Blackness We Can Believe In: Authentic Blackness and the Evolution of Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks
This chapter explores Aaron McGruder’s use of “comic rage” – comedy fuelled by anger and resentment – as a driving principle behind the satire of his hit comic and animated television series The Boondocks. This chapter demonstrates how The Boondocks challenges the mainstream belief in a “colorblind” society that Supposedly followed the Civil Rights Movement. This chapter shows how McGruder uses satire and parody to critique the inconsistencies present in contemporary discussions of race in America.