AND HERE WE GO............

Damn, why the hate?

Stop the hate

Carry ya gay a$$!!! What you know.

he needs to go somewhere and sit down

this dude needs to be slapped as well

he need to go somewherre

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It's starting already???? smh

So, really, how much Black blood does one have to have to be considered Black? I wish Aaron would enlighten all of us. If Barack wants to identify as Black, that's his business. Who are we or anyone else to tell him he's not Black. He needs to sit down with this BS.

LOL

well....i never considered him to be an african-american, but my grandma told me this......if white folks say ur black.......you're black. You'll face the same stereotypes and racism as descendants of slaves.

man i hate fake a$$ light brights. tell this high yellow simpson skined foo 2 get a life

"one of us"??? really...

i strongly dislike ignorant ppl...love the boondocks...but that shyt right there was ignorant.

he actually make sense. obama isn't black, his mother is white and his dad from kenya.

You knew the haters wouldn't be to far behind.. Can't enjoy the fact that Barack is in office... Just sad...

B[SPAM]OOOOO!!! What kind of non-sense is he speaking? You always gotta show people your worth before they will consider you worthy of any kind of praise~ Whatever man~

SHUT YOUR DUMB ASZ UP..SUCH IGNORANCE

My family is from the mother land so does that mean I'm not black either?? Boondook sit yo azz down somewhere

@Busta82

Get the fcuk out of here! If he's not black then your not black!

wow he looks just like the cartoon,anyways thats so stupid for him to say,i love the boondocks but come on man,smgdh

there's always one fool who gotta step out of line with some bull#)$!@)*(

He's looking kinda light in the skin himself so i guess he's not black either right???

His show is garbage, he is down to 2 minutes of fame left.....bye hater..

A.G. You are sadly mistaken. From one fam to another I am bug-eyed that you would be this insulting. But I have experiencd the same prejudice becasue I have an African father and an American mother. Instead of insulting you any further, I will share your opinion with others and hopefully they will form a negative opinion of you and stop supporting your show.

dis [EXPLETIVE] iz crazy...

The black comment was out of line, he is just trying to get a little press for himself.

As far as what will change, he has a point. We ALL know the special interests groups and powerful lobbyist control our leadership.

Barack had a chance to step up and end the Israeli slaughter in Gaza, but out of fear of insulting the AIPAC, he remained silent.

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President Obama has a steep climb ahead of him. He will always be in my prayers.

WHO IS HE HIS OPINION DOESNT MATTER ANYWAY

So what, he has the right to feel however he wants to. Just because people don't believe the way you, or I do, doesn't mean they are wrong.

No, he is a half-African male. With people like this, I'm surprised Barack Obama even embraced black people. Good luck to Obama. And think about the fact, that not one black, who descended from slaves, has seriously ran for and became President of America.

^^^I mean, non-mixed black.

And his cartoon SUCKS! It is so stupid.

folks n they bullshyt...how u goin to pop shyt n u writtin this kinda show...characters alright

I'm sure all his life Mr.Obama was considered a black man. When you see him what do you see? A black man. Now that he is OUR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT he's no longer what people viewed him all his life? I'm sure if he wasn't our president and still a senator no one would give a rats azz if he was half black, white, indian or anything else. Why can't you haters just be proud and accept that one of our own has finally made it? I get so tired of black people bringing each other down. Light vs. dark, big girls vs. skin girls on and on and on....let it go already! Damn

so you what qualifies for being black is being the descendant of slaves? psuedo intellectual, indeed i saw where someone on another commentary said that be wasn't African American and i countered that he has more of a right to claim that than many of us his father was African, his mother was American and truth be told, none of us are pure anything we are all mixed somewhere down the line and anyway, who cares, he looks like us and the fact that someone with brown skin can be chosen by the people to lead us is remarkable given this countrys' history of oppression of people of color

that is why his show is done and gone....

He's a lame, i bet when change do come he gonna be all over obama's knob!!

Wonder what Uncle Ruckers...no relation...has to say about this....

Obama is not black he is mixed race, he is as white as he is black, all the black folks be celebrating that there is a black man in the white house, thats bs, when did you know a black man to have a white mother?, the media claim he is black, Obama has not identified himself as black!! Get a grip, all this hype, black folks voting for him cos he is black - and a change is coming - do u know his policies?? Whatever!! Let's make some noise for the 1st BLACK first lady - black coffee no sugar, no cream!!

I LOVE THOSE WHO SPEAK OF NOT "HATING" ON ONE ANOTHER, BUT, SPEAKING OF- LET'S PULL TOGETHER... OBAMA, BY SKIN TONE IS BLACK, YET AFRICAN...AND I TO QUESTION HIS LEADERSHIP. ***WHEN YOU SPEAK TO ONES EMOTIONS - HERE'S A SECRET LADIES AND WHY GUYS GET OVER ON YOU...YOU CAN CONTROL ANYONE. I JUDGE BY ONES ACTIONS - WE SHALL SEE NOW WON'T WE. OBAMA IS YET AN APPEALING STRANGER, BUT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THE BLACK WIDOW HE CALLS WIFE...

***YALL BETTER WAKE THE HELL UP!!****

Who is he to say anything, he makes money off of a gay ass cartoon that isn't even for the black kids who learned how to believe in something yesterday. What has he ever done but be lightskinned with a big mouth?...... No Bitchassness...

mto why would you even post this nonsense he's just a baby he does'nt even know what he's saying.here goes the hate,but you can't be mad that's their job

Don't HATE the PLAYER, HATE the GAME!!!!!!

princessdee....go play in traffic somewhere..on a really busy street!

if barack says that he's black, then he is black...his father is negroid so therefore his has black in him...yea barack is bi-racial but he looks more black then white so i consider him black(imo)damn we all black can't we jus be proud that a black man is in office, i mean damn do we have act like crabs in a bucket all the fukkin time!! damn we done got this far, and some black folks still aint satisfied!

so you think what qualifies for being black is being the descendant of slaves? psuedo intellectual, indeed. i saw where someone on another commentary said that be wasn't African American and i countered that he has more of a right to claim that than many of us his father was African, his mother was American and truth be told, none of us are pure anything we are all mixed somewhere down the line and anyway, who cares, he looks like us and the fact that someone with brown skin can be chosen by the people to lead us is remarkable given this countrys' history of oppression of people of color it's always the light skinned ones who are blackest go get some more education, son

~quoted~ "On the topic of race and ethnicity, McGruder said that to him, Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave" ~WTF???? u r not black unless u are a decendant of slaves????? jamaicains...not black?? Trinidad/Tabago...not black??? black british...not really black...MAKES NO FREAKIN SENCE!!!!! Obama isnt fully black...his mom was white...he was raised white...PEOPLE DO 4GET THAT...but he is still a minority with a brown face just like mine...but he isnt super-human or a super hero~i think he is just a very intelligent man who will hopefully fix some of this country....but no1 can fix ery'thang!! GOOD LUCK OBAMA!

He kinda has somevalid points but I am still an OBAMA- MAMA

so I guess that Rihanna is not black either huh? GTFOH

People, this idiot claims Obama is not "one of us" not because he is mixed race but because his father is "African" and not "African-American". What a fool. Black is black. I guess the white slave masters plan to divide and conquer us blacks work. These ignorant negros need to step. He had a valid point about being skeptical of how change is going to come through Obama's election but the "One of us" comment just showed his ignorance. Twunt!

I really hope Black people and All people in general dont really think that EVERY black man is going to support President Obama... So dont hype the few that dont. There are 100 times more that do.

So, if this is how that man feels- so what? This is America and we all have the freedom to say what we feel. Even further, I think that someone should be writing an article on MTO about the way they condemn people for their personal beliefs... Bigger issues going on people!

BOOOOOO FUQ THAT [EXPLETIVE] WITH NO VASELINE!!!!

*N!99@*

HE IS RIGHT. OBAMA IS NOT BLACK. HE WAS NOT BROUGHT UP IN A BLACK HOUSEHOLD AND ONLY MET HIS FATHER ONCE IN HIS LIFETIME. HE WAS RAISED IN HAWAII. HOW MANY BLACKS RAISED IN HAWAII? GET A DAMN GRIP PEOPLE. THE MAN IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOT THE UNITED STATES OF BLACK AMERICA. DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE GET SOME EDUCATION AND STOP THE BLACK VIOLENCE.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH -2 points -1. why are we the only race questioning if he is Black... No other nationality or race is asking this question. 2. If slavery was in effect, would he or would he not be a slave? So don't go talk slick about this ignorant's skin complexion because the bigger issue is his stupidity. Ignore his rants & do what Obama would do- lets focus on the bigger issue -we ALL need to come together and lets change america. He will be left behind with the other ignorant thinking people -

WE'D EXPECT THIS MESS FROM SOME WHITE FOLK BUT NOT OUR OWN PEOPLE. HATERS REALLY NEED TO STOP, RECOGNIZE AND GIVE THIS MAN HIS PROPS. THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT A DECENDANT OF A SLAVE DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A BLACK MAN AND HE IS THE 1ST, DO YOU HEAR ME HATERS, THE 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT! OUR PRESIDENT! STOP HATIN, GET BEHIND THIS MAN AND SUPPORT HIM. EVERYONE IS ACTIN LIKE HE'S DAVID COOPERFIELD OR SOMETHING. LIKE HE'S GONNA WAVE A DAMN MAGIC WAND AND ALL OUR PROBLEMS WILL BE FIXED. DON'T YOU IDIOTS LISTEN, DIDN'T HE SAY THAT A LOT OF THINGS MAY NOT BE FIXED IN 1 YEAR, OR 2 YEARS BUT HE WILL ADDRESS IT ALL. GO BACK TO YOUR DESK AND WRITE YOUR CARTOONS AND SHUT THE FUK UP HATER!

Obama is Biracial,and Mcgruder aint the Only hater next!

I don't think what he said was sad or ignorant. Nor is he a hater.People are so blinded by Obama. Everyone is praising him like he is the second coming of Christ. When all actuality he is the antichrist. Read up on your scripture people there are too many similarities. Open your minds and stop believing Obama is the answer to all our prayers. I agree with this Boondocks dude 100%. When someone express a opinion from the mainstream he is instantly attacked. Everything he said is true. Do your research and you will see. People think because Obama is a good looking charasmatic "black" man he is so superhero. People he is just a man. Now by no means am I saying he is destined for failure. He may do a couple of things that will help this country. And that will be great. But what if he is screws up so bad the country is in disaray.What will we do then? People are a bunch of sheep who believe anything they are told. When it all hits the fan thats when they realize everything is all wrong. Then it will be too late.I hope and pray that Obama leads this country out of its current state. But I will not rush to place him on a pedastal. God bless you all and I hope we make it out of our current state. Now i know alot of people will post things towards me to defame me and assasinate my character. But for what? Having a opinion. Words do not hurt. If I recieve at least one reaction my work is done. Open your eyes people just because he's black doesn't necessarily mean he is what this country needs. For our sake I hope I'm wrong.

you just made uncle ruckus proud!

I understand where he's coming from, but I don't necessarily agree. He's basically saying that since Barrack didn't come from a black father whose ancestors didn't endure the hardships like slavery, he ain't BLACK, just part african. But who cares. If Barrack identifies himself as black and is proud of it, more power to him. There are a lot of mixed race people who tend to not embrace both of their heritages. This dude is crazy, now is not the time to hate. Hate is what will continue to bring everyone down. Change is what we needed and received. I'm out

Yeah I bet he won't be talking stupid when goes to cash his stimulus check! Dumb Azz. All of this coming from a dude who's makes a living off of ignorance. Boondocks...that's where he needs to take it retarded azz

Well said BORI & UNBEATABLE BANZ

See what happens when you express your opinion

Aaron McGruder is a footnote as far as I'm concerned his opinion matters as much as a fart in a hurricane.." True Talk.My President's name is Barack Hussein Obama!"

It's so much s hit in my blood, Obama is probably more black than me.

I don't know why we just don't call him what he really is.............

a MINORITY!

He has a BEAUTIFUL black family! Enough with the inferiority complex already!

This whole article is all wrong First off he is a Afican desent so that makes him black. All Africans weren't brought over here to be slaves. Second off Prsident Obama can only do good for our country right now. Yes, it may take a while to see some change, I mean think about it he has to correct all of Bush FUC*K UPS then start rebuliding to make this country better. DUMB FU*CK!!! The only thing that can keep our new president down is our own. I have heard nothing but negativity for a lot of black folks even some in my family. Were like that old saying crabs in a barrel Keep all your negative [EXPLETIVE] to yourself you wasn't saying when he was running don't say it now. This is your president weather you like it or not live with it and HE WILL PROVE YOU WRONG this country will be better than it has ever been during both of his terms.

I dont agree with him but I met a lot of people who feels the same way. Its weird. I love the man myself and Baracks father is African from Kenya so I am sure his father comes from ancestors of slaves. But this guy is an idot I heard him speak before and his views are a little off. He said it was cool for whites to call blacks the N word because they were the one who mae it up lol so he's an ass hole times ten.

TELL HIM TO STICK TO DOING CARTOON.

his dad is nigerian so he got struggle in his bloodline... obama is black regardless what people say

Can the man just have a seat first before all this , dam!!!

he is actually absolutly correct things will change alright but not in the way Blacks precieve it to be. he ( Obama) is a puppet for the global elite and will do what is best for their self interest not yours .

he's hawwwt! hey boo! muuah

It's dumb mutha fuckas like this ass hole that makes BLACKS look simple and petty. For him to even come out and say some dumb [EXPLETIVE] like that is [EXPLETIVE] silly....

But look at his show, it speaks for his dumb ass!!!

"CONDEMNATION WITHOUT INVESTIGATION IS THE HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE" -ALBERT EINSTEIN mto, why not investigate before u condemn this guy? ok, he coulda left out the Obama/Michelle "blackness" thing..(although he's right) and I know us black folks are hella excited, but that's because most of us have no idea about how the U.S. president is REALLY picked. For all you readers, here's some food for thought: 1st: google the "TRILATERAL COMMISSION" and how the same guy who picked president Carter is now behind obama. (a guy named Brzinski.) READ PEOPLE!!Obama represents global banking interests, and he would not have been "elected" if they didn't want him to be!!! 2nd: google "zeitgeist the movie" and watch it. BLACK FOLKS, LETS HAVE CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM! CAUTIOUS BECAUSE THE NWO IS REAL, AND OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE THE PREZIDENT IS BLACK!!!!

ok 2 things...

1. he's entitled to his opinion; respect that.

2. you know the majority of your loser readers won't understand pessimistic! LOL

YOU SEXY BOO..NOW IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED

I THINK I understand what Boondocks is TRYING to say because Al Sharpton made similiar comments when he said not all blacks are your friends or understand you.

However, Obama is black. He claimed it LONG ago and he celebrates it. No, his black side did not come to America on a slaveship but Obama understands his place in this nation/world. He stated it himself when he talked about his father not having the same opportunties 60 years ago simply because he was black. PLUS, Obama worked his butt off for the black community in Chicago during the 80s-90s...the man is black!

I agree with Boondooks dude. Obama is BI-RACIAL and he is not dissing him at all, he said he hoped he does make a difference. MTO just ran with it as ususal! I am from DC and not down with all the hype. I voted for Obama because of his policies, but if ya'll dummies did not vote for democrats in your own states, it does not really matter what Obama's policies are. He is just a face, congress makes the decisions of what comes to pass. I hope he does make a difference, but being from a place where u see the white house everyday on your way to work on the metro and still cannot afford to live doesn't give me any hope that a black man, white woman, mexican or anybody else will change this country! These ignorant people are more worried about what kind of dog he gets, where he goes to church, how he snapped his fingers at the concert, and who designs his house than him. American media is portraying him like he is a form of God and i cannot get down with it. I am still pissed that i was a prisioner in my own home because of all this drama! I am trying to move off Pennsylvania ave asap! So can all ya'll wack ass tourist get off my block so the gun shots and crack sells can go down and I can get to work semi-peacefully!

...thanx 100stack, and StBernard needs to pick up a book & get wit it...

he was wrong to say da man aint black..cuz clearly he is..BUT he is not wrong to have an opinion about the man who is now his president...evry1 jumping down da man throat saying he ignorant..Y? just because he dont agree w/u? Dat isn't ignorance it is merely an opinion that he is very much entitled to. Its ignorant that noone is listening to what he is really saying cuz they too stuck on da black part!! I say big ups 2 him for speaking his mind!! (dat is wierd dat he say barack aint black though..hmmm)

"Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave."

U HEAR THAT PPL! IF UR NOT THE DESCENDANT OF A SLAVE UR NOT BLACK! APPEARANTLY THAT'S ALL WE ARE!

LMAO @ THE DUMMIES WHO SUPPORT HIS PRODUCT! EVERY TIME I'VE SEEN THIS DUDE INTERVIEWD HE COMES ACROSS AS A WANNABE INTELECTUAL!

@nyhardestbitch....i gotta cosign w/u on your comments about people treating him like da 2nd coming of christ, he is just a man like da rest of em, he aint no god!!! Its scary how he came outta nowhere and now da whole world love him...(revelations aint no punk)

ummmm Who's that guy?

Don't hate, congratulate!

Please take no offense. This is an honest rebuttal. Barack is black and white because he is the progeny of his parents who were such. However, when you look at him, what do you see? If you didn't know the race of his parents, you would identify him as a black man, correct? Ultimately, Barack connects and identifies very much with his black culture. It is quite evident with his choice of a life mate and the community in Chicago which he decided to settle in. On another note, do not reduce the astuteness of black people by falsely claiming they voted for Barack simply because of his skin color. If you remember, initially it was Hillary who secured the majority of black votes. However, after closely watching the debates, blacks overwhelmingly migrated towards Barack because he was the better choice.

Sorry MTO but YALL NEED TO SIT DOWNNNEE! Yall act like every black person has to shukkin and jivin, sayin yeessah mista Obama I's showww believes in uuuu! WTF?!!! Can a brotha have a different opinion without being a "hater". This is what REALLY is setting black people back. All these ignorant one track mind fools that cant handle diversity amongst their people.

Nowhere in that statement did I sense hate. He even said he wished the brother would do well. And I dont understand how yall dont see that Obama AINT BLACK!!!! Why would yall wanna perpetuate teh belief that white people are "PURE" and that one drop of black blood denounces all of the whiteness? The man is BIRACIAL and is as much white as he is black, dont let old white people determine how you see mixed race people

Aaron McGruder:

"[EXPLETIVE] you gay!"

LAWD y'all r so stupid...The man is 7%Black 50%White 28%Arab ....So, really he ISN'T all Black....Let's start saying we have our First INTERRACIAL President or our First MIXED President..Why does it have to be our first BLACK President!!! He's more Arab than he is Black...DUMMIES!!!! And like i said before...Get out ur Bibles, turn to REVELATIONS....And tell me this man don't fit the image of the ANTI-CHRIST!!!!!

In the words of Fred Sanford ......."YOU BIG DUMMIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ BUSTA82 "BLACK" IS A TYPE OF RACE RACE IS THE CONCEPT OF CATEGORIZING HUMANS IN GROUPS BASED ON CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS SKIN COLOR...SO BARACK IS INDEED BLACK....HIS DADDY IS AFRICAN AND HIS MOMMA IS AMERICAN SO THEREFORE TECHNICALLY HE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN...GO SIT UR UNEDUCATED A$$ DOWN SOMEWHERE

nyhardestbitch...I respect your opinion however, as a Minister I resent your statement that Obama is the antichrist, not because i put him on a pedastal, no man belongs there but...if any of us walking the earth knew who the antichrist is or when they it coming, that person would also know when Jesus would show up again...so be careful with your statment "in all actuality he IS the antichrist" that would mean that GOD has revealed to you more than what he has revealed to the disciples and prophets...and that my dear, I seriously doubt.. before you call this or any man the Antichrist...you'd better check your Bible and read where it says "judge not lest ye not be judged". People have predicted the second coming since the beginning of time, and now more than ever we need to redirect our judgments to prayers and our criticism to optimism... let me clarify that i do not attend church at this time because I am sick of the Mega-Church mentality and the "tithers" being prayed for while the people who give what they can are simply passed the plate...tithing does not mean only money...

Being black is an opinion in certain cases.I myself agree that Barack,and all other mixed people with 1 black parent,aren't black.The 1 drop rule nonsense only applies in America.In South Africa they call them colored,which is different from black people,in the U.K they say mixed race...

This 1 drop nonsense was created by white slave masters for black slaves.Any1 who thinks having 1 black parent,grand parent,or great grand parent makes u black obviously is the white man's bitch,still following his long ago ideologies.How you gone let a white person define blackness for you?Mulattos even got their own racial category in the year 2000, where literally millions of them didn't put themselves as black but biracial...because they are.

Any black person who goes by the 1 drop rule is 1 of those black people who thinks being black is the worst thing in the werld.They think being black equals being miserable and misery loves company,so they'll happily invite anyone who isn't black,to be black...

Smh @ People calling Bill Clinton black.Being black comes with a sense of honor and dignity and is a symbol of greatness to some of us.

it's funny how you look at blacks condeming other blacks just cause they not Obama worshipers and take an outside look at things that goes to show how far we have actually come which is not very far. people dont really understand how the system works it truly sad.

@BUSTA82.............First of all your comment is very ignorant, uneducated, asinine all the words can't describe what i think you and few others that think so erroneously ignorant. In essence because his faterh is from kenya he's not black??? I understand everybody is entitled to their opinion but i assure you that being black and uneducated is quite sad don't follow the status quo and say such ignorant comments and this goes for MCGRUDER and anyone else it applies to

pardon me...when "IT" was coming...*at work typing fast*

Black people, stop being fools! We are looking like fools and we need to stop it. Barak Obama is not a descendent of the slaves. This means means he is not black. REPEAT, BARAK OBAMA IS NOT ONE OF US!!!! This is why I say we need to do our research and find our true identity. STOP BEING FOOLED ALL YOUR LIVES!!!

Although i disagree with arron on the whole "black" thing,arron has a point when it comes to barack ancestry. Baracks father was an african immigrant.Baracks ancestors never went through the hardships like real black americans,whos ancestry goes back before the 1800's,has.The only descendants of the slaves who built the white house and other governmental buildings,are michelle,her mom,and malia and sasha Though im happy for barack,i wont feel truly statisfied till a Black president (WITH BLACK AMERICAN SLAVE ANCESTORS),gets to the presidency.

Plus we all know that Black americans,and african immigrants dont even get along in the first place. If obama was raised in his African kenyan heritage,as opposed to being raised a Black american,id ont think Black americans would have voted for him in the numbers that they did.

he is the 1st bi racial President.

Well this is true. I dont know why black people are so stupid. I guess Higher education is not a must. But, yes black folks, he is not black.

@aldum1214 THE SAME GOES FOR YOU LOOK UP THE WORD RACE AS IT REFERS TO BLACK OR WHITE AND WHEN DID THE COLOR OF THE PEOPLE WHO RAISED YOU DETERMINE WETHER YOU WERE BLACK OR WHITE....WHITE PEOPLE WERE RAISED BY SLAVES EVEN DRANK THEIR BREAST MILK DOES THAT MEAN THEY WEREN'T WHITE????

@TexasGlamourChic...

Thank you someone with some damn sense...

Yes!! go aaron speak the truth. Now you're going to be attacked by the obama cult! I can't wait for season three, because I know he is going to go in and show how foolish once again black people are for following this man and putting to much trust in a infallible being and worshiping obama like a savior. I can't wait. And obama came from out of a white women groomed and backed up by the zionist elite brezenski and the rockefellers. That's why I love this cartoon, because it shows how ignorant our people really are with satire.

@ Oy16y,Backshotz,Msjb and all the other black folks that said Obama aint black thank you.Its nice to see some of us still have sense...

I myself voted for Obama, but thats because Hilary was not on the card. But, I want to see if anything will change or it's just hype behind his victory. Plus, lets tell the truth 90 % of ya'll including young voters, just voted for him because they were black and his black. Tell me 5 things you know about the man, thats not on wikipedia.org

I don't see what the big deal is. I know many children who are of African and white Americans and they don't consider themselves to be "black." They think they are better than blacks because they are not the sons of slaves. Barack Obama is a man of color, but, really, this is not the same as if, say Jesse Jackson Jr had run and won. One thing that helped him with white voters was that he pretty much denied his "blackness" - how often did you see him in a photo with anyone black?

In fact, what Barack has done is shown that you have to give up part of your blackness if you want to be president. His family, too. How often have we seen his daughters in private photos with cornrows? Yet, for important events, their hair is pressed and straight. We've seen both Michelle and Barack in African clothing...but, not since he started running for president. They gave up their black minister and church, just to appease white folks. This is the message to black Americans. You gotta sell out to really be accepted by white America. Oh, and don't forget to smile a lot - big toothy grins, from ear to ear.

GET SERIOUS! NOT LIKING OBAMA OR HIS POLICIES IS A PERSONAL OPINION! BUT SAYING THE MAN ISNT BLACK B/C HE'S NOT OF SLAVE ANCESTRY IS STRSIGHT UP STUPID!

SO EVERY AFRICAN OR BLACK PERSON ON THE GLOBE WHO CANT PROVE THEIR FAMILIES WERE SLAVES ARENT BLACK NOW! GTFOH!

IF BARACK WANTED TO BE INDETIFIED AS MIXED RACE HE WOULD HAVE DEFINED HIMSELF THAT WAY EARLY ON. BUT ... SINCE THE BEGINNING, HE HAS DEFINED HIS SELF AS BLACK. HE SAID IT HIM SELF. SO ARE YOU GUY'S GOING TO TELL THIS 47 YEAR OLD MAN THAT HE IS NOT BLACK ??? Halle Berry's mother is WHITE AND SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF BLACK AND IS VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT. I DID NOT HEAR ANYBODY SAYING SHE IS NOT BLACK WHEN SHE WON THE OSCAR. ALL DAY ON ALL NEWS STATIONS THEY CALLED HIM THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. WHY DIDN'T HE CORRECT THEM ? SMH.

some of yall will be real disappointed when you realize this isn't a black thing and u wont get black checks in the mail every week. life goes on just the same for the average person. so get off obama's dick and get back to struggling.

i can't get over how cute this kid is... lawwdd! mmm baby, i hope you express your opinion more so that MTO will give us more shots of you. next time say something while you're nude. muuah

Unfortunately, it is to be expected. However, as the minister was giving the invocation yesterday said, "Remember he is just a man not a Messiah." Prayerfully, he will live up to all the hype and promises that got him elected.

IF BARACK WANTED TO BE INDETIFIED AS MIXED RACE HE WOULD HAVE DEFINED HIMSELF THAT WAY EARLY ON. BUT ... SINCE THE BEGINNING, HE HAS DEFINED HIS SELF AS BLACK. HE SAID IT HIM SELF. SO ARE YOU GUY'S GOING TO TELL THIS 47 YEAR OLD MAN THAT HE IS NOT BLACK ??? Halle Berry's mother is WHITE AND SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF BLACK AND IS VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT. I DID NOT HEAR ANYBODY SAYING SHE IS NOT BLACK WHEN SHE WON THE OSCAR. ALL DAY ON ALL NEWS STATIONS THEY CALLED HIM THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. WHY DIDN'T HE CORRECT THEM ? SMH.

why would he do that he has to connect w/ blacks somehow thats the whole point of callin himslef black.

FUNNY COLIN POWEEL'S PARENTS ARE JAMAICAN! AND ANY DUMMY CAN SEE HE IS OF MIXED RACE BUT HE'S BLACK TO YALL!

ALICIA KEYS MOTHER IS WHITE AND FATHER IS JAMAICAN BLACK BUT SHES BLACK TO YALL!

RIHANNA IS NOT BORN HERE! AND AGAIN MIXED HERITAGE! BUT SHE'S BLACK TO EVERYONE ALSO!

THE LIST GOES ON!

[EXPLETIVE] Barack Obama.I'm Mario and I approve this message.

@ MissDaniBaby,wus up sweet heart.

SMH @ all these people that worship obama are going to find out the hard way. lol I bet if obama come out and say for your safety you have to get a microchip implanted. How many of you black sheep going to be in line getting that chip, because your savior obama said it was ok??

Thankyou DQC! And you aint NEVA lied. He is one sexy mofo! I hope he is in his 30's tho, I got a daddy complex and I love it when they look young mmmmm lol.

bitai,i agree Ive often heard Africans spouting off pejorative rhetoric towards Black americans because of our slave ancestors. They fail to acknowledge that the europeans enslaved Africans inside of the Africa continent during colonialism.Mostm notable case being the belgians in the congo Also,if you ask me,being colonized is basically enslavement

McGruder and Tavis Smiley can kiss my "black by slave descendant" ass.

Rihanna is not black!!!! to uhm dumbass!!

FUNNY WHEN BARACK'S CLASSMATES AT HAVARD TOLD HIM HE WAS ONLY THERE B/C OF AFFIRMITAVE ACTION WE BLACK ENOUGH THEN!

THE MAN HAS SAID COUNTLESS TIMES INCLUDING HIS AUTO BIOGRAPHY THAT HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF BLACK! SO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT!!

THE MAN IS EDUCATED! CLASSY! AND HAS BEAUTIFUL BLACK FAMILY! SO I CAN SEE HOW MOST OF U CANT RELATE! LMAO!

AGAIN TALK ABOUT HIS POLICIES BUT THIS "HE AINT REALLY BLACK SH!T IS TIRED!"!

West indians are descendants of slaves,just like Black americans....

Aaron your show the boondocks is off the chain first off, and secondly Your opinion is yours, and i respect it, thats what critical thinking all about!!!

I find it really sad, ignorant that people feel the need to personally attack you, just because your views is set apart from the masses!

...and here comes the crabs looking to pulling Barack down for their come-up.

DONT SUPPORT THIS MAN's SHOW! WE MUST CONTINUE TO USE OUR UNITED BLACK POWER FOR GOOD!!

A lot people on this blog are we bit confused on history. If Obama wants to identify himself as black then so be it. He is a black man and the fact that he is not a descendent of American slaves is irrelevant. Where do you think slaves came from? Last time I checked they came from AFRICA!!! Also, he would be a first generation African-American. The majority us are not purely black. I have white ancestry and Native American ancestry and I am still considered black. African-American. The majority us are not purely black. I have white ancestery and native american anestoery and still considered black.

why the stupidity all black people are descendants of slaves

I was going to get the Boondocks on DVD but now that this fool is talking [EXPLETIVE] i'll just save my money.

Anyway if you were to see him would you think he was White or Black?

@HeatedMud: Wow, really!!! Do you know what ancestor mean or descendants? Really!!!

lot people on this blog are we bit confused on history. If Obama wants to identify himself as black then so be it. He is a black man and the fact that he is not a descendent of American slaves is irrelevant. Where do you think slaves came from? Last time I checked they came from AFRICA!!! Also, he would be a first generation African-American. The majority us are not purely black. I have white ancestry and Native American ancestry and I am still considered black.

Perhaps in the realm of societal realities his race and how he "categorizes" himself does not matter. But in urban theory specifically when describing issues sorrounding race his lack of connection with a traditional Black American experience along with his heritage and racial mix, one would not describe him as Black, more like the true definition of African American, Kenyan American, etc.

@Dayummadeulook EVERYONE ELSE I LISTED IS BLACK RIH ISNT! YEA OK! IF U EVA BUMP INTO HER TELL HER (AND HER FAMILY) TO STOP CALLING THEMSELVES BLACK! B/C U SAID SO! LMAO!

IM STILL LAUGHIN AT HE'S NOT BLACK B/C HIS FOREFATHERS ARENT SLAVES! I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT AKON POST! LOL!

ADD IDRIS ELBA TO THE LIST OF PPL WHO ARENT BLACK BY MCGRUDER'S CRITERIA!

Just cause Aaron ain't on the "HOORAY!!!, we have a black president" bandwagon doesn't make him a hater. Aaron strongly supported Obama!!!!! Leave it up to MTO to create a NEGATIVE story.

Aaron takes politics and the government very seriously, if you knew anything about him, you'd know that. So he's pretty much sceptical of ANYBODY connected with the government, (including OBAMA).

Aaron is a very deep thinker and what he was trying to say was way too deep for MTO to comprehend, so you took his words out of context and painted him up to be a 'so called -"hater".

Don't f*ck with Aaron, he's too deep for you.

Just stick to worrying about how Beyonce feels about Obama, you guys think more on her level.

Wow I didnt know you had to come from slavery to be black or any other races. At one time or another every race has been a slave. President Obama will still be called the N word by all the racist whites.

Damn can we just be happy just for a little while. Dont shyt on the parade just yet

LMAO...NOW YA'LL KNOW THAT BOONDOCKS HAS BEEN CANCELLED, SO HE NEEDS SOME OTHER MEANS OF KEEPING HIMSELF OCCUPIED...LOL

Its too early to be cussing folk out...ignorance is bliss

uhm, u moron! your nationality and your color are two different things. shut up! being from jamaica doesn't necessarily mean you're black. have you been there to see the diversity?!?!?! doubt it. shut up.

If your dark black your not going to make it be if your light black they will say your not black enough for ourselves this is horrible

“We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right,”

He can be skeptical if he wants, but he can't say Obama isn't black without people lookin sideways at his azz.

the truth hurts.. All y'all fascist hypocritical coons that are up here shucking and jiving while we have an elitist man in office should crawl back in your slummy cesspools of ignorance.. Why should you get the chance to revel in history when your part of the problem..? Who cares what he is.. black..white.. beige.. Fact is you will continue to coon on.. There will be a new line of separatists.. not focusing on color.. but class.. societal affiliation.. Economic Status.. We have a colored president now.. But at the end of the day white women still clutch their purses.. And negroes still hug the block.. Only now they wear oversized obama t-shirt while they peddle their poison..

i see yall are real proud of obama and sit here typing off yall lil fingers claiming him. but the question is... besides your votes for presidency, do you think he'd wanna claim yall? this sick stupid illiterate behavior where you refuse to just respect someone else's opinion is appalling!

Well, this cat became famous talking crazy with those bad azz little cartoon kids. So, when something absurd comes out of his mouth, should you expect anything else?

SupremeBlackMan Flag post West indians are descendants of slaves,just like Black americans....

TELL THAT TO THE POSTER WHO SAID ONLY AMERICAN BORN BLACKS ARE "BLACK"! ALSO I COULD'VE SWORN SLAVERY ALSO TOOK PLACE IN AFRICA!

I GET IT AFRICAN AMERICAN = BLACK! BUT AFRICAN = NON BLACK!

MCGRUDER CAN ADD ESTELLE TO THE LIST OF NON BLACKS. LOL!

DQC said it right: "your nationality and your color are two different things. shut up!"

Its funny how none of this came up until OBAMA got elected i`m the same color as BARACK but my mother is not WHITE does that mean that i`m not BLACK either?BLACK FATHER!BLACK MAN! BOTTOM LINE!we all are biracial thanks to the PEDOPHOBIC slavemaster thats why most of us BLACKS are BROWN do they say we are MIXED?i%of BLACK in you and your ASS is BLACK and whether you agree or disagree is your problem but society as a whole will show you what side you belong so this IDIOT [EXPLETIVE] can jump from a CLIFF,YES WE CAN!

MTO should be happy about this story because yall thrive off of hating and sideways talking. Just scroll down a story or two.

Since when do you have to be decended from slaves to be black? That is SO ignorant, poor thing. It's obvious that Aaron does not know Afican American history or culture. Boondocks, although the characters are adorable looking, it is the most ignorant cartoon that only underlines negative stereotypes about black people. It serves no positive contribution wto our struggle. He only emphazises his own political views and pessimistic way of thinking. A freind of mine had the boxed set and I just happened to catch some of it. It is disgusting how many times they used the N word! I am cetain some white producers put that on TV, because no respectable black person would have allowed that to be played on broadcast TV. His latest rant just proves his ignorance.

WHO CARES WHAT HE HAS TO SAY???? HIS CARTOON IS A HORRIBLE REPRESENTATION OF BLACKS. WHY WOULD HE HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT WHEN IT'S CLEAR FROM HIS SHOW THE WAY HE THINKS OF HIS OWN PEOPLE?

His cartoon is truth representation of blacks that's why y'all mad and hate the truth when y'all hear it. lol black people are so pathetic sometimes it's sad.

@DQC U MORON! GO LEARN THE DEFINITION OFF SARCASM! ARE U EVEN PAYING ATTN!

WOW!!!!!!

uhm ur the moron! admit it and go do your research.

brookylnking and msmilan, some more conscious black folks up here that can see the truth and that's not drunk off obama's hope and kool Aid.

it's not ok to run off at the mouth (or fingertips) just because you have an audience. when you speak, come with some facts or some valid points.

Why are all black people REQUIRED to believe that Barack Obama is the second coming? It's ignorant to believe that Barack Obama is going to get elected, wave a magic wand and change life for African Americans - that's what's ignorant! (Well, that and the dumb asses at MTO not knowing that "Pseudo" and "Fake" means the same thing!)

What's TRULY ignorant is people blasting someone because they choose to look at the BIG picture and not the BLACK picture - he's entitled to his OPINION on politics and if he chooses the ISSUES over RACE - he gets more respect from me than YOU mf's!

Ignorance at its finest.

I agree that all the negativity sorrounding this issue is not neccessary, it depends on your perspective and experiences. Everyone doesn't have to or not meant to agree especially based on their individual experiences. That also doesn't mean that dissenting opinions or not of value, we should try to be more open minded to individual versions of truth.

Blacks been lied to for so long they would nt know truth if it jump down and kicked them right in the ass.

Plus, I never watched his cartoon anyway. It's whack!!!!!

I remember him from Kentucky at the poll with a McCaine-Palin shirt on.

Damn he setting Obama up for failure today is day # 1 this will not happen overnight. He has alot of cleaning up to do after Bush...But he's so not important...Obama will make a change I have faith!

Banks sinking deeper, the dow drops deeper, but hey we got a black president and his inaugaration costed 170 million. Yea, it's big party hardy now, but wait until reality sinks in for you American sheeps.

