The Boondocks | Innocence is Bliss
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Jazmine DuBois is returning in The Boondocks' reboot, and it led me to reflect on Jazmine's continued relevance in the show, despite not being as prominent or outspoken. This video is an exploration into her role in the series, in conjunction with how it intersects with Huey's and the general themes of the early show and strip.
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I'm aware that it's W.E.B DuBois. I tend to say WEB primarily because it's easier and flows more naturally. I'm familiar with his work, don't worry I know what the name stands for.
Had to pause for a sec. Aight then
jasmine is a great character..cindy less so but both are necessary I feel...wish they had more to do in the show but what can you do...
Btw what was the song in Persona that was playing in your live stream one time
If Huey is Paranoid and Jasmine is confused, what does that make Caesar?
Can you help me finish controversial book? I'll compensate for your time.
Jasmine is an example of: Be a Kid as long as you can...
Preach!
“Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”
- Walt Disney
PREACH
did you believe in the tooth fairy when you were 10?
@@steexy_7vn yep
Jasmine is basically the meme: "He a little confused, but he's got spirit."
Galaxia9 ... or “beautiful cinnamon roll too good for this world, too pure.”
@@DaDualityofMan exactly, lol.
I agree
Your One Black Friend Who Gave you the N Word Pass what is this username😭
@@caribbeancoolie6462 be black ig
"Just cause you're paranoid doesnt mean we arent out to get you"
Whew this show still dropping gems
That is true. Because once you hit paranoid. Those in higher power win. Because they don't give a fuck about you when your crazy due their secrets that were kept in the dark. Sometimes you have keep calm and focus when coming cross conspiracies, fake news and horrible acts of violence in the past or present. Or it ultimately be your downfall😔.
yep, just like Kurt Cobain said, decades before the comic came out.
Yeah, Nirvana was a great band....
Wait, what're we talking about?
NotUsingMyName The boondocks comic is from the 90s.
@DrMonkeyBoyJr He died 5 years before the comic was released. He said it first
Honestly Jaz is a great character because she's happy and that's more than most people can say for themselves
I loved how she cheered for huey in the christmas special and how ruckus made her feel better after riley shat on her dreams about santa ...one of the few times ruckus touched my heart...jas really did very little in season 2 I noticed..should of used her more honestly..
I hate dumbasses that live in bliss because they’re dumbass. Wish natural selection would be back so smart people would actually be rewarded for being smart instead of punished by being around the dumb, ignorant and bliss.
Asmosis Jones Jazmine hardly appeared after season 1 for whatever reason which was kinda disappointing for me as she was my favorite character next to Huey.
Jack park yea that comment was pretty edgy lol
@@fast6232 lmao shes 10 calm down😂
In my view, She's the foil to Huey, she's not his antithesis but his counterbalance.
She is the necessary light to his dark view of the world, he has points, she has counterarguments. This is especially apparent in season1
Correct. She’s his tipping off point. Her relationship with Huey is even stronger and more broad in the Comic Strip. In it, SHE really does relate to him and understand him. She’s not immature or Oblivious, but she is NAÏVE because she represents the Rosy colored Nihilism of what has been painted in American Society on how it falsely dubiously presents itself as. Note how she fell for the MPAA Anti Piracy Propaganda. She brought right into it. She believes in Santa because hell, Many Parents especially White LOVE to lie to their kids and sell them the Santa Claus myth. There was Never a rhyme or reason why Parents sell them the myth, it’s just something that’s been in practice since the Old West 1880s. Jazmine believes in Santa because that’s what Tom and Sarah told her, Society taught us as kids that we should always trust our Parents and believe everything they tell us despite Santa and The Tooth Fairy being absolute lies. I grew up in the 80s, now I was lucky Not to be taught and sold the Santa clause myth.
Jazmine actually DOES like Huey, a lot.
I agree, especially in the episode with Cairo. She has honestly been a good friend to Huey, more than he deserves.
“necessary *light* to his *dark”* _sigh_
@@wildfire9280 I know buddy I know. I'm tired of it to.
@@wildfire9280 she's the dawn then
"Conviction doesn't make you any less naive." A key note in the grand tragedy that is the Boondocks.
yep huey is very convicted yet hes very naïve about reality cause hes 10..and a troublemaking hypocrite himself
“Every big man ain’t strong.... Every closed eye ain’t sleep.” - Monster Kody
@@razkable How is Huey a troublemaker? He usually stays away from others.
@@GangstaStan010 Huey is a trouble maker because even at that age when "most" children are naive and trusting.Huey refuses to go along with the status quo.He constantly bucks the system in his own way.Even though most kids at his age would be like either A. " You are crazy.It is not true " or B. " Even if it is true we are kids.What can we do about it ? " An adult with such views would quickly become a pariah and a social outcast if they acted on them in anyway that might seem "too" militant.But a child on the other hand will usually slip under the radar.Because all the adults around them will think it is just a phase that will pass when they get older.
Steven Green Wait so how is he a trouble maker again?
Linus:“You’re the only person I know who could take a wonderful season like this and turn it into a problem.”
