In "The Boondocks: Carrying On The Tradition of Subversive Black Comedy" the Roland Laird argues that the T.V. Show boondocks isn't like the minstrel tradition. He argues this by saying unlike the minstrel tradition, Boondocks has more freedom with the use of words by the color of their skin. One example he talks of is their uncle Ruckus is an anti-black but yet he is black himself. The author points out the key differences between the minstrel tradition and modern black comedy based T.V. Shows.

I agree with the author because unlike the minstrels where a black person must act a certain way the characters in Boondocks all act different. In Boondocks Riley acts like what most people would stereotypically expect a black man to do. Whereas his older brother Huey is into politics and martial arts. And their grandfather is like a mixture of the two of them but likes to always include racism. I love the boondocks humor, propaganda and especially how they always include racism in it.