SO???????????????????????

AND??????????????????????

Damn MTO is acting like people can't have opinions anymore! You at MTO are a bunch of "fake azz pseudo-intellectuals" as you say, who are critisizing a man for having a non popular opinion. I mean God forbid a person decides to think for himself and NOT BECOME A FOLLOWER to something in which he does not believe in.

MTO is a bunch of fake azz, following hypocrites!

Isnt Barack Obama's father from Kenya! What more do you want!! This guy sounds real ignorant!

bitai- shut the phuck up on their first day of school both girls wore thier hair in braids. idiot.

~quoted~ "On the topic of race and ethnicity, McGruder said that to him, Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave" ~WTF???? u r not black unless u are a decendant of slaves????? jamaicains...not black?? Trinidad/Tabago...not black??? black british...not really black...MAKES NO FREAKIN SENCE!!!!! Obama isnt fully black...his mom was white...he was raised white...PEOPLE DO 4GET THAT...but he is still a minority with a brown face just like mine...but he isnt super-human or a super hero~i think he is just a very intelligent man who will hopefully fix some of this country....but no1 can fix ery'thang!! GOOD LUCK OBAMA!

LMAO@ scandalousone. Thats true. I dont know why people on here so mad at him. Before, Boondocks was actually made into a cartoon it used to be a comic strip. I read it a couple times. Personally in my opinion, it always sounded racist and sterotypical. To no surprise the cartoon wasn't much different but a lil funnier. So thats jus how his style is and thats his opinion about Barack Obama. I like Barack Obama too, but I hate when people seem to worship him like he can do no wrong and nobody (especially black people) can say anything negative because he's the "1st Black President of America." He jus said Barack's not black because everyone knows his mother was a white woman. Yeah it sounds ignorant to say because even if U have one black parent you're considered black in society. To think anything different is a slave mentality and will always keep black people separated never working together because someone is not fully black so they're a "sell-out" or jus not black at all. Either way its his opinion and he's entitled to it.

ps.. all you dumb a-holes.. Anyone and everyone is entitled to their own opinion.. Yall making these stupid ass comments about hating and so forth.. this country is built on hate you close minded monkeys.. Yall conform to anything.. still slaves to opression.. Drink that kool aid..

I smell "Hate" in the air

LMAO! PEACE TO ALL THE SLAVE DESCENDANTS!

AND PEACE TO ALL THE OTHER BLACK PPL! LMAO!

WE MAY HAVE TO START CARRYING CARDS TO DECIPHER WHO IS WHO!

QUESTION: DOES THIS MEAN WE'RE NOT DOING LIGHT SKINNED/DARK SKINNES ANYMORE! B/C ALL THAT WUD REALLY MAKE IT COMPLICATED!

MTO I BEG U TO PLEASE DELETE THIS POST AND THESE COMMENTS. IT IS DISGRACEFUL! I'M EMBARRASSED TO BE BLACK TODAY. I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN SO MUCH NONSENSE IN ONE SETTING...

AND HIS OPINION MATTERS BECAUSE?????

NEXT---->

The obama cult don't want us to have freedom of speech anymore. MTO perpetuate this obama maniac bs.

Obama has to prove to this and many others that his word is good. Obama understands that there are some that doubt what he can do. Obama knows that he has to prove himself. McGruder's simply does not expect dramatic change from Obama HOWEVER McGruder does expect to be proven WRONG. Mcgruder has a right to feel this way until he sees results. So, this is not slick talk at all. This is called having an opinion.

The other comment that McGruder mentioned about ethnicity is based on the difference of what some would call black versus African. Some see Obama as African because his father was a pure African and was never a slave; therefore he's not black. Whereas "black" in the US (was respectfully called negro then colored but) was linked to "slaves". So, that's what McGruder means when he says Michelle and her momma are the only black people in the white house. When most black people consider themselves "black" it is because they came from "slave-descendents" Most blacks don't see themselves as Africans because they were not born in Africa. But for sure you can see Obama is black/white-mixed or whatever.

Hopefully, we can begin to see all people as unique individuals. The more that we see in color, religion, politics, nationalism, etc we create division and this division is just another form of racism.

"I don't think you're going to see any dramatic change from Barack Obama," said McGruder

^^^^^^^^OPINION! AND TOPIC FOR REASONABLE DEBATE!

McGruder said that to him, Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave.

^^^^^^^^^^^DUMB ASS ILLOGICAL STATEMENT THAT U EITHER IGNORE OR TREAT WITH COMPLETE INDIGNANT HUMOUR!

SHAME ON ALL U AMERICANS... WHY DO U CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT RACE??? JUDGE YOUR NEW PRESIDENT NOT BE THE COLOUR OF HIS SKIN, BUT BY HIS CHARACTER C'MON PPL ~WHY~ IS RACE STILL AN ISSUE??? *WHY* R PPL LIKE THIS???

TriniDiva, Americans (black and white) are the most racist people on the earth. They know no better. Right now this crew up here on this post sound just as smart as the KKK.

I'd hardly call Aaron a "fake azz intellectual" (whatever the hell that means); he's one of the most informed young people in the biz. The kid knows a lot about politics and the inner workings of it all. But he's right, Obama is not SOLELY Black. Saying he is is an affront to the White woman that raised him and helped him become the great man he is. It's time all of us get used to referring to him and others as biracial or multiracial. It's downright LAZY and disrespectful to just label him Black. But I do find Aaron's comments to be ill-timed and inconsiderate. It would have been better to have heard him say "I'm optimistically cautious" but if that's not how he feels, then he's entitled to say so. For every drop of pessimism he embodies, there are more than enough of us that have faith in President Obama and who will give him an opportunity to prove himself before completely writing him off.

DQC, get over yourself. Just because everybody doesn't worship your savior obama doesn't make them less black,sell out or kkk memeber. SMH

First of all, who the hell would take advice, especially theological advice, from someone named "Backshotz"?! He's the Anti-Christ, oh okay, yeah...I read the Bible, the description doesn't really fit him. And where did this dummy get that whole 7% Black, 50% White, Arab thing from? Sis you divvy his blood by the teaspoon or something? MacGruder has every right to doubt Obama,it doesn't matter to me, but no one person is the arbiter of what's Black. For all MacGruder's high yella ass knows, he could have just as much White blood as Obama, he's about the same complexion....

Congradulations Aaron, you got these fools to bust out the BIG words "fake azz pseudo-intellectuals".

MTO hasn't been worried about anything except 'who's SINGING at the inagurataion.

They've never once covered anything to do with Baracks policies or any real political issues.

Well....I guess your a good start for them.

Anyway, hurry up and finish that movie.....I miss Riley and Huey, and sadly Uncle Ruckus too.

HUE, STFU. Did you read what I said, [EXPLETIVE]? At no point did you hear me worship Obama like these fools. I worship only God. Obama is the president, just like Bush and Clinton were. I respect any president after he's proved himself. And btw, f'uck YOU!

Race is still an issue because the structure of this country was built around a hiearchy of race with white males at the top "white privledge." This is not the rhetoric of random Black people who are radical. I am a grad student studying urban theory and this is the focus point of the reasons behind a lot of the disparities between the races. We might not be able to come to a concensus sorrounding these issues, but they are just as relevant now as they were then as we are still feeling the impact of racist policies in the lives of our children.

I love Aaron McGruder he keeps it real. Tell me what's not true about what he said. AND tell me how barack plans on helping the black community policy wise... You can't because barack NEVER ADDRESSED THE BLACK COMMUNITY. He just assumed you would all go out and vote for him anyway, and he was right. That's not psuedo intellect that's a fact. It's also a fact that Barack does not represent any real change aside from physicallity.

What the hell ever, Boondocks dude...always an Uncle Ruckus somewhere....hell, Obama can just sit around and fart all day and the country will be better run than what Evil Incarnate Bush did.

So this dude doesn't remember in school when we learned about slaves that they were brought over here from AFRICA? Obama's people are from AFRICA. If slaves came from AFRICA & Obama's Dad came from AFRICA.......ummmmm hello?????

@shortstack555

You are no more eligible to say Obama isn't than the next who says he is antichrist. You don't know what God revealed and to whom he revealed it to! Maybe you need to not just read but study the bible!

II Thessalonians 2:10-12. Even their deception is a judgment of God upon them; when Antichrist comes, God will send a strong DELUSION that they SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE. The reason for this is that they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved. THEY HEARD THE GOSPLE, UNDERSTOOD THE TRUTH, BUT REJECTED IT.

This guy is a DICK!! Does he think ALL black people are descendents of slaves?! Africa is a huge continent with people who are not descendents of slaves. He needs to pick up a book. Ignorant people make me sick!!

Interesting...its starting already. This is only my opinion: I don't think any of us are 100% anything. Yes, a lot of us are descendants of slaves but look how diluted our blood has become. Vanessa Williams- she has blue or green eyes, light hair and skin.. the last I read and heard, both parents are African American. Ananda Lewis and Tatiyana Ali, they both have the dark skin but very fine hair and they strongly resemble people of Middle Eastern descent. I don't see or recall anyone questioning their Blackness! To me and many of a lot of people PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA is a Black Man- so what a White woman gave birth to him but an AFRICAN from Kenya fathered him. To be honest, not a lot of us can say our mother or father is from Africa. Mr Aaron McGruder, in some of the back woods of Georgia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio (just to name a few) one would consider our 44th President to be a Black man.

and whoever is saying Barack is the anti-christ, WHO THE HELL WAS BUSH AND CHENEY?!?!?!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! MTO aint' sh it! They want to talk about "UNITY" and sh it the day after this "historical" election, but their LEAD story is about Mary J. Blige having "beef" with Beyonce?????????????

Yeah, right!

What a freakin idiot! I still can't believe that black people could be so ignorant about other blacks. Yes, he is black. Dark skinned people from the Caribbean are black too, just not African-American. Geeshh please people get an education!

@DQC fuk u to bitch!

I’m not surprised, even though the show is funny as hell, it also show’s how ignorant one mind is, let’s say he’s talking the way he writes his scripts, and that is STUPID! NEXT

All this bitterness makes me thirsty. Anyone care to join me for tea?

Wow... Obama doesn't have to prove anything to you jigs does he? Him simply being black gives him a free ride with blacks. You do realize this is no different from white folks giving Bush a free-pass for 8 years right? I bet half of you idiots don't even know Obama's policies. If you can name 5 I'd be shocked. Aaron has a right to be skeptical. Because even in the month leading up to inauguration things Obama has done do not project that he will be the change he said he'd be.

1. Filling your cabinet with war mongers and hyper capitalist goons 2. Absolute silence from Obama on the situation in Gaza 3. Absolute allegiance with Israel 4. The proposed "Civilian Service" program 5. Calling war criminals like George Bush II a "good guy" 6. Speaking highly of other war mongers from previous administration 7. Putting Hilary Clinton who ran a racist campaign against him in a position of power

He has every right to be skeptical and so does any person that's actually has any concept of liberty. Why do you all swear such fealty to him as if her were some sort of King? Yes a black president is a historical and monumental moment... but now he has to prove himself. And thus far--it doesn't look good. You owe it to yourself to question your leaders. Not swear allegiance to them.

I can't wait for season three of the boondocks. I know it's going to be on point and show how foolish black people are for blindly following the puppet obama.

RE: romeoalante

I love Aaron McGruder he keeps it real. Tell me what's not true about what he said. AND tell me how barack plans on helping the black community policy wise... You can't because barack NEVER ADDRESSED THE BLACK COMMUNITY. He just assumed you would all go out and vote for him anyway, and he was right. That's not psuedo intellect that's a fact. It's also a fact that Barack does not represent any real change aside from physicallity.

PREACH!!! EVERY 1 IS SO BLINDED BY THE FACT HE IS A MAN OF COLOR THAT EVERY 1 SEEMED 2 FORGET THE FACT HE MADE GENERAL STATEMENTS REGUARDING CHANGE IN OUR ECONOMY AS A WHOLE BUT NO STATEMENTS ABOUT CHANGING THE BLACK COMMUNITY PERIOD!! AND THIS REASON FOR SO IS SIMPLE.. ALTHOUGH HE HAS PIGMENT AND IS OF AFRICAN DECENT HE HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE STRUGGLES OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN AMERICA... ALTHOUGH I AM EXTREMELY PLESAED THAT A "BLACK" MAN IS PRESIDENT MY MAIN CONCERN REMAINS WHAT IS THIS "BLACK" MAN GONNA DO FOR OUR "BLACK" COMMUNITY.....

MrsSpMack are you [EXPLETIVE] serious?

I rest my case .. on the [EXPLETIVE] you just posted..

omfg

NEXT

Obama, hasn't done shiit yet and folks all praising him like he just turned the economy around and put a end to war. Yes, he wants to put a end to the war in Iraq, but he wants to start another one in Afganistan.

@shortstack555 first let me say thank you for your response.everyone is entitled to there opinion. But why resent my statement. Is it because he is a black man? If he were of another race would what i said be easier to stomach.I never said I want him to be the antichrist. And I don't want to be so quick to judge him. but there are too many similarities and its kind of scarey. Look how the world not just this county is praising him. You may not put him on a pedestal but the world and most the people on this site are. Instead of quoting scripture to me please read up on the characteristics of the antichrist you will see how he resembles what the bible has prophesized. He came out of nowhere and captivated the heart and minds of everyone.(Yes we can right?) you as minister should be a little concerned. We as a people should be concerned. Obama is the mirror image of the antichrist. I pray I am wrong. Who wants to be right about something like this.

@HeatedMud Plantation syndrome? You call having an opinion and not digesting everything the media is teliing me as plantattion syndrome.I'm hanging on the porch with massa becaue I have an opinion other than yours. Sweetie I love being black and I go through the same struggless as you. Probably even more so lets no go there ok. Sorry but I'm not a sheep. I am an educated black women who will not allow someone to form a opinion for me. Theres a black president great. If that makes you feel elated then by all means celebrate. And when you finish celebrating READ YOUR SCRIPTURE. Why do you believe he is such a great leader? Why because he"s black. Or because he is a great orator? What has he actually done to recieve all this praise? Give me one good reason why I should jump on the Obama bandwagon. For every reason you give me why I should will give u a reason why he is the closest thing to the antichrist. You need to leave that ghetto mentality alone mami. Open your mind and realize that there are people behind the scence that are changing this world and not for the better. And that includes your president. Wake up

@ALL THESE PEOPLE TAKING UP FOR A BUFFOON---- "FREE YOURSELVES FROM MENTAL SLAVERY. NONE BUT OURSELVES CAN FREE OUR MINDS"- THIS IS THE PROBLEM!! BLACK FOLKS DO NOT STICK TOGETHER. EVERY TIME ONE OF US SUCCEEDS AT GETTING OUT AND RISING ABOVE THIS CRABS IN A BARREL AZZ MENTALITY STARTS! ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE KNOWS THE PROBLEMS THAT DIVIDES AMERICA INTO BLACK AND WHITE WON'T DISSAPERAR OVER NIGHT. HOW WILL WE EVER OVERCOME WHEN OUR OWN NEGATIVITY CONSUMES US?!! WHEN WE AGREE WITH A MAN WHO IS "BAMBOZZLED"!! LET A WHITE MAN HAVE CREATED THIS CARTOON AND ALL HELL WOULD BREAK LOOSE! HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE WHITE MAN TO RESPECT YOU AND YOU DON'T RESPECT YOURSELF?!!! AND FOR YOU PEOPLE SAYING HIS CARTOON IS A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF BLACKS SPEAK FOR YOUR DAMN SELF! SAD.

The illuminati knew how to trick you negroes so they put a black face in the white house to make you believe everything is going to be ok. Obama was groomed since a child they planned this shiit a long time ago. They know black folks don't think outside the box and logically. Obama stepford wife michelle is on the CFR and they were both put together to created a strong black family facade to trick you dumb ass gullible negroes. Before Michelle obama didn't even date black women. I bet if he was married to a white women you fools wouldn't be singing the same song.

McGRUDER HAS A GOOD POINT. I SEE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF SHEEP AS$ NI66AS HERE THAT THINK OBAMA IS JESUS. READ BETWEEN WHAT HE'S TRYNA SAY. TIS NOT THE TIME FOR HATE, BUT I GET WHAT HE'S SAYING.

Smh @ everybody. ONCE AGAIN, falling for the bull. I like Aaron, but THIS DUDE IS TRYING TO GET PRESS, AND HE SUCCEEDED WITH FLYING COLORS! SMDH!

Just why should we conform..? That's slavery in itself not thinking independently.. Law of nature is kill or be killed.. Only the strong shall survive.. I wish it was a world were intellectuals and savages can co-exist.. but it's not gonna happen champ.. !!

I dont mean to be or sound like a "hater" but it seems that we are not holding him to any type of standard concerning his actions. He said that he was going to end the tradition of excessive waist. Then I found out about the bill for his inauguration. The actual ceremony is one thing, because its a swearing in but including the numerous festivities that did not include public upwards of 160 million was spent. (CNN) How is that changing excessive spending? I just wish the day would come where an elected official could keep it real and honest, and still be supported by their constituency.

WERD HUE-man.

on everything.

Make no mistake about it. The Elite still own you us lock, stock, and barrel. Because a black face is in the white house doesn't change [EXPLETIVE]. "Change" starts from the bottom up not the top down. Go open a good history book. You've forgotten every struggle we've had to endure to even get to this point.

I love the show, but Aaron should've just kept this to himself. I know all about freedom to speech, but u don't have to say everything that comes to ur mind.

SLAVES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH U BEING BLACK. PPL ALWAYS SOUND DUMB WHEN THEY SAY THAT. PLUS WHERE WAS HE WHEN CLINTON, BUSH TOOK OFFICE. DID HE PUT PRESSURE ON MASSA LIKE HE'S TRYING TO PUT ON PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA? I MEAN DAMN, LEAVE THE HATE AT HOME AND STOP TRYING TO PROMOTE YOUR DAMN CARTOON THAT'S LOSING GROUND.

Kennedy wasn't black either. Every person that has fought for our rights, hasn't been descedants of Slaves. You need more reason than that. Pretty shallow, theory. Guess coonage is only comfortable with an actually descendant of a white slave owner in Power. Super happy that I never wasted a second watching his show, although I am awaiting the proof of change like everyone else. SMH Grow Up!

Some would say being black is a state of mind not a actual ethinicity. I feel Mcgruder what he saying though. He feel that cause Barack has a good education and carries himself well he believes nothing will change for blacks, which is untrue Barrack is looking to change things for people of all color not just black. He's not a hater, but i think most black folk think that its going to change over nite. It takes time and sacrafice from everyone for it to work.

A lot of people only voted for Obama b/c he had a black wife back in the primaries, so you'll need to quit tripping.

I'm impressed by Obama's intelligence, but I too had a problem with him having no connection to the Civil Rights Era or slavery, and his cigarette smoking(another killer of blacks)...but I've grown to give the man a chance. I see where Aaron is coming from though...

Blackorchid speaks the truth...sadly!

Are you serious? Who cares. People are such Haters! That is OUR problem. As soon as someone gets a lil shine, the hater is waiting. i'm so tired of hate. We are bringing down our race. we don't need outside haters, we DO JUST FINE! GEESH!

Isn't Aaron mixed too. I guess he will poking fun at Obama on the third season. Well I hope Obama proves him wrong. There are alot of people that thinks Obama isn't going to do anything, it's all hype. But I pray that he show these fools he is a man of his word.

Word...I hear what he saying and all. B.O. is not black! His father is/was black and his mother is/was white, which means he's bi-racial right? BUT! He was not raised by his black father, he was raised by his WHITE mother. Which would make him WHITE not Black...sorry my black people. Now is an AFRICAN AMERICAN but not "Black" in the United States sense of the word.

@King_Geedorah Huemanbro and SO_HAUTE I cosign what yall both say 100% Keep your minds open and dont conform.

@blackorchid Bush and Cheney were the devil. True story they send this country striaght to hell. But they lack the characteristics. Read your scripture.

STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW BEST| ANIMATION,BEEYOTCH >>>>>>>>>

Ion think he's hating, cuz I been feeling the same way since day 1. Obama is an african american...but he aint a ni99a (desecendant of slaves). I would say that I'm cautiously optimistic though cuz I believe that he means and intends to do well, but how much good can he actually do? That remains to be seen. Like he said though, we all have to do our part and make those hard decisions that we usually dont want to make. Ni99as think we got a savior and now all our troubles will be over with; but we are still our own worst enemies and until we bring about changes in our own community first, how much "change" can we really expect?

@clittle23 One of the most patriotic things one can do is express a dissenting opinion. Once we become a nation with one thought, and one opinion, we become a nation that cannot evovle and hold individuals in power to any standard of judgement. I understand where you come from and appreciate that, but feel it is my duty to express another perspective.

@HeatedMud I just want people to see everything that glitters is not gold. Everyone is entitled to there opinion. Just keep your mind open. The antichrist is real. He may or may not be Obama but he is coming. prepare yourself.

CLEARLY HAS LOST HIS DAMN MIND! IF YOU HAVE ONE DROP OF BLACK IN YOU, THEN YOUR BUTT IS BLACK PLAIN AND SIMPLE! HELLO??? DID YOU MISS THE MEMO? WHO CARES WHAT HE IS MIXED WITH! SO A FREAKIN HATER! ITS SO SAD!

WOW. If someone is half white and half black then thy get to pick what they are??? Come on people.He is going to get in there and pull a "TIGER WOODS" lol I wish him the best

if you think BHO is going to change the grand scheme of the 'christian-judeo european power structure'.......... YOU ARE DISILLUSIONED

It is time we stop supporting Uncle Toms...boycot this fool's cartoon. I hope he stacked some cash because he is about to lose viewers.

@dipolomew

I need to pick up a book! I like your little Underhanded jab at me, but it’s expected from our race right. Lets not forget it was the house Negros that told the slave master everything the field Negros was doing to gain trust from the Master. So it’s good to see that we still have those Negros around right “dipolomew”.

I have a degree in Criminal Justice with a Minor in Sociology. I graduated honors with a 3.5 grade point average. I was Vice President of the Criminal Justice Club that helped over 5,000 families be able to live in a shelter that our club help found to keep open. So don’t tell me I need to read a damn book. You need not to give into the idiot socialistic views from one persons views of who is considered black and who is not!

I will not get into this racial battle with a “so called brother” of my own race and will not belittle the good deeds of those great leaders that died just so you can say the dumb things that you say…..

Sorry, but the ghetto side of me had to take a back seat to the educated side of me…..

it is not abt OHB. He is who he is.. but no one is above change. Something you need to work on. His message is for ppl like this whom blame everyone & everything else, instead of accepting responsibility. Myself included, no one excluded. Time to get it together. You do the math

I am the biggest Barack supporter and I love my people. But I dont think Aaron was necessarily hating. He was pointing something out, however he was rude. In the bigger picture most intellectuals would consider Black to be a culture developed by African American slaves and their decendants through the evil institutions of this country, hence Aaron believes Barack is not a part of. You all need to listen, think, then be judgemental. I understand where Aarons coming from, but he went about it the wrong way.

Lol at all of you defending Obama.

Dude isnt slandering Obama....This is once again the classic case of African Americans jumping too the Side of an African American...just Because he/she is African American....

I Too Agree that i wanna see what in Fact Obama does within the Next 2 years! While Most of you are Gung-F*ckin-Ho about the face a BLACK MAN is president your not really that focused on the real issues at Hand.

I personally dont give a f*ck if the new President is a Talkin Orange PeaCock from Asia that Speaks Old English! If he can change this country for the Better and put a STOP too this war and the real Terrorist (Isreal) Then im cool with it!

But alot of you are really just happy dude is black and thats real lame! This is NOT the 60's our time requires a diffrent need and sorry but the color line means nothing when people are starving,losing there homes and cant find work!

Just like the Old OJ case...we black people knew that muthaf*cker killed those people..we just wanted him too get off because he was black...And now with Obama we need not make the same mistake because trust this....If we go to War or the Economy doesnt get better etc...you same people so gung ho about Obama will be the First too turn ya backs and say "That Black Man messed sh*t up"..."Not the President Messed things Up"!

Obama has too prove me wrong too...My faith in this Goverment died years ago....you all forget so much so fast its amazing...Obama is one man..Congress is many

I voted for and am very proud of Obama, but Obama is no DR. King; no Joe Lawry, no John Lewis. He's the president. What has he done other being a good politician. I'm not hatin at all. But, c'mon. Political Affirmative Action? I wouldn't go that far, but what about Shirley Chisholm, Rev. Jackson, or SEN. Carole Mosely Braun. I mention them because were they any less qualified? The GUILT RIDDEN white press created Obama. I thank them for it, but it's truth. I heard a white person on CNN say "now that Obama's president, what does that mean for MLK day?' That some other ish, tho. It's funny how all of a sudden emphasis is put on Obama not being black, but 'HALF-WHITE' since he won the presidency. I heard radio host Michael Savage say yesteday, 'HE'S NOT BLACK, he's half white; 'He's multi-racial'. I'm hearing this from alot of white people these days & not just on t.v. or radio. It really reinforces the belief that I have that some are jealous of black people. There's just no other explanation. And when they can't nitpick thru someone's blackness, they 'take them' & call it a 'crossover'. I don't know much about genetics and/or DNA, but I know a black person when I see him/her. Unlike many black Americans, Obama is the direct offspring of a 100% African (kenyan) Father. Some boat rides ago, we were too. As an Afro-American, I descend from black slaves. Obama's African features are more defined than most of my immediate family. Obama is married to a BLACK WOMAN, begat by two black parents. She begat two beautiful daughters who are black. Why isn't Obama a black man, again? This disturbs me. Dr. King & the civil rights movement wasn't waged so that we might one day live in a nation where we just happen to be black, but rather that we may live in nation, be black & make it happen, As Brutha President Obama did yesterday. The suicidal younger generation talking about we don't think color are fools, ESPECIALLY IN A LAND WHERE YOURS IS SUCH A MINORITY. If some magic Genie gave me 3 wishes, 1 of them would be for Black Unity, which would encompass black love & black pride. Cos, if the former isn't complete, then you know the latter is nowhere to be found. In Garvey's own words-- 'UP YOU MIGHTY RACE- ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL' No bigotry or racism in that because years before & since Marcus Garvey said that, we were being told the exact opposite. So, you gotta talk UP a people-talk them up & out of the condition in which they were placed thru a history of oppression & regression, which has spawned the suppression of progression for blacks all these many generations. Sometimes I wish I didn't care so much & have to be ranting like this, but It's so frustrating.

He is so stupid. President Obama have a white mom and a African father. If obama took a test chances are a part of the test would say what's your Race? White,African American,Latino,or Indian/pacific origin, he can only put African American just like all the other biracial people like Halle berry and Alicia Keys they both have "white white"mothers but they both look more black and classify themselves as black. Besides can you imagine if Obama ran for president saying he's white cause his mom is white? .....He would be eatin alive when he do not even look white.

So YOU HATIN' B|A|S|T|A|R|D|S WOULD LIKE MCCAIN??

THIS IS THE REASON WNY BLACK PEOPLE WILL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING AS ONE|"HE'S NOT BLACK ENOUGH"|SHUT THE F|U|C|K| UP |OBAMA DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE ALL HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF CLOSE-MINDED B|A|S|T|A|R|D|S THAT HATE SOMEONE BECAUSE THEIR NOT BLACK ENOUGH FOR THEM|THERE"S A PLACE FOR SOMEONE ALWAYS JUDGING SOMEBODY..HELL!!!!!!

Why is it hateration because because he is 'cautiously pessimistic'? Why is it hateration to say he isnt 'one of us'?

If anyone is waiting for Obama to wave a magic wand and make Americas problems go away, it ain't gonna happen. I'm just as happy as the next person to have an African American in the white house and I hope he does great things to reviltalize this country and the economy.

As far as him being one of us. Um, hello. He aint. I don't know too many of us who have EVER embraced ANYTHING African. Africans have been the butt of our jokes for a loooong time. It was a WHITE American woman who met and fell in love with black as night, nappy headed Barack Obama Sr.

IF BARACK HAD OF BEEN RAISED BY AMERICAN BLACK PARENTS, AND GONE TO SCHOOL WITH US AND OUR SELF-LOATHING BS IN ONE OF AMERICAS INNER CITY SCHOOLS (IMAGINE HOW HE WOULDA BEEN CLOWNED) INSTEAD OF BEING RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII, YOU CAN BET WE WE WOULD NOT HAVE EVER HEARD OF BARACK OBAMA.

I AM THANKFUL THAT HE C-H-O-S-E US AS HIS FOUNDATION. HE CHOSE TO LIVE IN CHICAGO TO WORK AND STRUGGLE FOR US, HE CHOSE A BEAUTIFUL BLACK A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N WOMAN, TO BE HIS WIFE. HE CHOSE TO ATTEND A CHURCH FOR 20 YEARS HEADED BY JEREMIAH WRIGHT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I CELEBRATE HIS VICTORY, BUT ITS LIKE WATCHING THE FILM 'AMISTAD'. THAT TOO WAS A VICTORY FOR AFRICANS-clap clap clap- BUT IT WASNT NECESSARILY 'OUR' VICTORY, WE ARENT THE DESCENDANTS OF THE AFRICANS WHO FOUGHT BACK AND WON THEIR FREEDOM FROM THE CAPTORS.

I like Aaron McGruder, he holds a mirror up to our foolishness and that apparently makes us uncomfortable. Remember the MLK episode? R. Kelly? Uncle Ruckus (notice how its usually dark skin folk who are the biggest race traitors? Clarence Thomas, J.C. Watts, Larry Elder, Armstrong, Keyes...ever wonder why?)

My opinion.

BORI@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ If it’s one nationality (I can not stand sorry yall), is a Porto Rican mother phucker. I hate that you bastards don’t have your own individual style, I hate the way you bastards speak also I hate how you phcuks look down on people I was once told that Porto Ricans are like dogs we can do with or with out you. You bastards contribute nothing at all to society besides making baby’s and keeping the welfare system flowing. NOT, Mexican they are building their own and are willing to work hard for it. or Dominicans most of them are educating themselves and owning their own as well but you nasty Ricans nothing. until this day, 2009 I will not give a Rican any respect at all I won’t even look at you bastards however, you are entitled to your opinion 7% black LMAO really his father is 100% black but, I do know this that it will never be a place in the white house for the Whiteman’s dog this means you Bori leave it up to a nasty [EXPLETIVE] ass to try and continue to divide. And before you guys say oh why I am saying [EXPLETIVE]. Please you should hear the Phucking [EXPLETIVE] on the train every day using the word nigg*r in front of elderly blacks and whites on a crowded subway during rush hour they don’t care when and where they use it every other word out their mouths is N*gg*r restaurants, school, movies, anywhere but, they only say it when they are in a huge crowd ugh!!!! I had a Rican waitress recently I got up and left. I was just asking somebody the other day when was the last time you seen a nasty Rican out side of a retail store. And she said I don’t even see them that’s because their in the house phucking their brothers, uncles, and fathers LMAO The nerve of you.

...and his opinion is important because....?

EVERYBODY PLEASE STOP WATCHING AND REPPING THE "BOONDOCKS!"

THANK YOU.

Vivalake, you look ass crazy as you type. It was never intended for Mccain to win. Obama was going to be choosed by the elite all along. Mccain was just a pawn in their game just like you sheep are for following their puppet obama.

Come ON AARON. His daddy is black and is African like no other. Can't denied that.

@TLSWAGGA....YOUR ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!! PPL ARE PUTTING UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS ON THE MAN!!!! He is only a human being and it won't be easy cleaning up BUSH MESS, but just remember to PRAY for obama every night cus God has his back always.

Sp*CKS is the word I'm using- MTO when did you start blocking out C/r/a/c/k//e//rs and sp*ck

You have a window to the world and the best you can do is show idiocracy?...I'll say that maybe you've been drawing cartoons too long and that you should take a hiatus!....You're caught up on demographics and types of struggles?...I would say he paid his "Blackness" dues! Have you done your research on him?...His Early life wasn't a "Crystal Stare"....but you being a spoiled lil U.S. child of convienence would'nt know anything about that!...Your upbringing has been marred when it comes to the teachings of pride,and Heritage.You were not introduced to vast color spectrum and the representation of hues!...You have a warped sense of knowledge when it comes who belongs in the "Circle"....and it's sad!..I blame his Parents!..They need to sit him down and explain to him why HIS skin is at the lighter end of the wheel!..Poor thing he probably doesn't have the slightest idea that he has white in him!..tsk tsk tsk and from the slanted eyes..Asian also.*shruggz* who knows,but is Obama questioning his roots?...He needs to Uphold the black man that said i choose to identify the roots of my existence...He is the President!....All he is asking for really is a chance to TRY!...A character that draws characters-not character!...how appropriate!

Last I checked, people from Kenya are black as hell. Its just like a '[EXPLETIVE]' to start hating. We wanted a BLACK president and we got one! Let's thank God for that and stop finding stupid stuff to say to minimize how wonderful this is. Instead of insulting the man, lets pray for him. There's enough white folks out there that hate him already, we don't need to join them. Lets not forget that none of us who are descendants of slaves are 100% black anyways. Lets not perpetuate the lie people, Barack IS black.

THESE KIND OF OPINIONS KEEP US ALL DIVIDED AS A PEOPLE|AND STUPID BLACK PEOPLE CAN'T SEEM TO GET A CLUE TO SAVE THEIR OWN DAMN LIVES|

SO Barack is mixed??? So what? I hate that blck people are so negative about there own. Give this man a chance before you start throwing out all the negativity and pessimistic comments and attitudes. Barack can run across the lawn of the White house Butt AZZ Nekkid and still do better than the man that just left office so do me a favor and shut the FZZZ-UCK up! Give the man a chance to unpack his shyt. He just got in office damn. I am not sayen change is going to happen over night. Don't expect it to. But GOT DAYUMM let the man have a chance to do his GOT DAYUUM job and hop off his nutt sack for a couple of seconds. DAYUMM!

Obama is not black he is mixed race, he is as white as he is black, all the black folks be celebrating that there is a black man in the white house, thats bs, when did you know a black man to have a white mother?, the media claim he is black, Obama has not identified himself as black!! Get a grip, all this hype, black folks voting for him cos he is black - and a change is coming - do u know his policies?? Whatever!! Let's make some noise for the 1st BLACK first lady - black coffee no sugar, no cream!!

^^^^^ Well said, LOL the media thinks hes black, but hes not hes bi-racial...I never heard Barack conseried himself black either, but atleast if have some black in him

Who the PHUCK he wanted to win MCCAIN?

Just like church to jail - take the message & do what you will with it. The same as you have done with teachers, parents, friends, enemies, strangers, former presidents, etc that you agree/disgree with. The power is all within you.

I'm just curious what are you saying.. is it that because he's half white & raised my his white mother that he is better than you?

Her focus must have been on point, they didn't seem rich, and she was a single Parent.

We can't predict the future, but the truth is soon to come 4 years to find out!

HUEmanbro|

Thank you|And I guess you look even more crazier since you can't put a picture of a human-being up|

You miss the whole point of what I was saying..NEXT|

1st and off topic:Obama had to distance himself from Jeremiah Wright to get elected, all Mr.Wright was talking about is the Black struggle here in America. So why do we think MLK's dream has been achieved.

2nd: Mediatakeout is ran by a white company or should I say non- african american corp. Think about it everything blacks enjoy we dont own. (Music, NBA, Popeyes, BET, Stores in the hood etc...)

3rd: The U.S has be going the second worst recession in history & this man raises $200 million (not exact) in one month, how many of you on here donated to him (follow the $ trail).

4th: We as black people are so stupid we thought Bill Clinton was black because he got a [EXPLETIVE]. And liked ugly white women

5th: A lot of us just need to read, or go listen to some Dick Gregory, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr (and NOT that watered down B.S MLK they teach you in school)etc..

I could go on & on and address a lot of different people's views on here but hey nothin is gonna come of it.

AIIIIGHT....I Haven't signed in for months but this one made me do it......

I'm sorry to say but,..... Ignorant ass Americans...ya u damn right i said Americans. Because no "black person world wide would ever say something as dumb as,"Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave."

So Aficans r not black.....since when. We the orginators u mutha [EXPLETIVE]....

So now me being half Jamaica n half Ghanian, I guess im only half black....lol.

And for anyone wonderin, I'm Canadian were we as a black community we still relate with our heritage not ever 4getting were not native of this land. When peeps from round the way ask where im from? I'm Canadian. When they ask what am I, Well its Jamacian n Ghanian.... Ask a Yankee that n all he knows is the States.

Again, Ignorant ass Americans....(N I'm sorry to group ya'll 2gether but ignorance breeds ignaorance so im just continuing the cycle.....

1. obama is mixed but in the us most African Americans have some european in them from slavery. 2. A while back there was a law in texas that said even if you look white but have a drop of black blood in you. guess what you were black. 3. y don't we stick together any more? be happy for him

Don't get mad.. Just agree to disagree, (like white folk!) and keep it moving Hint: Change

They know how to keep there race in tact.

He's black enough to me and really this race thing is getting on my nerves. Let this man run the country.

I just have a question for all the folks who are bashing Obama, if he's not your president, who is? if this country is not for you, where are you preparing to go?? if you are so enlightened about the illuminati, the anti christ, america being doomed, what are you SERIOUSLY prepared to do about it?? If you were smart, you'd have your travel plans ready and not be on MTO. Hmmmm.....

Also, I hardly consider what he said as speaking out AGAINST OBAMA.

Obama is more AFRICAN AMERICAN than we are if you take the term literally.

THIS IS STUPID AND HALD THE PEOPLE GETTING UP IN ARMS ABOUT IT ARE PROBABLY THE SAME ONES THAT HELD 'FREE R. KELLY' POSTERS. AHAHAHAHA

PUH-LEEEZ. MTO IS JUST STARTING MO' S/H/I/T TO GET US ACTIN UP.

