Uncle Speed

Aaron McGruder, creator of the Boondocks cartoon, says Black Fatigue is real because America is tired of seeing them “acting like a damn fool” “I really want you guys to understand that time is running out” “Part of why the civil rights movement has been so successful and part of why those who have come after in terms of our leadership have been able to maintain a presence is that Black people have always had a certain amount of moral currency that we have been using. And let me be I'll be the first to tell you, that's used up. White America has been watching us act like fools for a long enough time where any sympathy they may have had to our plight is completely gone. You're approaching a country that, forget hating black people or not hating black people, they just don't care.— You can't be the proud noble fighter when every single time someone sees a person that looks like you on television, they're acting like a damn fool” This whole speech is very self aware and eye opening The biggest thing to me is “Black people have always had a certain amount of moral currency that we have been using” And historically, that’s very true. Somewhere along the line those strong figures who wore suits and spoke passionately now get into fights at chipotle and jump on police cars for social media videos….