Charlie Brown:”WHAT DID YOU SAY,
*N I G G A?!”*
Oh god I need a meme video of this so badly this killed me XD
What’s really good?
THE Black Chicken Fuck your court, NIGGUA! Fuck. YO. *COURT!*
When Charlie Brown gets an N word-pass
All you was talkin all that b******* a second ago then you got kicked in your chest
Something I really liked about Jasmine's character was that even though she grew up in a sheltered life with the whole white picket fence household, she could see that there was something to Huey and his perspectives. She could've simply ignored everything about him, but she would hang around him and learn from both his and her experiences.
She faces hard truths constantly that people could handle but would turn a blind eye to if possible (when her lemonade business was taken over by Ed Wuncler or constantly living through her parents' marital troubles) and she accepts that these happen. She is caught in the crossfires of a few adventures and never turns her back on the Freeman family. She doesn't throw a tantrum or deny everything she experiences but takes what positives she can and grows.
She was being nurtured into a person who follows the status quo of the world, but was open to others' interpretations of everything. She had a sense of curiosity that in my perspective suggests that with the right information, experience and relationships, anyone can see past the common mindset and as such, decide which way they want to move towards in life.
In my opinion, Jasmine is society if people were open to learning about others, hardships people in the world face constantly and how the world treats you as a product; pushed straight through a machine... A carbon copy of everyone else, designed to fit the mold. Jasmine is our innocence slipping away in the world and the conflict of whether we have the backbone to look change in the face and accept it and grow or try and hold on to our smaller world view and take things as they come, making excuses constantly for our situation.
Damn thats deep thats a good perspective on jasmines character
Beautiful
i mean she didn’t believe in hueys secret agent , instead she continued to please the tooth fairy and she usually doesn’t believe in his teachings
@@cedcantswim3331 That's true. She was always on the knife edge when it came to what to believe in. What was missing from her as a person (if Jasmine was real) was the ability to be critical. Which again reflects on people as a whole on whether we believe what's put in front of us or if we question the status quo of what we're told.
Beautifully put, knowledge can be so corrupting when we let it consume us and it is difficult to find a balance. It is imperative for our own sanity to be aware, be well read, but to be level headed. This is something I constantly struggle with myself. I ended up buying a farm and raising animals so I can have plenty of days where I can mentally reset by cuddling tiny piglets or chicks, just so I can eclipse the world. Live in empathy, always learn, but find your own path is harder than it seems sometimes, and I think that is one reason people choose ignorance and apathy. Caring about others can damage your opinion of everything you once held dear, including your self image. I find the world is evolving amongst the people, there is more empathy in certain situations and people protecting others is becoming more common. I pray it continues and the divide gains more bridges than fires.
To be honest Jazmine represents that naive, idealistic, optimistic and loving kid that most kids are who seem oblivious to the grisly realities of life and who seems to have this sunny view of everything. To be around someone like Huey who is cynical and misanthropic it's a perfect foil for him.
huey is the best
@@africanlogic757 Huey?
I always liked how Huey and Jasmine contrasted with each other, yin and yang, Jasmine reminded Huey he was still a kid and to enjoy himself while Huey taught Jasmine what the world was really like, I also I like how Jasmine was biracial because it was something I never seen before.
Yeah I think that was pretty cool. As far as representation I think it did really well. It was a huge help to me for her to serve as a mirror into my own childhood. Like for real, the parallels are surprising, and the comics do an even better job. I think it helped me be at peace with myself.
Hands down Jasmine is one of my favorite characters. She's innocent, she doesn't pick up on the racist shit people say (whether she's ignoring it or just doesn't know what it means is a whole other conversation) but in a show that shows a world of apathy she is very empathetic, almost always. It's impressive. Huey's cynicism and jaded world view contrasts very well with her .
Huey needs Jazmine just as much, if not even more, than Jazmine needs Huey.
they balance each other out....which is why they would make for a nice couple later in life..they kinda need each other...maybe not married but they should give it a try they might survive it without a divorce
Johnell Diaz
No they don’t.They will grow up & start liking someone else...
In other words Jazmine helps Huey to be more normal and be less serious child. While keeping his mindset on reality-based subject on how black, brown, red and yellow people. That are treated in unjustly in the past and present.
Plus Jazmine is basically helping Huey keep his insanity and humanity in intact. Because Huey be seeing some crazy shit in past. Whether it see future omens of the Fried Chicken Flu, Stinkmeaner, the government going after him, Mr. Wuncler and Ed Wuncler the third.
King Namor 777 Exactly! Overall, this is how I see Huey and Jazmine’s relationship:
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BroodingBoyGentleGirl
I wanna see more of the child characters. Their perspectives are the real heart of Boondocks.
I agree
they really should of used butch cindy jasmine and a few of those kids from the fundraiser episode more in the show honestly could of used more of the kids just hanging out..like how a epic tag/hide and seek gender equality focused episode with the match being boys vs girls across the entire town in the same vain as the kickball episode maybe bring in rummy and ed while your at since their basically children at heart and make it an episode like the kickball one just with much less stakes...could of told a good innocent fun little filler story with a message about how male or female black or not, kids all have the ability to be bad and maybe at the end they all get grounded or some shit...I don't know i'm spitballing but you get it...I could of used that in season 3 which was very heavy with the drama...the fundraiser was another similar type episode just with more drama then I would of had in my idea for the kids centered episode of the season
I’m glad someone is covering Jasmine, she’s almost always forgotten by fans.