LEAVE AARON ALONE!!!!!!!! WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE BEING DIRECTED AT HIM, BUT THESE FUGGIN RAPPERS WHO RAP ABOUT DOPE PEDDLING AND DUMB S/H/I/T GET A PASS?

AAAAARGH!!!!!!!!! THANK GAWD OBAMA WASNT RAISED WITH US!!!

I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF AARON IS A REPUBLICAN OR SOME KIND OF TRAITOR.

THIS IS BEYOND RIDICULOUS.

who cares about wat the hell he thinks

Damn, since when did a comic strip writer become the expert? Don't rely on the opinion of a hater, you'll never win. Being that Obama is "mixed", if he'd married a white woman and classified himself as "baucasian" he would've taken a hit for that. He's half-n-half and he chose "black", and since I have been on this earth black is the minority. Give him credit for choosing the underdog.

they devil got em good this time. Shame on my Black people Shame on you.

bigbootyboy1 Flag post He is so stupid. President Obama have a white mom and a African father. If obama took a test chances are a part of the test would say what's your Race? White,African American,Latino,or Indian/pacific origin, he can only put African American just like all the other biracial people like Halle berry and Alicia Keys they both have "white white"mothers but they both look more black and classify themselves as black. Besides can you imagine if Obama ran for president saying he's white cause his mom is white? .....He would be eatin alive when he do not even look white. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HUH???? What? Thats why we are colored ppl b/c we we could be any colored I see many Black ppl that looks white. So what the hell you talking about?

WHAT? This does'nt make sense. Did he even listen to what our president has said? It is not just up to him, it is up to all us. What he needs to ask himself is how is he going to contribute to make a difference. SMH.

....AND I'D BETCHA CASH MONEY HE DIDNT SAY BARACK ISNT BLACK BECAUSE HE IS NOT A SLAVE DESCENDANT. HE WOULD NOT SAY ANYTHING THAT STUPID AND WHY ISNT THAT IN QUOTES??? IT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN ENTIRELY OUT OF CONTEXT.

DON'T BELIEVE THAT MTO B/U/L/L/S/H/I/T PEOPLE!!!!!

I am happy we have an African American president. Supposedly, one drop of black blood makes you black. I am sure that all the people on this page that posted a comment have white blood in their history. Slave Massa was always creepin... President Obama is black.

However, I feel more of a connection with Michelle, maybe because I am a descendant of slaves, maybe because I am a woman.

Regardless, this is our first black/African American president. Let's enjoy it and not make ourselves an uninvited guest at our own celebration.

Make it a great day!

Can someone please come with a argument other than

"Sellout/Uncle Tom" or "Hater"

It's not all about black vs white. Democrat vs Republican. Real black vs fake black.

It's the state vs YOU.

And right now Obama is leaning or may have already aligned with the state. Why is this man getting a honeymoon, free-ride, free-pass he hasn't earned? How is this any different from Bush getting a free pass for 8 years? Why are swearing allegiance to a man of whom most of you don't know his polices are or where he stands on just about anything but "change". "Change" is a very broad term. It can be positive or negative. What has he shown me or us that leads us to believe this change if at all will be positive? Someone please just make one valid argument.

Please.

unbelievable!!!!!!

GET SERIOUS! NOT LIKING OBAMA OR HIS POLICIES IS A PERSONAL OPINION! BUT SAYING THE MAN ISNT BLACK B/C HE'S NOT OF SLAVE ANCESTRY IS STRSIGHT UP STUPID! ^^^^^^ Yea that comment was stupid.

for any1 who watches dat show, i'd suggest not doing it anymore yo, not just cause he's hatin on Barack but he's hatin' on anyone who AINT AFRICAN AMERICAN! my peoples are from the islands, Haiti (who 1st over thru slavery) so what i aint black either yo? this n!gga's a fool! glad i never got in to his show, i'da regretted ever laugh at this point! besides FAMILY GUY (yea that white man's show you ol' willie lynch as$ n!gga) is way funnier anyway, lmao!!

well, Aaron made MTO some money today... cause all the obama-happy idiots came out to click endlessly. oh and i see yall too you paranoid delusional ones who think his presidency is a conspiracy... wow! every click you click with your dumbass, fred's bank account goes cha-chingggg! LOL morons!

here we go with the name calling again to make a point. no one here said they worship obama. no one. most people feel good about a man of color is in office. they are not sheeps. damn! its always someone that tries to pull you down with gloom. if this was mccain nothing would be said. here comes the doom-day people.they say they dont believe in God but will try to throw sciptures at you. take off the tin foil hats.

Why is everyone so fired up? Opinions are like azz holes, we all have one.

He's ignorant just like his damn cartoon series

Barack never idenfiled himself black, black ppl identified him. Until Barack identified himself as a black man. Ill take it, but rigt now hes bi-racial to me

His light-skinned azz don't look none too black to me either. What kind of shuck and jive azz shyt is he trying to pull with that crap he's talking? Buck being a slave, his people come from the buckin' motherland. straight outta Africa. That's a decendent of Buckin' kings. Somebody needs to send him back to the BOONDOCKS. Plus his show exploits black people and pokes fun at them. Who is he to talk.

Since when has the Prez. not been a puppet of congressional legislation?

It seems the masses are so clouded with this infectious ideal of Obama the prophet. He's supposed to bring us to the promise land. But most of us are not in a position to make a "change".. most of us are not ready to accept "change" because we are still slaves to the values of liberal media..liberal factions of life.. The coon mentality thrives strong.. Your still captivated by shiny gems..shiny earth metals.. Rather buy rims that own a piece of land.. Rather buy a pair of shoes than pay your light bill.. Revel in your false sense of accomplishment.. You will be left behind when the real judgment comes.. When other world powers get sick of our nosey ass govt and decide that the US is more of a poison than a band aid.. Where will you be black people? Still huggin the street corners? Still shaking ya ass in the club? Or better yet BBQ'n dem ribs on the white house lawn (I know thats what yall waiting for).. when the time comes fell free to be the first in line to get tagged and marked by our govt..

I don't trust Obama But remarks about he's not black enough, or someone els isn't black enough, keeps us all divided,AND Y'ALL KNOW THIS|

WHEN IN THE HELL HAS BOONDOCKS EVER GIVEN ANYONE AN OUNCE OF PRIDE IN THE BLACK RACE?????????? WHY IS THAT STEREOTYPICAL SHYT EVEN ON THE MARKET. THEY TOOK THE PJ'S OFF FOR LESS OFFENSIVE MATERIAL. IF I EVER MEET HIM IN PERSON I'M SOCKIN HIM IN HIS HEAD STRAIGHT OFF. THEN I'M GONNA SHOVE RILEY UP HIS AZZ.

brooklynking, it's nice to see someone being realistic! their black asses will remain as they were before and after obama, so i dont understand the hype.

A UNCLE TOM COMES IN ALL SIZES I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS BIG NOES FOOL TALKIN ABOUT

DQC, but you felt the need to post a comment too.....

Anyway, what is an African-American?

An African-American is a person of African decsent (pure or not) with American citizenship.

If you are 100% African, born and raised in Africa and are currently an American citizen, you are an African-American.

If you are 1/2 or 1/4 or even 1/8 African and have American citizenship, you are an African-American.

Barack is 1/2 African, 1/2 American with 100% American citizenship. This makes him an African-American.

African-American in short = Black

Get it together people. You do not have to be the descendant of slaves to be Black. And guess what, most people whose ancestors were slaves are not 100% African today. Know your history and realize with certainty that a Black man (and African-American) is now the President of the United States.

What a stupid MOFO! Oh so to be considered Black,one must be a descendant of slaves that were located in America now ??? Is that the criteria to determine Blackness world wide?!? How about being a descendant of those that suffered the pain of losing other family members to slavery? Well does this joker realize that ALL the people of Africa were colonized with the exception of the Ethiopians? Does he think those Africans upon seeing their future pale face colonizers greeted them with flowers and a banquet? Does he realize that MILLIONS of people in Africa fought and died to free themselves from colonial rule and many that survived after being defeated were shackled and put into forced labor.Has he heard about the devil of the Congo, Leopold II of Belgium,who placed the heads of decapitated Black warriors, who resisted his rule, around the property of his estate.This filthy butcher, Leopold II,who also had the hands of children chopped off that refused to work in his mines.Go ask the people of the Congo about forced labor and inhumane treatment and tell them they don't know about the pains of slavery. LOL Why did queens like Yaa Asantewaa (Ghana), and Kings like Shaka Zulu (S. Africa) amongst others, lead their nations into battles against European aggression if they were so pleased with the white invasion of their homelands. Africans know slavery very well.Fuk what you heard,COLINIZATION WAS SLAVERY IN AFRICA!!! Segregation,better known as apartheid in South Africa, only ended twenty years ago.Go tell Nelson Mandela,imprisoned for twenty-seven years,that he doesn't know anything about being jailed for protesting against injustice like Martin Luther King. This dude is either ignorant ,not intellectually curious or an agent provocateur who can not be trusted.

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@ huemanbro & King G You guys are talking to bricks. I HEAR you Loud and clear though......

It's not about race, that wasn't Aarons point. But as far as I know, Jesus was the only one who could ever make the BLIND see.

I'm writing a song about it now.

What's Conscience?, That's when you think for yourself And not rely on the opinions of everyone else

What's Conscience?, When you know right from wrong And don't agree with every lyric to the #1 song

What's Conscience? Imma let You make up the rest,

And let me think for myself cause that's what I do best

riddle me this, how can you miss an opportunity to diss someone who proves ignorance is bliss?

Comin off the top of my head I know you like what you read So go repeat what I said because this topic is dead......

Oh sh*t, I can't believe I just made that up. Damn, Aaron got me motivated. F*ck MTO, let me go finish this song (LMBAO)

@TravelAgent, Where did you get you sources from? just asking

DQC|

The only reason some black people will remain the same, because little remarks from people like NcGruder|

Why is everyone so fired up? He can say whatever he want about Barack. However, Obama is black. He's wrong for that one.

*McGruder

@gasfree please most of the world including this site or treating this man as the second coming of christ. just because they dont outright say it doesnt mean they dont believe it. read between the lines. yeah its great to have a black man in office but at what price. is your soul worth it. by no means and im trying to bring gloom to your fairytale world. if you want to believe in Obama and all his super abilities. great.but what u cease to realize mccain was never going to win. obama been groomed for this from day one. if u wanna believe that everything is gonna be good by all means think that. the truth may just be too much for you. god bless you and this crazy world

To be honest, its not that i agree or disagree with his comment. He has to prove himself just like everyone else. He has talked a good talk, now i want to see him walk it out. Macgruders comment about the ethnicity of barack is stupid, but barack does have to prove himself.and i hope he does.

If you know your history all people originated from black, so in a way he is black regardless, but to just deal with the issue at hand for the BLACK people he is half black, for the White people he is half White, While i do agree that it appears as if the black community is in a state of un-merrited euphoria, keep in mind that the office of the presidency has been corrupted for many of year now, should the nature of its business change because of color maybe maybe not while the election of a black president has proven that Dr. King dream was possible and accomplished the way that we have tried to claim ownership of Barack as our own displays our lack of growth and speaks to the slave mentality of OWNING that has grown at a alarming rate in the words of Spike Lee......WAKE UPPPPP!!!!! WAKE UPPPP! CLASS IS IN SESSION

Okay so I always wondered where he got his name from.. Barack Hussein Obama.. is Muslin/Arabic.. NOT African.... whats up with that??? ANybody wanna school me =)

Heated mud and others:

It's really easy to denounce things you know nothing about. Not everyone who doesn't eat up everything the media, government, and corporations put out is a tin foil hat wearing loon. Theres an old saying in the military. "Only a fool believes the official story". The U.S. government is NOT your friend. They've killed more people than the holocaust and every war combined over the years in the name of business and profiteering. They start wars. They give other people money to start wars--- ie Israel. They overthrow governments they don't like. They rob you of your personal liberty everyday and smile. These are the people Obama works for.

It's easy to call someone a "couch militant". And maybe you're right they're just a bunch of lazy people surfing the internet for unaffiliated news sites. At least they're trying to seek the truth. Are you? But its a whole other thing to drink the kool-aid and denounce everyone that isn't.

JUST IGNORANT FOR SURE! I CAN GO ON WIT THIS BUT IM GOIN TO STOP HERE CAUSE IT WOULD BE A BOOK! JUST IGNORANT!

1) No one on the staff at MTO has th right to call anyone a "fake azz pseudo-intellectual" With all of the typos I come across in these articles . . . let's just say people in glass houses . . .

2) If Aaron McGuder did indeed make these statements, I agree with him 1110%!

3) None of us are "Black." It is a lobal put upon our ancestors and has nothing to do with nationality or creed but so many people are ignorant to that.

GuessJeans|

I'm "fired up" because this is how black people stay divided, and then have the nerve to complain about Asian nail shops, Japantown,Chinatown ect. WE WILL NEVER HAVE AN AFRICANTOWN because of b.s like this|

HUEmanbro Flag post @DQC fuk u to bitch! --------------------------- Gotdammit, HUE!

I knew I would find you in here cussin ppl out!!

LMAO @ your hostility, NOT u callin ppl b*tches. You just don't give a sh*t do you?? LOL

Aaron has his opinion and a right to voice it just all of us.

I am not touching the Black comment because Mr. Obama is Black (IN MY OPINION). With that said, Aaron has a point with dramatic change. Mr. Obama has 8 years of our prior president's leadership to deal with. Mr. Obama said himself that change won't happen overnight. He has been officially the president for 24 hours. Can we all give him a chance to prove what he can/will do?

Let's remember that the president is only a body to live in the White House and someone to blame when the country in a mess. Congress is really in charge.

Let's be clear folks this post coupled with the fake MTO staff masks,(ie. princessofhtown ) is being used as a divide and conquer strategy. YT FEARS WORLDWIDE BLACK UNITY THE MOST! President Obama can actually help foster stronger ties between Blacks in America and aboard and just like Black unity between Black men and women,MTO is trying their best to create a wedge. STAY ALERT TO THE SCHEME PEOPLE!

I'm still waiting for some one to name at least TWO of Baracks policies, let alone five like someone else said.

I'll help you out, begin your comment with........ I stand by Baraks policies on...blah,blah,blah Or I agree with Baracks idea on...blah, blah,blah

i agree, family guy is better SMDH but ya'll r funny WHO WUD U RATHER B THE PREZ IF NOT OBAMA??????????????????????????????????

seems as tho there was some more qualified for the job??

""Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave."" thats the most ignorant comment EVER! so this dude is sayin everyone in Africa who wasnt forced to make that journey 2 the Caribbean is WAT???? white? blue? purple?

anyway, i refuse to make this about race...

i'l b waitin on an answer... and while im waitin, im smilin... i never watched one episode of Boondocks yet! HA!

is no one allowed to criticize obama?

i agree with him that i dont expect much change from obama either. most of his cabinet are clintonites.

i dont agree with him on the black part. but obama is HALF white also.

but yes, people, including blacks are allowed to be pessimistic and are allowed to criticize politicians. obama is a politician.

i voted for obama but definitely wont wold back on criticism. just like i didnt hold back on clinton, bush or other politicians.

@ VivaLake "GuessJeans|

I'm "fired up" because this is how black people stay divided, and then have the nerve to complain about Asian nail shops, Japantown,Chinatown ect. WE WILL NEVER HAVE AN AFRICANTOWN because of b.s like this"

I beg to differ. The people in those communities know there history and have a strong sense of community because the know their heritage. Too Many of us don't know our history. That is the reason we remain divided, not because we have different opinions about the president.

And who were slaves the decendants of?? Africans..where do Africans come from??? he's ignorant!!! But there are millions more who feel this way.. but it doesn't matter!!!! OBAMA OBAMA!!

Mugga,

History was my minor in college and my family is made up of a culturally diverse group of professors that study and teach the topic of American culture and its influence. But this you can google to find references/sources.

sry **journey to the Americas** i was heated lol well, Afr slaves went to the C'bean 2...

'm "fired up" because this is how black people stay divided, and then have the nerve to complain about Asian nail shops, Japantown,Chinatown ect. WE WILL NEVER HAVE AN AFRICANTOWN because of b.s like this|

@Viva I'm not exactly sure what you mean... In order to be divided and have strength we all need to come together and throw all our support behind Obama w/o question? Pardon me if I say that sounds foolish. Nowhere has Obama implicitly said he's pro-black. As far as Asians go. They're just trying to slave away for that almighty, inflation weakened dollar just like you are. They go to work everyday just like you and I do. There are several upstanding black communities in Atlanta elsewhere. Do they throw out charity every day to the Asian or hispanic community? [EXPLETIVE] no. So why do you expect the same?

dude is smart. unlike some people in here.

ignorance is not bliss, i tell ya.

look down!

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I believe in free speech and agree that we're all entitled to our opinions, but when ignorance and rumors are spewed I tend to get irritated. Not one person claiming that the man isn't a descendant of slaves has said "I have a vile of Obama's and his dad's blood and I can prove it...". HueManBro,research the facts before you regergitate what you've heard. Are you a Harvard alum? Were you part of the student body (with Barack)? You've said that Obama never dated black women prior to Michelle, well if you'd had the facts you'd know that there weren't many there. Stupid ass.

Aaron McGruder is 100% right about Barack Obama BLack people are so eager to claim some person who isn't even a true African American that is a descendent of slaves...Black AMericans who descended from slaves tend to not trust any white people cause we truly have GOOD SENSE And know the kind of evil they are capable of...AND WHITE PEOPLE AND SELF-HATING BLACKS QUIT THROWING EVERY MIXED RACED PERSON INTO THE BLACK COMMUNITY...if they are so dead set on claiming ALL OF thier heritage then why don't thier white FOLKS CLAIM THEM AND STOP USING THE BLACK CARD TO GET ADVANCES IN WHITE AMERICA!... BTW lightskinned BLacks like me are usually the ones who speak out on the injustices happening to Black people everywhere...I'm glad Aaron McGruder is speaking out about Barack...also I have noticed that the darkies(darkskinned blacks) and the African Immigrants tend to "KISS white folks azz" to stay in the good graces of white folks...SAD BUT TRUE...

DQC, I apologize for coming at your wrong. Your opinion is your opinion that's what's wrong with the board now. No one can't have their own opinion.

I had 2 post this again.....

AIIGHT....I Haven't signed in for months but this one made me do it......

I'm sorry to say but,..... Ignorant ass Americans...ya u damn right i said Americans. Because no "black person world wide would ever say something as dumb as,"Obama is not black because he is not a descendant of a slave."

So Aficans r not black.....since when. We the orginators u mutha [EXPLETIVE]....

So now me being half Jamaica n half Ghanian, I guess im only half black....lol.

And for anyone wonderin, I'm Canadian were we as a black community we still relate with our heritage not ever 4getting were not native of this land. When peeps from round the way ask where im from? I'm Canadian. When they ask what am I, Well its Jamacian n Ghanian.... Ask a Yankee that n all he knows is the States.

Again, Ignorant ass Americans....(N I'm sorry to group ya'll 2gether but ignorance breeds ignaorance so im just continuing the cycle.....

nyhard

like i said, no one said they worship him. these people are proud. read between the line...smh so i dont want to be in your omygod world. i think for myself. i dont believe in everything everybody write about doom and gloom. predict this get a job.

NO ONE IS SAYING HE IS NOT BLACK ENOUGH! He is being categorized incorrectly...we are all related but he is not categorically "Black" over "African American" as I said earlier...

Perhaps in the realm of societal realities his race and how he "categorizes" himself does not matter. But in urban theory specifically when describing issues sorrounding race his lack of connection with a traditional Black American experience along with his heritage and racial mix, one would not describe him as Black, more like the true definition of African American, Kenyan American, etc.

WHO DO Y'ALL WANT IN OFFICE? WESLEY SNIPES?? IS HE BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU??HUH?? Black people are racist against their own| DAMN SHAME|HOP BACK ON THE SLAVE SHIP , AND ENJOY THE CRUISE|because your just as racist as the slave masters but you just happen to be black..what a disgrace to MARITIN LUTHER KING, ROSA PARKS,HARRIET TUBMAN,EMMETT TILL ECT. |

HUEmanbro Flag post @DQC fuk u to bitch! --------------------------- Gotdammit, HUE!

I knew I would find you in here cussin ppl out!!

LMAO @ your hostility, NOT u callin ppl b*tches. You just don't give a sh*t do you?? LOL

No, that was ignorant on my behalf. I'm normally not like that and I apologize to DQC for calling her bitch.

@Heated mud You could say whatever you just said. Or you could say something mildly intelligible and w/o stressing yourself out or your caps lock key.

@TravelAgent, Thanks

BLUBOY......aka Batty boy....What kind of [EXPLETIVE] is that. Go eat a dick somewhere with ur dumbass comments."Darkies n Africans kiss white peoples". Again Like i said b4 n i'll say again. Ignorant ass Americans.

I am open to hearing the opinions of others and respecting them even though we may not agree.

If Mr. McGruder feels the definition of being black is to be the descendant of a slave in America, so be it. It's his opinion.

With that maybe Mr. McGruder will feel better if we call President Obama African-American or for that matter American.

Caucasian people have very public debates about religion and politics all the time and they are not “divided.” They know their history. They are aware of their heritage and their birth right. Guess what, they know ours too, mostly because they stole it and use our lack of knowledge to keep us divided and mentally enslaved.

venicesurfer|

He's not smart, he's racist|The KKK is rejoicing over this kind of nonsense|

I am a fan of the Boondocks cartoons because i tink they were funny, insightful and have a really smart edge. I am really disappointed in the very narrow minded view of its creator in regards to the ethnicity of Barack Obama. His father is a African national and his mother was a white American. Technically that is an African American and he has stronger ties to his African roots than the vast majority of black people in this country. And for the record genetic testing have shown that the average African American has about 20% European (caucasian) ancestry in their bloodlines as a result of inerracial "relationships" during slavery. A good point was made by another poster from Haiti who replied that since Haiti was not a significant factor in the slave trade alot of those people who come over here from Haiti are NOT descendents of slaves either - are they not black? The qualifications for being black have NOTHING to do with slavery and everything to do with genetics - point blank. The fact that he is not the descendent of a slave in my eyes is a good thing - he is the leader of the free world and freedom should flow through his viens at every moment. We as African Americans need to get off this trip about "is he black enough for us" and need to ask the better question of "is he qualified to do the job" I don't have an argument with his "pessimistically optimistic" view of Obama's skills as the leader of this nation. Alot of us black and white are cautious and hope that he will be able to fulfill the promise we had in mind when we voted for him. its going to be a long, hard journey and he will do some things that will piss us off, or we won't understand or agree with. That comes with the office. I for one have hope that this man has the chops to do the job. I'm not saying he should get a free pass on any criticism - but this is not an issue that he should have to deal with at all.

TravelAgent, I never knew that, but I thought you have to consired yourself black or white..iof you are a bi-racial

crabass people. no matter how you say it you lunatics are plantation master loving whipping boys. crack that whip. i am out!

It's sad how many puppets elect to even post there bullshit up here..

The sheep will be led to the slaughter while the wise (objectivists) will converge high on the mountain top in peace..

Let's call him what he is, A BLACK RACIST, a black person who is racist against other blacks. I've been putting up with people like this all my life and refuse to do it in the 09. I'm going to call it like I see it. Don't like Barack, move to Europe, oh darn they love him there to.. Well crawl under a rock.

@VivaLake, Calm down girls its just words

You saw what happen to Malcolm X, and he was murdered by his OWN PEOPLE|Black People ar their worse Enemy|

why does it seem that blacks were more united back in segragation and slavery then now when we have sooo much more oppurtunity than they did they paved they way for gods sakes this ish be bringing tears to my eyes sometimes on how gehetto and unclassy some of us can be at times...our ancestors and the people who fought for "US" would be sooo hurt, embarresed and disrepected if they saw how our generation of today thought, spoke, and the overall views on our history....damn black people there is none other race i'd rather be but sometimes, just sometimes, i myself am ashamed of what we've become wish we could just learn to be greatful, to unite, to love and nurture....damn it's a sad thang...

Mugga|

Yeah, it may be words but that's how it all starts|

While I respect Aaron McGruder's opinion on President Obama. He has the right to speak, his right to be ignorant should be revoked. He better shut up before Prez calls the FCC and has his ghetto azz show cancelled. LMAO. Prez is as black as it gets, Hell his father is from the motherland directly. Us African-Americans got white and indian and this and that, so really his 50% is probably more than what our diluted asses have, and he bypassed the slavery thing altogether. We need to perish that mode of thinking. People did the same thing with Halle, because her mom is white when she won the Oscar. When people look at Halle, they see a BLACK WOMAN, the world is not dissecting her parentage, and the same with Prez, He is a Black man who happens to be the leader of the free world. Can I get an Amen, somebody!!!

He's not smart, he's racist|The KKK is rejoicing over this kind of nonsense|

You still put stock/fear/worry into the KKK? They've been so infiltrated by the CIA that the CIA may as well be the KKK.

cant have sht! phoney prophets.

@VivaLake, lamo!!! well thats true, but I hope that will change, but I doubt it will.

all of y'all calling the man a hater need 2 cut that out, because y'all know good & well that when the next Boondocks season starts up, that is IF it starts up, every last one of y'all suckers will be front & center watching it, laughing & agreeing woth whatever ignorance he points out about Black people. Now, I don't agree with what was said about Obama, because with an African parent, regardless of what the other parent's race is, he is STILL Black.

That being said, Aarom McGruder STILL has the right 2 speak his mind about whatever. We need 2 get out of the practice of labeling people as "haters" because they voice their opinion & go against what is considered "popular"

It's sad how many puppets elect to even post there bullshit up here..

The sheep will be led to the slaughter while the wise (objectivists) will converge high on the mountain top in peace..

Amen!! Some folks got to be hit in the face in order to see things. And that is what exactly what's going to happen. I don't understand why so many people put so much trust in a man that's infallible like they are. A lot of folks got to have something to follow so they won't have to take responsiblity for their own lives. So, being a sheep or a follower is better to them than to take responsibilty.

@gasfree oh well u don't have to believe me. just stay on your need praying to your false idol. god bless u

VivaLake you are out of your mind, you seem to be the one hung up on completion, the underscored theme is that most are grateful that we have an individual that is of color regardless of category the argument being that he is not "Black" in the traditional sense and we are waiting to be truly represent by an individual engulfed and raised as a Black American and it's culture.

Dre7, oh yea season 3 is on it's way and u bets to believe aaron is going to address this matter on his show. I can't wait!

vivalake, what the hell makes him racist? what did he say that made him racist against half black people?

*complexion

*knees

QUESTION: Obama is just not black enough because his mother is white?

WTF????!!!

Thats crazy as hell. Let me get the hell out of here no since in trying to get through to these haters. Like it or not Obama is the President. Let the man do his job and give him a chance to do it before you start throwing shade. He just got in office yesterday. DAYUUM!! If you don't like it next time vote republican jack azzes.

@ Viva

"You saw what happen to Malcolm X, and he was murdered by his OWN PEOPLE|Black People ar their worse Enemy|"

Are you serious?!?! I don't want to speak for dead men. But knowing his legacy, Malcolm would want you to think for your self! You really think the NOI killed Malcolm? You really believe this...? I just want to check and make sure.

@heated mud

Did you cut and paste all that off his website?

We have a President who needs our support as Americans. No matter how people look up to him or not, he has a job to do and it's a big one. Give him your support whether he was your choice or not.

I don't believe 90% of Black Americans voted for President Obama because of his color. When you consider the choices and the time we are in, I believe many voted for him because they felt he was the best choice. You didn't see the same type of support behind Jesse Jackson when he ran. You know why? People didn't believe he was the best choice.

I think we really need to understand that everyone has their opinion on defining "black." Instead of doing that, why not focus on what you are doing to help rather than condemn. It's time for a change people especially with acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and compassion.

@CuteKiva27, I couldnt agree with you even more. Black ppl are so backwards these days, back than black couldnt hardly walk down the street b/c he/she colored is different. Butr now we could down any street without being judge or abuse, and still backwards...

@blkjck0820 IT Doesn't matter who has a certain percentage of white blood in them...what matters is what you look like and who you see yourself as now that u are on this earth...Ur Bloodline has nothing to do with it...ASK THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS...

Everyones entitled to their own opinion regardless of how stupid it sounds. In my opinion he should just stick to creating cartoons that teach you lessons about hookers bleeding your grandpa out of his retirement money. The cartoons the isht, it's unique in it's own way and it's entertainment. Shouldn't he be praised for being a black man and creating such a successful cartoon? People of all races, creeds, sexual orientation are exploited everyday....welcome to reality.

I'm not hating on Obama. I'm looking forward to change just as much as the next person. After Bush, who isn't?

What annoyes me, and this is not hate, it's a fact.

Regardless of his skin color or race, he's still a politician. Politicians shouldn't be trusted 100%.

I am an Obama supporter and I've tried to have conversations with other supporters about his policies and some have no clue. They just got out there and voted for a skin color. He couldve said he would take the US to hell in a handbasket yet these ignorant people would've voted for him cause of his skin color. As an Obama supporter it kind of cheapens it for me. I would've made me prouder if people who normally wouldn't follow politics were actually following it because there was the potential of electing a minority to lead our country.

Obviously there has been change already since the US President is biracial. Hopefully, Obama will make the necessary changes to turn our economical sitation around and focus on our domestic policies instead of foreign policy like Bush did. BTW Bush shouldn't have moved back to Texas, he should've moved to the Middle East with all the people that benefited from his terms in office.

I really hope people watch him as much as they've watched any other president in office. At the end of the day, he's still a politician.

Not a pseudo-intellectual, MissNunyaBizzz

FOR ALL U PEOPLE WHO SAY BARACK ISN'T BLACK....WHAT IF HE NEVER TOLD US HIS NATIONALITY, WHAT NATIONALITY WOULD YOU HAVE ASSUMED HE WAS????? KOREAN, MEXICAN, PURPLE, ROCK??????? HE'S OBVIOUSLY BLACK.

@HUEmanbro Amen. People dont believe until its too late. I pray for all them. Especially you haters. Come on its just my opinion. No need to come at my head lol.

This guy looks very similar to Barack. Yes Barack is a Black man!! All African Americans are mixed with a little something!! Barack is married to a black woman and his children are black, father is just as black as my black booty boot so that is black enough for me!!

MISSNUNYBUNNY WROTE: Hopefully, Obama will make the necessary changes to turn our economical sitation around and focus on our domestic policies instead of foreign policy like Bush did. BTW Bush shouldn't have moved back to Texas, he should've moved to the Middle East with all the people that benefited from his terms in office.

LOL

EazyBreezy Flag post Okay so I always wondered where he got his name from.. Barack Hussein Obama.. is Muslin/Arabic.. NOT African.... whats up with that??? ANybody wanna school me =) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Many African nations on the North,East and North west coasts of Africa were converted to Islam either by war or subsequently for economic reasons. As a result these Africans were FORCED to take on Islamic names many centuries ago. This is no different then the character above, who draws the Boondocks, being named Aaron McGruder. LOL. Is Aaron McGruder an African name...obviously not...but we all know how Black people acquired such European names in America. Well the same thing applies to the President and his father, Barack Hussein Obama SR.. Obama SR. was clearly a BLACK MAN born in Kenya,that had a Muslim name,HOWEVER HE WAS NOT A PRACTICING MUSLIM! Keep in mind a man could be named Joseph Christiansen and still be an Atheist ,despite the fact he has a Christian sounding name. A person's name does not always denote their race,religious affiliation or heritage. Some people when discussing the President's background, conveniently seem to forget that fact.

I dont know why we are so backwards after MLK died...its just so sad. I just want to know why are we so backwards and blaming the white man all the damn time why ate 75% of the black male are in jail? why black have the most sexual transmitted dieases out there, and it came form gay white men. Why we so ignorant, and calling eachother [EXPLETIVE] and using slangy words. Why sag are pants everytime we walk down the street. Why do most black male abandone there children? Theirs a whole alot of Whys in the black community, but we deifinitly have to change are why's

It's not about his white mother. I honestly feel that deep down we kind of sense that this could be our only shot. The right will pick apart any mistake he makes and highlight every stumbling block in his presidency. (Hopefully there wont be many) I guess the larger issue is that if he doesn't do well than it will be that much harder to get a man of color into the white house. This man we have now is a deserving and intelligent man, but he does not represent Black people and the generational poverty that has been in existance since the post covil rights era. For once we wanted someone who really represents us, our culture, issues, and beliefs. Similar to these white men who have represented the issues of their constituents for centuries. Obama is close, but no cigar.

alphasoulsista|

I don't care about anyone's skin color|The point is black peol;e are always saying someone isn't black enough for whatever reason|That's what I'm saying|

*people

No one is sayen fall down on your knees and worship Obama. I am sayen stop hating on the man and give him a chance to bring forth a positive change. I am sayen be happy that someone black or half-black (whatever you choose to call it) has been elected President of the United states of America! Thats something to be proud of. DAYUUM! Change is not going to happen over night. Bush left a real mess that is going to have to be cleaned. No one can point the finger at Obama. Having a president of color is a step the right direction. Give it time, don't be so pessimistic. Trust that God has a plan and instead of hating on Obama and loose talking all of your consiracy theories, how about pray for the man and begin trusting God to use Obama to bring about a positive change. It's okay to celebrate and rejoice that there is a colored man representing in the oval office. Never in the history of America has that ever happened. Be proud and expect good things.

Who determined that being black means that you are a descendant of slaves? Thats the first I've heard that definition!

This fool can GONE wit dat!

FYI BluBoy is another fake MTO staffer .

Now viva, I feel you on that.

and even if he were not technically BLACK, he is the true definition of African-American. Now who can argue with that?

This brother has every right to express his opinion and I have to admit I'm skeptical as well, his political appointments are extremely suspect, what change, the same old guard to me, But I will hold judgement until I see results, the "nature" and true essence of the original man is peace so FOR NOW, I will give him the benefit of the doubt. But ask yourself a serious question: he would not be where he is without the powerful bankers and politicians pulling his coat tail, he is staring at SATAN himself directly in the face( not calling him SATAN, but that's what he is dealing with on a daily)

I don't know why my stomach drops everytime I read or hear something bad about our president. When it's something unintelligent and wthout merit, I get ticked. This goofy... I'm done supporting his comics!

"cautiously pessimistic"... for what reason? maybe it's because he knows that he himself won't do anything, not even on a small scale, to promote progress and change. shut your stagnant a** up! No, as the leader of the free world, Barack Obama can't change the world alone. All he can do is lead. It takes for people to shut up and then follow with honest effort or stay 'cautiously pessimistic'...

"I don't think you're going to see any dramatic change from Barack Obama," "I'm hoping he proves me completely wrong."

If there was no ounce of change... even if things, everything, got worse, how can you blame one man? What are you going to do? Take the D out of yor mouth, get off your knees and be change. Improve your situation and help someone else. Or shut up, at least!

"The person who is one of us in the White House is Michelle Obama and her momma," One of us? One of who? Do you know your roots, honestly? What percentage of your blood is African? Or are you speaking of the hood life? I'm sure that Barack knows more of his African roots firsthand than you. I'm sure Barack can walk down my block, unsecured and make it. You'd get raped!

Eat a d**k and die, you fa**ot!

Just wait until Obama signs the Amnesty Bill for all these illegals...who HATE blacks...see whay you'll have to say about Obama then...

HeatedMud|

Thank you|I can't believe people are twisting more words|Now,I see why there's really no hope for black people uniting|I don't trust Obama but telling someone who they are as in race,is crossing the line|

BOONDOCKS GROUPIES|I actually missed season two before all of this b.s popped off today in here, and will not watch season 3|

@Morenita27 u must not be BLACK...Aaron McGruder does not look like Barack...Barack had huge white folks DOG EARS and BLUNT/KoolAid LIPS...

So what if Obama is bi-racial, he still made history.....

Only time will tell what that man will do. He can get your praise. but he will never get mine. i rather die on my feet then live on my knees. Thanks stormzoe. You know i hear ignorance is bliss. What u think?

all of you need to move to chicago, then you'd understand his statement. bawack didn't do much. he was a below avg senator with above avg personality! i love him and technically michelle is the only "black" one in the whitehouse if u just want to be extremely specific. look at this comment w/o emotions and for the intelligent aspect of it. bawack started a committee that never had one meeting, he stole an election by gettign his opponent kick off the ballot. DO SOME RESEARCH and pray that he'll do more than be this rockstar we've grown to be in lust with... hi5 Ms Milan. no one can name his policies or laws that benefit us because there are none to be found. i volunteered for bama but Hillary has DONE more or blacks and for whatever reason people don't wanna do the REAL research and see that!

first for this ignorant son of a monkey's uncle....No Barack is not Black! he is African American...he is the ideal African American poster child, he came from a African father and a American mother. No not a slave but indeep he is one of us. for the record this small minded, ghetto fabulous cartoon person, needs to check himself before he wrecks what is left of his Boondocks career. OBAMA for life..at least the next 4 years of it....LOL!!!

To these throwing facts, I question who and what you are citing. I am refering to cultural anthropologists, Black intellectuals, and have read in studied this exact topic as a grad student. In life these categories or not important but to understand why things are the way they are one must be very careful in understanding these categorizations Black vs African American and the cultural histories and experiences of each and their state in society today. Heated mud, you are on point because Black Americans labeling themselves African American is a direct result of the movement of Jesse Jackson. Now the lines are blurred between the two when each has its own specific qualifiars.

this is why you should learn your history! Before speaking! if we are going to start rating each other by the fact that my mother is white and father is black bullsh*t, than there will be no change! WAIT A MIN? WHY ARE WE LISTENING TO THIS FOOL? GO MAKE A BOONDOCKS SEASON 2! MOMMA ALWAYS SAID THAT IF YOUR NOT GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.... SHUT THE F$*K UP!

