The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for December 09, 1999
December 08, 1999
December 10, 1999
Transcript:
Huey: My St. Nick Jenkins story is much better than that old "Night Before Christmas" nonsense. Thomas: A jolly black man unjustly imprisoned for eternity?! That's totally inappropriate! Huey: Well, every year at Christmas my family remembers a certain famous revolutionary who was unjustly jailed and lost his life. Thomas: Who? Martin Luther King, Jr.? Huey: No, not King... Thomas: Well, who? Steven Biko? Nat Turner? There's a lot of 'em, you know, but what does that have to do with Christmas!!? Huey: (sigh) C'mon, think really hard...
Saint Paul? No? Huh. This one’s tough. Jesus would be the obvious guess if Huey had said “unjustly convicted.” But he said “jailed,” so Jesus is out. Thomas Cranmer?