z")
The Indianapolis Star is running it. > **[IndyStar: Indianapolis Star, Indiana news, breaking news and sports](https://www.indystar.com)** > > The source for Indianapolis, Indiana news, breaking news, weather, sports and things to do. A line of asterisks replace what is apparently “niggas.” In today’s strip, Riley makes a distinction between black people and \*\*\*\*\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Graycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Graycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graycat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/5 "2004-09-22T16:27:33Z")
Our local paper is running it, with the three asterisks. They also had an article beforehand explaining the controversy and their reasons for going with the strip. I have to admire them for that. ---
**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/6 "2004-09-22T16:54:03Z")
I don’t think the asterisks are a replacement for anything. The strip appears on uComics with the asterisks. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/7 "2004-09-22T17:05:24Z")
The _L.A. Times_ is running it, also with asterisks. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/8 "2004-09-22T17:19:35Z")
Newsday replaced it with _Baldo_, thus replacing one really unfunny ethnic comic with another still unfunny but at least funnier than Boondocks ethnic comic, the latter being much less offensive and political in nature. If Boondocks doesn’t come back, I doubt I’ll terribly miss it. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/9 "2004-09-22T17:38:28Z")
It’s running in _The Kansas City Star_. And this is the paper that would refuse to run Bloom County over the most piddly nonsense. It’s a whole new world. . . ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/10 "2004-09-22T17:43:49Z")
> [@D\_odds](#): > > Newsday replaced it with Baldo, thus replacing one really unfunny ethnic comic with another still unfunny but at least funnier than Boondocks ethnic comic, the latter being much less offensive and political in nature. I always find it impressive that newspapers are so quick to drop comics that could be deemed offensive (witness _Calvin and Hobbes_ being dropped because of a discussion of “boogers” in one installment) but so increadably slow to drop them because they aren’t funny any more. Personally I wish they’d drop this weeks _Cathy_ because, as they put it, “some of our readership may find it stupid” ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/11 "2004-09-22T17:46:04Z")
San Jose Mercury News is running it. ---
**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/12 "2004-09-22T18:56:00Z")
> [@Graycat](#): > > Our local paper is running it, with the three asterisks. They also had an article beforehand explaining the controversy and their reasons for going with the strip. I have to admire them for that. Which paper is this? I’d love to read their explanation of the controversy. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/13 "2004-09-22T20:03:15Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > I always find it impressive that newspapers are so quick to drop comics that could be deemed offensive (witness _Calvin and Hobbes_ being dropped because of a discussion of “boogers” in one installment) but so increadably slow to drop them because they aren’t funny any more. Personally I wish they’d drop this weeks _Cathy_ because, as they put it, “some of our readership may find it stupid” Newsday, to its credit, did drop _Cathy_ some time ago. However, the Ms. D\_Odds has the daily on her homepage, and I am still forced (arm-twisted and everything) to read it far too often. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/14 "2004-09-22T20:40:49Z")
You can see the strips on Yahoo. Click on the “next” to view previous days [Link to Yahoo Boondocks page](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/20040922/cx_bo_uc/bo20040922) ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/15 "2004-09-22T20:52:55Z")
It’s in the _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_. And it has been my favorite comic strip for the past few years. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/16 "2004-09-22T21:28:17Z")
Wow, now I can see why Newsday thought this was too hot to handle. Clearly, Magruder is in Bill Cosby mode. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/17 "2004-09-22T21:49:37Z")
> [@D\_odds](#): > > Newsday, to its credit, did drop Cathy some time ago. However, the Ms. D\_Odds has the daily on her homepage, and I am still forced (arm-twisted and everything) to read it far too often. Aack!!! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/18 "2004-09-22T22:54:22Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > Personally I wish they’d drop this weeks _Cathy_ because, as they put it, “some of our readership may find it stupid” You misspelled “decade”. 🙂 I get the Fremont Argus as well as the Murky News, and they’re running it also. Actually I think Boondocks has improved a bit lately. ---
**Author:** ![wonder9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c57346/32.png) [@wonder9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder9)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/19 "2004-09-23T01:12:04Z")
It’s running in the Raleigh NC News and Observer. I just waiting for the rabid letters to the editors to start demanding either A) The strip be dropped because it isn’t wholesome family fair like that darling Family Circus. B) The strip be moved to the editorial page with that scourge of the comics, Doonesbury It’s tough being a liberal in this state. We progressives are a tiny island in a sea of conservatism. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Graycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Graycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graycat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489/20 "2004-09-23T02:53:45Z")
> [@jeevmon](#): > > Which paper is this? I’d love to read their explanation of the controversy. It’s the Hampton Roads [Daily Press](http://www.dailypress.com). The article is called “‘Boondocks’ Stirs up Controversy” , and requires registration to read online. (I read it in Sunday’s paper.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-boondocks-not-running-this-week-where-you-live/265489.md?page=2)