ITS NOT IGNORANCE...IT IS WHAT IT IS.....ALL 43 FORMER PRESIDENTS WERE WHITE!!!!NOT BI-RACIAL!!!

wakeupblkpeople Flag post Just wait until Obama signs the Amnesty Bill for all these illegals...who HATE blacks...see whay you'll have to say about Obama then... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please explain...

Be excited! Be very excited! Don't leave it all up to Obama to create change. YOU start with your DAYUMM self! Start in your own home and your own community. Obama is a human being and he can't do it alone. What are you prepared to do to help him?

DON'T HATE.....PARTICIPATE

@heated mud

(LOL) I was not talking to your intelligent azz. Your the exception that disproves the rule. No Fare. I gotta save your comment and take it up with you in the forum about a year from now when the Prez has had the opportunity to put his money where his mouth is.

@huemanbro I thought Aaron was doing the Boondocks MOVIE, that's why there was no season three?

i think what he means to say is, he is not american, but African American! i get it!

but really who cares!

WOW. I'M GUESS ABOUT 2500+ HITS TODAY... MTO YA'LL HAVE OUTDONE YOURSELVES THIS TIME.

Good or Bad - people are entitled to their own opinions - even Black people. Most of the black people giving Obama praises now – I hope they still understand him after some of those changes don’t come tomorrow. If anything, I feel bad for Obama because people think he can change their Personal lives. I still feel the power is with the people (as we saw in the election).

and he's absolutley right barack obama is not BLACK!!!!! he's BI-RACIAL!!!!!! his mother is white and you dumb asses keep saying well white people say if you have any black in you your black so? that's the problem black people let white people dictate what we think and what we believe white surpremecy is a b/itch barack obama isn't black period he's half black and half white he didn't come from a black woman and and a black man did he? NO!!

GIVE ME HATE B/ITCH SO I CAN ROAST YO ASS!!!

*GUESSING

i quote: """WHO DO Y'ALL WANT IN OFFICE? WESLEY SNIPES?? IS HE BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU??HUH?? Black people are racist against their own| DAMN SHAME|HOP BACK ON THE SLAVE SHIP , AND ENJOY THE CRUISE|because your just as racist as the slave masters but you just happen to be black..what a disgrace to MARITIN LUTHER KING, ROSA PARKS,HARRIET TUBMAN,EMMETT TILL ECT. |"""

VIVALAKE amidst all this damn crap u made me smile girl... i agree 100%

ppl (not jus black ppl) PPL shud stick 2gther and get over this race CRAP this post is makin me sick... some are brainwashed some are in denial some contradicted themselves and some are jus plain ole STUPID... im done, lemme go do something constructive

SMDH judge a man not by his !@$^!! skin colour but by his character... and for God and Heaven's sake dont throw stones if ya live in a glass house...

He has the right to his opinion, whether YOU agree or not. It doesn't necessarily make him a hater. Hater is such a TRITE word, some of you fols need to EXPAND and uprgade your vocabulary in real life and online. I do agree with him Obama is not black. Obama is Mixed. Black means having 2 Black parents. I don't know when the definition of Black changed. It doesn't matter about the 1 Drop rule. Race is subjective, all this...

Hmmm . . . I love The Boondocks but I'm torn by McGruder's comments. I can understand the "cautiously pessimistic" part in that Barack is coming in at a terrible time and there's a very real chance that his presidency will be marred by the mess Bush left behind. I worry that people expecting change overnight will turn on him when there's not an immediate solution to our current economic crisis. The truth is he could very well spend his entire presidency trying to dig the country out of the current hole we're in. And if he isn't able to before the end of his term, I cringe to think about how the media pundits will throw everything in his lap as if everything went down on his watch. Only time will tell.

As for the race thing, I'd need to see a direct quote from the article because I find it hard to believe that McGruder would be that idiotic. So Barack isn't black because he has a white mother and a Kenyan mother? Ummm . . . so what are Africans considered, if not black? Even if he was trying to say that he doesn't consider Barack African-American because he was raised overseas during his formative years, that still wouldn't make sense. To say he isn't black altogether is idiotic since the black race spans across national boundaries. Doesn't matter where you're born, black is black. (Now some folks can debate the whole bi-racial thing, but that's a different discussion.)

Msmilan, season three is on it's way, but I do think it's going to be the last season and I think he's making the movie as well.

@IVLARIO<<<

WHAT UP BOO! I SEE YOU MY DUDE, KEEP HOLDING IT DOWN IN THE N.Y.C.!

@STORMZOE<<<

GIRL, YOU CRACK ME UP! KEEP ON TRUCKING SIS!

@KING_GEEDORAH<<<

YOU KICKING KNOWLEDGE TODAY. REAL TALK. OK, I'M GLAD WE HAVE A MAN OF COLOR IN OFFICE *CLAP CLAP* AND A NUBIAN QUEEN WITH NUBIAN CHILDREN, BUT THIS "OBAMA-NITIS" THAT SOME FANATICS HAVE IS CRAZY.

AND LIKE YOU, I WORRY ABOUT INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND HIS PROPOSED "CIVIL SERVICE" PROGRAM. THERE IS A LOT OF SCARY STUFF GOING ON.

@BROOKLYNKING<<<<

LMAO.

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and he's absolutley right barack obama is not BLACK!!!!! he's BI-RACIAL!!!!!! his mother is white and you dumb asses keep saying well white people say if you have any black in you your black so? that's the problem black people let white people dictate what we think and what we believe white surpremecy is a b/itch barack obama isn't black period he's half black and half white he didn't come from a black woman and a black man did he? NO!!

GIVE ME HATE B/ITCH SO I CAN ROAST YO ASS!!!

@ trinidiva, I agree with you guys as well. Most are just stupid though, the others want to argue, the same ones disagree with the majority on purpose just to get attention, no matter how ridiculous it is.

Well for real he wasn't talkin bad in the first part - he just said he hopes President Obama will prove him wrong in his thinking. Far as the Black comment, he is black and everyone knows it. So whatever...

@ tooreal, STFU, @ TOOSTUPID, you stupid dumb ignorant ass confused fvcking bytch. Your ignorant ass parents are african american, , not african african, you stupid bytch, you are also mixed with dumb....

McGruder looks sexy

McGruder is RIGHT! ObaMESSIAH is an OREO!

*********************** It ain't HATE.... If it's the TRUTH!

Don't agree.... Suck on my BLACK AZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!

Question: By the same racial measures, what nationality or cultural history should one have to be considered white?

Obama is African American, like the rest of us. What do we need a fvucking outline for blacks? GTFOH

That's a bitch move Aaron!

Man, I love the Boondocks! Why did he had to talk BS about Obama?

'No matter where you come from, as long as you're a black man, you're an African!'

alot of people are jealous of obama, its so sad to see these bitter old crabs trying to pull this man back down in the hater barrel with them.... if u dont like it here move to somplace else....

Tika90 you can be whatever you want to be, but by your meaningless rhetoric and crude language let me know what you decide so I can classify myself as the opposite.

Teecee, aint nobody jealous of obama. ONly his cult members think that. We just know obama is puppet and we can see past his black skin. Doesn't have anything to do with hate or jealousy.

WOW MR. BOONDOCKS MAN!!!!!!! THAT HURTS :-(

So-Haute...Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I bet you believe in the "Rapture Theory" too...That MY DEAR IS THE DELUSION...a lesson that originated in 1830 at the bedside of Margater MacDonald (goole her...)a young woman from a very rich and powerful family overseas who had a dream that the "holy men" of that time took and ran with...check your KJ Bible or original Hebrew Manuscripts (all the other translations are being chastised for using the word "bird")where it CLEARLY STATES Ezekiel 13:18-21 "I am against those that teach my people to fly to save their souls..." I don't argue the Bible and i don't get off on judging others...but i would appreciate it if you would get off my back about MY opinion...Thank you again...

Who cares what he thinks. www.SoldieressChronicles.com

@ alphasoulsista, dont think I was talking to you, but O.K....... Just getting her back from the other day.... so your message to me is meaningless!

WELL NOT REALLY I WOULD ACTUALLY EXPECT HEUY FREEMAN TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT ... HE SHOULD PUT THAT IN AN EPISODE LOL

@HUEmanbro

You are exactly right.

Wait...the Obama girls are big fans of the Jonas Brothers??? Lol..wow what a joke. But I am willing to give this guy a chance

thanks badyellabroad

LOL at people writing novels...

I ALSO AGREE WITH EARLIER COMMENTS THAT THIS CARTOONIST IS ENTITLED TO HIS OWN OPINION. HE CAN THINK ABOUT POLITICS AND RACE ISSUES, INCLUDING "COLOR" THE WAY HE WANTS. THOUGH SOME FOLKS MAY NOT AGREE, THAT DOES NOT MAKE HIM NECESSARILY A BAD PERSON BECAUSE HE DOES NOT THINK OBAMA IS BLACK.

PERSONALLY, I'M TORN ON THIS ISSUE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A PERSONAL BELIEF THAT "ANYONE" WITH CONSPICUOUS AFRICAN ANCESTRY IS CONSIDERED BLACK, WHETHER THEY RESIDE IN THE MOTHERLAND HERSELF, OR IN THE CARIBBEAN, USA, SOUTH/CENTRAL AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST...WHEREVER! IF YOUR BLOOD TIES YOU TO THE GREAT CONTINENT "AND" YOU LOOK THE PART, THEN IN ALL LIKELYHOOD YOU'RE BLACK. I DON'T THINK "BEING A SLAVE" SHOULD BE THE LITMUS TEST WE SHOULD GO BY.

AS FAR AS BEING BIRACIAL, IT'S FUNNY HOW AFTER "HUNDREDS OF YEARS" IN THIS RACIST AZZ NATION, WHEN EVEN THE WHITEST OF WHITE MULATTOES WERE STILL CONSIDERED "N*GGERS", BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT THESE FORK-TONGUED MOFOS, CLAIMING OBAMA IS "HALF WHITE". WTF? I MEAN, YES, TECHNICALLY HE IS, BUT THESE CRAKKKERS NEVER WANTED TO CLAIM "MIXED" BABIES BEFORE...BUT WE ALL FAMILY NOW? GTFOH! I SMELL HYPOCRISY AT IT'S FULLEST!!

I HAVE BIRACIAL RELATIVES THAT IDENTIFY AS BLACK, SO THE TITLE I GUESS IS SUBJECTIVE, DEPENDING ON CULTURE, HOW YOU WERE RAISED AND QUITE FRANKLY, HOW BLACK YOU "LOOK". IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL CAT WOMAN, EARTHA KITT (RIP), SHE LOOKED BLACK AND COULD IDENTIFY AS SUCH EVEN THOUGH HER DEADBEAT AZZ DADDY WAS WHITE...BUT HER DAUGHTER? MAN, HER DAUGHTER, KITT SHAPIRO, LOOKS ABOUT AS WHITE AS ANY CAUCASOID WOMAN THAT I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE AND I WOULDVE "NEVER" BELIEVED SHE WAS MIXED BASED ON HER LOOKS. THIS SAME DAUGHTER ALSO MARRIED WHITE AND HAS A WHITE DAUGHTER. IN THIS CASE, I WOULD NOT CONSIDER THE WHITE GRANDAUGHTER "BLACK", REGARDLESS OF WHO HER BLACK-LOOKING, BUT MIXED GRANDMOTHER IS.

ANYWHO, THIS TOPIC IS DEEP AND COULD GO ON FOR IONS W/O CONSENSUS. IT'S OBVIOUS WE ALL THINK DIFFERENTLY ON THE MATTER.

@nyhardestbitch...it's good we can agree to disagree...i have for a long time realized that we are getting closer and closer to what is revealed in Revelation. I also am NOT defending him because of his "blacknesss" what i stand on is my opinion and that is that. So_Haute...i went back and read your attack on MY OPINION, and i must say that you can't spew venom on someone it can't reach. If I need to be corrected, (which when one offers THEIR OPINION is unlikey they can be corrected because it is THEIR OPINION)I know where to go, and it dammed sure won't be on an MTO page...Thank you and this is getting totally out of hand...!

@ allahuakbar You always come in here with knowledge and I couldn't agree with you more.

dagreat1, I'm not surprised your obama lap dog ass in here to praising your jesus.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. OBAMA IS JUST FREE TO ACKNOLWLEDGE HIS RACE.

I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT THOUGH. A STRONG MAN!

SAME damn argument all over again...

Give it to MTO...They picked up on some of the back in forth in the threads the past two days...And they capitalized to keep the hits coming...

Personally I don't give a damn what Aaron or the other dissenters have to say because they are a tiny minority. Obama won 95 percent of the Black vote....Do we really care what that small 5 percent have to say? Their views don't change the fact that he's the president, and it doesn't change the fact that the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of people in our community view him as our first Black president.

I know the "he's not black" minority didn't take away my joy and happiness for the brotha the past few days...Don't let them get to you either.

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lol @ cutenkinky I have that same picture.

Aaron, glad you didn't drink the kool-aid, and you saw the emperor had no clothes. Love your comic, keep up the good work!

@HUEMANBRO<<< @ALLAHUAKBAR<<<

GOOD POINTS AS WELL...

@WAKEUPBLKPEOPLE Wait...the Obama girls are big fans of the Jonas Brothers??? Lol..wow what a joke. But I am willing to give this guy a chance

C'mon now, The Disney Channel is popular amongst many races. Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers & High School Musical is what most little kids live for these days. My neices and nephews included. Hardly grounds to attack someones "blackness"

I am going to have to unfortunately agree with him on some of what he said. Im very happy the country wasn't too racist to not let a man of mixed race through. However I think Barrak is wayyyyy out of touch with chocolate folks. I feel that the inauguration more than supports the idea that barrack is fine with payola. Why were there only like 10 different artists televised on multiple events? There are so many artists out here that blow the ones that were shown clear out of the water. Due to payola these people are kept out of the public eye. It costs 100,000 to drop a single. Coming from an artists stand point just like Aaron I am going to have to agree and say Barrak is not concerned with art and culture. This effects those that make artr and culture to bring to the people. That effects society.

- Can't a man have an opinion on this site without dragged through the fire? Is he wrong for not buying into the Obama hype? Great to see someone black thinking for themselves and seeing what it is for what it is

- This is the first time I've seen what Aaron looks like; he is a handsome fella

Oh...the Latino community are only supporting Obama b/c they want their citizenship for their illegal brothers and sisters. And they are demanding it. Let's wait and see how this plays out. B/c you already know how those Mexicans out west feel about blacks.

@ disinquiringmind "ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. OBAMA IS JUST FREE TO ACKNOLWLEDGE HIS RACE."

I heard that once before and when he was sworn in with Lincoln's bible a light bulb moment happened.

I wouldn't be surprised if the white house had more than a few mulatto or mestizo presidents.

I LOVE MY BI-RACIAL PRESIDENT!

he's right actually when it comes to his fact. but he's wrong about being black. most black people are a mixture. but when your mixed and your skin is darkest your automatically cast as black. like barack. so he carries the title "black" as he goes into office. the bigots dont care if his parents were slaves or not. he's still a black man in america.that's now our president. white people that like him , do because they know he wasnt raised 'black'.they feel comfortable knowing that he isnt influenced by some of the very bad habits the black culture tends to have.that only means 'real' black people need to get their sh1t together.

@ guess jeans you would think this was a beyonce thread.lmao headed there next i know you left some hate over there.lol

- Oh! The Boondocks is great

If his daddy black then he's black. The father has the dominant genes.

@ heated mud name ACTUAL POLICIES. quote a bill, specific note. here's how that works: Vote 124: S 2284: Reid Amdt. No. 4737; To increase the supply and lower the cost of petroleum by temporarily suspending the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Hillary voted in favor of that. i could bore you with more specifics about her committees or her honesty re: iraq, but i'll spare you. Bawack supported the war and technically didn't even have a vote so how do u accept his LYING about voting against it? were u smart enough to catch how he went from i VOTED against it to i SPOKE OUT AGAINST IT!?! open ur eyes. hillary @ least voted and ACTED to correct her mistake while bawack operated in the best interest of his white puppeteers. YEA! DIG THAT!?!?!! [link to external website removed]

Dang, why this dude, Boondocks is my show, but he is entitled to his opinion.....As black people we have to be optimistic about life in general cause it's starts at the bottom for us.....What people have to realize that it's going to take some time to get things in order for this country....it's not going to be accomplished in 3-6 months and anybody thinks that it will be needs a reality check.....I think Obama is a genuine person and really wants to help this country get back on track....I don't think he's like those heartless bastards we had in office for the past 8 years......Sad that all black people can't support each other, cause Asian, Mexicans, Hispanics, Italians, etc....support each other all the time....reason why they have a strong foundation.......

--------------- "Self-Knowledge"

@cuteandsexy

Well said.

I should say well put.

ESO

Took the words right out of my mouth!!

Dang, why this dude, Boondocks is my show, but he is entitled to his opinion.....As black people we have to be optimistic about life in general cause it's starts at the bottom for us.....What people have to realize that it's going to take some time to get things in order for this country....it's not going to be accomplished in 3-6 months and anybody thinks that it will be needs a reality check.....I think Obama is a genuine person and really wants to help this country get back on track....I don't think he's like those heartless bastards we had in office for the past 8 years......Sad that all black people can't support each other, cause Asian, Mexicans, Hispanics, Italians, etc....support each other all the time....reason why they have a strong foundation.......

We have to support each even though the white elite globalist put somebody there that looks like us to destroy us?

@ shalane "he's right actually when it comes to his fact. but he's wrong about being black. most black people are a mixture. but when your mixed and your skin is darkest your automatically cast as black. like barack. so he carries the title "black" as he goes into office. the bigots dont care if his parents were slaves or not. he's still a black man in america.that's now our president. white people that like him , do because they know he wasnt raised 'black'.they feel comfortable knowing that he isnt influenced by some of the very bad habits the black culture tends to have.that only means 'real' black people need to get their sh1t together." ==============

Tha tis the reason many people feel like Barack can not identify with the struggles of a "real black person" because he has not lived that life.

BARACK OBAMA IS NOT A DESCENDANT OF SLAVES, WHO DOESN'T KNOW THAT?!

@ wakeupblkpeople Racism goes both ways. It's not just the mexicans or the whites or even the blacks. When ppl stop looking at another only for their color can ppl start embracing other cultures... I'm happy that my president is mixed. We all need to unite, n stop this separation once and for all.

Who Care What This Dude Say He Is Gay Anyway....

@cutenkinky

you ain't half steppin either, I'm just going to sit back and then past judgement after his actions but I turn on the tv and they pushing this all is well now and it's rather disgusting. You can't even drive down the street and see people doing construction and all you see is white faces, maybe a sista holding the flag. Now America is feeling the pinch and with this capitalistic society we are going to be the ones to suffer as always while America's children reaps the benefits. I personally see it getting worse before it gets better, but I'm going to wait and see.

I would suppose if Obama didn’t identify with being Black that would cause an uproar as well...I am not claiming this man is the next coming of Christ however people are continually grabbing for attention in this man’s name…I would think McGruder could have came up with a more intelligent response but I suppose he had a Kayne West moment

Since my ancestors were slaves, owned slaves, were Immigrants from Ireland, and were the first owners of the United States that I am not Black either…I have the check to see if Mulatto is an option on the next app I put in

Also a black person is defined as a person with dark skin who comes from Africa or has ancestors who came from Africa…so technically EVERYBODY on this Planet is Black…I suggest investing into an acct over at Ancestry.com before we start trying to figure out who is 100% Black

I'M A FAT BITCH AND I SUCK ASS. I'M A LONELY SELF HATED THING CALLING MYSELF HUMAN. I'M A BITCH ASS WHEN PPL TALK ABOUT ME, BUT I'M QUICK TO SAY SOMETHING TO OTHERS.

I'M A BITCH AND I KNOW I'M A BITCH, I MEAN A FAT BITCH.

I'M A FAT BITCH AND I SUCK ASS. I'M A LONELY SELF HATED THING CALLING MYSELF HUMAN. I'M A BITCH ASS WHEN PPL TALK ABOUT ME, BUT I'M QUICK TO SAY SOMETHING TO OTHERS.

I'M A BITCH AND I KNOW I'M A BITCH, I MEAN A FAT BITCH.

@ damaddblogger "If his daddy black then he's black. The father has the dominant genes."

If that were the case, why weren't enslaved children that were born of Asiatic mothers and Caucasian fathers considered "White."

If the mother is a slave then that child is a slave. If the mother is "black" then that child is "black"

Mark my words the first people to jump on the bandwagon to tear this man down will be black people.

As a race we can't deal too long with supporting our own people. The jealousy, maliciousness and hate eventually comes out. It's sad because every other race is able to do it. They want their own to do good, prosper, and help all move forward collectively. But not us black people, we love to be crabs in a barrel.

How could this idiot say that he isn't black. The man is direct from the root of the tree. His father is from Africa. That's as black as you can get. His idiot needs to hush the up. Because he has nothing useful to say or contribute.

Nigeria was colonized by Great Britain, in fact they didn't gain independence until 1963. Does Aaron think African slavery only took place in America? Obama is just as Black as the rest of us so-called "African Americans" and the fact that he choose a southern Black Woman for his wife to bear his children more than solidifies his place among us.

esotericdredz Flag post SAME damn argument all over again...

Give it to MTO...They picked up on some of the back in forth in the threads the past two days...And they capitalized to keep the hits coming...

Personally I don't give a damn what Aaron or the other dissenters have to say because they are a tiny minority. Obama won 95 percent of the Black vote....Do we really care what that small 5 percent have to say? Their views don't change the fact that he's the president, and it doesn't change the fact that the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of people in our community view him as our first Black president.

I know the "he's not black" minority didn't take away my joy and happiness for the brotha the past few days...Don't let them get to you either.

^^^^^^^^^BINGO. Because homeboy's comments sure ain't getting to me. He is entittled to his opinion.

So what if Obama is not 100 percent black.

HE IS THE FIRST MAN OF COLOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

A MULTI RACIAL ETHNIC MAN AS OUR PREDSIDENT!

Something we black folks and other folks of color have never seen before!

So as stated, Aaron has a right to his opinion, as well as all the other non believers and doubters. I won't diss him for that.

However, it won't change the fact that CHANGE HAS FINALLY COME TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE FOR OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!

No takers? Again,

Question: By the same racial measures, what nationality or cultural history should one have to be considered white?

Would their ancestors needed to have cracked a whip on a slave's back in America to be considered white?

You dont have to be talking to me for me to recognize and acknowledge your ignorant and foul language. Do we have to revert to name calling and belittling each other in anger or disagreements? Your are a woman with ideals and beliefs that are strong, someone else doesn't have to be called a name for your opinion to be validated.

*FORM

I'M A FAT BITCH AND I SUCK ASS. I'M A LONELY SELF HATED THING CALLING MYSELF HUMAN. I'M A BITCH ASS WHEN PPL TALK ABOUT ME, BUT I'M QUICK TO SAY SOMETHING TO OTHERS.

I'M A BITCH AND I KNOW I'M A BITCH, I MEAN A FAT BITCH.

I'M A FAT BITCH AND I SUCK ASS. I'M A LONELY SELF HATED THING CALLING MYSELF HUMAN. I'M A BITCH ASS WHEN PPL TALK ABOUT ME, BUT I'M QUICK TO SAY SOMETHING TO OTHERS.

I'M A BITCH AND I KNOW I'M A BITCH, I MEAN A FAT BITCH.

Hi dagreat1. You're so childish!

This n!gga is stupid and anyone who agree with him is stupid, Barack Obama is not black because he does not descends from slaves???? His mom was American and his dad was African and Barack was born in hawaii and hawaii is an American state so there you go African American!!!!!!!! Theirs still slavey in Africa so his stupid opinion was not needed.

@ HUEmanbro ---------- U TRY TO ACT LIKE U SO SMART BUT, NIGGGGGA U SO WRONG LIKE ME THE FAT ASS BITCH.

His dad is 100% African. His mom is white. He is Black. Being the descendant of slaves does not make you black. Not everyone in Africa's ancestors were slaves, but they are still considered black. This guy is just stupid.

The thing is, many of us don't know who we are. Our identity has been successfully stolen. Africans in America, some raped, some snuck out, some not the least bit concerned with legal limitations or cultural expectations.

Sure, all modern people originated from the region we now know as Africa, but we don't call every human being African, now do we?

The truth is, if all races merged we would get back to what the original modern man looked like. But we have overwhelmingly become seperatists ideologically.

You know this goes to show how sad the situation is with our young people. Mr. Boondock lineage and identity comes from the FATHER not the mother. The fact that his Father is from Kenya makes him Black. Now if people want to be so called cute or pseudo intelligent and say Bi-racial fine but at the end of the day GENETICALLY YOU ARE CLASSIFIED AS BLACK.

Secondly as much as our slave women were raped and abused by white slave owners how black are we FOR REAL? The fact that you can put your (in the minds of most caucasians)your nappy headed and braided lil bay bay kids as a cartoon (which they think is demeaning to us) it wouldn't have happened had it not been for WHITE PEOPLE like an ABRAHAM LINCOLN YOU IDIOT!!!!

A BLACK MAN MADE TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TOTAL HISTORY...IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THEN GO KISS MCCAIN

WOW I KINDA THOUGHT THAT ALOT OF A AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE A BLACK MAN AS PREZ BUT I GUESS LIKE I WAS TOLD IN THE PAST THE U.S. IS NOT READY FOR A BLACK PREZ NOR A WOMEN PREZ. AND ITS SAD TO SEE THAT MOST OF THE HATE IS COMING FROM BLACKS THATS CRAZY I SUPPORT OBAMA 100% BUT I DO AGREE PPL ARE WORSHIPING HIM LIKE HE IS CHRIST HIM SELF BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS I HOPE OBAMA PROVES ALOT OF THE HATER WRONG AND GETS THINGS BACK UP AND RUNNING AND SEND OUR TROOPS HOME I SEE PEOPLE HAVE FORGOT ABOUT THE TROOPS.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT BLACK. HE'S GREEN LIKE THE SHIIT ON MY TONGUE!

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT BLACK. HE'S GREEN LIKE THE SHIIT ON MY TONGUE!

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT BLACK. HE'S GREEN LIKE THE SHIIT ON MY TONGUE!

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT BLACK. HE'S GREEN LIKE THE SHIIT ON MY TONGUE!

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT BLACK. HE'S GREEN LIKE THE SHIIT ON MY TONGUE!

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT BLACK. HE'S GREEN LIKE THE SHIIT ON MY TONGUE!

Hahaha...this is hilarious! First of all I was at this event...and Aaron McGruder is simply someone who says how he feels with no censor...he is like an very intelligent comedian. When he made this statement he was simply saying (the rest was left out of the wonderful paper) that Barack Obama can only do so much as President so us thinking we are going to see drastic change is not realistic. Change will have to come from all the government folks. Hahah...can't believe MTO put this on blast. Aaron is madd coo and he looks so cute with the short cut...yall going Al Sharpton on him hahah. I'm sure he would say something like "you don't matter!" as he laughs his butt off. ~1505

this dude needs a life for real..he is a goof this is the same guy that makes money off of a cartoon that the whole time all u hear is N this and N that and B this and B that i guess he not black if his ppl does not come from slaves

@brooklynking, I agree 100% (well not with the name calling of "coons") but the point that is being made. It's TRUE. Who cares if we have a black(but really biracial) president if blacks don't change their behavior? If you say u are so proud he is president then start a change within. stop looking at him as your savior and save yourself, use him as inspiration to get educated, become a professional and out of the hood. You can rock obama tees all day and put ur myspace headlines as "time for change" but be for real and make your own damn change first! no more excuses that i cant do this and that cuz of my color or cuz i dont have a father in my life. Obama had no father and was raised by his grandfather and had the confusion of being biracial and took those things that he could have used as an excuse to be miserable and instead used that as stepping stones to the top. More black people need to THINK THIS way! instead of making excuses and holding each other black, instead of calling educated blacks uncle toms or high yellows sell outs, we need to educate ourselves and take self responsibility, clean up our hoods and better our selves. It shouldn't have taken obama to be president for us to tell our kids you can be anything including president, we should have been educating our kids to make that an option a long time ago.

I follow your logic travel agent but I am not sure it is the same thing. Regardless of european heritage most white Americans even if they have been here for centuries since the slave trade can trace and identify their nation of origin. Six generation Polish American, etc. Most people who classify themselves cannot...But the topic you raise is interesting.

Black folks are their WORST enemies!! That is why we have not come together as a people!! Take a look at Obama standing next to his wife, then tell me he is not a black man! He may be half white but he looks black , he identifes himself as black, SO HE IS BLACK!!

he is sexy doe lmao all this [EXPLETIVE] is just being blown out of content

Thus doucehbag cartoonist DOES'NT like black people, that is why he degrades black people in his cartoon!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

@ alphasoulsista, for one, I am not ignorant at all for using the foul language towards who I was speaking to. Dont pick me out of this mass number of bloggers to say something to. Im sure you've seen worse... Not that I have to explain anything to YOU, but the other day she/he said something ignorant to me, so I took this opportunity to say something back....It really wasn't about our disagreement. But I guess I see where your coming from.

Obama himself said "I saw that the world viewed me as a black man so that is where I belong"

If Obama isn't black than neither am I and neither are any of you. Our ancestors were slaves, we weren't so, we haven't had to struggle like the slaves did so I guess we all aren't black according to some of these comments. It's not like he had a choice to choose his race, he is viewed in this world as a black man regardless of his/our ancestors struggles.

If he is not black then how can you say that his daughters are? the man is black, no one thinks he is God, he is just a breath of fresh air from the devil that just left the white house.

If we are already on the bottom then, there is no place else to go but up!

Embrace the brother and stop it all ready, we loved Clinton and he wasn't black so why can't we love and support this black man who put a end to the slave error, as far as I am concerned. Now those who gave their lives so your black azz could sit at work with multi-colored people and use a positive tool (computer) in a negative way can rest in peace knowing all of those whippings, hangings,killings,and seperation from family, wasn't in vain.

t is the sheeple that need to wake up.

smdh at the people who have more to add to the conversation other than, Barack is sexy! Oooh he can get it! Never Mind the fact that his cabinet is comprised of IMF members and as Allahakbar put it, He is staring Satan in the face."

If Obama is in the office because of "Pardon me Michelle but I want to f^ck your husband!" then Aaron has every right to be skeptical and so do all the other people who are not caught up in the "Black President" hype and are looking at this issue from an objective standpoint.

In that case this idiot cartoonist is not black then, as well as a majority of black americans, since we all have some white blood in us. What an idiot!!

HERE IS WHAT GETS ME ABOUT THESE FAKE AFROCENTRIC FULL OF SHIIITTT BASTARDS. THEY AINT NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF WILLIE LYNCH SELF HATING CRABS IN A BARRELL PUPPETS. CANT BE HAPPY FOR A BLACK MAN DOING WELL THEY WANT TO TRY AND TEAR HIM DOWN. BLACK IS BLACK DAMMIT SOME OF YOU RUNNING A REVERSE BROWN PAPER BAG TEST WHICH IS AS IGNORANT AS THE REGULAR BROWN BAG TEST. IT DOESNT DO ANYTHING BUT CREATE DIVISION INSTEAD OF UNITY.

BUT LIKE DUDE SAID LET THE HATERS HATE, THE MAJORITY OF US KNOW WHATS UP AND HAVE LOVE FOR OUR BLACK PRESIDENT. SO HATE ALL YOU WANT BASTARDS WE GOT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WHETER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!

AND WHO THE FUUUCCCK CARES ABOUT THIS NIGGGGA ANYWAY? THIS NIGGGGA DRAW MEAN LITTLE KIDS FOR A LIVING LIKE I CARE WHAT HIS POLITICS ARE? HE CREATED UNCLE RUCKUS LOOKS LIKE HE GOT SOME RUCKUS IN HIM

Some of you people need to get a life. Oh that right you guys talking about president obama i forgot you guys like bush

DAMN SO IF YOUR FAMILY WASN'T SLAVES...YOU'RE NOT BLACK? THAT'S SOME STUPID BULLSHYT!! ANYBODY WITH AFRICAN HERITAGE IS FREAKING BLACK..DEAL WITH IT!!!

OBAMA is a FRAUD

I AGREE WITH Aaron

I agree with any one who knows the truth about the Illuminatti and the CFR and the Trilateral Commission .

DOnt worry let the sheep gobble the fake media press and lies . I agree with Huemanbro , who said some of the best stuff on this post about this guy prolly being groomed since a kid .

I dont understand how people like Common and other rap intellects fell for the bait .

Dont worry I see the streets divided between the sheep and the Knowers

The Sheep - Dont do research and gobble what they see or hear on TV , the knowers profit of of you

The Knowers - Question everything and do research before saying dumb comments . The sheep end up being your meal ticket .

OBAMA is part of an ELite group - If you say anything to me about this after the fact - then I do not need to respond back because you answered your own demise .

MLK Was Black MalcomX was black Tupac was Black

Obama - Prolly From Hawaiin decent

The same people who run this country run the banks and the federal reserve and would never let a 100% black person become president - NEVER!!!

Last I checked - Our vote does not count - For all we know Mccain won -

This is almost and 80%White country - with alot of undercover racist

I am a minority - and wish to live to see the day a TRUE AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS ELECTED - NOT SOME FRAUD cooked up by the Roccafellas

all I hear is bah bah bah bah

The funny thing is, dude is the same color as Obama?

alphasoulsista, by his logic, it the same. When you look at a "white" person, you don't consider where they originated from or whether or not their ancestors even took part in the slavery of Africans. We just see white people. Nationality or history doesn't come to mind until we hear an accent. Same goes for "black" people. Nobody thinks about our nationality until they hear an accent. We just assume all "white" people are alike and all "black" people are alike. It's close-minded, narrow thinking. And the fact that some of us still defend it is outrageous. There are "black" people who can trace their geneology as well. It's only the descendents of slaves who have in large part been stripped of the knowledge of their (our) lineage. But with new technology, even that knowledge can be regained.

damn @ komuzik say how you really feel!

komuzik, this country is not 80% white. You got that from reported statistics, not taking into account all the Hispanics/Latinos who identify themselves as white, non-Hispanic.

judgemaybelene

YOU MAKE SOME GOOD AND VALID POINTS, OBAMA NEVER TRIED TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HIS MOTHER IS WHITE. AARON ISN'T 100% AFRICAN EITHER, LOOK AT HIS LIGHT SKIN, AND DON'T TELL ME HE'S ETHIOPIAN.

The essence of what he is saying is true. We all should be cautious of any politician. Barack is not a dictator which means any decision made in regards to this country isn't his alone. He can only do so much. I'm as happy as the next person to see a minority as the leader of the free world but don't make the mistake of 100% trusting anyone except GOD and your mother (maybe). His arguement regarding Barack being Black is flawed and taking it to the extreme butgive the man a break he did say he hopes he is proven wrong....

And by the way, Malcolm X mother was half white, too. So what does that make him?

CNN JUST SAID|

"RUSH LIMBO HOPES OBAMA FAILS"|

And some of y'all refuse to try to hope for ANY positive with our President Obama|Its his first day on the job, chill and wait and see|

If Barack's dad was actually AFRICAN and not African American, then hell, he's probably "blacker" then most of us claim to be.

DOnt Get Me wrong I am Happy to finally see a Non- WHite person become president - But it is soooo sad to see so many sheep sck his dck

Alot of people here defending him are also on his Payroll !!!! I am 100% sure

SORRY THATS THE TRUTH

THIS WEBSITE IS OWNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ALLOWED HIM TO BECOME PRESIDENT - THE ELITE

THEY BRAINED washed you and other sheep to believing he is the next coming of christ -

point blank !!!

AND I CAN PROVE IT - SCROLL BELOW AND READ THE COMMENTS OF PEOPLE

That is true the advent of technology to trace geneology is signicant. Most "white" American's dont self identify themselves as simply white. They may say I am Irish or French, it is true on first impression a generalization of Black or White is made. But it seems to me that we as Black or African American people are missing that deeper understanding of what our culture is and the pride of our heritage even if the only culture we know is within and/or in opposition of traditional American values. Do you know what I mean? Its like other cultures are secure in their identity and we are always in a state of confusion attempting to solidify our identities.

McGruder isn't an intellectual not even a psuedo intellectual. We all know that Barack is a black man. Barack knows that he is a black man. He is the descedant of a Black Afrikan.However, Black people need to stop the bullshit. You can't expect him to do for Blacks only.He is the president of the United States of America which means that he represents all people.

YEAH WHATEVER..THAT'S THE DUMBEST THING I EVER HEARD. IF YOU COME FROM AFRICA, YOU BLACK.. @BLACK ORCHID PREACH CHILD....I KEEP ASKING THEIR DUMB AZZES THE SAME QUESTION..NONE OF THE IDIOTS HAVE AN ANSWER...CAUSE THEY'RE STUPID. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T GIVE A PHUCK WHERE THIS NYGGA COME FROM, AND NONE OF THIS BULLSHYT..I'M JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE. DIDN'T ASK TO BE HERE AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE. CAUSE THE RICH GONNA GET RICHER AND THE POOR GONNA GET POORER..THEN YOU DIE...LIVE FOR TODAY.....DEAL WITH IT!!!

alphasoulsista, I absolutely understand what you mean. I think it is important for us to understand who we are and where we come from. It's that sole disconnect that helps foster the negative behavior in our communities and helps instill the thought that we are somehow separate/different in the first place. It's no different than the notion of housr negro and field negro. They are different than us. It's a slave's mentality. And unfortunately, but not surprisingly, it's those that continue to call their "brothers and sisters" coons and ni99as and slaves that perpetuate the slave mentality themselves.

RedDragon|

"DIDN'T ASK TO BE HERE AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE. CAUSE THE RICH GONNA GET RICHER AND THE POOR GONNA GET POORER..THEN YOU DIE...LIVE FOR TODAY.....DEAL WITH IT!!!"

