Plus, pictures with conversations

And what good is a piece at The Nation without pictures with conversations?

From Michael Moore's introduction to the new(ish) Boondocks collection, Aaron McGruder's Right to Be Hostile:

But to be honest, the newspapers don't just show bad black. They have "good" black people they cover too! Like Clarence Thomas. And Condoleezza Rice. See, they care.

Oops. There I go playing the race card. You see, in America these days, we aren't supposed to talk about race. We have been told to pretend that things have gotten better, that the old days of segregation and cross-burnings are long gone, and that no one needs to talk about race again because, hey, we fixed that problem.

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, the "whites only" signs are down, but they have just been replaced by invisible ones that, if you are black, you see hanging in front of the home-loan department of the local bank, across the entrance of the ritzy suburban mall or on the doors of the US Senate. (Ninety-seven percent Caucasian and going strong!)

Link found at Mark Evanier's news from me a few days back. This interview with McGruder was posted at ¡Journalista! even longer ago, but I was saving them for a light posting day. Like today.

Even more McGruder Madness there over the last few days (like this bit from The Corner on National Review Online). Collect 'em all!