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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9781400083169
ISBN number: 1400083168
Label: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 144
Printing Date: February 22, 2005
Publishing house: Three Rivers Press
Release Date: February 22, 2005
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Studio: Three Rivers Press
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To be completely honest, I don't like "The Boondocks". The only time I enjoy reading the comic strip is when the grandfather gets into some sort of argument with the kids. However, I do believe the Aaron McGruder writes some great satire. Some of his it's just too heavy-handed for my tastes. Despite this, I really enjoyed BIRTH OF A NATION. The book is graphic novel that follows some of the citizens of the East St. Louis during the 2000 Presidential Election and their ultimate decision to cede from the United States and form their own country, the Republic of Blackland. The choice isn't easy and seems to cause more problems for the citizens of the community than they had before. The soon have to decide whether they will fight to be free and make their own decisions are give in to political pressure.
The book is hilarious, but it's also full of biting satire. McGruder & Hudlin comment and critique on President George W. Bush's administration, American grey culture, social schema that whites have of blacks, and the stereotypes that blacks sometimes purposely proliferate themselves. Our entire society and culture is under the satirical microscope leading one to realize just how difficult it is for things to successfully lead to the BIRTH OF A NATION.
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I'm not sure how much Aaron McGruder was really involved in this book but the adult humour was a diappointing departure from the wit of The Boondocks comics. McGruder may be at his best when he is confined by what is acceptable to print in daily newspapers. The characters and drawings were not that appealing either. I have the other 3 books by McGruder and they are funny indeed.
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As always, great fun from Aaron McGruder, one of my current favorites. I love the Boondocks, so I thought I'd try some of his other stuff. His political commentary is spot-on.
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I purchased this book with high hopes. I'm a fan of the Boondocks comic strip (I actually called the New York Daily News to complain when they pulled the strip after 9/11!) and I regularly watch the animated TV series on Adult Swim.
And, I must say, McGruder does challenge American racism and electoral fraud head on...as I expected.
But, when it comes to the sistas, McGruder falls short...
His mysogynist tendencies, hinted at in the TV version of the Boondocks (most notably in the episode unfortunately entitled ``Guess ho`s coming to dinner``), are full blown here.
With the exception of little kids, old ladies and Condoleeza Rice, all of the Black female characters in Birth of a Nation are presented as loose women of low morals.
Several of the characters (in particular, the lightskinned ones) are drawn with absurdly huge breasts of Pamela Andersonesque proportions.
But, top-heavy or not, pretty much all of the sistas in this book throw themselves at the men, pretty indiscriminately.
In fact, the only moral adult Black woman in the book is the Condolezza Rice stand in!!! Other than her, the only Black women who don't act like hookers are little girls and grandmas.
McGruder`s Black MALE characters have a broad range - honest politicians, sleazy businessmen, viciously cunning gangsters, brave fighter pilots, hard working blue collar guys, young hustlers and comic jokers.
But his Black FEMALE characters are all sleazy loose women, who will do it with anybody...
Is that what Brother Aaron thinks of our sistas???
That alone is reason enough to NOT buy Birth of A Nation
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My family was borne and raised in East St. Louis. Hudlin's forward to the book is as real as it gets with no subtleties and sarcasim.
This is a hilarious and frightfully insightful view of the present day persecutions of the third-world cities in the US. Even though the book is focused on African-Americans, you can apply the philosophy to other races in the U.S.
When I read this book, I was reminded of a quote I heard from Chris Rock: "When you're with, the sky is the limit. When you're black, the limit is the sky."
If you've ever spent a good amount of time in a place like East St. Louis, you realize how true it really is.
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