I feel you, I think everyone is trying to survive, and I'm waiting on Jesus to return, NOT Obama to safe me, because I've felt like I've done enough time here already|so its Heaven for some after this lifetime|

TO HELL WITH THIS DEBATE. THESE ARE THE RACES OF THE WORLD...BLACK, WHITE, SPANISH, ASIAN, (INCLUDING JAPANESE AND CHINESE) AND AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED, THAT'S IT. @KOMUZIK..SIT YO AZZ DOWN SOMEWHERE. AINT NOBODY BRAINWASHED ME. BARACK OBAMA AINT NO DAMN THING TO WORSHIP FOR ME AND IM SURE NOT FOR MOST PEOPLE. I COME ON THIS BULLSHYT AZZ SITE FOR LAUGHS AND BULLSHYT ONLY...IF THIS SHYT IS ALL PEOPLE READ ALL DAY, THAT'S A DAMN SHAME!!!

F>ck this g^y a$$,b!tch a$$, d!ck in the booty a$$, d!ck eating b!tch!! A muf>ck ill slap this lil b!tch in his cum guzzling mouth joe!!

AS LONG AS WE KNOW THE TRUTH Stormzoe

By The way I am off to 2 Major Label Negotiations -

MY NEW SINGLE IS CATCHING FIRE HERE IN FLORIDA - LISTEN TO IT

lmao@duceconstant

@ alphasoulsista, do you consider Barack to be "African-American", or just biracial, that's beent the big debate. I think that the one's(blacks) who solidify being black are just trying to take up for the part of them that are being ignored, even by their own people. You hear people mention that they are mixed, like they are trying to add something to their nationality so they wont be stuck with just being black(African). These ones need to understand, to whites and even the nationality they may be mixed with, they just look black to them.

Travel agent...we are on the same page, I agree

I agree with you Nubian_Huntress you definitely have a way with words. You sound like a very intelligent woman. I feel people will throw everything on Obama as if he is Superman and that’s not right. How can he change the mess that Bush has made overnight? That is virtually impossible. Everyone needs to come together, and aid him in this struggle! This not about race, it’s about a better quality of life for us all. He can’t do it alone. The only way his plans will work is if he has the American People behind him. It doesn’t stop at the polls! We still need to push for change just as hard if not harder than we did before. We can’t just Rock the Vote! We have to Rock the Change, and that’s a permanent struggle!

judgemaybelene| " The funny thing is, dude is the same color as Obama?"

That's what I was thinking but maybe both of his parents black!lol

No matter what his color is, he got Bush out of the White House. I will atleast give him a chance to f*ck up before I wish bad on him. If you think he is so terrible and he has an different motive for becoming president, then you should bow your head and pray that devil away because GOD changes everything. This happened for a reason and no matter what Barack's race or motive is, GOD will make sure things are done right if you ask! Barack is just a human like the rest of us. I trust and look up to no man but GOD. He has the say-so in this all.

lol @ shhhhhhhhh! No opinions allowed...lol I think if there were no debates, this site wouldnt be any fun! Think about it people! lol

I am so bored with this topic. It is sad that what McGruder said went right over the heads of so many people.

For those of you who did catch on it is like what komuzik said, "The sheep end up being your meal ticket ."

Peace

I believe he is 100% African American and 100% the origin of his mother. For me, it is not the perceptions of others as Barrack acknowledges his heritage and has never self identified himself as solely either. For me I am still unsure as to how I should identify. The term African American came about in an era where Blacks were trying to find their place in a world who treated them as if they were not American. This didn't take account for the first and second generation people from the coasts of Africa who would immigrate to the US in the following generations. I am not directly from Africa, so am I just Black? Or I know that somewhere down the line I have ancestry from Afrcia so can I be both? What do you think Tika?

LET ME TELL EVERYONE A FACT ABOUT ALL THIS BI-RACIAL CONTROVERSY. THIS GOES OUT TO ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO SAY OBAMA IS NOT BLACK HES BI-RACIAL AND TO ALL THOSE BLACK PEOPLE WHO SAY OBAMA IS NOT BLACK ENOUGH!!! HERES THE FACT...IF THE KKK COMES THROUGH TO DC THEY WOULD HANG OBAMA BI-RACIAL OR NOT BECAUSE GUESS WHAT! TO THE KKK IF YOU HAVE A DROP OF BLACK BLOOD IN YOU, YOU ARE BLACK AND THEREFORE NOT PURE! IF OBAMA GETS ARRESTED GUESS WHAT COLOR HE WOULD BE TO THE AUTHORITIES??? BLACK!!! IF HE DOES SOMETHING WRONG IN OFFICE GUESS WHAT COLOR HE WILL BE...BLACK!!! NOW IF HE SAVES THE NATION AND TURNS OUR COUNTRY AROUND GUESS WHAT COLOR HE WILL BE?? BI-RACIAL!!! LOL YOU PEOPLE KILL ME WITH THIS BI-RACIAL NONSENSE. EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD IS BI-RACIAL YOU FOOLS!! NO ONE IS PURE! CONGRATULATIONS TO OBAMA OUR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

SAYING HE ISNT A REAL BLACK PERSON IS NOTHING BUT SOME WILLIE LYNCH NONSENSE. PATHETIC.

VaNiTy_13|

"No matter what his color is, he got Bush out of the White House. I will atleast give him a chance to f*ck up before I wish bad on him. If you think he is so terrible and he has an different motive for becoming president, then you should bow your head and pray that devil away because GOD changes everything. This happened for a reason and no matter what Barack's race or motive is, GOD will make sure things are done right if you ask! Barack is just a human like the rest of us. I trust and look up to no man but GOD. He has the say-so in this all."

THANK YOU| Everything does happend for a reason|

Luke-Cage|

"SAYING HE ISNT A REAL BLACK PERSON IS NOTHING BUT SOME WILLIE LYNCH NONSENSE. PATHETIC."

PREACH!!!!!!

Maya...I see the intensity in your words, but I don't believe that anyone is saying he isnt a man of color. The confusion is the difference between being Black and African American with most people leaning towards him being the latter. These terms are similar but most people who create ethnographies, and study cultural history may a distinction.

Komuizk, I agree with you. I know we had e beef a while back and it was petty, but I'm glad to see there are more people that know what's really going on and don't believe in everything the media throws in your face. Cynthia Mckinney is authentic, but she wasn't backed by the elite media and corporations so she wasn't good enough.

LISTEN UP HATER MCGRUDER WHEN YOU FIND TIME TO COME OUT THE CLOSET AND FACE YOUR OWN DEMONS STOP INSULTING THE MAN'S VICTORY AND CREATE A CARTOON THATS NOTEWORTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE INSIDE A POWDER ROOM LOOKING OUT THE PEEP HOLE "SAYING SHE HAS ON GORGEOUS MAKE-UP, MAKE ME LIKE HER PLEASE!!!!!!!!

"I'm tired of these sheep. Let him lead them wherever he wants. You can't tell Black people anything. This is why I don't have much to do with my own people anymore." ----------------------------------------------

My point, exactly. Don't throw stones when you're living in a glass house, Shhhhh! No opinions allowed. If you don't have much to do with "your own people", what does that make you? Better? In your mind at least. Slave mentality.

By the way, "sheep" is the new "ni99a"

My point, exactly. Don't throw stones when you're living in a glass house, Shhhhh! No opinions allowed. If you don't have much to do with "your own people", what does that make you? Better? In your mind at least. Slave mentality.

By the way, "sheep" is the new "ni99a"

It's the obama cult and Maniacs that don't want folks to have an opinion. Sheeple= followers!

@ alphasoulsista, I agree with you. I just wish that "the peoples" (lol) will stop making 3 different groups of black people, african, african american, and bi-racial. I feel that anyone that is not African is 100% African American. Were so mixed up...lol Probably more "mixed" up then Obama will ever be.

LISTEN UP HATER MCGRUDER WHEN YOU FIND TIME TO COME OUT THE CLOSET AND FACE YOUR OWN DEMONS STOP INSULTING THE MAN'S VICTORY AND CREATE A CARTOON THATS NOTEWORTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE INSIDE A POWDER ROOM LOOKING OUT THE PEEP HOLE "SAYING SHE HAS ON GORGEOUS MAKE-UP, MAKE ME LIKE HER PLEASE!!!!!

Obama should come out the closet to. And he actually likes white boys and coke! Coughs Larry sinclair

damn here we go with all the hate. why cant we just let the man be. first the chief f*cked up the oath which obama caught him slippin know this. i love the boondocks but damn

TO HELL WITH THIS STUPID WORLD. IT'S ALL AN ILLUSION. THIS WORLD IS JUST ENTERTAINMENT FOR ME ON MY STOP TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND ALL YOU FOLKS WORRYING ABOUT IT JUST WASTING YOUR TIME. YOU CAN'T DO A DAMN THING ABOUT IT. YALL NEED TO BE WORRYING ABOUT THOSE PLAGUES IN THE REVELATIONS!!! STOP WORRYING ABOUT THIS MESS, AND GET IN YOUR BIBLE!!!

Aaron McGruder is IGNORANT! I'm a first generation African who was born in America and I identify myself as "black". I guess I can't claim that anymore! If I'm not "black" then what am I?! This man is lost in his cartoons and his Black Power/White Devil notions! If that's the case, none of the "blacks" who are descendants of slaves are African American. Barack and I are the true African Americans. We were born to African fathers (America goes by a paternalistic system; you are what your father is) in America. Why is McGruder so quick to take away someone's "blackness"? It's just like people born anywhere in Africa saying I or Barack aren't African! I wish he would just let Barack live! I expected ignorant comments about how he identifies himself and how he plans on running the country, but not from a "brother"! GOD BLESS BARACK!!!

***sorry, had to vent...his comment really bothered me!!!

My comment About African Immigrants to this country I was just joking...I usually get along with Africans from Africa who came to the United States they are not as ghetto as American Blacks...But I'm still a fan of Aaron McGruder...

BTW @Blue FLame YOU can be Aaron McGruders complexion and still be 100% African...Lighter skinned Blacks were the first and original people of this planet and we don't have no mixed heritage like BARACK OBAMA!...

@Chocolicious81:

I Agree with you. People were able to give Bush 2 chances, but cant give Obama 1! Atleast let him try and prove you guys wrong. It's only been 1 day...

dang i thought his name was rukus jus no relation to robert dem lmao

I understand alphasoulsista. Honestly I don’t care what color our president is. I just want someone who is there to make a positive change for this country. The racial issue is unfortunate, but the reality is we are living in a racist world. Everyone is judging Obama on the color of his skin and the background of his family tree instead of his skill and competency, and that aggravates me! Why cant we all just celebrate on the fact that BUSH is gone, and focus on how we can assist in changing this country one day at a time.

@ VaNiTy_13 Exactly!! America gave Bush years, and we can’t even wait a month before we start bashing Obama! SMH

@ mayahotblaze, well said. Some people are just trying to take up for him because of the nagativity he's receiving already. I dont even vote, and this pisses me off how they're treating him, already. Dont piss off the president, we want him to do well.lol

MTO has dont a great job of findings the absolute dummest black people on the planet.

Let's see here....Forget what crisis we are going through right now....let's bitch about if Obama is really black or not....yeah that will help us turn this thing around.

HEY how about YOU yeah YOU go and do something to improve this country...this WORLD EVEN!!!!

When will you idiots learn that it really doesn't matter who is heading this country, if you don't make a difference then they won't make a difference....

I am so sick of hearing African Americans cry about the white man, and how we will never succeed and prosper and blah blah blah. I am a dark skinned brother who happens to be very successful in my field. WHY you ask???? BECAUSE I WORK HARD DUMMIES!!!

Stop looking for someone to come rescue you from the ghetto, when you is who put you there. Stop talking about that antichrist and illuminati and go get a degree. Stop talking about what BARACK wont do and tell us what YOU WILL!!!

PS For you dumbasses that think Obama should have scaled back the celebration STFU!!! The government only contributed what they normally contribute to the inauguration with the exception of beefed up security. All the other excess funds came from private donors who wanted to be apart of the celebration.

SPEECHLESS..

dealbreaker, and you are idiot, because you think everybody should worship obama, because you do.

Cynthia McKinney is the TRUTH !!!!!!

Who cares about what this fool thinks about Obama. He promotes ignorance through his cartoons. Next!

@nobling then you were the Black African I wuz talking about...U come here and befriend "white dudes" cause you worshipp them and are so grateful to be here and you look at them as a savior and they still look at you as a N!gger even if they are friends with you...

@ the chucky cheese looking idiot

One...you must got offended.....GOOD Two... I do not worhsip Obama, I worship my heavenly father.....I RESPECT Obama Third... You have an avator of a children's restaurant mascot snorting cocaine....need I say more!

IM A LITTLE TWISTED...I WANNA HAVE A THREESOME WITH MICHELLE AND BARACK!!!

@nobling no one is PURE! If you look back in your history enough you will find that one of your ancestors was raped!! I have plenty of African friends born and raised in Africa and they are not all dark skin! Everyone is mixed up in this world. You sound just as ignorant as McGruder. What’s a real black person? You are so lost! I know I’m black! My father is from Trinidad and my mother is American, but guess what I’m black. I don’t care how light or dark skin I am. Refer back to my comment above about being black. By the way who is that light skin girl you’re with?? Why isn’t she as black as you? Since you’re so real!! Why don’t you have a real black woman by your side?? You’re such a joke! LMAO

Dealbreaker, who arched your eye brows girl? looking like a gay ass bo jackson.

nobling Then Why in your avi you are with a pure lightskinned female...if darkskin is so pure why not get with another African that looks like Alec Wek

IT DON'T MATTER IS OBAMA IS 100% BLACK OR NOT, BECAUSE LOOKING AT AARON'S PICTURE---NEITHER IS HE!!! HE GOT SOME NERVE---HIS ASS IS HIGH [EXPLETIVE]' YELLOW, AND DISSING OBAMA BECAUSE HE IS MIXED!!! NICCA SIT DOWN! U ALREADY SHOWED US HOW IGNORANT U R MAKING THIS STATEMENT, AND IT DON'T HELP THAT UR CHARACTERS ARE IGNORANT ASS, FOULED MOUTH KIDS! THIS NICCA JUST WANTED SOME MEDIA ATTENTION, AND WITH A DUMB ASS STATEMENT LIKE THIS---HE'S SURE TO GET IT!!!! THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS---THERE'S A DEMOCRAT IN OFFICE THAT'S NON-WHITE!!! NEED I SAY MORE...

@HUE I lack the immaturity to bicker with you. As it is clear that you admire me and that is understandable. Sad thing is your little crack at me was not even remotely humorous.

@KNOW THE TRUTH..GIRL..YOU ARE ON IT..I BEEN READING...THIS STUFF GETTING DEEP....KEEP ME POSTED...

Dealbreaker where do you get your facts from? Private events is one thing, but all events pertaining to the ceremony and the events following are completely paid for by taxpayers.

@ BluBoy VERY TRUE!!!!! Nobling is a Joke!! He can’t even spell half the ignorant words he’s typing! Let Nobling go to the South with some of those white boys and see if he comes back alive! They don’t care if your African, African American, Black, Mixed, etc. They still look at you as a Ni****, and If you look black your on the Rope! Period! Nobling get a clue!

@HUE I lack the immaturity to bicker with you. As it is clear that you admire me and that is understandable. Sad thing is your little crack at me was not even remotely humorous.

Ok holiday heart looking ass [EXPLETIVE].

@hue

OH I guess that one was going to be funny...

Keep trying, I am sure you will amuse someone other than yourself one day!

@alphasoulsista

READ BELOW.... (And if I say something, best believe its fact....unlike most people on here I do not rattle off assumptions!!!!)

ABC News crunches the numbers and finds that:

The federal government estimates that it will spend roughly $49 million on the inaugural weekend. Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland have requested another $75 million from the federal government to help pay for their share of police, fire and medical services.

And then there is the party bill.

We have a budget of roughly $45 million, maybe a little bit more," said Linda Douglas, spokeswoman for the inaugural committee. That's more than the $42.3 million in private funds spent by President Bush's committee in 2005, or the $33 million spent for Bill Clinton's first inaugural in 1993.

So, while Delay may not be far off in terms of the total cost of the event, a good bit of that will be paid via private donations, just as in inaugurations past. Media Matters has more on the apples-to-apples comparison.

Listen to Knowthetruth, if your the ones believing he's the mesiah....Look up verses when the people were talking about peace and security.....The bible says it will get better before it gets at it's worse...Remember that!

@Nobling “i'll choose a white dude for friendshit over an afro american anyday lol” You would choose a white dude for "friendshit" hmmm what kind of HOMO talk is that NOBLING! Are you trying to tell us something here? LOL

EVERYBODY CALM THE FU@KK DOWN,WE AS A PEOPLE AND NATION HAVE TO HELP MAKE SOME OF THESE CHANGES HAPPEN.ONE MAN AND HIS PROMISES CAN'T DO IT ALONE,WHO EVER DIDN'T VOTE NEED TO SHUT THE FU@K UP!!!!!!! OBAMA ADMITTED HISSELF THAT [EXPLETIVE] AIN'T GONA CHANGE OVER NITE,ALL WE CAN DO IS WAIT AND SEE PLUS ALSO PLAY A PART IN THE CHANGE.

Good lord has the whole world fell in love with this man? You people act like occult followers. Why can't a black person not support a fraud like Obama without being called a hater?Stop being brain washed hypnotized sheep! Obama is nothing but a fraud. And you all are his occult followers. What "Change" is Obama exactly going to do? This guy is the biggest con artist. Everything just happened to go down hill and Obama magically appears to save the day. Funny how that all happened almost by design....

WOW...VERY IGNORANT BOY. THATS LIKE BECAUSE IM MIXED WITH FRENCH, IM NOT CONSIDERED BLACK RIGHT? REAGRDLESS OF WHAT YA MIXED WITH, THE WHITE MAN IS STILL GONNA CONSIDER YA A$$ BLACK!

TO ALL: Stop arguing over his 'blackness' and stop calling him the first 'black' ....... He isn't the first bi-racial man to sit in the Oval Office. I didn't come to debate, just pick up a few books that weren't suggested to you while in school. The info is there. Be blessed.

@nyhardestbitch******

Read further----the ANTICHRIST will be of JEWISH DESCENT... People are NOT saying Obama is next to GOD ---WE are CELEBRATING A NEW CHANGE IN AMERICA!!!! NAME ANY OTHER TIME IN U.S. HISTORY, A BLACK MAN WAS ANYWHRE NEAR BEING ELECTED TO HIGH OFFICE LIKE THIS? THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING - CHANGE IN THE FACE OF AMERICA! Furthermore, name ONE person that YOU KNOW, that's 100% COMPLETELY "BLACK?"

REALLY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM OBAMA BECAUSE HE IS HALF BLACK AND ELECTED INTO OFFICE. I DONT THINK SO. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WAIT AND SEE.

AND I KNOW MTO IS NOT TALKING SLICK BECAUSE THEY DO IT EVERYDAY AND THEIR FACTS ARE BACKWARDS. DONT YOU THINK OBAMA YOU HAVE BEEN FIRST ON TODAYS TOPIC JUST LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KIND JR SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON MONDAY.

@KNOW THE TRUTH...PLEASE POST SOME MORE!!!

@mayahotblaze yup he told on himself...but he's not alone...there are other African Immigrants who come to America and suck the white man's Dyck and/or do sexual favors for them...

From the office of Aaron McGruder:

For a long time now, I have tried to keep my opinions on the election and Barack Obama to myself. I occasionally do speaking engagements, which are not open to the press, and unfortunately some of my comments have been twisted around in a silly manner. The claim that I asserted our new President was not Black is categorically false.

I have seen an endless stream of Black pundits on TV pontificating about the significance of President Obama's election - many of them making reference to the 3/5th's clause in the constitution regarding slaves. The point I was making is that this is not an accurate comparison. Barack is the son of an immigrant, not the descendant of slaves. It's like comparing a half-Japanese man to the oppressed Chinese who built the American railroads. Yes, they are both Asian, but it is not an honest or accurate comparison. We all share the common experiences of being Black in America today - we do not all share a common history. A history that in part makes us who we are - and in some cases (as with the psychological damage that still lingers from slavery) holds us back. These are not, I believe, insignificant distinctions.

I did say I was cautiously pessimistic about Obama's Presidency - but this is simply acknowledging the reality of an American Empire that is out of control and on the verge of collapse. Let us not forget that on the eve of the election, we witnessed a near trillion dollar robbery of the US treasury. That robbery is still taking place. I do not blame President Obama, but I do not believe the financial and corporate interests that own and control this country will fold so easily. I do not question the integrity of the man as much as the power of his office - which I believe has greatly diminished over the years. I believe the Federal Reserve Bank, the Military Industrial Complex, and the massive corporate interests that run this country have more power than our new President. I hope I am wrong.

After 9/11, I witnessed the most of this country become obsessed with squashing dissent and silencing critics. I hope this election does not turn Black America towards this same, fascist mind state; but already I am starting to see it, and it saddens me greatly. I absolutely wish our new President and his family success and safety. But after all I have witnessed in my lifetime, and especially in the last eight years, I am not ready to lay down my skepticism or my outrage for this government. To do so would be unwise and, ironically enough, anti-American.

Aaron McGruder

January 21, 2009

@ ChunChun - I understand. I'm cautious about any President. In my opinion, that's being smart. I'm a person who sees action and not promises. I'm giving him a chance to do his job.

Exactly: Where does the government get the money to pay the 49 million and the other money requested? TAXPAYERS!

The federal government estimates that it will spend roughly $49 million on the inaugural weekend. Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland have requested another $75 million from the federal government to help pay for their share of police, fire and medical services.

This subject is getting very morose..

Woooowwww! People! People!

No one is sayen fall down on your knees and worship Obama. I am sayen stop hating on the man and give him a chance to bring forth a positive change. I am sayen be happy that someone black or half-black (whatever you choose to call it) has been elected President of the United states of America! Thats something to be proud of. DAYUUM!

Change is not going to happen over night. Bush left a real mess that is going to have to be cleaned. No one can point the finger at Obama. Having a president of color is a step the right direction. Give it time, don't be so pessimistic. Trust that God has a plan and instead of hating on Obama and loose talking all of your conspiracy theories, how about pray for the man and begin trusting God to use Obama to bring about a positive change.

It's okay to celebrate and rejoice that there is a colored man representing in the oval office. Never in the history of America has that ever happened. Be proud and expect good things. I know as a people we have suffered great tragedys and have been dealt raw hands by this country. But part of the change I am speaking of is letting this go and HEALING from it.

Not forgetting where we have been as a people but LETTING IT GO AND MOVING FORWARD! It's time to make things happen! Be excited! Be very excited! Don't leave it all up to Obama to create change. YOU start with your DAYUMM self! Start in your own home and your own community. Obama is a human being and he can't do it alone. What are you prepared to do to help him?

DON'T HATE.....PARTICIPATE

Thanks Richard Foster!

I knew MTO put their own twist on this. Aaron speaks with too much (I've heard him speak) sense to come with a comment as the one above.

@ alphasoulsista

EXACTLY WHAT???

As I had previously soooo clearly stated....The government did not spend much more than they would have at any other inauguration. If you actually educate yourself you will know that the additional cost was due to the amount of people expected not because of who was President!!!

Work with me please...I am not a teacher so my patience to educate is short

he didnt really say nefin bad bout obama he was just stating that hes not gettin his hopes up too much bout someone who hasnt actually proven himself yet as president...(i support obama dnt get it twisted). and also dnt forget people how mediatakeout always takes things said out of context just to create sensationalism!!dnt judge till u see the whole interview!! and notice how the not a descendant of a slave line was not a direct quote, thats because they trying to twist his words to suit the direction they want the story to take!! dnt believe everything you read if its not a direct quote and not in context!!!

I'm a fan of the show, keep makin' them, other than that "He Is NOT Worth It...". PEACE!

He said what? Guess I won't be watching that show anymore

What a stupid statement from a stupid man. This idiot will call himself African American but has probably never been to Africa.

You know when they say it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and confirm it, this was exactly what they meant.

It really flooRs me how ignorant black people are!

Firstly Bori: HALF BLACK AND HALF WHITE EQUALS = BLACK IN THE USA. PERIOD. MY FATHER'S MOTHER IS WHITE AND HIS FATHER WAS JET BLACK. MY DAD COULD PASS FOR WHITE IF HE WANTED TO. HE HAS BEEN BLACK ALL OF HIS LIFE!

IT EVEN SAYS SO IN HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE! IF YOU ARE HALF BLACK, BY LAW YOU ARE BLACK! NO MATTER WHAT YOUR OTHER PARENT IS. EVEN IF YOU PUT BI RACIAL ON THE CENSUS, AT THE END YOU WILL END UP IN THE "BLACK" BOX. LIKE IT OR NOT.

IF BEING HALF WHITE IS A BLACK DISQUALIFIER THEN MALCOLM X, FREDERICK DOUGHLAS AND GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER WERE NOT BLACK EITHER. NOW HOW STUPID DOES THAT SOUND? IF OBAMA WOULD HAVE NEEDED "FREE" PAPERS DURING SLAVERY TIMES THEN HE IS BLACK!

Didn’t we already have this discussion once before?! My goodness not again. Anywho, I said it once and I’m say it again briefly. If Obama is not black then neither are African Americans. Think people! African Americans are not 100% black either. For example, Obama’s beautiful daughters are consider black even tho his daughters have a strain of white blood in them. The same applies to African Americans but the difference is, our bloodlines go further back then bi-racial children. In my opinion, Obama is black due to his appearance but if you want to get technical, then yea he’s Bi-racial as with African Americans or anyone else who share more then one bloodline. It is what it is!

He said "Obama is NOT BLACK because he is NOT a Descendant of a Slave." So in order to be BLACK, You have to be a Descendant of a SLAVE??? What about the Black people that are NOT a Descendants??? They are considered WHAT?? LoL Like I said b4, to the dude "You Are NOT Worth It.." Dont give him the Time of Day, Y'all. Time For A CHANGE, Let's Keep Moving Forward For A BETTER Future. "WE" Can Do It.

His point is well taken. It has been my experience that most people from the Carribean and Africa try not to identify with African Americans because of all the negative stereotypes. You even see some bi-racial people try to pull that "not black [EXPLETIVE]" also. Check Tiger Woods, he's a perfect example. unfortunately what they don't realize is that is the eyes of most people they are Black. I'm glad Barack is identifing with bieng a Black Man and embracing it because he could have legitametly pulled that bi-racial card. He was raised by White people and has a sister and brother who are not Black at all. Read his books and you'll see. Hopefully with him in the White House as the most powerful man in the free world it will improve not only race relations but also relations within our community.

From the office of Aaron McGruder:

For a long time now, I have tried to keep my opinions on the election and Barack Obama to myself. I occasionally do speaking engagements, which are not open to the press, and unfortunately some of my comments have been twisted around in a silly manner. The claim that I asserted our new President was not Black is categorically false.

I have seen an endless stream of Black pundits on TV pontificating about the significance of President Obama's election - many of them making reference to the 3/5th's clause in the constitution regarding slaves. The point I was making is that this is not an accurate comparison. Barack is the son of an immigrant, not the descendant of slaves. It's like comparing a half-Japanese man to the oppressed Chinese who built the American railroads. Yes, they are both Asian, but it is not an honest or accurate comparison. We all share the common experiences of being Black in America today - we do not all share a common history. A history that in part makes us who we are - and in some cases (as with the psychological damage that still lingers from slavery) holds us back. These are not, I believe, insignificant distinctions.

I did say I was cautiously pessimistic about Obama's Presidency - but this is simply acknowledging the reality of an American Empire that is out of control and on the verge of collapse. Let us not forget that on the eve of the election, we witnessed a near trillion dollar robbery of the US treasury. That robbery is still taking place. I do not blame President Obama, but I do not believe the financial and corporate interests that own and control this country will fold so easily. I do not question the integrity of the man as much as the power of his office - which I believe has greatly diminished over the years. I believe the Federal Reserve Bank, the Military Industrial Complex, and the massive corporate interests that run this country have more power than our new President. I hope I am wrong.

After 9/11, I witnessed most of this country become obsessed with squashing dissent and silencing critics. I hope this election does not turn Black America towards this same, fascist mind state; but already I am starting to see it, and it saddens me greatly. I absolutely wish our new President and his family success and safety. But after all I have witnessed in my lifetime, and especially in the last eight years, I am not ready to lay down my skepticism or my outrage for this government. To do so would be unwise and, ironically enough, anti-American.

Aaron McGruder

January 21, 2009

That was a nice way to put it. I don't even think he said anything bad about obama, but the obama cult will attack anybody who doesn't bow down to their lord and savior.

I dont need to be educated by you, my professors in my graduate program are doing a great job of that. Professionals and past members of the inauguration committees on CNN and other respected news mediums have stated that there would have been means to minimize the cost of this inauguration. In a time of crisis all I am stating is that the government could have been a little more conscious of spending and the need to spend. I hope your patience has run out because I will no longer respond to your arrogant, internet searching rhetoric. What next, are you going to quote Wikipedia?

It's not about hatred or me being in opposition of you Deal Breaker I don't appreciate your tone, questioning my intelligence. Dont bother to respond, its about educating each other and expressing opinion, not about personal attacks. By the way, there is nothing wrong with you and I would never insult you by calling you a random name, so there is no need to take a superior attitude with me.

WHO CARES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK...I'M FROM THE SAME HERITAGE, BUT DONT CLAIM BLACK OR WHITE...I'M ME!!!!!!!

BTW: JAMAICANS AND OTHER CARREBEAN PEOPLES ARE SLAVE DESCENDANTS, SO ARE BRAZILIANS. WE CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN MEXICO, PERU, EQUADOR, EL SALVADOR, ECT..... WE ARE EVERYWHERE AND STILL BLACK! PAN AFRICANS STAND UP AND SCHOOL THE BLIND!

WE ARE THE ORIGINAL BI RACIAL PEOPLE.

And I find it funny the black people who say we're all mixed and have some white or something else in us. Then turn right around and say "bitch I'm black and proud and nothing else". This guy came out of a WHITE WOMAN! HE IS BIRACIAL! Learn your math.

*****PREVIOUS COMMENT**** "CONDEMNATION WITHOUT INVESTIGATION IS THE HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE" -ALBERT EINSTEIN mto, why not investigate before u condemn this guy? ok, he coulda left out the Obama/Michelle "blackness" thing..(although he's right) and I know us black folks are hella excited, but that's because most of us have no idea about how the U.S. president is REALLY picked. For all you readers, here's some food for thought: 1st: google the "TRILATERAL COMMISSION" and how the same guy who picked president Carter is now behind obama. (a guy named Brzinski.) READ PEOPLE!!Obama represents global banking interests, and he would not have been "elected" if they didn't want him to be!!! 2nd: google "zeitgeist the movie" and watch it. BLACK FOLKS, LETS HAVE CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM! CAUTIOUS BECAUSE THE NWO IS REAL, AND OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE THE PREZIDENT IS BLACK!!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just because he(Obama) is black, DOESN"T mean he has our best interest as a people. He is down with illuminati. Its always been about the MONEY. When its time to choose Obama is gonna work for the people he down with OLD WHITE MONEY. See how much you like him when he ushers in Martial Law and put your blind behinds in FEMA camps.

give him a year or two.. he'll bring the change we want.

The funny part about all this is we have all been arguing back and forth all day about a comment posted by mediatakeout out of context.

@alphasoulsista

Please don't try the oh I was just stating my opinion role with me.

I stated a face in which you questioned and if I am not mistaken (and I am not) you asked me where was I getting my facts. That prompted me to show you very reliable information in which I believe you can attest to that. Then you proceed to say EXACTLY as if to prove some point to me. So YES I did speak with you like that because you obviously misconstrued something I had said previously, so I wanted to make sure that I was ever so clear! That is all!

THEY COULD PASS FOR FAMILY SO DOES THAT MEAN HE NOT BLACK EITHER?

@alphasoulsista

Let me be clear on one thing though. I am not like most people on here so if I offended you in anyway I do apologize. My intent is never to belittle or demean someone, but I do feel passionately about the topic. I should not have allowed my emotions dictate the words in which I type.

I co sign with Aaron African born citizens who live in America don't see themselves as African Americans I believe Aarons only mistake is he substituted Black for African American yes President Obama is black but I don't really see him as African American HE'S MIXED my son is mixed and I tell everyone he is not black he is mixed because I feel simply defining him as black will keep him from experiencing his euro american heritage just as my mom always reminded me that her father was native american and my grandmom always expressed to her to imbrace her native american heritage as well as her black heritage...........now with that said I don't agree with Aaron's assurtion that we won't see change during the Obama Presidency I believe any time a president takes over for an unpopular and unsucessful President (ref George H. Bush, Willaim Jefferson Clinton) you'll see positive change not just because Obama is colored but more because WE CAN ONLY GO UP FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW

From the beginning my tone was, where did you get them from? I am an intelligent women who is one a continuous path to find my ultimate individual truth. If what I believed to be the reality of the cost is incorrect then I am wrong. I am trying to get to the truth and bringing the scale of a lot of the festivities sorrounding the inaguration would have been scaled down it would have said our taxpayers money. I dont stand the issue, but life goes on. From my perspective all traditional ceremonies including the security is fronted by the government ie taxpayers. Perhaps the parade or some of the formal events were funded privately. Let's not pretend we do not have a big bill to pay as a result of all the extravagance of yesterday's events including Bush...All I am saying is we all especially government should be more conscious , where is the argument?

N*GGA PLEASE....AND THIS N*gga got money....THIS N*gga

Hm. He's actually kinda right- Obama is of African and American ancestry- therefore making him African-American, not black. But who really cares though? Does he think that Obama's gonna walk down the block and a police officer is going to ask him if he is a descendant of slaves or pure African before he harasses him? NOPE! SMDH

See women aren't that difficult, that's all I needed I am over it. I may have to research some of your statements, as you mind have taught me something today. I was not aware of the extent of private funds in all this.

well... he does have a point

EURO AMERICA WILL KEEP HIM FROM EXPERIENCING THEM NOT BLACK AMERICA. BLACKS DON'T THAT THE LUXURY TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONE THEY ARE! PERIOD. THE GOV DOES IT FOR YOU. MY CHILD IS BI RACIAL AND LOOKS 100% LIKE HER OTHER PARENT. LOOK 0% BLACK, YET HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAYS THAT SHE IS "BLACK". YOU CAN TRY TO CHANGE THAT FACT BUT FOR NOW IT IS STILL THE FACT. IF YOU ARE HALF BLACK BI RACIAL ACCORDING TO THE GOV YOU ARE BLACK NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.

WHITES ARE NOT JUMPING TO EMBRACE HALF BLACK CHILDREN INTO THEIR FOLD. FACE IT. WE ARE THE ONES WHO ACCEPTED HIM, SO HE IS OURS. HECK, KANSAS, HIS MOM'S HOME STATE DID NOT EVEN VOTE FOR THIS NEGRO. WHY? BECAUSE HE IS A NEGRO! THE REST IS FANTASY.

conspiracy prophets...lmao

He need to stop all we need right now is a hater like him and Barack more black then anybody in this country Aaron whatever ur name is he's blacker then you just because his mom is white but his DAD is BLACK as tar he straight from Kenya he ain't got nothin but black in him. People in this country got mixed with other nations NO BODY IN THIS COUNTRY CAN SAY THAT THEY ARE ALL BLACK. This looks really bad for black ppl especially YOU. You have a very successful cartoon that talks about race and black ppl and you say THIS!!!

LOL @ "I don't appreciate your tone"....Yall can hear eachother?....lol j/k

@ 85 Bears

Barack had a chance to step up and end the Israeli slaughter in Gaza, but out of fear of insulting the AIPAC, he remained silent.

Shut the f*ck up. You are showing your unending ignorance.

First of all, by Israeli slaughter you mean the Isrealis', after 8 years of constant bombardment from Palestinians, finally fighting back against people who fire bombs at them daily. Is that what you mean?

You are retarded.

You should've been looking to Bush dumb-azz to "end" anything. The man just became President yesterday, this has been going on for years. I suppose you would've liked him to "step up" on this subject when he was a senator.

F*ck off! The new hope generation rejects you!

And yes, you should feel bad...

this is starting to get old.

@alphasoulsista

i dont find women to be difficult at all. I appreciate the fact that we can recognize the mishaps and move on. More people should operate in this manner. I am never to big to admit my indescrepancies and no one else should. I agree there was probably too much money spent. I just read post were people are acting like it was Obama's responsibilty and it really wasn't

@ Modacolorist

Umm. Did you take you medicine today? Your doctor called the prescription in to Nutjobs R Us, I believe it's ready.

You F*ckin' need it!!!!

RedDragon^^^

- You may not be brainwashed but you sure don't know what you're talking about; since when is Spanish a race? Most are classified as Caucasian so I'm sure you were talking about Hispanic which isn't a race either

@ To whom it may concern

Who cares if he's black, white, green, purple, or whatever. I voted for him because I felt he was the best man for the job. Can HE clean up this mess? No! And you know why? HE CAN'T DO IT ALONE! Which is why he keeps saying: "I can't do it alone!" "I need your help." "Yes WE Can!" Not, Yes I Can. Is he a great motivator, speaker? Yes! That's exactly what this country needs someone to motivate us to get up and go to work to fix the problems we've ignored for Oh, so long. So is it so bad that the world has rallied behind him, if he's telling the people to go to work? Straighten up, and fly right? No. He's trying to use the power of his speech to wake people up! To bring people together. How does this make him the antichrist? Let me ask you? If he's the AntiChrist what does that make Bush? McGruder wants to be skeptical? Fine. But why weren't you skeptical after Bush's first term?... Leading us into war under false pretenses. Everyone is hollering impeach Gov. Blagojavich. How come they weren't hollering impeach Bush?

I'm not saying the brother is an angel. Nor should we treat him like he's the second coming. But rather than speculate on what type of person he is. Or whether or not he's black/white or half, why don't we do something more productive and right the wrongs in this country. Be brothers and sisters to one another. NOT NI%^AS, NOT PIMPS, NOT H&*S. NOT BI^&HES! But Gods! Children of the most high God.