Also I ship Huey and Jasmine like Fedex. Sue me
I’m still so peeved that they all but forgot her in Season 4.
karda009 season 4 is non-canon
@@karda009 The bigwigs that tried to pull of Season 4 couldn't understand the duality that Jazmine and Huey held. So it's natural they botched and didn't try it.
That's huey's shawty
I’m glad that there are fans of Jazmine out there in the Boondocks fan community. It gets annoying whenever I see fans either ridicule or heavily criticize her without even understanding the purpose of the character. If the original Boondocks series was categorized as an anime, then Jazmine would be classified as the soft spoken nice girl character of the series in the same vein as other characters such as,
Hinata Hyuga - Naruto
Jeri Katou - Digimon Tamers
Tohru Honda - Fruits Basket
Nagisa Furukawa - Clannad
Tenma Tsukamoto - School Rumble
Storyteller has made me understand being black more than any history month or lesson ever has
Honestly, I like that than anything else.
You can help people understand how being black is like without making it seem like some melodramatic thing
ThaiSenpaiNJ that is sad
Black History Month is racist propaganda just like White History Month would if it existed. That sort of shit only exists if your racist. I don't get the whole, ohhhh "that guy has more or less melanin in his skin than mine hur dur dur" they all sound stupid, were all human beings and having more or less melanin doesn't change the way your mind works.
Kappa Emote Yes, but it does change the way people treat you. Also Black History Month is really African-American History Month, which isn't racist at all and why it can't be compared to a hypothetical "White History Month".
@@salj.5459 Why should black history be kept to a month? There's so much f*cked up shite that I'm just learning about because schools will only teach you white American history for pretty much the whole year, and only giving a month (the month with the least amount of days I might add) to learning about a few African Americans. We don't need white history or black history. We need complete American history from everything good to the horrors that my white ancestors might have been a part of. I'm tired of the lies and half baked bull that fed to all of us daily. Politics and media are being used as a chess game to control how I think and feel and I'm pretty much done, especially after how 2020 has been. Sorry if I'm being dramatic but I really am tired of having to deal with this garbage. I want to know the truth and how to actually fix problems not based on feelings or name calling, but actually fixing problems and doing our best to help each other, instead of trying to rip each others' head off.
Jasmine is the most pure heart character in the Boondocks series.
King Namor 777 Fact 😁👍
@@johnnyd3158 The reason why I was a day late of watching this video. Because I was busy and tired, ever since I finish my midterm quiz two days ago.
But also the most confused
King Namor 777 I know what you mean. Right now, I’m just trying to enjoy my spring break while it last.
Johnell Diaz well how’d that turn out now that we’re in quarantine?
"The next time the media and president sell you lies"
I then get a Bloomberg ad
Lmao
No matter what I watch I always get ads from either Bloomberg or that stupid Arcknights game.
Well he dropped out of the race so should be good for now.
Hi I'm Mik@#&$...oe Biden.
Honestly I want to be naive and trust him but, ITS AN AD!!
I will never trust ads, nevertheless a presidential ad
Wow that thing about Jasmine as a biracial child representing how we African Americans are also and mixture between American and African culture was so deep.
My parents are Liberian but I was born here
Yeelicious - my parents are Liberian too 🇱🇷
@@jesussaves5692 that’s nice to hear 😁🇱🇷
Jazmine WAS me as a kid. Mixed with light skin. I got called Fluffy a lot. And when I was around black family, there were truths I couldn't imagine or relate to.
@DrMonkeyBoyJr Nah, she said Fluffy, get it right asshole.
your believed in the tooth fairy , pony’s, and santa at 10 your matured slow ngl, not saying to grow up fast but it was common sense to me that that stuff wasn’t real you must be saying you looked like her because she’s the dumbest 10 year old i ever met
@@cedcantswim3331 I meant that she was ignorant about race issues.
boondocks will always be ahead of it’s time, i’ll never forget the first time i watched b.d; mcgruder is one of the few real artist left.
Wdym by real artist? I’m curious what you mean by that
There are a lot of real artist out there. Art is an expression. I also do not believe it was ahead of its time. I believe the show existed at the right time.
I guess by real artist you mean artist that didn't compromise on their vision/integrity for money or other ideological reasons
Jazmine is Huey's depth. Without Jazmine, Huey is just a wacky cartoon character, like Dexter of the Laboratory fame, or Finn the Human, or the Powerpuff Girls. It's only when he's interacting with Jazmine that the show remembers that "Wait a sec, this kid is just 10 years old, and he's trying to act WAY too mature for his age", and that humanises him. He and Jazmine are the same age, but only one of them is a _child._ And that's not necessarily a good thing for Huey. The strip where Huey refuses to celebrate Halloween and tells Jazmine that he can buy candy from a store, only for Jazmine to tell him "Well while you're there, see if you can buy a childhood" is possibly the only time in the strip where Huey is left completely without a rebuttal, just muttering "Ouch" to himself after she's gone. Jazmine may be childish, but again, she's a _child_ and there's no reason for her to be ashamed of that. And with Caesar not making the jump from strip to show (with his character traits arguably being merged into the slightly less-paranoid, saner version of Huey), Jazmine is actually his only real friend. He and Jazmine are basically opposites in almost every way, but in a sense they complete each other: Huey looks out for Jazmine, and in doing so, Jazmine softens Huey. It's a big part of why people like to ship them beyond just "Aww, aren't they cute!"
