Secondary Source 2

My second secondary source is an article by DeWayne Wickham responding to the controversial Martin Luther King Jr. episode of The Boondocks in which the civil rights leader return to speak to black people and in his disgust, uses the N-word. The article argues that McGruder crosses the line and that Martin Luther King Jr. would never have used the N-word in a speech addressing black people. Wickham compares the use of the N-word to other pejorative words such as “kike” and “wetback” in order to make a point that the word should not be used, especially by icons such as Martin Luther King Jr. In addition, Wickham states that this is a “dangerous gambit” for a mixed race audience who may miss the greater point of the episode and rather get hung up on the N-word.

DeWayne Wickham, “'Boondocks' steps over line in its treatment of King,” USA TODAY, January 31, 2006, Pg. 11A