And If he is the Anti Christ. If he is the devil, (which I don't believe him to be), then he'll be ineffective. He'll be an ineffective president; but that won't reflect on the people. Because Satan only has the power you give him. If you're doing your job in serving God, and being brothers and sisters to one another. Satan has no power. And the people will be victorious regardless.

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He's actually right! Barak's father is from Kenya which is in africa. African's are Hamites. People who are descendants of slaves are from the descendants of shem or shemites or israelites what we know today as black people. Shemites were enslaved by the hamites...hamites (africans) didn't sell their own people to the "white man". But this isn't a history lesson.Obama's race doesn't matter. What's important is he's in office and he was the best person for the job and hopefully he succeeds in bringing us the change we need.

as with what everyone else is saying, he in truth is NOT black. People who are from Kenya are Kenyans not blacks, people who are from South Africa are South Africans not black, Zimbabwe well you get the picture.

I'm with you stormzoe and Aaron is very inspirational to bad folks like him and Cynthia Mckinney will always be attacked, because of their opinions like we are.

this fool needs to STFU seriously. barack barely the job for a day...damn.

Isreal79, I'd like you to elaborate. Shem and Ham were brothers, but I'd always understood that Ham's people were spread in the African region, and Shem's people were spread in the Asian region. I was more definite with Ham and his descendents but less exact on the migration of the descendents of Shem and Japeth.

There is nothing wrong with a bit of pessimism. a brother just wants to see something done which I can't hate on...but uh...THE MAN IS BLACK. HE MAY NOT BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE PERVERBIAL SENSE BUT HE'S AN AMERICAN! LET'S RID OURSELVES OF THESE LABELS THAT MEAN NOTHING!

@Marco_Darco This high yellow fellow from south central would put you on you a$$. Anyway there are people in this world that have dark complextions but are not black. I was dating a female that was dark skinned but she was Latino. My mother is dark skin and my father is light skin I could have just as easily came out dark but I came out light. This whole thread is dumb as fu*k. And some of the comments are just ridiculous. Obama is half white but the man definately is black. PLEASE SOMEBODY LOOK UP A PICTURE OF HUEY NEWTON ME AND HIM LOOK VERY SIMILAR. FARRAKHAN HE AINT ALL BLACK. WE AS LIGHT SKIN BLACK MEN OR MIXED RACE ALWAYS HAVE TO CARRY OUR RACE BECAUSE MOST DARK SKIN BLACKS DONT GIVE A SH!T ABOUT OUR RACE. They want to carry the struggle to sound cute in front of b!tches that aint even black but when it comes to defending the race GO GET A LIGHT SKIN BLACK MAN

I respect his opinion 100%. Damn, can the man serve us first before ya'll equate him to Jesus. I don't see him in the hood, leading the poor black folk, who WANT to achieve, out of their despair yet. He was born and Hawaii, went to the best schools, and has a house far from the ghettos of the south side of Chicago. He's an assimilated minority, and you have to watch those characters. Give them the benefit of the doubt, but watch them. We need to be less abstract and more concrete, cuz beyond color...he may not have the large majority of our interests in mind or prioritize the issues that our communities face. Local politics are screwed, so unless there a bailout plan for local governments and muncipalities and as long as we go out and vote for who SHOULD be representing us in our local and community governments, must of what we seek will be sought in vain. Ya'll can turn out in millions for him, but can;t go to vote for the major runnign yoru city. Negroes please. I voted for him...yeah, but I am still waiting to see the decisions he makes and implements. We don't need just another poster boy and well versed griot, we need a leader and fighter. Congrats, that he's the first minority in the White House. We helped him get there, and he can't even find a way to give Al Sharpton a positon on his staff. I'm not fond of Al Sharpton, but dang...he has been our voice for a minute, even with the perm and his pimpish decor. He's far from stupid. Give tehhood something. We want a chance. Both my parents are black, and if he was 100% black I would be less skeptical about where his heart truly lies. It's natural for some of us "African breeds" to feel that way. This is just my opinion.

Cant we all just embrace the fact that the man has made history in OUT TIMES????

@Video_production......Thank you! I hate people that try to tell you that you're stupid because you have a different opinion than someone else. I personally think that this guy makes a lot of sense. Hell, if he's so stupid then how come they over here responding to him and why is it that what he said made a reporter AND mediatakeout take it seriously? People don't usually give idiots that much attention.

doggmatic, that is where you are wrong. Hyde Park (where the Obamas live) is a walk away from the "ghetto". Across the street to be exact. And everybody in Hyde Park isn't rich. It's a very diverse neighborhood in every sense of the word diverse.

And I have a big problem with those blacks that are constantly looking for a hand-out, for someone to save them and speak for them. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson get paid for keeping y'all in the "government needs to give us" mode. That man (Barack) will do his job. Look at what he has accomplished thus far. He didn't aspire to be President. He aspired to be a good Lawyer, which turned into the aspiration to help people, which turned into the aspiration to run as a government official, which turned into a run for the Presidency. In there is the lesson. Aspire to do what your talents best suit you to do and be the best at it. Then let the river of life flow and lead you where it may. But please, stop looking for a hand-out. Be your own savior.

BARACK IS MORE BLACK THAN ANYONE...... HIS FATHER IS STRAIGHT FROM THE AFRICA(THE MOTHERLAND).

WHO THE HELL ARE PEOPLE TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE THEY AIN'T BLACK ENOUGH????????? I'M TIRED OF THAT [EXPLETIVE]!!

@TOOREAL.....that's what I've been trying to explain to people fore YEARS, lol! I couldn't have typed it better myself.

That does sound very ignorant-I was in Walmart on Monday (Martin Luther King Day) There's this stand with Tyler Perry movies and African American books- Don't you know this white man is on his cell phone saying I guess because of Barak Obama that we have all this black stuff here. Not noticing that me and my mom were standing there. Would I have been wrong to want to drop kick this old man?

So are you only black if you are African American? Can you be any blacker than an African? Who makes up these stupid rules?

@Tika90...bout time you took down that ugly baby pic...u should listen to me more often..you realized you need this semen/dna to make that ugly baby look like my kid....well work something out...

Who gives a damn what he thinks.. smdh

I agree with the boondocks man. I do not see anything wrong with what he said. Obama is not black, neither is Halle Berry, or Alicia Keys. Why he got to be ignorant to point that out? The world keep saying the first African American president, a worlwide false statement. We have yet to have the First black president! By hte way America seems to think just because Obama is the president the world has overcome the racial barriers thats a bunch of bull stop being so naive people. The white man I work for told me today Obama is not my president, Bush is. So we've come a long way? yeah right!

I guess ALL the Obamanuts are going to STOP watching the Boondocks! I know imma still watch...thats my show lol

Well, whatever people think about Michelle she's a top notch sista. She had a good man that thought enough of he to marry her and put her in the White House.

How many sistas can say that??

LMAO in disgust of people saying they won't ever watch this man's cartoon anymore or that he is an idiot. You guys really do sound like zombies. Up to this point you haven't trusted this government at all, now all of a sudden you believe in it 100%....you got to be kidding me. The best approach is a wait and see approach. Don't crucify this man for having an opinion that isn't that far-fetched. I don't agree with his thoughts on what and who is "black" but I see where he is coming from. Should some of you be banned from this goofy as website for some of the dumbass, uneducated, idiotic statements you make? I guess President obama has a magic wand that he is going to wave and all will be right with the world. This man isn't a messiah. I'm sure he will gladly tell you that also. It's ok to be proud but don't be stupid!!

Someone with an Irish/Scottish last name (MCGRUDER) is telling someone with a pure African name (OBAMA) that they're not black. Are you kidding me?

To be black now is to be the descendents of slaves? EXCUSE ME????????? I guess pure Africans aren't black now.

I'm sick and tired of folks telling other people if they're black enough or not.

Obama is not black. He's also white, he's black and white - a "Zebra" - bi-racial. And there are some people who question anything that comes out of "their" media i.e. Barak Obama, or ask the question who is this man that has been put in "their" white house to run "their" white system of domination over all. Nothing wrong with questioning - maybe more of us should question, instead of just being sheeple.

It is a shame that we as a people still have that "crab in a barrel" mentality. The man is black period--end of story. I have to be a desendent of slaves in order to be considered black? What about the other parts of me. I have Portuguese and Indian in me besides being black. Am I supposeed to forget about that? I won't because I am not only black even though that is the biggest part of me. NO ONE IN THE WORLD IS FROM A PURE RACE OF PEOPLE. There has been so much dipping and dabbing that everyone is mixed in some shape or form. Here is something else that Mr. McGruder needs to ponder. What makes him the expert on what makes a person black? Did he get a degree for his expertise? I am sure that if he went into his heritage, he would realize that he is not 100% of anything. My fellow black brothers and sisters, stop hating on others simply because your life is not going well. To Mr. McGruder, I have no seen your show for a while, are we hard up for money?

There is only one who knows what the future holds and he is the one true leader of all to whom which all must bow, Obama, you & me ALL THINGS, that being is GOD. All of you bible interpretists and conspiricy theorists give it a rest. Let the future take place and stop trying to predict what is going to be and who is right and wrong PUH-LEASE! Obama JUST got sworn in and ya'll already putten your foul azz moufs on'em. What are you prepared to do to bring about change besides run your moufs. Quick to call Obama supporters sheep for standing behind him

The question is what do you stand for? What are you going to do besides continue to sit behind this computer and talk shyt? Did you vote? Are you active in your community? Until you do something instead of harp about how things should be and what should be done shut up!

I see a whole lot of madam Cleo's and negative so called "conscious" people in here. But until you yourself can honestly say that you are bringing something to the table to aid in bringing about a positive change you doing nothing but empty bad mouthing and your empty words mean absolutely nothing. Where I'm from we call that HATING.

CONGRATS OBAMA! GOD BLESS YOU! YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT! YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AND I TRUST YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING!

Why is this a BOONDOCK"S Shocker....seems to me he's always had his own mind as expressed in his intelligent cartoons. THINK FOR YOURSELVES PEOPLE!

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ok obama's black and thats final. his skin is black, his hair is of african descent and his father is from kenya, an african country. yes his mother was white but in the end, he has black features and is half black, which makes him black. i dont agree w/boondocks mans first argument.

as for the second argument, is obama going to be able to fix everything? no, most likely not. what he has acquired is almost a half a century's worth of issues that were sped up in bush's 8 years in office.

its going to take at the bare minimum 2 terms to fix the mess that we are in if not longer. remember fdr is the only man w/3 terms because of the great depression. but at least he's taking these issues head on and isn't sugarcoating the situation. this man has been more honest the past 3 months than the bush administration had been in 8 years! give the man some credit.

and obama's thinking about the greater good of all people! what president did you see several days before inauguration go and volunteer themselves to help paint a homeless shelter. what president do you see even after he was elected still consciously try to mingle w/regular people and eat at regular restaurants? when have you seen a president actually go and pick up some of the people that helped him get elected and bring them along to his inauguration. what president has consciously made an effort to keep communication open by making a website where the people can give him feedback?! you cant get any more real and down to earth than this man and thats why i voted for him.

is he perfect? of course not, no one is. but here's the point. when you compare this election to the last two, there was no question that he won. there was little to no real issues w/the man's past. anything he did wrong he admitted to (i.e. drug use, etc...) bush and kerry had shady past dealings, and questionable military experience. i say give the man a chance. he told everyone in yesterday's inauguration that this was gonna be rough and that sacrifices were going to be made. he didnt promise to fix everything in 10 seconds. i sincerely hope that he proves all the haters wrong and helps get our economy back on track. in the end only time will tell.

FYI: African Americans are decendents of African slaves. Obama said he was glad to win the presidential election for all black people slave descendant. He said though his family were not decendents of slaves, his wife's family were slave descendents. He was raised by his white family, so I'm not sure how much he knows about black people. I am glad he's president and not because he suppose to be black, but because we needed a change, a change I'm not sure we will get.

He really need to get a life! Obamas Father was a AFRICAN MAN!!! I didn't know that SLAVERY, qualifies a person to be black.. dern IDIOT!!

He must base his Uncle Ruckus character after him lol

No lie tho...his show is one of the best shows on tv. Yall need to stop hatin on tha kid lol

He's young and he MAKES THE (highly funny but sometimes ignorant)BOONDOCKS!! enuff said...

clarkthink

trust me Obama knew lol

1. Many of you are confused. An ethnicity is not a race. African Americans (are not a racial group and Kenyans are not a racial group. Black (negro/negroid) is the race. African Americans (i.e., Blacks descendants of U.S. slaves) and Kenyans are just two ethnicities within the same race--the Black race. What you guys are saying is tantamount to saying the Irish and Italians are two individual races instead of two ethnicities of the White race.

While Barack is not African American (in the sense that his African parent of descended from U.S. African slaves), is African American in the sense that he is of African descent and a USA citizen. He is also Black.

2. As for Whites and other groups trying to take the wind out of Black's sails by labeling Obama as 'Biracial', yall need to get a grip. Not to make him sound like property, but first, his phenotype and America's own racial classification (One Drop Rule) gives him to the Blacks. Second, Obama himself sees and labels himself as Black.

Third, the only reason you people are trying to claim him is because of the international acclaim he has risen to. As other members have already pointed out, most Blacks in America have a few White ancestors. How many of these Blacks are you trying so hard to claim? Are you trying just as hard to claim street gang founder and former death row inmate, Tookie? How about Snoop Dogg? Ice-T? 50 Cent? Superhead? Beyonce? Fantasia? Serena and Venus Williams? What about your everyday 'Black' street thugs, crackheads, welfare queens, and baby mamas? Are you going to claim them as well? Being African Americans, they surely have white ancestors. Let me guess, these people aren't white enough --i.e., too bottom of the barrel-- to be claimed.

3. All you Obama-stans need to get a grip. It's political fanatics like you that allowed Bush to be elected for a first & second term, to get away with the war in Afghanistan & Iraq, to steal an innumerable amount of tax payer dollars, and countless Constitutional violations. Look at the way you guys are reacting to what Aaron said. You're busy calling him ignorant, stupid, a psuedo-intellectual, and deny him freedom of speech. hmmm, reminds you of republiKKKans and KKKonservatives during the Bush presidency, doesn't it? If you guys defended and supported your own race with the same fervency that you do for Obama, Blacks wouldn't be in the state we're in now.

Additionally, how can you call yourself a support for Obama and change when you're just as harsh and ignorant towards each other as you were before Obama became a household name? You don't want the change Obama speaks of. You want one man to bring about the change you are fully capable of creating yourself.

he's entitled to feel anyway he wants to feel,but time will prove him wrong. when he sees that barack is doing a fine job as president(he will),i think a personal apology should be made to mr.obama.

stormzoe: Exactly!

what a dumbass!!! besides u don't need slave roots to be black morons...his father is AFRICAN isn't dat where slave were takin from...

Who are these people who keep writing, he has a right to his own opinion? DUH!!!! Of course he does,that is not the question, others are simply stating his opinion regarding what constitutes a person being Black is foolish....and THAT IS OUR OPINION, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO STATE. Regarding the Obama Presidency, McGruder chooses to be "cautiously pessimistic",while some of us will choose to be CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. Obama is not Jesus but the Bushes,Ronald Reagen and Bill Clinton all came pretty close to being the devil. We can at least give Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt while staying vigilant on what all our politicians are doing in general. Belly aching about the Illuminati and Obama is silly because ALL WORLD LEADERS SEEM TO BOW DOWN TO THE POPE / ILLUMINATI/ VATICAN. Why should we all of a sudden put the Illuminati badge of shame on Obama,when their evil deeds have been going on for centuries world wide ? Again foolish.

Uh...there are plenty of "white folks" that grew up in "white households" that understood that how the civil rights movement was important and marched so the "he's never been around black or can't relate to black people" is phuckin ridiculous!

These comments bother me. Black means you have no heritage or background and you were born into slavery. Therefor you have no lineage. Obama's ancestors were NOT SLAVES...He doesnt have a slave name. ( Johnson, Jackson) there for he's NOT BLACK. DUMB ASSES!!!!!!

clarkthink

There are MANY OTHER people on here that do NOT support Obama. Are you fighting with them too or just her.

If her views are not going to change. Why dont you let it go?

just askin...

So apparently, according to MTO, anyone who is not necessarily a fan of President Obama is a "fake azz pseudo-intellectuals"? I guess I am qualified for that title. However, I would rather be a pseudo-intellectual than a complete moron like whomever wrote this one-sided BS. You wonder why "white" America never takes black folks seriously. Bcuz our most outspoken members of our race write crap like this. Aaron McGruder is entitled to his political views and opinions; it's my bet that MTO deliberately omitted any reasons that Aaron used to explain his assertions i/o/t maximize the shock value of his statements. This website is Fox News on crack! I happen to disagree with Mr. McGruder on the black issue, if that is what he said. Being black is not defined as if your ancestors were slaves in Colonial America or early U.S. times, and that is a scientific fact. However, he is entitled to his opinions nonetheless, even if they happen to be wrong. For crap's sake, you ppl r all over Barack meat like it's good for you; have you all forgotten that this man is STILL a POLITICIAN? And politicians have an enormous history of lying and promising things that they fail to come thru on? Black ppl, white ppl...F it, Americans. You have to watch the President carefully, no matter if he is black or not. You folks are just as bad as the KKK when it comes to being racists if you think along the lines of the nature of this news post. Good nite!

Of course he isnt black......Hes biracial He isnt African American either...Hes half Kenyan and half English.

Ive always been fully aware Obama wasnt African American. I was also aware Bill Clinton and John Kerry want African American either and it didnt stop me from voting for them.

Unfortunatly Mcgudger seems to be falling for the divide and conqure the media has been quitely pushing ever since it was clear Obama would win the Presidency.

HERE IS A PRESS RELEASE BY AARON MCGRUDER THAT I JUST READ. I GOT IT OFF FACEBOOK:

AARON MCGRUDER RESPONDS TO FALSE RUMORS From The Boondocks Today at 5:42pm For a long time now, I have tried to keep my opinions on the election and Barack Obama to myself. I occasionally do speaking engagements, which are not open to the press, and unfortunately some of my comments have been twisted around in a silly manner. The claim that I asserted our new President was not Black is categorically false.

I have seen an endless stream of Black pundits on TV pontificating about the significance of President Obama's election - many of them making reference to the 3/5th's clause in the constitution regarding slaves. The point I was making is that this is not an accurate comparison. Barack is the son of an immigrant, not the descendant of slaves. It's like comparing a half-Japanese man to the oppressed Chinese who built the American railroads. Yes, they are both Asian, but it is not an honest or accurate comparison. We all share the common experiences of being Black in America today - we do not all share a common history. A history that in part makes us who we are - and in some cases (as with the psychological damage that still lingers from slavery) holds us back. These are not, I believe, insignificant distinctions.

I did say I was cautiously pessimistic about Obama's Presidency - but this is simply acknowledging the reality of an American Empire that is out of control and on the verge of collapse. Let us not forget that on the eve of the election, we witnessed a near trillion dollar robbery of the US treasury. That robbery is still taking place. I do not blame President Obama, but I do not believe the financial and corporate interests that own and control this country will fold so easily. I do not question the integrity of the man as much as the power of his office - which I believe has greatly diminished over the years. I believe the Federal Reserve Bank, the Military Industrial Complex, and the massive corporate interests that run this country have more power than our new President. I hope I am wrong.

After 9/11, I witnessed the most of this country become obsessed with squashing dissent and silencing critics. I hope this election does not turn Black America towards this same, fascist mind state; but already I am starting to see it, and it saddens me greatly. I absolutely wish our new President and his family success and safety. But after all I have witnessed in my lifetime, and especially in the last eight years, I am not ready to lay down my skepticism or my outrage for this government. To do so would be unwise and, ironically enough, anti-American.

Aaron McGruder

January 21, 2009

clarkthink

oh ok. I was just askin lol

Ummm Im sorry I didnt realize that this wasnt America anymore and that we were no longer entitled to our opinion MTO. So what he said he lacks belief in Obama should all you die hard Obama fanatics be happy? If Obama goes in office n proves the people that dislike him or dont like him wrong then that will make his presidency and legacy shine brighter. Many people have no belief in government at all so why be upset because he doesnt believe in Obama. Being black does that mean he is now forced to fall in love with Obama and go against what he believes in his heart. Now as far as Obama being black that is true he isnt 100% but than again not many Americans or people are somewhere along the lines McGregor's great grandma or grandpa was white because he isnt that dark hisself but Oh well thats his opinion. Yes it wouldve been nice to have a dark skin or brown skin completely African American with both of his parents being African American but hell somebody had to open the door and now that the door is open anything is possible. Maybe one day there will be a hispanic prez or chinese hey we never know but at least in 2009 we have finally switched up and when you look at the list of presidents from now a face of a diff color will stand out.

OK LET ME DROP SOME HISTORY ON ALL YOU FOLKS WHO DONT THINK BARACK IS BLACK AND MAYBE AFTER THIS WE CAN STOP MEASURING BLACKNESS LIKE WE ALL BELONG IN A MEASURING CUP IN A LAB SOMEWHERE IN SWEDEN.

CHECK THIS OUT FOR ALL YOU WHO REALLY DONT KNOW YOUR HISTORY AND SAY DUMB STUFF LIKE THIS.....

TO BE CONSIDERED BLACK IN THE UNITED STATES NOT EVEN HALF OF ONE'S ANCESTRY MUST BE AFRICAN BLACK. BUT WILL ONE - FOURTH DO, OR ONE - EIGHTH, OR LESS.

THE NATION'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION "WHO IS BLACK" HAS LONG BEEN THAT A BLACK IS ANY PERSON WITH ANY KNOWN AFRICAN BLACK ANCESTY. THE DEFINITION REFLECTS THE LONG EXPERIENCE WITH SLAVERY AND LATER JIM CROW SEGREGATION. IN THE SOUTH IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE " ONE DROP RULE." MEANING THAT A SINGLE DROP OF "BLACK BLOOD" MAKES A PERSON BLACK. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE "ONE BLACK ANCESTOR RULE."

IF YOU WANT MORE INFO ON THIS GO TO YOUR SEARCH ENGINE AND PULL UP THE ONE DROP RULE IT WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFO ON THIS AND JIM CROW LAWS.

REMEMBER IT WAS BECAUSE OF GOD AND ARE ANCESTORS THAT WE AS A PEOPLE ARE WERE WE ARE AND WE FINALLY HAVE A BRUTHA RUNNING THE PROGRAM WHERE HE BELONGS.....

SO STOP THE IGNORANCE BECAUSE WE ALL DONT HAVE ANYMORE EXCUSES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TOOK THEM AWAY YESTERDAY WHEN HE BECAME THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

What??? Where the hell did he think the slaves came from? There would be no Blacks in American if it wasn't for the Black Africans that were tricked into getting on the boat. He needs to go vote for Jesse Jackson's hating ass. He let the world know just how dumb, ignorant and stupid he is. Half black=you are a nugga. Period. Tiger is one too! Nearly all Blacks in America are of mixed races.

Aaron is entitled to his opinion and frankly, that's all it is... HIS OPINION!

Wow. That is crazy. His statement was ignorant (if it is true). And, yes that is his opinion. But a pretty stupid one too.

McGruder is a complete a$$. So, he isn't black? Does he think the people that hate black people will stop and ask "wait, are you a descendant of slaves or the son of an immigrant?" and decide whether or not they'll treat him decently? Come the f*ck on! Obama has been profiled and couldn't catch a cab in NYC for God's sake.

Did he have a different upbringing from many black people? Yes. But SO WHAT?

Not that I read Boondocks or buy any Boondocks material, but I will make a mental note never to give this cat a buck of my hard earned money. I hate supporting dopes.

He needs to STFU!!!!!

Baracks dad is African and his mother is American. If he is not the true definition of African American then who is?

I'm not even the true definition. My mother is Black and my father is Black, White, Indian. I have dark skin. So what does that make me?

YOU GUESSED IT, IM BLACK. MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAYS IT TOO.

READ BELOW!!!!!!

Definition:

: Af·ri·can–Amer·i·can Pronunciation: /&#716;a-fri-k&#601;-n&#601;-&#712;mer-&#601;-k&#601;n, -&#712;me-r&#601;- also &#716;ä-/ Function: noun Date: 1855 : an American of African and especially of black African descent — African–American adjective

Its one thing to be “cautiously pessimistic” about the man’s Presidency. That’s his right as an American.

But to say that we as black people do not share a common history is in my humble opinion false. I don’t think Mr. McGruder has any idea of the history of the African Diaspora. Because if he did he would not have said something so ill informed. We as black people share a common history. Believe it or not.

We all know brothas like him who have said similar things in barber shops and hair salons. We all have been so conditioned by our experiences in this country that even when a black man becomes president it’s still not good enough. It’s ok to be a black radical…But today is his first day in office…Let the man do his job and see what happens.

By the way I love how he dropped that line about the power of the presidency being diminished over the years. I wonder if he would have said that if a white man was in office…All of a sudden as soon as a black man becomes president the power of the presidency has diminishes. He doesn’t even understand what he just did by saying that. He is truly ignorant, but he has every right to be because he’s an American.

CRACKER_DEVIL shut up your foolish....dis is a website based on people's opinions...and we have the right disagree with Aarons stupid one...now to the topic @ hand obama is just as black as any else with slave roots especially since slaves were continously raped by the slave masters..so how pure is slave blood may i ask???

tell him to shut the hell up and sit his scarwny behind down,my parents are nigerian which makes me Nigerian, I was born here wtf, I went to a siddity private school with white people and i dont see why some black people chose to make a Big HUGE deal about because in the end of the day as long as you have the color and have features of a black person all they see u as is BLACK...stop making it a big deal, we already divided among races must we divide in ethnicity too???!!!..ignorant,he just man cuz booboodocks is not getting any air time anymore...hater...if he dont like it get out of here or shutup...aint nobody care obama is president,I did not like my president for 8years, now it is my turn to like a president...his opinion is useless, tell him to go look for a job on Fox channel, they would love a ignorant black person like that...

Cuteandsexy you nailed it with your comment. Barack is an AFRICAN!! PERIOD!! Just like the rest of us from Africa. Approximately 87 percent or higher of African Americans are mixed with something. Starting years ago when white men were just ravaging African women and the women were having their children. And then we have Native American blood, so most of us are mixed. You can go to the urban communities and see children looking like Barack everyday with two African American parents. African American children come in different hues due to these genes.

who gives a [EXPLETIVE] AARON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T THINK IT EVEN MATTERS ANYMORE CONSIDERING WHAT "OUR PRESIDENT" STANDS FOR AND HOW "ONE" MAN CAN BRING A NATION TOGETHER LIKE THIS SHOULD MAKE "EVERYONE" NOT GIVE A [EXPLETIVE] WHAT HIS NATIONALITY IS! SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST REALLY JUST "STUPID" YEAH! IT'S THAT SIMPLE "[EXPLETIVE] STUPID"!!!!!!!!!!

Storm

It was corny! I thought she was coming to stay. They really hyped us up for nothing lol

Just another Black male who does not trust, is intimidated, is scared, or maybe ignorant towards another Black male. The green eye [EXPLETIVE] is still working on us...Its sad. But hopefully this brother does not feel the same way....because Obama HAS already made a couple of big changes today. All he has to do is turn on CNN or MSNBC and he can see.

wow, super Obama sensitive round this piece.

I never really did like his Boondocks cartoon. It disrespected Blacks in my opinion and it took alot of stereotypes and produced it into a "playful cartoon comedy". EX. When he disrespected Dr. Martin King on his cartoon and portrayed him how we did. The Blacks on the cartoon acted way to ignorant as well. Just something about the cartoon that does not float well with me.

CharmedArts1 wrote: "1. Many of you are confused. An ethnicity is not a race. African Americans (are not a racial group and Kenyans are not a racial group. Black (negro/negroid) is the race. African Americans (i.e., Blacks descendants of U.S. slaves) and Kenyans are just two ethnicities within the same race--the Black race. What you guys are saying is tantamount to saying the Irish and Italians are two individual races instead of two ethnicities of the White race.

While Barack is not African American (in the sense that his African parent of descended from U.S. African slaves), is African American in the sense that he is of African descent and a USA citizen. He is also Black.

2. As for Whites and other groups trying to take the wind out of Black's sails by labeling Obama as 'Biracial', yall need to get a grip. Not to make him sound like property, but first, his phenotype and America's own racial classification (One Drop Rule) gives him to the Blacks. Second, Obama himself sees and labels himself as Black.

Third, the only reason you people are trying to claim him is because of the international acclaim he has risen to. As other members have already pointed out, most Blacks in America have a few White ancestors. How many of these Blacks are you trying so hard to claim? Are you trying just as hard to claim street gang founder and former death row inmate, Tookie? How about Snoop Dogg? Ice-T? 50 Cent? Superhead? Beyonce? Fantasia? Serena and Venus Williams? What about your everyday 'Black' street thugs, crackheads, welfare queens, and baby mamas? Are you going to claim them as well? Being African Americans, they surely have white ancestors. Let me guess, these people aren't white enough --i.e., too bottom of the barrel-- to be claimed.

3. All you Obama-stans need to get a grip. It's political fanatics like you that allowed Bush to be elected for a first & second term, to get away with the war in Afghanistan & Iraq, to steal an innumerable amount of tax payer dollars, and countless Constitutional violations. Look at the way you guys are reacting to what Aaron said. You're busy calling him ignorant, stupid, a psuedo-intellectual, and deny him freedom of speech. hmmm, reminds you of republiKKKans and KKKonservatives during the Bush presidency, doesn't it? If you guys defended and supported your own race with the same fervency that you do for Obama, Blacks wouldn't be in the state we're in now.

Additionally, how can you call yourself a support for Obama and change when you're just as harsh and ignorant towards each other as you were before Obama became a household name? You don't want the change Obama speaks of. You want one man to bring about the change you are fully capable of creating yourself."

------------------------------------- Er CharmedArts1, PLEEAASE STOP MAKING SENSE.

So he's African and YT instead of Black and YT like McGruder. Big Whoop!

Folks need to come to grips with some realities..

While Obama is culturally African American, it is not his heritage. Heritage is something that cannot be erased. His paternal lineage is Kenyan, not African not African American but Kenyan. His other half is English. Same thing applies to Michelle, her heritage is African American. Black folks stop falling for the slave ancestor gimmick. Blacks have different ethnicities just like whites. We can all respect those differences and at the same time be black. Its not that complicated.

Storm

I know! Didnt want the Cali girl to really leave. I was hoping they were going to bring her back. Well we will see what the new girl brings lol

Barack is black because he descends from Africa and he is African-American because he was born here. It's not like he's 1/8 black or anything, looking like a complete white man, he's half, so historically in America he is a black man. Now white people want to claim half, just like they want to do with Halle Berry and Alicia Keys. But if that is so then they need to claim half for all those mixed brothers in prison that are labeled as 80% of the prison population.

I immigrated from africa and i have been called negger a few times and i didn't stop to explain that i don't descend from slavery, i was mad because i know they think that as long as your blood line flows back to africa. I am proud to say I am an African-American because i became a citizen.

just because he is black doesnt mean he has to like obama. and stop hating him because he doesnt have the same fukn political views as you......and you guys call HIM ignorant. u know what? FUK MTO

McGruder isn't 100% black.

And most of you haters popping off right now are NOT 100% black.

If you are an African-American, there is a good chance there is some other racial mixture in your bloodline since slavery due to rape of black women by white males during slavery, later mixing after slavery, mixed marriages etc. THAT'S HISTORY FOR YOU. Most of you didn't just get off a slave ship and if you shook your family tree hard enough, a non-white just might fall out. You think all these shades of blackness (from very dark to very light)you find in America is a coincidence?

And to those who say being an African excludes you from white racism? Sh*t, do any of you know the history of European colonism and pillage of the African continent? Most citizens in African countries today endure living below the poverty line, famine, corrupt governments and civil war. It is absolute HELL for many people in Liberia, Congo, Uganda, Somalia, etc.

Some of these posts are PURE COMEDY.

Congrats to Obama....

Funny how people get all upset when people just give their opinion.

My opinion is the brotha was just speaking what a lot of people think. Thats not saying that Barack will not be a great president but remember he is only human and he also has to have the help of a little group call the senate to pass all the bills he has promoised.

I do think he will be one of the greatest presidents of our lifetime and before however this country has a whole lot of growing to go as a people. We can not even have two different groups connect in peace without belitting or judging even killing one each other because of differences. Its not just up to Barack. We black folks are up in joy with a person of color in office but WE have to do better. We gotta stop the BLACK ON BLACK CRIME, turning against another person because of THERE SEXUAL preference or DIFFERENCE IN RELIGION.....we as a people have to change. We cant just cover it up with a black man in office.

And all of this over killing the words HATE AND SNITCH.....we as black folks see anything as a reason to turn against each other and a lot of yall cant even see it. I can just see it each day from the HATE we post on this site. I mean yeah its a gossip site however a lot of these things are written with such passion and I makes me think....whats the point of screamin we have a black man in office when we cant even get our community together....

@dastank1, what do you mean find the difference then get at you? First of all fag I wasn't even responding you to begin with. You're the one checking for my post. I don't give a dayum if you worship obama, but it's hard for you to read other people opinions who isn't on the obama bandwagon cult. Sorry you can guage your eyes out and keep writing novels, because my views aren't going to change. lol

Actually he is right barack dad was born in kinya his ancester wasnt slave but Barack is still black

Just how dumb is that bastard, Aaron McGruder? Guess what? Not TOO dumb.

Know why? He's riding President Obama's coattails for PUBLICITY. He realizes that all he has to do is make an idiotic quote linked to the new Prez & the MTO horde & other websites will bounce on the statement just like all of us are doing today.

It's a pretty effective marketing ploy for his products, the Boonducks cartoon, etc.

Aaron Mcgruder doesn't for 1 minute actually believe that the President isn't Black. You know why? Because that is how most of us Blacks in this country came to be. An African Black and an American White made the mixed race child & then throw in a lil Native American Indian, who then evolved into what we are now. A multi-ethnic race of people.

Aaron Mcgruder KNOWS that Obama is Black or African-American.

But. He just got a load of publicity FOR FREE!! Check that shlt out!

@ nobling, I missed all of you guys battles....but reading your last blog, it is safe to assume that your african, right?

TDR Preach bro! three yrs ago they didn't know who obama was until the corporate media threw him up in everybody's face.

I've heard this "slave descendant" argument or theory before and there is some relevance to what he is saying from that perspective. My significant other and myself had this debate just last week, and while he does agree that Obama is not a descendant of true slaves, he is not prepared to question his ethnicity or claim to the black race.

The argument is that Obama's father , although from Kenya,has Islamic roots in the muslim world. Muslims are said to have been the original slave traders to the europeans and profited from the sale of their African men and women to white slave owners, as a form of protest to blacks (africans)who would not become muslims. A great deal of evidence even suggest that enslavement was practiced amongst them, prior to the introduction of selling and trading to whites. So the suggestion is that not all africans were slaves, the muslims were actually slave owners and traders themselves. My take on it is this.. When you look at the full analyisis of the facts it really is unfair to place a label on Obama in his current state,based on this theory, because unless we all do a genealogy trace of our roots, a great deal of us could possibly fall into this category of african islamic roots. Black is not totally defined by being a "descendant of slaves".

See, this is the problem with the media. They condemn people for having an opinion that is contrary to the majority. And what makes it worse is that they do it without all the facts.

MTO, how about you actually research your stories before you post them.

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And to the rest of the people on here who are condemning him for having his own opinion, the man is permitted to say whatever he wants. You don't have to agree with it, he's not asking you to. Ya'll should respect him for his opinion before callin' him out of his name. Furthermore, how about you do your own research on the issue before you start taking MTO's commentary as being certifiable truth.

In my opinion, it doesn't really matter WHAT his background is, to many "non-Black" people, Obama is quintessentially Black. And for him to be elected into office, that is a big thing. No, he nor his father was subjected to the racial biases that existed in the past - but who gives a dayum. White America sees him as being Black. Why must we always put each other down? Educate yourselves and realize you are just continuing to prove this to be true:

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I feel ya! Do u live in the states????

Wateva Aaron I love the Boondocks just like little Jazmine Dubois Barack Obama is half black and half white and is considered to be the first African American president of the U.S. so what if his father wasn't a black man from the U.S. with his ancestry going back to slavery...Barack is still black I'm an mulatto woman and if I became president, though I can trace my ancestry back to U.S. slavery, some ignorant person(s) would find fault with me because no one can ever be to good enough for everyone People would of been complaining had McCain won Oh Ole' ass McCain won cause he's white Instead the U.S. has the wonderful Barack Obama as president and for some shyt-headed people his not black enough to be president...You just can't please everybody...There WILL always be a hater(s).

@ LameMANBRo

who gives a chit if you change your narrow minded BS or not???.....the world is loaded with stupid conspiracy nuts.. like I said.....before if a loser like you can make me angry. I deserve to be miserable......but I guess since puppet is closing down GITMO....that throws another dagger in your lame azz NWO theory..... you been whining on Obama for months...NEWSFLASH crybaby..the election is OVER!!!!!

Obama will work out or he wont.....but I wouldnt be looking for the NWO boogieman anytime soon...cant wait till you figure out you made a complete azzhead of yourself....but you do it quite well here everyday....

BTW....I got a new NWO Illuminati theory you should check out...Barrack and bigfoot are making out in the Lincoln bedroom their son is gonna be named triple 6....piss off fuktard!!!!!!!!!! ---------------

But bitch you're the one checking for my comments. It's not the other way around dumb ass!

Wow, go figure.

@huemanbro we can see on your avatar that you sniff a lot lmfao shut the phuk up Obama is in the office go eat something or watch a porno ,we tired of you rat bastard hahah

Judging from your picture the chick looks like tranny and dude looks like a bloated flavor flav. See how immature obama supporters are. They attack anybody who doesn't share their opinions.