I love the video my man, but I think you missed one big part of what makes Jasmine special and necessary. She is one of the few to be there to give Huey lessons in empathy and kindness. Mix Huey's anger and desire for revolution without empathy and kindness lead to regimes like ISIS or the alt-right which is why I think McGrudder continues to have Jasmine to be around. She's the most important character to tether Huey to reality, and prevent him from becoming a heartless monster instead of the loveable revolutionary he is.
I'd love to talk to you about how there's an arc on season 1 with Jasmine and Huey culminating in the final episode that focuses on how the two learn from each other kindness and skepticism.
Even at the end of your video, Huey is one to give Jasmine a coat out of caring. At the end of Wingmen, after Cairo spurns Huey, Jasmine is the one to console Huey (and then laughs at him a bit) as she's learning from Huey that sometimes you can use sarcasm to show love.
I really like the subtle things in Season 1 where Jazmine is right. Wingmen is a good example, where she essentially questions the integrity of Huey's friendship with someone he never talks to. And, Huey shrugs her off, only to realise she was right. Similarly, in Reverend Ruckus, while Jazmine is played up as alittle naive, she ultimately says Huey's gonna be sorry in the end cause' she's done with it and knows it won't work. And, what happens? Huey ends up crying at a tree, all alone, unable to do anything. Ironically, doing the very thing Jazmine told him to do.
I like that in very small and subtle ways in the first season, and a lot of the comic strip, Jazmine isn't entirely depicted as stupid. She's confused, but just cause' Huey's committed to his own ideas and beliefs doesn't make them right, nor does it mean his plans are going to work. And, I agree with your perspective that she really does add a level of humanity to Huey that we probably wouldn't get otherwise. I like Caesar a lot. Trust me, I do. But, I think Jazmine is ultimately a more important character.
Season 1 is fascinating cause' its the only season to be written and aired in order. There's a loose continuous story being told, and events of the past do play, albeit small, effects on what happens in the next episode. And, that's a cool element of the first and second season I really appreciate. Season 3 has the 'retired' storyline going on in the premiere and finale, which is alright, albeit wholly unexplored. And, Season 4 I think does abit too much with it. It'll be interesting to see how the reboot tackles being episodic while continuous.
@@TheStorytellerAJ I totally agree. I don't know how much of it was interference, or just a want/need to comment on current events that changed it for season 3, but you're right in that season 1 really had that continuity that tied it all together. I think Passion of the Ruckus is probably the best single episode the Boondocks ever did as a whole, but again, it needs the gravity of the entire season to really hit home. It really felt like you know Aaron didn't expect to get a second season so he'd tell a complete story in season one so that if he wasn't renewed, at least he got to tell his story.
The other half of it though, is that 10-12 years ago, I'd be calling you dumb for even suggesting that Jasmine was a good character. It took a bit of life experience and watching the world go to hell in a handbasket to appreciate that you need a mix of the Jasmines, Rileys, and Hueys to make a complete and functional society. One without the other leads to ruin.
not even right-wing groups like isis and the alt right, it can lead to Tankies - who disregard personal autonomy and put their chips on the chance of being favored by authoritarian regimes who in their eyes will basically act shepards to the stupid sheep that are the rest of us - and the Dirtbag Left - who think we doing need to give consideration to how we treat people who are suffering from different axes of oppression than ourselves as long as we're committed to financial equality on paper. I don't remember Huey coming close to those lines, but his cynicism is definitely in line with how a lot of those types start out thinking
It's also the reason I lowkey ship them.
I don't think Jasmine is the reason Huey is a leftist, it's probably more because Mcgruder projects himself into Huey who's just a vessel for Mcgruder's thoughts like he mentioned in that one interview, he focused on Huey more than any other character after 9/11 because he wanted his political thoughts out there.
But yeah, people disillusioned with society can have the wrong way to go about it like the alt right or religious extremism mostly due to ignorance.
Huey and jasmine to me always seemed to compliment each other. She’s cheerful and he’s has a pretty cynical outlook of the world, she’s more naive to the real world and he’s more aware, they also are wildly different yet she considers him her best friend, she takes what he says at face value and believes him instead of brushing him off like his family
Would you rather live a life of misery knowing the truth, or live a life of happiness and essentially living a lie?
Damn...
living a lie doesn't mean you can avoid misery, it just means you don't know the source
Even when we’re told truth is valuable and that it should ideally be obtained, what people don’t calculate is human feelings and happiness.
We want to know the truth and be happy.
But what we don’t want is to be unhappy and not know the truth.
