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A not-so-secret research cacheSunday, November 06, 2005
'Boondocks' broadcasts its edgy vision | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA: "In the opening sequence of Cartoon Network’s new animated comedy series 'The Boondocks,' 10-year-old protagonist Huey Freeman has a dream that he’s the only African-American at a stuffy suburban garden party.
Walking up to a microphone, he makes a brief announcement to the crowd: Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11.
'No! It can’t be true!' screams a white woman. Everyone at the party begins rioting. Then Huey wakes up to find his cranky grandfather standing over him.
'How many times have I told you that you better not even dream about telling white folks the truth?' he warns. 'You better learn how to lie like me.'"
Walking up to a microphone, he makes a brief announcement to the crowd: Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11.
'No! It can’t be true!' screams a white woman. Everyone at the party begins rioting. Then Huey wakes up to find his cranky grandfather standing over him.
'How many times have I told you that you better not even dream about telling white folks the truth?' he warns. 'You better learn how to lie like me.'"
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