Some of you are confusing race and heritage. Just because one is mixed racially dosent negate the fact their still African American by heritage. African American is a heritage, not a race.

McGruder and Obama my both be mixed racially, but it dosent change the fact McGruder is African American by heritage and Obama is not. He is misguided to say isnt black(even though technically Obama isnt black) but he used "black" in the wrong context.

@CHARMEDARTS1<<<

FANTASTIC COMMENTS! AGREE 1000%

OK FIRST OF ALL OBAMA IS HALF WHITE AND HALF BLACK HE IS NOT FULLY BLACK!!! MTO AND EVERYONE ELSE IN AMERICA THAT CALLS HIM BLACK IS AS IGNORENT AS EVER! IF ANYTHING YOU ALL SHOULD GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT! FOR [EXPLETIVE] SAKES HE HAS A PHOTO WITH HIS WHITE GRANDPARENTS!! YOU ALL ARE SO DUMB! HE EVEN HAS SOME WHITE FEATURES! THIS IS TEH DUMBEST THING! CONGRATS TO OBAMA AND DAMN THE IGNORRANCE OF COLOR!!

OK, I HAVE TO ADMIT I AGREE WITH PART OF AARON'S STATEMENT ABOUT ADMITTING PESIMISSISM ON PART OF BARACK'S LEADERSHIP ABILITY. YES, WE FINALLY HAVE A BLACK PREZ BUT DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE HYPE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GONNA MAGICALLY FIX EVERYTHING.

AND AARON IS NOT A HATER FOR SIMPLY EXPRESSING HIS OPINION EVEN IF 98% OF THE READERS OF THIS POST DON'T AGREE WITH HIM.

IT IS OUR DUTY AS AMERICANS TO DEMAND OUR PREZ DO THE BEST JOB HE CAN AND HELP HIM OUT TOO. BUT SIMPLY SITTING BACK AND SAYING "HE'S GONNA WORK IT OUT" IS NOT ENOUGH. A LITTLE PESIMISSISM ISN'T A BAD THING. IT'S CALLED BEING A REALIST.

NOW, WHAT I DON'T AGREE WITH IS AARON'S DEFINITION OF BEING "BLACK".

BARACK IS BIRACIAL - HE CAME FROM A WHITE WOMAN.

JUST LIKE MY SISTER'S KID'S ARE BIRACIAL B/C THEIR DAD IS WHITE.

JUST BECAUSE OBAMA'S FATHER IS AFRICAN (JUST LIKE ALL BLACKS BROUGHT OVER FROM AFRICAN WERE AFRICAN) DOESN'T MAKE HIM ONLY BLACK.

WE SHOULDN'T IGNORE HALF HIS LINEAGE AND NARROWLY DEFINE OURSELVES WITH LABELS.

@CLARKTHINK<<<

"@Cr@cker_Devil.....who are you...and what did you do with Cracker_Devil???" ------------------

BWAHAHAHAHA! OBVIOUSLY CR*CKERDEVIL HAS "LEFT DA BUILDING". LMAO!

here we go with that coon [EXPLETIVE]obama.obama

-myspace.com/shavelle12---------------------------------------------

And real talk, Aaron is HOT!

And I've had a crush on him since undergrad at University of Maryland College Park...go Terps...

he look black,talk black, walk black hes black in my book.

@STORM<<<

GIRL, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR NAME? DID YOU CHANGE THE FONT COLOR TO WHITE? CAN'T SEE IT WHEN YOU POST...

well when i read what he said i was like ok.........your entitled to your opinion and i can't fault mcgruder for his beliefs...the point is what i hate is the word slave....nobody born a slave...when u force to be a slave then your enslaved not a slave....african that came to the u.s. and stayed in the u.s. were enslaved people..mcgruder if you watch the boondock how funny it is....he made some beliefs that 'light skinned african american were house bodies and were servants which they were not...many books that can prove anybody wrong about that it didn't matter what shade of color they were they still were african american...and on obama well shoot i guess when mccain was running for president that think some of his supporter were racist and were saying lynch a NI&&a and so on...so i think he got a pass of african american.

This message is from the office of Aaron McGurder in response to the recent article about comments made during his recent visit to Earlham College in Richmond, IN.

Please see statement below from Aaron McGruder re: your article on his appearance at Earlham College:

For a long time now, I have tried to keep my opinions on the election and Barack Obama to myself. I occasionally do speaking engagements, which are not open to the press, and unfortunately some of my comments have been twisted around in a silly manner. The claim that I asserted our new President was not Black is categorically false.

I have seen an endless stream of Black pundits on TV pontificating about the significance of President Obama's election - many of them making reference to the 3/5th's clause in the constitution regarding slaves. The point I was making is that this is not an accurate comparison. Barack is the son of an immigrant, not the descendant of slaves. It's like comparing a half-Japanese man to the oppressed Chinese who built the American railroads. Yes, they are both Asian, but it is not an honest or accurate comparison. We all share the common experiences of being Black in America today - we do not all share a common history. A history that in part makes us who we are - and in some cases (as with the psychological damage that still lingers from slavery) holds us back. These are not, I believe, insignificant distinctions.

I did say I was cautiously pessimistic about Obama's Presidency - but this is simply acknowledging the reality of an American Empire that is out of control and on the verge of collapse. Let us not forget that on the eve of the election, we witnessed a near trillion dollar robbery of the US treasury. That robbery is still taking place. I do not blame President Obama, but I do not believe the financial and corporate interests that own and control this country will fold so easily. I do not question the integrity of the man as much as the power of his office - which I believe has greatly diminished over the years. I believe the Federal Reserve Bank, the Military Industrial Complex, and the massive corporate interests that run this country have more power than our new President. I hope I am wrong.

After 9/11, I witnessed most of this country become obsessed with squashing dissent and silencing critics. I hope this election does not turn Black America towards this same, fascist mind state; but already I am starting to see it, and it saddens me greatly. I absolutely wish our new President and his family success and safety. But after all I have witnessed in my lifetime, and especially in the last eight years, I am not ready to lay down my skepticism or my outrage for this government. To do so would be unwise and, ironically enough, anti-American.

Aaron McGruder

January 21, 2009

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY AMERICA IS TEH MOST RACIST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.... ITS 2008 AND WE'RE STILL STUCK ON COLOR OF ONE'S SKIN.... WHEN DO WE STOP AND ACKNOWLEDGE A PERSON AS "A PERSON"?!!! RACE SHOULD NOT MATTER IN TEH FIRST PLACE!!! WE ARE ALL MIXED WITH SOMETHING!! IGNORANCE

The man speaks the truth, i voted for obama, but i dont think he can change a got damn thing, further he so concerned about the 'rights' of terrorists he is putting this country at risk

I like the show but this is a very ignorant and stupid inconsiderate thought. Barrack Obama may be the son of an immigrant but if he would have been here during those times he would have been a slave. He is in America and Slavery comes in different ways and form and I am sure whether his ancestors was or was not an ancestor he still recieved the same sterotypes asthe African American skin he is in. Barrack Obama has already created change within the hearts of th generation and the next generation. This is only the beginning. If more African Americans of African descents who went through slavery would rise and try to make it this far the world would be a better place. FYI everyones ancestor either participated or was in some form of slavery whether it was the transatlantic or the arabic slave trade we all had to go through it. I'm pretty sure he may have had some african descendents who were slaves in the United States because families were broken apart. Stop THE HATING

MissDaniBaby2 Flag post @CLARKTHINK<<<

"@Cr@cker_Devil.....who are you...and what did you do with Cracker_Devil???" ------------------

BWAHAHAHAHA! OBVIOUSLY CR*CKERDEVIL HAS "LEFT DA BUILDING". LMAO! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

HUH??? QUE??? You slow ass MOFOs.....am I suppose to stick around and continue hit refresh like freak? Huh MissDaniBaby2? Only the mentally slow don't understand the concept of the one known as Cracker_Devil.

@ richard_foster well said! thank you for your voice of reason

@TDR25

"The point I'm trying to make is not of his race, but his rise to power. Black people love the hell out of this guy, but three years ago, unless you lived in Illinois, YOU DID NOT KNOW WHO HE WAS!" ----------------------------

WOW! THE WORLD MUST BE ENDING TOMORROW, REAL TALK, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH SOMETHING YOU SAID. LOL. NAW, SERIOUSLY...GOOD POINT!

Man you go AARON!!!!!!!!!!!! He is right, people are so caught up with the fact that we have a half black president that no one care dare question the government. I refuse to believe that AMERICA is what it preaches when in reality is shows something else. This so called land of the free and blahblah has been known for killing innocent people since the day that it was created and "FOUND". First it was the indians and then it was blacks and the rest of the minority that are now in the US. So now, we have a half black man in office and now people scream equality when there is no such thing. America is doom, and the fact that people don't even know how this government works is a shame. If we had so called democracy, why are the presidential candidates picked out FOR US? People believe that we pick the presidents when in fact it has all been fix by the federal govt thus tricking people into believing that we have so called democracy. This country claims to have freedom of speech, religion and press but yet no one can dare to say something that people don't want to hear because no one would listen and in fact people would criticize you. They fail at looking at two sides of the story but yet they don't do any research they just speak to be on the trend and on the bandwagon which is that everybody must like OBAMA and one who doesn't if is a different race is labeled as a racist and one of the same race who doesn't follow obama is called a self hater etc etc...People fail to realize that I AM IN AMERICA therefore according to the bill of rights i can say whatever i want. I don't trust the American govt, i don't trust Bush JR, i don't trust Bush Senior, i don't trust Obama because what makes him so special than other presidents? Why are people are so obsessed with him to the point that they can't analyze anything and are like trained robots. What is hope and what is change? Didn't Hitler do almost the same thing that obama is doing huh? Making people sheeps and repeat things therefore brainwashing them to the point that they ended up killing innocent of others? I dare anyone to prove me wrong, to prove to me that obama is some high being like all of you make it seen!!

MissDaniBaby2 Flag post @TDR25

"The point I'm trying to make is not of his race, but his rise to power. Black people love the hell out of this guy, but three years ago, unless you lived in Illinois, YOU DID NOT KNOW WHO HE WAS!" ----------------------------

WOW! THE WORLD MUST BE ENDING TOMORROW, REAL TALK, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH SOMETHING YOU SAID. LOL. NAW, SERIOUSLY...GOOD POINT! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Yes good point, however most people who run for the office of president of the United States are unknown by most Americans until they start running in their party's presidential primaries. Bill Clinton was an unknown Governor from Arkansas prior to his running for president. Did you complain? Hillary Clinton wasn't even a resident of NY state and got elected as a senator based on the media machine and her husband. Did you complain? Obama was chosen... yes.... but so were all the rest. Now what?

To all of you. Barack is as good as it gets. His Dad from Kenya. Did whitely avoid kidnapping and making slaves from Kenya? You morons must be reading "his-tory" books instead of searching for the truth. Give Barack a chance. If you wanted a Wesley Snipes color in black, from 125th street, so black that he's called "Smoke", that ain't gonna happen. Because you know that type would end up with swirl, becky, pink toe on his arms and then you'd be beyotch-ing and complaining about that. What you need to do is mark this historic event as one you witnessed because you'll never see it again. So stop hating, stop watching the one sided news and use your brains. If you have to hate, hate the M-Effer who held all of us in chains for 8 years with lies, hate and prejudice. Do any of you remember Katrina? And note, that it may take up to 10 years for us to get out of the hole this azz-wipe created. Now you should mediate on the hate.

ThisPicProvesImBlack

I thought you and I were getting along the past few months. Why are you so enraged today. Your period on girl??? I heard Midol works...lol

@CR*CKERDEVIL<<<

"HUH??? QUE??? You slow ass MOFOs.....am I suppose to stick around and continue hit refresh like freak? Huh MissDaniBaby2? Only the mentally slow don't understand the concept of the one known as Cracker_Devil." -------------------

NO, I UNDERSTAND YOUR "CONCEPT" COMPLETELY...NO ONE SAID U NEEDED TO POST REPEATEDLY. THE COMMENT WAS IN REFERENCE TO YOUR EARLIER "PRO-BLACK" TIRADE. KINDA CLASHES WITH YOUR APPALACHIAN PERSONA...I MEAN REALLY, JUST SAYING...

*TWO FIST PUMPS BRO*

BWAHAHAHAHAHA LMAO!

@CR*CKERDEVIL<<<

"Yes good point, however most people who run for the office of president of the United States are unknown by most Americans until they start running in their party's presidential primaries. Bill Clinton was an unknown Governor from Arkansas prior to his running for president. Did you complain? Hillary Clinton wasn't even a resident of NY state and got elected as a senator based on the media machine and her husband. Did you complain? Obama was chosen... yes.... but so were all the rest. Now what?" ------------------------

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I "VOTED" FOR OBAMA. SO I'M NOT SOME ANTI-OBAMA FREAK JUST BECAUSE I AM SCRUTINIZING HIM WITH KEEN EYES. I RESPECT THE OFFICE HE HOLDS AND HIS TITLE...BUT THIS COUNTRY IS SO FUKKED UP, I LITERALLY HAVE ISSUES TRUSTING "ANY POLITICIAN" AT THIS POINT. AND NO, I WAS NOT ON CLINTON'S DIKK EITHER! THAT FOOL HAS SO MANY SKELETONS IN HIS CLOSET (EX: THE MURDER OF RON BROWN) THAT I'D BE A FOOL TO JOCK HIM OR ANY OTHER CREEP WITH SIMILIAR HISTORY!

[EXPLETIVE] this punk ass. Some muthafuckas are never happy.

@DAGREAT1<<<<

"along Miss Dani's line of reasoning......really huh??.....well 3 yrs ago...noone heard of Rihanna on a large scale.....does tha make her Illiuminati too???" --------------

BE SERIOUS DUDE...JUST BECAUSE SOME FOLKS QUESTION AND POINT OUT THE PROPENSITY FOR "ILL-FATED" ACTIONS COMING OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE (HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THIS REPEATEDLY), DOES NOT MEAN THE SAME FOLKS SEE THE "BOOGEY MAN" ON EVERY CORNER.

A CAUTIOUS PERSON'S OPINIONS ARE JUST AS VALID AS THE "GUNG HO" INDIVIDUAL. AT THIS POINT, NEITHER ARE WRONG (EXCEPT FOR THE FANATICS ON EITHER SIDE)...BUT HIS TIME IN OFFICE WILL TELL IN THE END FOR SURE.

@ dr Finest girl- please explain illuminati and how it relates to Obama. You or anyone actually can. I'm interested to know, and no one has ever provided an educated argument or subject matter about how this ties in to him. I'm open minded to facts. But right now all i've heard are conspiracy theories and inuendos..so educate me...plleeeeeeease! lol @ diamond dan-- Obama is also pessimistic. he did not need McGruder to point that out. the fight ahead of him is huge and he acknowledged several times that we should not expect miracles. Mcgruder and others should find ways to emphasize that, rather than to create and send out negative vibes to the contrary. Change is just the "ticket" and the "message" he ran on. Accomplishing it is not something he can do "alone".

I STILL love the Boondocks, yeah, I said it, well....wrote it. professor g

Where was I when Africans were no longer considered black? African-Americans are the descendant of slaves whom were originally from Africa. Barack's father was African which in all actuality, makes him more African than many "African-Americans" living him in the U.S.

This dude writes cartoon scripts for a living. *chuckling my ass off*. Just because he bases his lame ass cartoon on his angry race-related views doesn't make him notable on African-American studies. When I need advice from a pseudo "afro-centric" intellectual, I'll give him a call. No, I'd probably call Jesse Jackson, then Al Sharpton, and maybe Bill Cosby and then give him a call.

It saddens my heart that people really sit around and question if Barack Obama is Black. First off His father is as black as it can get and he comes from the motherland of Africa so in my eyes and in the world eyes he is as black as it can get and his mother is a white woman but the question is does it matter. He is a man of integrity, pride and of great wisdom. He is a man of class and high expectations. He is one of us a human being not black not white but a human being. He has fore filled Martin Luther Kings Jr. Dreams of us all coming together as one nation. We know that people will have there negative thoughts and negative views. Which alot of us voice. I feel that if you could have done the job better than him you should have ran for the presidency. He is a man of great intellect. The question isn't if he can do the job but will he have the support of the people. He has a long road ahead of him. He has to clean up the mess that former president Bush made. He has to try and get the economy back together. Alot of people believed in him and that's why he won there votes and mine as well. Let's not focus on race let's focus on what's head. He can only make changes if we change our mind frame and start thinking on a more positive note. He can do the job by himself he has to have the support from the American people. As a born Belizean who is a citizen of the United States of America I am proud to reside in a country that has great opportunity. I always will love my country and love where I come from and have a place to call home. In life we have to make changes to better our lively hood. President Obama will try and do his best to fore fill his obligations to the people of America and aboard. He isn't just thinking about fixing our economy he is willing to help out other countries in great need and that's poverty stricken. If we can come at peace with our neighbors and then one hand washes the other hand. We might have all the same beliefs but we have all positive thoughts. Who is to say our beliefs are God or Bad, but the point is we believe in what we stand for. So let's give President Barack Hussein Obama the opportunity to do his job. Also remember that he has a strong black woman behind him that represent all black women Michelle Obama. Please feel free to voice your opinions

Bloggers writing long posts in this thread trying to showcase their point of view when they really should be proof-reading before clicking the Add Comment button. Reading & writing are supposed to be fundamental skills; but ya'll n.iggas up in here write terribly.

Let Obama decide what his race identification is. If he says he's black then he's black. If he says he's not then he's not. I personally believe if the time has come for change, then maybe we as a nation should throw out the one-drop rule. Bi-race should be a race in and of itself.

NO, I UNDERSTAND YOUR "CONCEPT" COMPLETELY...NO ONE SAID U NEEDED TO POST REPEATEDLY. THE COMMENT WAS IN REFERENCE TO YOUR EARLIER "PRO-BLACK" TIRADE. KINDA CLASHES WITH YOUR APPALACHIAN PERSONA...I MEAN REALLY, JUST SAYING.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Some new young boys are trying to go for the toothless,knuckle dragging Appalachian crown,like Ape Ass C racker ,so I'll let them have it. Besides too many slow mofos like clarkthink and staypoppin01 never seemed to catch on, so I'm going for the more direct approach now.

KnowtheTruth

wink, wink lol

Myself keep wanting to argue with ME! ME is chillin lol

@Mistatwin

Everything you wrote was beautiful and I couldn't agree with you more. Thank You for responding.

" This message is from the office of Aaron McGurder in response to the recent article about comments made during his recent visit to Earlham College in Richmond, IN.

Please see statement below from Aaron McGruder re: your article on his appearance at Earlham College:

For a long time now, I have tried to keep my opinions on the election and Barack Obama to myself. I occasionally do speaking engagements, which are not open to the press, and unfortunately some of my comments have been twisted around in a silly manner. The claim that I asserted our new President was not Black is categorically false.

I have seen an endless stream of Black pundits on TV pontificating about the significance of President Obama's election - many of them making reference to the 3/5th's clause in the constitution regarding slaves. The point I was making is that this is not an accurate comparison. Barack is the son of an immigrant, not the descendant of slaves. It's like comparing a half-Japanese man to the oppressed Chinese who built the American railroads. Yes, they are both Asian, but it is not an honest or accurate comparison. We all share the common experiences of being Black in America today - we do not all share a common history. A history that in part makes us who we are - and in some cases (as with the psychological damage that still lingers from slavery) holds us back. These are not, I believe, insignificant distinctions.

I did say I was cautiously pessimistic about Obama's Presidency - but this is simply acknowledging the reality of an American Empire that is out of control and on the verge of collapse. Let us not forget that on the eve of the election, we witnessed a near trillion dollar robbery of the US treasury. That robbery is still taking place. I do not blame President Obama, but I do not believe the financial and corporate interests that own and control this country will fold so easily. I do not question the integrity of the man as much as the power of his office - which I believe has greatly diminished over the years. I believe the Federal Reserve Bank, the Military Industrial Complex, and the massive corporate interests that run this country have more power than our new President. I hope I am wrong.

After 9/11, I witnessed most of this country become obsessed with squashing dissent and silencing critics. I hope this election does not turn Black America towards this same, fascist mind state; but already I am starting to see it, and it saddens me greatly. I absolutely wish our new President and his family success and safety. But after all I have witnessed in my lifetime, and especially in the last eight years, I am not ready to lay down my skepticism or my outrage for this government. To do so would be unwise and, ironically enough, anti-American.

Aaron McGruder

January 21, 2009

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JUST WOW. THANKS FOR POSTING THAT, quamesh1. HIS LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS HIT HOME. I SINCERELY THINK THIS MAN IS NOT ANTI-OBAMA, IT'S ANTI PAST GOVERNMENT, WHO IS TREADING CAUTIOUSLY ABOUT THE NEXT GOVERNMENT, REGARDLESS WHO IS AT THE HELM.

I like the Boondocks but as an african american some of the topics expressed in the cartoon lead me to wonder "How Black is Aaron McGruder".His topics seem like they come from a caucasion perspective of African Americans. Genetically you and Mr. President are similar and are the same color so what are you mixed with Mr. McGruder,we know Mr. President is half Kenyan and european. Also for all you haters Colonialism by europeans started in Africa before Slavery in America so Mr. President has a direct connection via bloodline to the african slave tradegy.Who is next?

Let Obama decide what his race identification is. If he says he's black then he's black. If he says he's not then he's not. I personally believe if the time has come for change, then maybe we as a nation should throw out the one-drop rule. Bi-race should be a race in and of itself. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

WRONG!!! Which rock have you been sleeping under and for how long? Obama has already referred to himself as Black and African American on more then one occasion. Biracial could never be a race in itself because that is just plain silly.Would these biracial people only consist of mixtures between Blacks and whites or would they include Blacks and Asians ( ex. Tiger Woods ). How about mixtures between Black and Carrib Indians like so many Blacks from the Islands. How about dark skin people from India and China mixing.It is pure madness but then again a person with wicked ulterior motives such as yourself would know that. LMAO This bi-racial being a race garbage,would actually promote more division and confusion while the 1% of white folks that still run this planet will remain intact.The only true solution is the ONE RACE SOLUTION. A confession by the white dogs that this concept of at least three races was flawed when it was originated a mere two hundred years ago by a German wack job. God made only one race of humans,Black people and all others are simply derivatives from them.

@FIRE4U<<<

HEY THERE LADY. WELL TO BE HONEST, THE "ILLUMINATI" MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT TO SUM IT ALL UP, IT'S BASICALLY A "LOOSELY TOSSED" REFERENCE TO THE "RULING ELITE" WHOSE POWER SUPERCEDES ANY INDIVIDUAL "HEAD OF STATE" (EX: PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS, KINGS, TSARS, WHOMEVER). THEIR MAIN PURPOSE IS PURPORTEDLY TO RULE THE WORLD, CONTROL POPULATION, CENTRALIZE WEALTH "AWAY" FROM THE NON-PRIVILEGED, MONOPOLIZE AND LIMIT COMMUNICATION (EX: MEDIA, TALK RADIO), CREATE AND MANIPULATE WARS, FAMINE, DISEASE ETC. ETC.

TRUTH BE TOLD, IT'S A SCARY PREMISE THAT I'D PERSONALLY LIKE TO IGNORE, BUT AFTER DOING YEARS OF RESEARCH/OBSERVATION, I'D SAY THERE IS WAY MORE THAN A KERNEL OF TRUTH HERE...TOO MUCH TO IGNORE AT LEAST ANYWAY. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT "EVERY" CONSPIRACY YOU HEAR IS TRUE, NO, BUT EVEN IF ONLY HALF WERE...SHOULD'NT THAT BE OF MAJOR CONCERN? I'D SAY SO! LOL

ANYWAYZ, IT'S GETTING LATE AND I'D LUV TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ANOTHER DAY, BUT WIKIPEDIA DOES HAVE A SOMEWHAT BASIC, QUICK SYNOPSIS FOR FOLKS TO CHEW ON...I'LL GLADLY POST OTHER LINKS LATER! ---------------------------

"Illuminati (plural of Latin illuminatus, "enlightened") is a name that refers to several groups, both historical and modern, and both real and fictitious. Historically, it refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1st, 1776. In modern times it is also used to refer to a purported conspiratorial organization which acts as a shadowy power behind the throne, allegedly controlling world affairs through present day governments and corporations, usually as a modern incarnation or continuation of the Bavarian Illuminati. In this context, Illuminati is often used in reference to a New World Order (NWO). Many conspiracy theorists believe the Illuminati are the masterminds behind events that will lead to the establishment of such a New World Order. Confusing the issue further is the fact that there are also several modern fraternal groups which include the word "Illuminati" in their names." -------------------------

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1.Thanks Dutchess 1 for the intelligent breakdown of ethnicity, as it relates to Kenya and America and other races. Black and/or white is the common denominator. @ hawthorne- I want to address the Anti-christ theories on here as it relates to President Obama because that is disturbing.One should be careful. According to the bible, The anti-christ will fulfill biblical prophecies and will deny and oppose Christ.. in Almost devil like qualities . Obama has professed his christianity, the anti-christ will and would never do that, in any form.He is in direct competition with God. Basically,the anti-christ is "against" Christ. THere can be and there already have been many anti-christs,(for example Jim Jones) the cult in Texas...etc. but the final one (anti-christ) according to the bible,will appear toward the end of all being., and it is not Obama. So if you believe that, then I hope you are prepared for heaven. This person will have and pocess powers and will be able to perform miracles. He will convince people to follow him in the spiritual sense of worshiping him. Becoming the first black president hardly qualifies. Again,The antichrist represents evil against God and religion as we know it. THe actual intent is to decieve you as it relates to Christ, and spirituality, not politics. THe so-called worship of Obama is a fairy tale, celebrity like appeal, and is not something he requested or insisted upon. He's never said " follow me", look into my eyes', i will save you"..etc.. The whole persona of him is bolstered and is centered around the fact that Bush's legacy placed a lasting negative effect on the hearts and purses of the world with the 2 wars,911, Katrina, financial crisis and blinded eyes to genocide in 3rd world countries! THe world wanted a drastic change. They see that change in Obama because he, like a few good leaders in the pass, he is very charismatic, and articulates the message easiar and forthright. SO, The media , the historical value, along with extreme desperation regarding our present status has led to this "hero" like imaging of him.It's not his fault. I remember they did Michael Jackson the same way! falling out, screaming and chanting..lol! People need or feel like Obama might be able to lead us out of this mess, and they no longer trust "the white man" , to do it. It's Very parallel to the trust and value..everyone had in Martin Luther King. Let's not judge him too soon.. why is he assumed a devil, when God raises up leaders all the time.

You all who say that Barack is not black are very ignorant. I am very light skinned--alot lighter than Barack but I still claim African American and consider myself black. However, like many of us black americans, I cannot trace one person to my African ancestry. I am quite sure that I have some white in my family due to the color of my skin, eventhough I do not know them. Barack is the true African-american. His father is straight from Africa and his mother is american. There are not many African americans who are totally black. But the dominant race traced back 200 years is black and that is what we go by.

Would you people give him a chance. It isn't going to happen overnight. REMEMBER, Bush has put us in a deep hole, and it will take years to fix. It might not happen this term, BUT, I believe the U.S. will be better with TIME. Obama, won't fail us. I believe that!

"God made only one race of humans,Black people and all others are simply derivatives from them." -----------------------

DAMN HOMIE, YOU GETTIN' EXTRA DEEP NOW! KEEP IT UP!

fake pharrell

Aaron is right! Very smart dude! Love him!

VERY ENLIGHTENING CONVO TONIGHT FOLKS...

I ENJOYED IT!

BUT I MUST BID YOU A'DIEU. BON NOIR.

GOOD NIGHT!

BTW, this is DELUSIONAL! NOBODY is 100% pure African but Africans themselves. We are all mixed down the line. Some blacks are just lighter than other because of master sleeping with them. WAKE UP!!!!. I want to see Aaron go to African and try to talk that FOOLISHNESS about him being pure African. They will LAUGH in his face!

@spoiled 78 I never said anything about his race. He can be purple pink or orange. Thats not the point. Why should i support someone who hasn't done anything but smile and look good for the camera. what has he done? when he does something and proves me wrong. maybe ill change my opinion. on second thought maybe not. even if hes not the antichrist he is still a puppet for the new world order. give me something to celebrate about then ill celebrate until then i will be cautious and keep my eyes open. because a change is gonna come just like obama said. but its not gonna be the change that your expecting.

ThisPicProvesImBlack

So are you trying to say OBAMA IS NOT TRYING HARD???? Wow didnt know YOU were ANTI-OBAMA TOO!

I would hope that he's trying waaaay harder than me for the Country's sake....really!

Race identity to biracial person should be left to the individual (alone) to decide. It's an interesting debate though, because we're at a point in society's evolution where race mixing is no longer taboo. Why shouldn't modern society redefine what white colonialization created in the first place in the one drop rule? I say, when there's no available option between A & B, choose C. Just my opinion.

MissDaniBaby2

It was fun until the obsessed kiddies came...Goodnight girl.

Wow People!!!!! You could be anything you choose to define yourselves with!! After all the term "BLACK" for us Africans or African Decents derived from the Caucasians. Caucasians gave this very term to refer to darker complected individuals as *devilish* and this MY PEOPLE is where the term *BLACK* comes from...so knock yourselves out with who's black and who's not, i no way resemble the Devil!!! However, Barack Obama is a true African-American ( Kenyan father, American mother).. And as for me I would consider myself the same as both my parents are directly from West Africa and I am born in America (African-American here!!!)

and as for the cartoonist pluggin, whatever it takes for him to have people recognize him and his works...he needs to do better than this!!!

ThisPicProvesImBlack

How can you try to be BLACK??? Are you stereotyping "Black People" now? Shame Shame Shame what next, you going to call us MONKEYS!!

BARACK IS YOUR PRESIDENT TOO!!

Fire4u wrote: "1.Thanks Dutchess 1 for the intelligent breakdown of ethnicity, as it relates to Kenya and America and other races. Black and/or white is the common denominator."

Please note, I did not write that. CharmedArts1 wrote it, and I give them absolute props in the first line that they did so :)

And I agree with you, they broke it down great!

ThisPicProvesImBlack

Stormzoe doesnt stereotype BLACK PEOPLE like you. Are you KKK???? hmmmmmmm

Well, this cat became famous talking crazy with those bad azz little cartoon kids. ----- My husband wanted to get my opinion of the show. I could only stand 3 minutes of it, then turned it OFF. PURE TRASH, the nerve of him!

Hey Storm

This character is very suspicious. I smell bacon!!! It's one thng to dislike Obama but to STEREOTYPE ALL BLACKS is just plain racist ignorance...

@ndigbo

Barack Obama is not a "true" AA. Obama is not African American by HERITAGE, hes only an African American by CULTURE. His heritage is 50% Kenyan and 50% English. The meaning of heritage and cultures are blurred to AA's (an effect of slavery) but they are the only authentic African Americans..They invented that term for themselves.

Its dangerious for black immigrants to the U.S. who are not African American continue to call yourselves by that name, its YOUR cultures thats going to be uprooted and forgotten not African Americans.

ThisPicProvesImBlack

You really think you know me. Like we have hung out before and shared a meal. You do not know me at ALL deary!

I NEVER had a white person at my family reunions SO when Barack explains his Black Experience, I'll explain mines...

Is this chick serious?

Storm

This BITCH is nuttier than squirrel shyt! It's like "ignorance" to the 10th power!! How can a person you NEVER met have so much control over you???? These people are complete failures...

Her whole obsessive nature screams "I FAILED AT LIFE"!...BITCH please!

I am really starting to think Americans are illiterate.

MTO posts a BS header and all of a sudden, villagers with torches start looking to behead Aaron.

You must be a new kind of idiot if you think Aaron is anti-Obama. You must also be an idiot if you don;t know how the press misconstrues statements.

I'm sure Mr. McGruder is smart enough o know Obama is for the most part-black. But his experience is NOT our experience.

His office even responded to this BS; or did you nimrods even take the time to READ before posting before jumping onboard the MTO manufactured ignorance-on-parade.

SO sick of us and this [EXPLETIVE]. AND I'M GLAD OBAMA WAS RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII--FAR FAR FAR AWAY FROM US.

ThisPicProvesImBlack

I am twisting it on purpose because you are a joke to me.

******

BUT you said I ACT BLACK! WHAT IS ACTING BLACK????

Answer the question...stop bullshyting around klanny!!!

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

From the office of Aaron McGruder:

For a long time now, I have tried to keep my opinions on the election and Barack Obama to myself. I occasionally do speaking engagements, which are not open to the press, and unfortunately some of my comments have been twisted around in a silly manner. The claim that I asserted our new President was not Black is categorically false.

I have seen an endless stream of Black pundits on TV pontificating about the significance of President Obama's election - many of them making reference to the 3/5th's clause in the constitution regarding slaves. The point I was making is that this is not an accurate comparison. Barack is the son of an immigrant, not the descendant of slaves. It's like comparing a half-Japanese man to the oppressed Chinese who built the American railroads. Yes, they are both Asian, but it is not an honest or accurate comparison. We all share the common experiences of being Black in America today - we do not all share a common history. A history that in part makes us who we are - and in some cases (as with the psychological damage that still lingers from slavery) holds us back. These are not, I believe, insignificant distinctions.

I did say I was cautiously pessimistic about Obama's Presidency - but this is simply acknowledging the reality of an American Empire that is out of control and on the verge of collapse. Let us not forget that on the eve of the election, we witnessed a near trillion dollar robbery of the US treasury. That robbery is still taking place. I do not blame President Obama, but I do not believe the financial and corporate interests that own and control this country will fold so easily. I do not question the integrity of the man as much as the power of his office - which I believe has greatly diminished over the years. I believe the Federal Reserve Bank, the Military Industrial Complex, and the massive corporate interests that run this country have more power than our new President. I hope I am wrong.

After 9/11, I witnessed most of this country become obsessed with squashing dissent and silencing critics. I hope this election does not turn Black America towards this same, fascist mind state; but already I am starting to see it, and it saddens me greatly. I absolutely wish our new President and his family success and safety. But after all I have witnessed in my lifetime, and especially in the last eight years, I am not ready to lay down my skepticism or my outrage for this government. To do so would be unwise and, ironically enough, anti-American.

Aaron McGruder

January 21, 2009

SMDH @ arguments about who is and who ain't black. Only in America does the one-drop rule apply. And for those without the following a)a map b) a globe c) an atlas d)sense AMERICA IS NOT THE WORLD. If Tiger, Barack, Mariah and whoever else wants to claim their other 50%, they can do that. What kills me is the black folk with 2 black parents and 4 black grandparents who find some sight unseen Cherokee to raise from the dead to embrace. 80% of Blacks in America have Euro or Indian blood somewhere back in time, so YOU AINT SPECIAL BRAGGING ABOUT THAT S/H/I/T. If I caint see them, I aint claiming them. damn. Race is Americas mental illness and hopefully Obama being president will begin to heal this mess.

Wow...to think all this comes from a man speaking his opinion. Me personally, i feel like if race is not a problem, then y yall blowin up wat he sed? he's not only black, he's white,, and possibly muslim, AND he stayed elsewhere. he did drugs jus like anybody else n he jus a average dude. my thing is he's president like every other guy in front of him n can only b judged according to his actions in office. Aaron only spoke his mind on that fact n now he's a hater. thats wat i find to b ignorant bcuz if race is not as important then y errybody talkin bout how he the first black president? they coulda left it at the fourty fourth president but the media and even obama(very subtly) hyped it up. point being, wait until he actually do somethin before u anoint him savior.

Barack Obama= North America Union= FEMA Camps= New World Order= Illuminati!! You sheeps better wake up!

F*ck Obama 2009

almasez SAYS Race is Americas mental illness and hopefully Obama being president will begin to heal this mess.

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I totally agree! People are so ignorant to say, I dont know the Black experience because Im light skin. Thats a crock of bullshyt. That person dont know my life, where I came from and how I was raised...

Judging by the colorism on this website alone, America has a LOOONNNGGG way to go!!!!

LOL @ RASKEL

This high yellow fellow from south central would put you on you a$$. Anyway there are people in this world that have dark complextions but are not black. I was dating a female that was dark skinned but she was Latino. My mother is dark skin and my father is light skin I could have just as easily came out dark but I came out light. This whole thread is dumb as fu*k. And some of the comments are just ridiculous. Obama is half white but the man definately is black. PLEASE SOMEBODY LOOK UP A PICTURE OF HUEY NEWTON ME AND HIM LOOK VERY SIMILAR. FARRAKHAN HE AINT ALL BLACK. WE AS LIGHT SKIN BLACK MEN OR MIXED RACE ALWAYS HAVE TO CARRY OUR RACE BECAUSE MOST DARK SKIN BLACKS DONT GIVE A SH!T ABOUT OUR RACE. They want to carry the struggle to sound cute in front of b!tches that aint even black but when it comes to defending the race GO GET A LIGHT SKIN BLACK MAN.

My father used to says some of the biggest traitors to the race have beendark skinned men. (Clarence Thomas, Larry Elder, J.C. Watts, Armstrong. Compared to the likes of Malcolm, Huey, Farrakhan, Adam Clayton Powell) I summise because y'all have been coddled and worshipped by the black masses from your first day on the planet--oooh aaah so pretty--pretty hair etc..you know the drill. LOL AND YOU KNOW HOW THE OTHERS WERE TREATED WITH 'TOO BLACK AND TOO NAPPY' DISDAIN. If Obama was as dark and his hair as nappy as his fathers, don't think he'd be getting as much love from us. Yeah, I said it and y'all know its true.

ThisPicProvesImBlack

I enjoy seeing you/me everday. Dont delete your account!!! We just dont have to fight! It has been good the last couple of months. I even agreed with you a couple days ago. I thought we was cool lol

But to answer your question That pic IS OLD AS HELL! I would have put lots more pics up if it wasnt for bottom feeding trolls like you...