That’s why everyone is confused.
That’s why some grown adults are just as confused as kids are.
Because we don’t know what we want, and neither choice is wrong or right.
I thought about back when I was a child. What life meant for me.
Looking back at my childhood, the friends I had when I was about 9 years old were different.
Whites, Blacks, Mexicans, Arabs.. but it didn’t matter. We never even judged each other’s races. All we did was play and ran around the neighborhood.
Life was simple back then. Just go have fun with your neighbors and repeat.
Now, it’s all confusing.
Maybe it was always confusing, but as kids we weren’t aware of it.
But did that mean we should’ve known? What would the world be like if we didn’t know the truth? But if we all knew the truth from the start? Would we be even happier? No.. I doubt it.
The best choice is having both types of people in this world. Because without them, we’d all lose our way.
This is such a great study. I always come back from these with crazy knowledge about how these characters are built than before I entered. You constantly prove why this show has way too much going on to just have one conversation about it.
Jazmine's character always reminded me of my sister as a child... She was so wholesome and innocent. The character is naturally feminine also, which is a nice balance.
Cool
Jazmine was a refreshment from Huey’s constant dark reality, she was consistently positive while he was consistently negative.
Shes' there to ground the story, a child who acts like a child should. This makes her a good foil to Huey as well.
What makes Jazmine a meaningful character is that she is the only person besides Cesar who can put Huey in his place and she’s more childish.
Unlike Huey, Jazmine knows how to be a kid while her childhood lasts.
@@johnnyd3158 She prefers to live than survive.
@@magnetoonproductions9541 I would imagine that Jazmine and Caesar would teach Huey on what it means to live life.
@@johnnyd3158 Exactly. If they put Caesar in the new show, I hope he and Jazmine show Huey that life is for living, not survival.
Master Ellis Definitely! After all, Jazmine and Caesar are Huey’s best friends and that’s what best friends do, they help one another.
Boondocks was my window into the world across the ocean that wasn't talked about at school. And thanks to the main cast all having polar opposite personalities, it urged me to think about what's right and what's wrong in the world, how different people see one problem. Jazmine's perspective is at first very annoying - but the older I get, the more I actually appreciate her presence in the show.
Fr I like that school barely gets involved
"Eventually sanity returns, and when it does, you better have your coat."
-Huey
They should explore this in the reboot
When is the reboot coming?
@@jerrygraves6531 Fall of 2020 on HBO Max apparently.
Jajuan Mays even with John Witherspoon gone? I mean they aren't going to postpone it?
@@jerrygraves6531 I'm not sure they would probably get a different character or something to replace him out of respect or get his kid who can impersonate him or just end it.
They should make a spin off or something of the boondocks with Hueys friend that lives in Chicago in that episode where grandad goes to his friends funeral.
Innocent characters DO matter because they keep the main protagonist grinded and level head. Or at the end of the when the hero lost everything he atleast knows he can there is someone waiting for him. Someone Innocent.
To digress this is the reason why I think ORIHIME from BLEACH is so important
People these days seem to think that if a women isn't super strong and destroying the bad guy it means she's worthless. It's really bizarre.
@@heyarnold7256 and then you have characters like CAPTAIN MARVEL who is overpowered but is selfish rude and thinks she's better than everyone else. It's not bizarre. Just tiresome
@@greygremlin1248 facts
It’s good to know that there are fans out there with common sense 😄.
Hey Arnold “A woman’s strength isn’t just about how much she can handle before she breaks. It’s also about how much she must handle after she’s broken.”
- J. S. Scott
One key thing that Huey forgets more often than not is that he's a child. Children often believe that they know everything there is to know merely because they read about it or saw something. But the reality of the matter is that we always learn new things. Wisdom is born from experience, children aren't very wise because they haven't lived much yet, Jazmine understands that, she embraces the fact that she's a child and should enjoy it and endure the harsh reality of adulthood as she grows into it, whereas Huey looks into the world of adults with the lenses of a child who thinks that knows everything, he's just as confused as Jazmine is but on a different spectrum altogether but linked to some degree. Which is why they complement each other perfectly.
LOL that’s a bunch of BS
U can’t deny his knowledge because he is a child. His eye is pure. And yes he gain knowledge by reading, that’s not a bad thing! It’s his ability to research and use all the tools around him that makes him wise. And not be glued to an idea just because of the so call wisdom of an adult. Just because u grow old doesn’t always translate to wisdom. Jasmine is there so u can stomach what Huey is saying. Which is the same Reason Aaron gave in the beginning of the video for making them kids, to put his ideas and thoughts in a less aggressive manner. Huey isn’t confused, he is disgusted he has to explain these simple concepts to people, who seem to be to lazy to get out of there own way.
@@skylimitkt Wise words. Wisdom can but is not limited to coming with age.
Huey is a character that has taken the black (nihlist) pill. He took it way too early in his animated life.
Considering that the Boondocks was partially inspired by the Peanuts comic strip, I guess it’s safe to say that Huey is Jazmine’s sweet babboo, lol.
In other words, Jazmine is the Little Red-Haired Girl to Huey’s Charlie Brown, lol.
