Straight Outta the Boondocks
Before my current writing life, there was The Hilltop , Howard University’s and the Nation’s Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper, where many of the questions and themes I still explore first found their voice. What follows are my early published works, preserved in their original form. From The Hilltop Archives Originally published in The Hilltop , Howard University — February 9th, 2005 __________________________________________________________________________________ Straight Outta the Boondocks I'm not shocked, not taken aback nor am I even surprised that black folks question and criticize Aaron McGruder's The Boodocks. It's expected. I've been a loyal reader of the strip since it first hit the national scene as a member of the Universal Press Syndicate fam in '99. I've got all the books - well not the newest one Public Enemy #2 (I know, I am slakin') see what had happened was…never mind. And I've been following the soap opera that was McGruder'...