Now I got my dolls and I like them so Imma stick with that until I decide to something else...

I'm sure Mr. McGruder is smart enough o know Obama is for the most part-black. But his experience is NOT our experience. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _

LMAO ! WRONG! McGruder sounds like a complete idiot with his immigrant Japanese and Chinese railroad worker analogy. Now what exactly is OUR experience anyway and how old are you? Are you old enough to remember white only water fountains because I'm not? I'm sure if you did a seance with some old slaves from your own family tree,they would tell you,you haven't felt any pain and have no idea about their experiences. When does the madness end? Quite as kept Hawaii is a racist state for Black people and being Black in Indonesia was no picnic for Obama as a kid. This is why he considers himself Black because as he put it, this is how the world viewed him. Again Mcgruder is a narrow minded fool who lacks an intelligent world view REGARDING HIS OWN PEOPLE. The media and himself played it down but Obama took a lot of beatings over there from kids and it was reported his mother was very displeased by his treatment in school hmmmmmm, wonder why. Black people in Africa only had their independence given to them in the 1950's and 60's. They know about inhumane treatment and slavery going way back to the Arab slave trade which predated the European one. LMAO DUH!!! How do you think his Black father got that Muslim sounding name,the same way this Negro Aaron McGruder got his European name, through slavery.

I just hit up Aarons myspace, and he states the following:

About me: Hey guys, never said Barack wasn't Black... please don't bother me with that bullshit. Anything else... ask John Witherspoon. AM -

Aaron couldn't care less what people say about him. I love me some Aaron

If Obama was as dark and his hair as nappy as his fathers, don't think he'd be getting as much love from us. Yeah, I said it and y'all know its true. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Now I agree with you on that. Truth be told Black people didn't start supporting Obama until the whites in Iowa and those kind of heavily populated white states showed their support for him in the Dem primaries. Negros were still ready to through their support behind and vote for Missy Hillary Clinton.....no questions asked.

Sir. I can understand some of the issues you have about the racism and problem we have in this country. Sir I can also understand your beliefs, which were taught to you by previous ancestor. “Saying that a person is not black if he represents himself in a different manner “respectable”, or if he come across to some as black trying to be white. This is the ignorance that keeps African Americans from moving forward. Not to sound racist to anyone but African American are the only race that I have observed that don’t work together, we try to find some kind of fault in a person that is trying to make a different. We as African Americans should stop labeling ourselves as such and hindering others for what they are not. We should focus more on educating ourselves and our children to rid the ignorance that we embrace on a daily basis by degrading one another with racial term giving to us by slave owners. Racism is not going to resolve itself overnight.I am from Louisiana and I know firsthand about the racial problems the country faces every day, but with hope and our new president Baraka Obama we can start a movement to erase these problem and start to form a new foundation that we all can stand on.. Also you may want to watch what you say in the public about powerful leader, because you can become a one hit wonder in a flash and your career can end in a split second because of what you said. Take home message, if you don’t have anything to say that is intelligent, don’t say anything at all. I still like your show, but check yourself.

@eso I see that 5% came out in full force on this thread.

I don't have a problem with his opinion. He has a right to it and at least he's giving Obama a chance to prove him wrong. Some of you who are not Obama fans are wishing the worst for him. That's sad in itself, because to hope and wish failure on him his also doin' the same for our country. If for no other reson I'd think yall would give him a chance and wish him the best for the country in which you live.

I don't think its right to question Obama's blackness. Who is Aaron ot anybody else to say who is black and who isn't? Then to do so by their own standard of measuring that.

I'm wondering how many of you who are questioning and doubting Obama, did the same for all the white Presidents that came before him? Wheteher I voted for them or not, I still gave them the benefit of the doubt. I fill the way about some of them because the gave me reason to because of their actions as president. Just like SONE black people tear down and doubt your own but give others all the trust you can give.

@ danibaby... THanks for the breakdown.. "RULING ELITE" WHOSE POWER SUPERCEDES ANY INDIVIDUAL "HEAD OF STATE" (EX: PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS, KINGS, TSARS, WHOMEVER). THEIR MAIN PURPOSE IS PURPORTEDLY TO RULE THE WORLD, CONTROL POPULATION, CENTRALIZE WEALTH "AWAY" FROM THE NON-PRIVILEGED, MONOPOLIZE AND LIMIT COMMUNICATION (EX: MEDIA, TALK RADIO), CREATE AND MANIPULATE WARS, FAMINE, DISEASE ETC. ETC --- This sounds A LOT more like George Bush's focus' and legacy to me. . lol! Government rulers, period. re: create and manipulate wars for example,- hmmmmm okay , i hear you're signing out...but I'll do a little research later. It sounds similar to the Anti-CHrist and end times as it relates to the fulfillment of the biblical prophecy to me. All of that must and will come to past., and that much I embrace., Obama or no Obama. I guess there are so many theories and ideals being tossed around on here without any real dialouge or supporting facts. I personally follow God'd teachings as it relates to the bible, but everyone does not. It just all sounds amazingly similar though. oh well. ok, Thanks girl!

Black folks!!! I love us but some of us are F*&^&% Ignorant!!!! With a Capital IGNORANT!!!! Black is Black!!! We all have ancestors that came from Africa` Hell His daddy Black he Black, And nothing wrong with him acknowledging his White side he a Fool if he didn’t. This dude and others on this site need some Education because you’re embarrassing!!!

Aaron couldn't care less what people say about him. I love me some Aaron. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ok, well that's nice. Love him all you want but if he didn't care he wouldn't have responded. Don't be silly.

@ nobling You ignorant, non spelling, hypocrite! First of all FYI for your non spelling ass my father is darker than you!!!! Second of all I have never been to the islands my dad is from there you dummy!!! And third of all if you love 100% African people so much why isn’t your wife AFRICAN!!!! She is Indian and black you hypocrite!! And you are so stupid for this one, “i love black women too i mean real black women (haitian , jamaican and african) not west indies fake women or africanamerican gold diggers women, got it???” Don’t you know that Jamaicans, Haitians, and Trinidadians are all island people!!! So learn some facts before you go making yourself look stupid!! Learn how to read, better yet go to the library and pick up a dictionary and learn how to SPELL!!! Why do you keep calling people [EXPLETIVE]?? Or as you would incorrectly spell it “phaggits” LOL It sounds like you are an undercover HOMO!!!! Your wife better watch her back! LMAO!

storm

lol That person is insane! These people push you to not like Barack And Im not even half WHITE When was Latino the new race to hate??? I didnt get the memo. Did you?

I still like the guy but to praise Barack in one sentence and say "you're not black enough" in another just make people want to fukk with these ignoramouses!!

I have heard Obama say he is black like 3 or 4 times in the media. I have heard him only say twice he is bi-racial, and I also heard Michelle Obama say that he was bi-racial one time as well, but she would say he is "black" too. You see Black Americans have been mixed for a long time in America. I bet when Obama started to see more Black Americans, he thought to himself, many of them look just as mixed or light as I do, so why not join them in the fight for equality, when in truth, they are multiracial but identify as black? You see, many Black Amerians are actually bi-racial multigenerationally, so many of us are mulatto, sorry for using that word. He also wrote in his book that Michelle Obama has White and Native-American in her ancestryj I hear. As brown skinned as Michelle Obama is, I can tell by her complexion and her features that she has some mix in her, I can spot her out of many of the West Africans on my job. Obama is no blacker than many of the rest of a lot of light-skinned and browns-kinned black folks in this country. He does not refer to himself as a real "African" anyway. To me, Singer Akon is a real African-Amerian, both his parents are pure Africans. We blacks who are descended from slaves need to find a way to identify ourselves. We are of African descent, but we are no longer technically African. To me, I define myself as a Black American.

sorry for the misspelling of Barack Obama..lol im trying not to sound illiterate im trying to change and live better too

AARON MCGRUDER IS SO CUTE!

AND HE'S SPEAKIN THA TRUTH...PPL AUTOMATICALLY ASSOCIATE OBVAMA WITH BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN BASED ON THA COLOR OF HIS SKIN..WHEN ACTUALITY HE'S MORE WHITE THAN BLACK..

A HISPANIC PERSON WHO HAS DARK SKIN, IS STYLL HISPANIC

PPL SHOULD EMBRACE BOTH SIDES OF HIM..HE IS NOT THA FIRST BLACK POTUS..HE IS THA FIRST BI-RACIAL POTUS...WHY SHOULD HIS BLACK SIDE BE MORE RECOGNIZED THAN HIS WHITE SIDE?? I BELIEVE HAD OBAMA BEEN A LOT LIGHTER IN COMPLEXION, AND PROBABLY MARRIED TO A WHITE WOMAN, PPL WOULDN'T GIVE A FUK ABOUT HIM

Ms_Milan

I knew Aaron wouldnt say anything like that. Or if he did, I knew he was going to recant his statements...he aint no fool lol

dagreat1

I got something loaded you can stick in your mouth lol

Thought we was cool ol Otis. What happened???

Thanks for the disclaimer Aaron. It is so true. I respect that.

I am also watching Obama cautiously, and no hater in me...I voted for him. However, he's getting a little too confident and with all the fictive kinships and the non diversity in his cabinet. He has the swag, but he doesn't have the answers, and something is going to happen that shows his inexperience. I can feel it.

I should have voted for John McCain.

I am now sick of Obama and it's been two days. He just doesnt seem as sincere now. It's like he caught a cause of multiple personalities overnight. His tone is different. I don't like that.

The jobs he creates will go to all of the poor whites and mexicans who have been laid off. The vast majority of blue collar African Americans are going to have to get retrained and reskilled to even take advantage. Thanks God I'm getting my Ph.D., because soon we will be working like slaves again just to raise our families.

There are vast loopholes in his proposals, and they don't specifically seek to address the African American unemployment plight, especially concerning males. I'm experiencing more racism now that he's elected than when he was running.

I'm in a safe predictament, but nevertheless, we need to understand that those red states have power, and they are not all on board with that man.

I don't care a bit about his race really, cuz he's not my black brother hustling and flowing everyday trying to make some money. So in short, he doesn't share most poor blacks' cultural experiences on day to day basis. He assimilated. Which is a good and bad thing for him.

He can close guataunomo bay, but can't walk into a prison and listen to the testimonies of the black men who are injustly there. WTF? He's appealing to the vast majority of middle and poor whites who voted for him. I really feel we will not even appreciate his race, heritage or culture after all this is said and done, because so far he's selling out to their interests.

All this after we slaved to get people to vote and support him, and yet, he's showing us he never cared that we sweated in these streets to help our cause.

Take that bailout money and have planes drop that [EXPLETIVE] down in these major cities...we will boost the economy then.

Black people, we can be so naive we will roll with a dream and show up deep for an inaguration, but can't march nationally for the dude that got killed in Oakland. Where I'm from a black dude just got killed by a cop, and it's getting no attention at all. We are too complacent, and when we get a little something we are so perfectly fine.

All we ever believed in was nothing. We need to wake up, and fight for our rights and our American dream.

I know, I'm all over the place, but I am passionate about how I feel. I believe my points are pertinent. I'm just venting. This is my editorial and I'd appreciate it if I rec'd no response(s). I just needed an outlet to share my perspective.

So far, it's a hoopla.

When a year or two passes from this day...I can't wait to see what has changed. I, too, am cautiously optimistic.

Storm

Imma put ol Otis on the case!! His flashlight is itching for some action...

OK this cat has a right to say what he likes that the great thing about the US. Now that I said that WHO THE F&^% IS HE TO SAY WHO IS BLACK AND WHO AINT. My aunt traced my family roots and a black man in my family was ever a slave and does that mean that i aint black (the cop sure think i am) his show is smart but that statement was not read a few more books one drop makes you black my man. As far as what he is going to do give him a chance you already not giving him a chance. CRABS IN A BUCKET IT A SHAME

To me, Singer Akon is a real African-Amerian, both his parents are pure Africans. We blacks who are descended from slaves need to find a way to identify ourselves. We are of African descent, but we are no longer technically African. To me, I define myself as a Black American.

^^ That term was already invented, its called African American (the census still keeps track of slave descendents and thats the term they use). Africans who are immigrating SHOULD NOT BE CALLING THEMSELVES AFRICAN AMERICAN. They should be calling themselves by thier national orgin like whites have been doing for decades. (Kenyan-American, Ghanan-American, etc.)

And again, African American is a heritage, not a race. Heritage cannot be erased no matter how mixed you are.

You don't sound cautiously optimistic. Instead, you sound like you are perpetrating.

>> I should have voted for John McCain. <<

You probably did.

>> I am now sick of Obama and it's been two days. <<

Are you serious?

>> The jobs he creates will go to all of the poor whites and mexicans who have been laid off.<<

Oh yeah? And, how do you know this?

>> The vast majority of blue collar African Americans are going to have to get retrained and reskilled to even take advantage. <<

The vast majority of ALL Americans are going to have to get retrained, etc...

>> Thanks God I'm getting my Ph.D., because soon we will be working like slaves again just to raise our families. <<

And, that wouldn't be President Obama's fault. He has the task of cleaning up Bush shlt... in case you haven't noticed.

>> There are vast loopholes in his proposals, and they don't specifically seek to address the African American unemployment plight, especially concerning males

In case you didn't get the memo, President Obama is the president of the ENTIRE United States of America. NOT Black people, exclusively.

Storm

I have a field day wit these fools. Especially the stupid ones. HAVE YOU NOTICED> Its the SAME losers EVERDAY. The educated ones with REAL lives make/defend their comments and keep it moving. But it's the same jealous people everyday who dont have a personality of their own so they target/stalk the people who do. I can time em like clockwork...

@doggmatic: The post above dissecting your lengthy post is for you as well as this 1:

>> I'm experiencing more racism now that he's elected than when he was running. <<

With the entry above, I believe that you are speaking on behalf of some anti-Obama organization shlt.

>> I don't care a bit about his race really, cuz he's not my black brother hustling and flowing everyday trying to make some money. So in short, he doesn't share most poor blacks' cultural experiences on day to day basis. <<

How many of you did it take to write this propaganda? You say you're going for your PHD, right? How many "brothers" are you husting & flowing amongst?

>> He can close guataunomo bay, but can't walk into a prison and listen to the testimonies of the black men who are injustly there <<

Yeah! Every other Black prisoner is INNOCENT. Riiight!

>> All this after we slaved to get people to vote and support him, and yet, he's showing us he never cared that we sweated in these streets to help our cause. <<

First of all, where did you get the avi photo of the Black guy? This cannot be a Black guy posting this garbage on MTO tonight. You claim to be or were a supporter of Barack Obama when he was running for President & you have done an about face in an instant.

Who are you working for? The hater, Tavis Smiley??

Well goodnight everybody! Got some tv shows to catch up on...

Have a safe and pleasant evening!

I am speaking based on what I need from my president and what the people around me say they need. I know he's the president of the united states. I just fell like he's ignoring us. Nothing he has done yet shows me he's interested in our advancement. Since we are speaking of his culture and ethnicity, how come we can't speak to him looking out for our various interests and needs. Didn't Bush look out for all the rich white folks out there? Why can't Obama show us he has US on his mind. That's all I'm saying, so no need for sarcasm...again... I'm venting, not trying to make you as emotional as you seem to be about what I have to say (especially in response to little ole me)...and yes, storm zoe I will marry you...lol!

By the way my Ph.D. track is in Educational Policy and Leadership...Community Education, so unlike most...I had direct dealings with my immediate community. I don't hide behind a desk and a professor. I haven't retreated into the woods either. I'm not too good to mingle with those people who most would consider "common." I love my people and I'm down for the cause. Even though, I have to kiss butt at times, when it's all said and done...my non-profit, my research, my students, will all be served FIRST. Let's just put that out there for the record.

@doggmatic: Get real! HOW is President Obama ignoring Black folks? He was JUST inaugurated Tuesday.

Again, I don't believe you are the real deal. Whose behind that screen photo?

Emotional? Not even. Practical & not amused. Yes.

Oh, I'm black...click the link....

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wOW..SO AARON CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID THEN HUH? @ ALMA SEZ..

1,000 HITS ON HERE OVER A FARCE? SO HE IS SAYING ON HIS FACE BOOK AND MY SPACE PAGES THAT HE DID NOT SAY THIS?? LOL! EITHER AARON MCGRIDDLE IS AFRAID OF THE FLACK HE'S LIKELLY TO GET FOR WHAT HE SAID, OR HE'S A FAKE. I SAY HE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. TO EMBRACE ONLY BITS AND PIECES OF WHAT YOU SAID IS VERY COWARDLY. IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY , STAND YOUR GROUND! HE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A POINT, ALTHOUGH I DID NOT TOTALLY AGREE WITH HIM. EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO HIS OR HER OPPIONION. LMAO! I CANNOT BELIEVE HE FOLDED UNDER PRESSURE. WHAT A WEEZEL! HE HE

google me baby!

"I had direct dealings with my immediate community. I don't hide behind a desk and a professor...."

... and neither does Prez Obama. As a community organizer, he was amongst the 'hustle & flow of the brothers'.

Not one of us? Which Black people have not been conquered, enslaved, or colonized?

Ok, doggmatic. How is an educated brother like yourself gonna come on this sometimes crap site, MTO, & seriously slam Prez Obama when he hasn't even been in office a week?!

Are you another 1 riding his coattail for publicity?

And, honestly. Are you a Tavis Smiley supporter?

# DOGGMATIC..

I WOULD NEVER GO SO FAR AS TO VOTE FOR PALIN !?LOL

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAP A PATH IN LIFE FOR SUCESS ON YOUR OWN. BUSH, MCCAIN, PALIN, CLINTON AND OBAMA ARE BASICALLY ONLY IN OFFICE TO LEGISLATE AND GOVERN THE MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? HE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ENSURE THAT YOU GET OR QUALIFY FOR A JOB. NOR IS IT HIS FAULT THAT JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST. CREATING NEW ONES IS A GREAT THINGS , NO MATTER WHO BENEFITS. BLACK MEN SHOULD NOT MAKE EXCUSES, BUT FIND SOLUTIONS.

NOTHING HE HAD DONE, DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOUR ABILITY TO SUCCEED...HOWEVER....

BUSH IN HIS ERA OF AN 8 YEAR REIGN HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOU.

HE TAPPED INTO YOUR 401K. IF YOU HAVE A RETIREMENT FUND, YOU HAVE LIKELY EXPERIENCED A LOSS. I PUT LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESIDENT AS IT RELATES TO MY PERSONAL LIFE, BUT THIS OUTGOING ADMINISTRATION HIT MY 401K PRETTY HARD, AND THAT'S REAL.

well where is that representation? has he forgetten that experience? Or does he look back on it and fleet? if that's his start, if that's his history...why not appoint a darker brother who is qualified as the secretary of education or the secretary of homeland security? hmmmm....thats on his resume, and its what he used to draw our vote, but did that ever really matter? you tell me....

spell check.. creating new ones is a great thing...

@ apr.. ... and neither does Prez Obama. As a community organizer, he was amongst the 'hustle & flow of the brothers'.

GREAT POINT. HE SURE DID BEGIN AS A COMMUNITY. ORGANIZER FOR LITTLE OR NO PAY AT THAT.

ok... he is 100% intitlled to his (ridicilously stupid) opinion, as so stated in the 1st amendment, BUT so am i. dude just lost about 50 cool points from me. cmon now, how dare he diminish the possibilities behind obama's leadership? and how dare he try to measure his blackness? what the fkcu? i think that is the most remotley stupid thing a person can do; measuring blackness. ok, so, if i understand correctly, he is blacker than obama? now if i were to take a shallow swing at this, i'd go ahead and say that his skin is just as light as our presidents, so that in itself should speak volumes to him. and, so what he didn't come from slavery. if aaron would take time and read a damn book or research our great and rich black history he'd find out there were many blacks not born into slavery. example: FREDERICK DOUGLAS WAS BORN A FREE MAN!!! so in conclusion, dude STFU!!! i mean, the boondocks is hilarious, BUT he IS perpetuating a couple of white steryotyes in that cartoon himself....glass house=dont throw stones!!

look, i support obama...just cautiously optimistic. I'll wait and see. I'm not trying to hate on him. Just calling it how I see it. I voted for him, even drove a few people to the polls. i feel funy having this discussion here, so thanks for the replies. I really like that we can talk and express how we feel. So, I leave this place to go to another one that focuses on blogging about this stuff. I don't want to rub people the wrong way. I'm happy to see him where he is. However, I encourage all of you to watch foxnews sometimes and see past your pride. There's truth in everything, and nothing is 100%. Hell, I was even blindsighted over the past few months. I am very happy he made it through, but sad that I don't still see my bros and sis represented a little better, particularly when it comes to his cabinet choices.

OK. President obama was a community organizer for the chicago community for the longest after he graduated law school. Lots of people said that he could have become a chief justice because he was that good at what he did! INSTEAD; barack came back to help and speak for his community the black community! For those of you saying the president doesn't or did not speak for the black community you need to learn more about what president obama did before he came into the senate! Barack is the son of a pure blooded african man from kenya. Stop me if i'm wrong but didn't the slave traders mostly get their " live stocks" from the mother land? How is he going to say the president is not the decendant of slaves or he can't prove it, Just because he's a little lighter and he does not know if his fathers family is the decendant of slaves! It does not mean he is not black. Aaron is not dark, he has some white blood in him, thats where light skinned folks came from, black women getting raped back in the day by slave owners and slave traders! Aaron needs to go take a chill pill and sit down some where.

why not appoint a darker brother who is qualified as the secretary of education or the secretary of homeland security --- DOGGMATIC.,,BROTHERS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A HOOK UP! LOL SET GOALS, EDUCATED YOUR SELF, ACHIEVE HIGH HONORS, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THINGS THAT HE HAS, WITHOUT A HAND OUT OR A FAVOR.

WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS, MAKE SOME LEMONADE. -:) SERIOUSLY, STOP REINGIN ON THAT MAN'S PARADE, HE JUST MOVED IN, AND HAS BARELY SHARPENED HIS PENCILS. IF HE SLIP UP, BLACK FOLKS WILL GET'EM . TRUST ME.

disclaimer: i have made my own path. I do not support any specific agenda. i'm my own man, with my own mind, and thought processes. I hate tavis smiley. well, not hate, but i don't base my opinions of what he has to say. moreover, i never watch him. these assumptions are ridiculous. tavis smiley? come on now....

also, i wish that those of you who are quoting the bible would stop twisting it to define your mentality....the bible is meant to be read for one's OWN understanding, and while you are entitiled to your opinions, please dont destroy religion any further by mixing it with your bullshyt theories....any real relegious or otherwise intellegent person couldn't be placing their faith 100% in a man. we as a people, americans are just excited on how far we have come in history, so fcking deal with the fact that we have a black president!!!! you have no choice other than to; he is in office for the next 4 years....it puzzles me though, no one had this much biblical knowledge when G.W. Bush was in office....now that there is a black man in office everyone has resorted to quoting scriptures? oh, now yall saved? well, if you so called religious folk would read and interpret correctly, obam isnt the antichrist....read revelations CAREFULLY and decifer....he is comming from russia, or london, or somewhere in that region. stop labeling the black man as the most negative thing you can find, damn, history has battered and bruised us enough!!!--i call this modern day negrosity!!!

Okay 1st off I voted for Obama becuz I feel anyone could have done better than McCain. But people (Black in general) are acting like this man can solve every problem in the world. He is just a man and even if he could someone would get rid of him before he could. It's not a good thing to follow someone so blindly. I'm happy for this historical moment but I'm a little tired of EVERYTHING ALWAYS being a RACE thing. And McGruder at least said he hopes Obama proves him wrong. I don't agree with him trying to say who's Black or not but I'm not about to trying and say the foulest things I can think of about the man just because he chooses to have his own mind and own opinion...all I can do is respect it and keep it movin'. You ain't changin that mans mind with all ur cussin fussin. You're just providing him with more material for his show (ni99a moments)

EDUCATE ...

@doggmatic: Ohhhh, now you have answered 1 of my questions!

You're a FAUX news viewer. OMG, Tell me that you don't watch the racist Hannity EVERY day!

As far as Prez Obama's cabinet choices, I believed that there WOULD be some unhappy folks. Black folks. Hispanic/Latino folks. White women. You can't please everybody.

But, tell me. You haven't answered. Are you a Tavis Smiley supporter?

so I'm just guessing here but it seems like the character he identifies with is Uncle Ruckus

i never needed a hookup...sis...i know I am capable...i'm on track...i'm good...trust me....i have bigger interests than mines to be concerned with...that's all...let's talk...no bull...seriously...sdposey@tmail.com

@doggmatic: I see you answered the Tavis Smiley question already.

"SERIOUSLY, STOP REINGIN ON THAT MAN'S PARADE, HE JUST MOVED IN, AND HAS BARELY SHARPENED HIS PENCILS. IF HE SLIP UP, BLACK FOLKS WILL GET'EM . TRUST ME."

@fire4u: Stated very well!

I'm 100% liberal. I watch foxnews, cnn, msnbc, hannity, bill, olbermann (watching now, greta, rush...i stay informed on all sides...you'd be a fool not to this day in age. i'm bipartisan spirited but a progressive liberal in my view of the world and this country.

look, i support obama...just cautiously optimistic. I'll wait and see. ----- DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU ARE TO ME. SEEMS LIKE THAT WHOLE SPILL JUDGED HIM IN 2 DAYS. WAIT AND SEE IS AT LEAST 6 MONTHS...GEEZ. AS A NEW HIRE YOU GET AT LEAST A 90 DAY PROBATION. WHITES AND HISPANICS VOTED HIM IN ALSO. HE HAS A DIVERSE QUALIFIED CABINET. GEEZ..

@ liquid_isis : exactly. it kills me to hear black people measuring blackness. that is just as equally stupid as the whole light skinned/dark skinned division going on in our culture

@ doggmatic : as i said, everyone is entitled to their opinion. now, i agree that some of tavis smiley's theories are a little convoluted, BUt i do believe the man is intellegent and i do watch his show and listen to him speak. but in the same breath, at the end of the day i am responsible for my own thoughts, behaviors, ect, so listening to one speak doesn't mean that i will place trust in him 100%. the reason i am a full obama supporter is because when he came to st. louis, he made sure that he spoke directly to induviduals like me; working and/or going to school trying to make life alot easier than what it is, and plainly stated that he was not trying to help those who arent trying to do anything . his skin has about 50% to do with why he got my vote; i damned sure wouldn't have voted for al sharpton or jessie jackson; they say nothing to my generation. they say nothing that would inspire me. they seem to be fake. nothing about them says vote for me....now, if Martin Luther King was alive and young enough to be president, then he, just as obama did, would have gotten my vote hands down....

He picked his cabinet months ago sweetie....he's been elect for months now...and took on the task of involving himself way before these last few days. His choices over the last few months, have justifibly made me cautious. WTF? I know he's only been official two days. We have been overwhelmed by him for so much longer though. I would judge him by the last two days if he hadn't infused himself so much the last few months....but I'll give him six months....i have no choice....lol

FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE NOT OBAMA NUTS..! AT LEAST I'M NOT. I DEFEND OTHER BLACK MEN, PEOPLE..ETC WITH THE SAME VIGOROUS APPROACH THAT I GIVE OBAMA. I HAVE STATED THAT I THINK SOME OF THE BLOGGER PRAISE HIM TOO MUCH, HOWEVER I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT FOR MANY THERE IS A SINCE OF PRIDE AND ADMIRATION IN SEEING BLACKS IN THE WHITEHOUSE! I DON'T WANT A HAND OUT OR ANYTHING SPECIAL FROM HIM. THE INSPIRATION AND THE SENSE OF FAIRNESS THAT I SEE IN MY DAUGHTER'S EYES WHEN SHE TALKS AND LEARNS ABOUT HIM, MAKES ME FORGET ALL ELSE.TRY TO FOCUS ON THE IMPACT, AND BE INSPIRED, RATHER THAN SAY, "WHATCHA GON' DO FOR ME, OBAMA"?" HOW MANY BLACK FOLKS GON' BE ON THE CABINET? THE CABINET IS NOT THE ISSUE. VOTE SOME BLACK SENATORS INTO THAT ALL W HITE SENATE, THEY ARE THE REAL BOSSES!

Every media source you listed, I watch & listen & sometimes gag as a result of (see: racist Rush & hood-wearing Hannity.

My objective is to stay well-rounded & that includes keeping up with the extremists.

@doggman: You DO realize Greta, Rush & Hannity spew propaganda, consistently. And that their followers are sheep-like.

BTW, Faux news is NOT fair & balanced. But, you know that because you have a well-rounded perspective. Riiight?

He picked his cabinet months ago sweetie....he's been elect for months now...and took on the task of involving himself way before these last few days. His choices over the last few months, have justifibly made me cautious. ---- DID YOU SUPPORT CLINTON AND HIS ADMINISTATION? HIS CABINET IS A REPEAT OF CLINTON'S CABINET FOR THE MOST PART., RESEARCH THEM. BLACKS WERE VERY SATISFIED WITH THE CLINTON YEARS..SO AGAIN,KEEP AN OPEN MIND, AND A CLOSED HAND. HE IS NOT "GIVING" AWAY ANYTHING.HE'S NOPT JESUS. YOU STILL HAVE TO DO YOUR 9-5., GO TO SCHOOL, PAY YOUR BILLS , TAXES...ETC..

Dang [EXPLETIVE] Devil, how come I have to be (silly)?

Truth is, I really don't think Aaron cares what people say about him. I'm pretty sure a man in his position has a P.R. team, and judging from his myspace comment, his phone, blackberry or whatever must have been blowing up with people calling him about this mess.

So, of course he more than likely was pressured to issue a statement by his people not because he cares about someone taking his words out of context.

It's no different than apologizing to someone, not because your sorry, but because your tired of arguing or you just want to make or keep the peace or maybe you just want to get the person to shut up.

That's all. I'm out, good night MTO.

stormzoe...you r right. I'm not even trying to debate. i have stated time and time again that I voted for him and I support him CAUTIOUSLY (lol), but people are so compassionate about how they feel, that they don't read everything. figures! they are in love with the hope and dream of change and scarred put in place accountability measures to make sure promises are keep. Its almost virus like. Like a drug. Give it to the people, they take it, and suddenly they are addicted. Not me. I'll stand alone. I have no problem. I feel like that white women ann coultier right now...and you know how much slack she gets...lol

APR SAID- BTW, Faux news is NOT fair & balanced. But, you know that because you have a well-rounded perspective. Riiight? ____________ PREACH!! IF YOU DO THE RESEARCH ON THEM(FOX) , THEY ADMITEDLY HIRED CONSERVATIVE BASED CONSULTANTS AND JOURNALIST FOR RATINGS AND TO PUT AN OBJECTIVE "SPIN" ON POLITICS AND RACE. PROBLEM IS, IT SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL. LOL THEY KNOW IT.

Look. I have been intrigued by politics like, forever. The wool is not pulled over my eyes without resistance. I am not a sheep & look into any the background of any candidate I vote for. I have split my ticket before & have voted for the OTHER candidate when my party pushed for THEIR candidate.

I can & will admit if/when the current administration is faltering. That would be after allowing at least, 6 months. I feel that a 6 month review is a reasonable period of time to evaluate just about any job performance.

What I am thinking doggman, is that you & others perhaps, have a problem with the complexion of the Blacks within Prez Obama's cabinet & other appointed department heads.

You feel that they are too light or light brown, maybe? I noticed you suggested the inclusion of dark skinned cabinet members.

@ fire4u - THANK YOU!!!!!!! you summed it up all in one approach

@ doggmatic- why are you so against the progression of our people? wow, you made some interesting points, but at the same time they are LACED in self hatred. nobody is saying that obama is our savior, BUT according to history the black race was NEVER supposed to progress and with obama being elected, it has certainly proven history wrong. stop with the crabs in a barrel approach. if he were white or any other race, im willing to bet you wouldnt even be commenting on this thread...

fire...where in my posts do you see me asking for a handout? I know OBAMA will never address our forty acres and a mule. I not asking for a handout on his behalf. Okay.

I'm concerned with the many black, hispanic, laotion, and hmong men in my community who are idle and I'[m concerned with making sure they get jobs based on their QUALIFICATIONS and SKILL SET. So many men I know at my HBCU have taken a path toward assimilation and done what tey are "supposed" to be doing, and they still can't get a job with ther bachelor's degree. Yet, when the position is filled it goes to a white man who isn't even as educated. Or because there name is Quan they are overlooked. Our cuz they lived at 1245 compton, southside, newark, philadelphia blvd they get weeded out. He hasnt spoked to civil rights much at all. This matters in the overall picture of our very bad economy issue. We gotta clean up the biases before we just say we are going to create these jobs.

As a woman, you can't even begin to understand our experience. we are shunned out of so many opportunities. There's gotta be a bigger push for equality...period. he needs to address this [EXPLETIVE] right away, before the streets get real crazy....period.

@ doggmatic: AND...... im willing to also bet that you were one of those blacks that were ate up completely with the clinton administration,werent you? well, i'd like you to take time and read and see how much the clinton's actually gave a damn about blacks when clinton did NOTHING to help out the people of rawanda when they were going through that turmoil.

they are in love with the hope and dream of change and scarred put in place accountability measures to make sure promises are keep. Its almost virus like. Like a drug. Give it to the people, they take it, and suddenly they are addicted. ------ WHO IS THEY? PEOPLE (BOTH BLACKS AND WHITES AND LATINOS) SUPPORT OBAMA FOR THEIR OWN VARIOUS REASONS. HE HAS AN 80 % APPROVAL RATING , THE HIGHEST IN 12 YEARS I BELIEVE. SO WITH THAT SAID, HE HAS TAPPED INTO SOME CONSERVATIVE AND REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. LOL! SO,WE ARE NOT RELYING ON PROMISES, OR FEEDING OFF HIS EVERY WORD, AS MUCH AS YOU SEEM TO BE! GET OFF THE STEPS OF THE WHITEHOUSE, WILL YOU? LMAO! A BLACK MAN ON A BLACK BLOG..TALKING ABOUT PROMISES AND YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF BREAKING PROMISES TO OUR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND JOBS MARKET. LOOK AT THE STATISTICS. AT LEAST THIS MAN'S LIFE AS A LOYAL FATHER AND HUSBAND GIVES VALIDITY TO ANY PROMISES HE MIGHT MAKE AND CAN'T KEEP. IF HE SOLD US A DREAM, HE HAD THE QUALIFICATIONS TO DO IT. SO I WON'T HAVE REGRETS. WHITE MAN SELLING AND STEALING YOUR DREAMS FOR DECADES.. AND YOU BLOG ON OBAMA!? SMDH.

@doggmatic You are aware that Obama has nominated a Black man for Attorney General? If confirmed he'd be the 1st African American to hold the job. This brutha would be the top law enforcement officer in the country.

Thats his opinion but personally I see President Obama as a black man. His daddy is a straight up black:

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You never know, Aaron McGruder may be a tool of the Illuminati LOL

@ doggmatic: (As a woman, you can't even begin to understand our experience. we are shunned out of so many opportunities. There's gotta be a bigger push for equality...period. he needs to address this [EXPLETIVE] right away, before the streets get real crazy....period.)

why is this the first argument out of a black man's mouth? as if we as black females can't understand the plight? are we not discriminated against also? are we not racially profilled? are we NOT passed over on a day to day basis?- this, in my opinion is the BIGGEST COP-OUT!!! im not saying that it doesnt happen, but how dare(some) black men place black women as being so unimportant!!!!!!!!!

@doggmatic: Do you honestly expect the prez to tackle ALL of these complex problems in 2 days? A week? A month?

Com'on? You're an educated man!

Also. Why do you continue to allude to some type of revolt? When you said, >>There's gotta be a bigger push for equality...period. he needs to address this [EXPLETIVE] right away, before the streets get real crazy....period.<<

Are you promoting violence?

Maybe you have been in the midst of TOO much hustle & flow in the streets & are beginning to feel defeated... in spite of your education.

WTF? I know foxnews is not fair and balanced. hence me saying... I WATCH IT ALL to come to my own conclusions. They are not neccessarily lying about all the stuff they discuss either, but that's neither here nor there. I can watch what I want. I make my news fair and balanced. Actually I adore keith olbermann more than anything.

As far as skin color, like I said earlier I could care less. My issue is with his compentence and acknowledgement of our people light, dark, raisin, almond, or whatever. I have a huge cock, so i could care less about his skin color or the color of the attorney general he picked who is the only one i can recall so far who is black in his cabinet. So, why put words in my mouth?

I didnt vote becuz I aint like none of the choices!!!

They ALL sucked. I wanted John Edwards!!!!

fire...where in my posts do you see me asking for a handout? I know OBAMA will never address our forty acres and a mule. I not asking for a handout on his behalf. Okay ----- OKAY, HANDOUT MAY BE A BAD WORD TO USE. I DON'T LIKE TO SOUND CONDESCENDING WITH BLACK MEN, SO HANDOUT WAS A POOR CHOICE OF WORD, I APOLOGIZE.I'LL JUST SAY THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR "FAVORS"..PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT"..

HOWEVER...(LOL) YOU DID SAY..AND I QUOTE... I need from my president,.... I just fell like he's ignoring us. Nothing he has done yet shows me he's interested in our advancement. --- THIS COMES OFF WANTED SPECIAL TREATMENT. HE CAN'T DO THAT. NO FAIR. LOL

SPELL CHECK... (typing too fast, darn) SIGH..

COMES OFF WANTING..

@doggmatic: Sorry to go at you like this, but you started it!

"Forty acres & a mule????"

Give me a break, lol! Ain't gonna happen & you know that!

Were you THIS PISSED with the Bush administration or were you obediently quiet?

Now, my thinking is, either you are 1 ANGRY Black man OR you successfully stimulated this thread with a challenging & interested slant prompting intelligent dialog.

Not bad.

@doggmatic Obviously you do care, you did bring up him not having people more people with a dark complexion in his cabinet

@APR I agree, if its the second choice