I love the metaphor we are Jazmine’s confusion.. As a Black person that grew up in the suburbs we’re hidden from a lot of our history before the colonization of American & we’re also not aware of how many strings are being pulled to control what we see, think, & believe in. We’re sheltered & sold a dream that we live in a utopian society that’s an equal playing field for all. As we grow older and become aware of whats hidden our innocence fades and we are left confused. Confused on who or what to believe in & how we should navigate in a world that was made to break us. Is becoming an extremist like Huey the answer, when it seems everyone around you is stuck in that blissful state of ignorance? Who knows for sure, i love the subject & in depth analysis of this video
white racism is everywhere
I have the same confusion as an Chinese American. I’ve thought being a woman and being Asian wouldn’t affect me because we’re all “equal” here but now that I’m 19, it’s just not true.
I’m a white female and when I learned about slavery and the fight for civil right my heart filled with compassion and I knew we lived in a better time and that Martin Junior’s dream came true and I thought wow everything been done and is perfect now…and than a thought crept into my head…hmm how boring. Lol but I got older and learned that people love having strife and fighting about racism. everyone feeds off it because we are all bored we need to fight within each other to have purpose, so sad and pathetic. We all need God
@@ashesandposies exactly
The fact that the instrumental to diddy bop by Noname is playing in the back just makes this installment of operation black steel even better.
I just wanted to share the symbolism I find in the character design of Jazmine and Huey. They both have afro like hair styles, but Huey's head is in his afro while Jazmine's is separated from her afro like ball of hair.
Love the dynamic between them two, it’s beautifully sad how sometimes they reflect each other but can’t understand the other. Huey and Jasmine are the opposite of the other but that’s exactly how one can grow, through understanding
The one that got me was when Jasmine was crying about the terrorists kidnapping her dad when he was being detained for suspicion of terrorism. What she is seeing in the news doesn't reflect her own personal reality and even she can't see it.
Something I can relate to and am glad I'm, at the very least, aware of now.
Michael Caesar and Huey DJ friend Hiro should of been in the show since Season 1. Add in Ming and Isis and Huey would have himself a little squad.
Isis as well. I hope to see Caesar in this reimaged version of The Boondocks
The Spirit Of OGUN I honestly forgot all about Isis. I couldn’t even find anything about her nowadays.
I really wanted Ming to be Huey’s anime rival, that was the only time he had a true foil in the show.
Don’t forget about Riley, Jazmine, Grits, and Phil; we need all the Boondocks kids in the mix. Altogether, they would be more than just friends, they would be family.
I want Ceaser and Isis to be in the show. as *siblings*. isis is more of a forgotten character but i feel like isis can teach jasmine more about her hair and melanin just like how huey taught her in the comics but not in the show, and isis can be a sort of good guardian figure to everyone almost like a momma huey and riley never had. isis should b older. caesar can be her younger brother that is hueys 2nd best friend like in the comics. and isis to be jasmines friend. i think that would be a good way to squeeze them both into the series🤷🏽♀️
I like the lenses you see through when you contextualise the show and the ins and outs of the characters. I grew up surrounded by black people in the Caribbean white people where just tourist and outsiders, looking back i always was sure about my identity never really that confused. Then i moved to the uk and things started to open up and suddenly i had more in common with the other races than i thought. But it is really interesting to hear about the afro-american experience that confusion and conflict , probably why i like spike lee movies .
Jazmine is a Precious Cinnamon Roll™ and deserves the world. It kind of sucks when female characters are hated on for stupid reasons. "Jazmine's too naive", so? She's ten. Granted in this day and age, innocence has a somewhat lower cut off date, but thats besides the point. This was the mid-2000s
I can relate to Jazmine. Im mixed myself (not half black tho, lol),i believed in Santa and the tooth fairy until i was 11, and i was sheltered from a lot of the world by a well-meaning, overprotective father.
I like even though he tries to educate Jazmine, theres things that Huey wants to protect her from, like his hunger strike or willing to go to a movie he hates because he wants to make sure Jazmine is okay (with nunchucks) or adding Jazmine to his survival plan in the Fried Chicken Flu episode because she asked, even letting her parents in when she asked.
I also like the idea of Huey and Jazmine getting together when they're older, probably like high school age. They'd go to prom together at least. She'd be one of the few things to make him genuinely smile.
Wow, such pure poetry, 🥹.
As you are most certainly one of the few truly open-minded Boondocks fans that I’ve come across online.
I commend you, 😊.
@@johnnyd3158 I mean, a lot of female characters are hated on for the dumbest of reasons, because they're not #GirlBoss enough, because they're too feminine, or some other third thing.
The Jazmine hate is totally unwarranted. Like I said, she's literally a child.
@@RainbowMilk1996 Yeah, as it’s also a reflection of the toxicity of some people that would go out of their way to berate an innocent young girl, real or not, as though they don’t even remember that they were once kids themselves, just because she isn’t a domestic terrorist or a wannabe gangster.
As everyone has their own personal strengths, in which Jazmine had her own strengths of a character, since she was the perfect foil for Huey in reaching out past his hardened exterior through her pure kind soul, as it’d make it all the more fitting for them why they eventually become endgame.
