‘Boondocks’ Looks Stereotypes Square in the Eye

It was with great interest that I read your article about the controversy over “The Boondocks” (“Ironic or Insulting?” by Sam Bruchey, June 9). The strip makes us take a look at the ridiculous way we view race here in America. My stereotypes are just as ingrained and intellectually stupid as everyone else’s, and it does my head and heart good to have them put in the spotlight and laughed at.

SHARON BROOKS

Lancaster

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I love “The Boondocks.” I’m a white, middle-class, 40-something male, and I do get it! What a breath of fresh air--and fresh thought--on the comics pages. Keep up the great work, and don’t let the narrow-minded P.C. turkeys get you down.

RANDY STRATTON

Costa Mesa

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Thank you for running such an intriguing and poignant article on “The Boondocks.” I am Asian and my wife is white. We have a 10-month-old child. In a world where minorities have been struggling to be accepted as individuals capable of more than what racist stereotypes have limited them to, “The Boondocks” takes a step back and promotes the message that skin color is what determines a person’s value.

JOSH WILLIAMS

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Don’t succumb to people who have neither a sense of humor nor a sense of reality. “The Boondocks” is one of the most refreshing, artistic and true works to hit the comics page since “Doonesbury.” Perhaps it is safer in another section. But wouldn’t that be a pity, since it is sad but true that many more people read the comics than the editorial page.

FRANK REDLICH

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My wife and I love the cartoon and immediately recognized it for what it is, a cartoon! Tell those who would cancel subscriptions that they need not read cartoons or other articles which they find offensive to their shallow minds. I for one have been a subscriber since February 1966 and would cancel in a minute if a paper wasn’t something to argue over now and then.

BILL TEWKSBURY

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