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Register-Guard suspends 'Boondocks' - for now.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-DEC-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Register-Guard suspends 'Boondocks' - for now.(General News)(Readers' perceptions of a black Santa story line as racist prompt the move)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard

Regular readers of "The Boondocks" may be wondering what happened to Huey, Riley, Caesar, Jazmine and other characters from the "hip-hop" comic strip.

The Register-Guard temporarily suspended the controversial strip on Dec. 24, after receiving several calls from readers who were upset with an ongoing story line involving a "self-hating" black Santa Claus character named "Unkle Ruckus." In one strip, the character referred to two black children as "chimpanzees."

"Some readers had the perception that the strips were racist," Managing Editor Dave Baker said in a prepared statement. "Some of those calls came from African-Americans. Regardless of the intention of the comic's creator, who is African-American, to hear that some perceived that we're running racist cartoons was obviously alarming."

Baker said that since the strip stopped running, The Register-Guard has received numerous calls from readers demanding that the satirical comic be brought back.

He said the paper was considering renewing the strip.

"My preference is to...

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