@@johnnyd3158 Jazmine saying "homemade tear gas" is still wild, tho, especially since she just sounds so cute saying it, lol.
But yeah, I think you're right. A lot of people who hate on child characters seem to forget they were children themselves
@@RainbowMilk1996 Yeah, as it was just as cute when she said in that same episode, "fried chicken in murder," lol.
Yeah, as unlike people like us, some people I guess are not children at heart.
Jazmine praising Santa like Jesus was hilarious. I like.her and Huey relationship.
I hope Huey & Jasmine date and get married someday and have children, but for some reason, I think I'd like to see them have a girl that is alot like her father, but with enough of her mother to have the right charm to change people's perspective & hearts.
Mary Light I kinda imagine Huey and Jazmine having at least two kids; one boy and one girl. The son’s name could be either Martin or Malcolm, named after Martin Luther King jr. or Malcolm X, and the daughter’s name could be either Rosa or Angela; named after Rosa Parks or Angela Davis.
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Huey and Jazmine is a good couple
They should have a girl with Jasmine’s eyes but Huey’s hair and skin color. I kinda want her personality to be a mixture of the two
@@beautifullykayla the son with Riley's braids lol
i remember i used to be so happy to see Jazmine, bc i’m also mixed but on the lighter side, so it made me feel better to see someone who looks like me.
I feel she is the only "normal" character in the show, seeing how everybody in town is either extremely dumb or just an outright danger to themselves and others. She is extremely innocent in a sense of all the crazy truthful reality that we the readers and viewers are aware of.
This was well done, man, the music choices.. the editing, the essay.. man, exceptionally done. Even the cadence throughout was animated with emotions, but very grounded to not be cartoonish, or dramatic.
I'm biracial (kinda) and I never saw her as disrespectful to us. I always kind of understood why she was represented as so confused
Wdym kinda? If you're mixed your mixed
From a character/ writing perspective: Jazmine is the perfect foil to Huey's cynicism. Huey's mentally much older than his age and carrying around a lot of anger and seriousness. Riley's immature, but more in the way of a lost teen than a child. Jazmine is a child who insists on being a child. She's helps keep Huey grounded because she reminds him that he also is a child, and symbolically, she is the childhood Huey is missing. That ideal childhood, protected with two loving parents, enjoying lemonade, and I think that's why Huey keeps spending time with her despite their opposing views. She's his balance and a breath of fresh air. By contrast, he's often her protector, and I think she likes that he challenges her, even if she's not always comfortable with the challenge.
The difference in their backgrounds is also important to that spectrum of wrestling with what it is to be black and live as a black person, beyond that the spectrum of human. She's mixed while Huey is very settled in his racial identity. She's upper middle class suburban...Huey gets dropped into that context, but it's not his culture in the same way.
As a kid I liked this show alot not because of its reflection of our world but because I thought it was funny but now that I'm older I understand the depth of what this show was trying to show
its a caricature of extremism beliefs, its in no way realistic
I just recently got in to the boondocks.. so far i really love the show..The dynamic between Huey and Jasmine is my favorite part..
It was the same thing for me as well when I first got into the Boondocks a couple of years ago. However, in my opinion, the show really blew it by not including more Huey and Jazmine moments after season 1.
@@johnnyd3158 I'm still only on season 2 but i really like the show and I'm gonna try to get all the way to season 4. So far I've heard the show has gotten less impressive then it used to be. That's really sad but I'm still gonna give it a chance. Jasmine is my favorite character!
Arianna Patterson Ortiz Jazmine is my favorite character as well next to Huey. It use to be Riley at first, but then I began to favor Huey and Jazmine as I related to them more upon reflection. Personally, I would recommend skipping season 4; or at the very least to watch in the order of episode production rather than by the episode airdate since that season has an ongoing narrative that I’m guessing would have concluded had the series not been canceled since season 4 was originally suppose to be 20 episodes instead of the 10 it ended up getting. Regardless, it still doesn’t make it good season as that season takes all the bad elements between the first three seasons and multiples it by 10. Also, be forewarned that seasons 2 and 3 lack the emotional core of season 1 as those seasons primarily puts more of an emphasis on comedy and satire in comparison to the first season and sidelines both Huey and Jazmine; especially Jazmine. While seasons 2 and 3 aren’t bad, they aren’t exactly good either in comparison to season 1 in my opinion. At this point though, all I can say is good luck and have fun watching, lol.
I'm so glad I found this channel.
Man I literally bought all of the comics off amazon just now because of you. Instant subscribe. Good video. Mind blown. I wanted this show when I was young so I couldnt read between the lines like this. On really going to rewatch. Especially season 1
4:00 say Huey, would like you some ice cream with your candy to cool off that sick burn you received?
I’ve always loved that this show has a bi racial character. We don’t often see that it makes me very proud that this show did that!
Videos like this just add more fuel to the fire of disdain I have for.... You know what never mind. Phenomenal video.
i feel u :/
The ore videos I watch about 'The Boondocks', the more I realize how thoroughly this show went over my head. I still love it, it's just wild how much I miss.
