Is the tv show "Boondocks" politically incorrect, what about their character "Uncle Ruckus" (racist, Barack Obama) - Politics and Other Controversies -Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Conservatives, Liberals, Third Parties, Left-Wing, Right-Wing, Congress, President - City-Data Forum

Savoir Faire · 10-02-2011, 12:55 AM

Cast your votes

Ceece · 10-02-2011, 01:23 AM

PC seems to change with the wind so who knows. But I think the show can be funny sometimes.

JordanJP · 10-02-2011, 01:30 AM

Don't demonize tha which you CLEARLY do not understand. Political incorrectness is one of the things that makes that show so funny, especially Uncle Ruckus and Ed Wuncler Jr. It's won several awards from the NAACP.

Uncle Ruckus is one of the FUNNIEST characters on TV, but you have to sort of "get it."

Aganusn · 10-02-2011, 08:40 AM

I've watched the first season, and I'm sure there's a message, but I don't like hearing the barrage of the N word (I'm African American).

LetsRock · 10-02-2011, 08:46 AM

Eveyone appreciates a self-hating black guy. He reminds me of Barack Obama on his "apology tour" hating America.

egamakaded idiut · 10-02-2011, 09:05 AM

isn't it offensive as a black person to watch a commercial, show, etc. and see one black person, couple, family, etc. mixed in knowing at some point a collection of people thought at some point, ''Hey we gotta put a black in here somewhere''. But that's what passes for pc today. Mankind's Top 5 Greatest Inventions-1.fire 2.wheel 3.indoor plumbing 4.electricity 5.boondocks

Swampmonster · 10-02-2011, 09:41 AM

I think it was the Mayans who predicted that the world would end on the day comedy was forced to become PC.

chucksnee · 10-02-2011, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by egamakaded idiut

isn't it offensive as a black person to watch a commercial, show, etc. and see one black person, couple, family, etc. mixed in knowing at some point a collection of people thought at some point, ''Hey we gotta put a black in here somewhere''. But that's what passes for pc today. Mankind's Top 5 Greatest Inventions-1.fire 2.wheel 3.indoor plumbing 4.electricity 5.boondocks

Welcome to the world of PC, if they did not stick a black family in there, they would have been racist....

lifelongMOgal · 10-02-2011, 10:18 AM

Don't know, don't care, don't watch trash TV. Obviously the same cannot be said of the OP.

Savoir Faire · 10-02-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

Don't know, don't care, don't watch trash TV. Obviously the same cannot be said of the OP.

I do watch trash tv (O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, Jersey Shore), it's my guilty pleasure.

However, I do not consider the Boondocks to be trash tv.