Remember Jasmine was also the one initially to plant the seed in Huey’s mind to pray to God if he felt he was in a struggle in that one episode where his friend was on death row.
Thanks for this. I really felt that people saw Jasmine as a pseudo romantic interest for Huey without depth. I've always been like dude they're kids. Also thank God someone else remembers Ceasar. He was my favorite character. Wish he was in the cartoon series.
Oh wow...just learned about double consciousness in my CRT class last week. The fact that she personifies this concept AND her name is Dubois after WEB who coined the term....that's so deep! I love that the characters were all named intentionally. Thanks for sharing!
I’m a simple man. Storyteller uploads, I watch it. Excellent analysis man. I always learn something when I watch your videos.
9:35 'How those who has knowledge can still be misguided; How those who have a keen sense of understanding can still be confused; How those who have strong convictions can still be naive' well said, I'm in tears.
Hats off to the creator. The editing is superb
She was always forgotten by fans and I find that sad
I feel like a kid from Jazmine and Huey
Hope we get more info on the reboot
AAAH! Another wonderful video. I grew up in Nigeria, Africa, so my experience as a black person is wholly different and I find your videos so enlightening.
Does no one notice he called Jasmine "he" a few times at the beginning? lol
tbh i think she is in the show to make us realize how an actual child is, also she brings out the child more in Huey for example the lemonade episode. Huey is really brilliant for his age and Jasmine kinda reminds him of being a kid, being more present
The way this is articulated *chefs kiss*
you are so eloquent, you describe the themes and issues so well. You made me want to watch the Boondocks.
An extremely important character, I agree completely with this video. She deserves more love. She's not one of my favourites, but that doesn't mean she isn't a great character. I didn't even know people had a problem with her until I saw this video.
Your video essays are so good. Always looking forward to the next one.
She like a medicine to Huey, she gives Huey another eyes of things😫❤️‼️
I read a cool character piece on the main kids a while ago. The article said that Jasmine represents what happens when you shelter children. Since the point of the show was to show the world through children's eyes
Jasmine is basically a pure hearted kid
i would have never realised how important she is to the story if it wasnt for you. your channel is a gift to this world
Pretty much every character in the Boondocks has some level of importance to contribute for the franchise. In Jazmine’s case, she has a significantly high level of importance in accordance to the Boondocks franchise as a whole; almost at the same level as the Freeman family.
yessss, jazmine being there made huey much more likable too. showed that the series was aware of his flaws too
I really need to continue reading the strips. I love the art style.
I hope they bring back Michael Caesar.
The person who made this show is a genius the show is so complex with his charecters!
I love Jasmine she's my favorite I really connect with her cause I've felt what she's feeling what multiracial kids went through even though I'm not multiracial at least I think I'm not I've never seen my dad before and my mom won't talk about him and I have a pretty light skin tone similar to mocha coffee color now but as a kid I was WHITE like people thought my mom adopted me
Just so you know, you can be mostly "black" and still have lighter skin, it happens. But I hope you can see your dad someday, whether in person if he's alive, or in a photo even.
@DrMonkeyBoyJr yeah, it's true! I more so just said 'mostly' because hardly anyone is 100% anything on this earth
Huey is most certainly my favorite and obviously the main character of this show, but you were right about how he only sees the bad in his childhood, I never really saw it that way, Jazmine needs to be there as much as the White Shadow is, his paranoia and his comfort. It's Yin and Yang
Good writing requires balance. One character needs another character who balances out their traits. Hot and cold. Yin and yang. Jazmin is Huey’s opposite. Huey is smart and acts like a jaded adult. Jazmin is willfully ignorant. In this case both characters need each other to find that balance they can't achieve themselves. That's why they are a duo that sticks together. You can make similar comparisons about Riley and Cindy.
Thanks a lot for your work man. Keeps me grounded. Idk enough of my history as a black American and I’m still trying to figure all this shit out. Still find out where I fit in. Shits rough and your videos always make me feel better
It was supposed to be a black peanuts mixed with anime fights but turned into an all star comedy still with anime fights. I would still like to see that happen with old characters.
i love the background music used, especially the use of jid
Love LOVE the Noname background music
it's just like white shadow said: ik u want to save the world, Huey, but sometimes you just have to let people figure things out on their own the hard way...or something like that
I WROTE THIS RECORD WHILE 30 THOUSAND FEET IN THE AIR
STEWARDESS COMPLEMENTING ME ON MY NAPPY HAIR
This analysis was BEAUTIFUL
Never got to read much of the comic strips, I really wish Caesar was in the show. Everyone seems to be at extremes and what so you say he seems like a balanced middle ground kid.
That Diddy bop from NoName in the background is a good emotional choice for this one
it gets me all types of flustered when ppl forget my shawty jazmine
I find this video so comforting. As a kid who was always politically confused I always felt like I was missing something and this channel was here to show me some semblance of nuance and personal truth.
TheStoryteller, Gabby was NOT 8. She was TEN years old when she was first cast in the Boondocks. She's Regina King's Niece.
I'm binging your content while cleaning and I'm enjoying this so much. From the actual content to the music, keep this up, brother.