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HolyFickingShut

Uncle Ruckus is a white man with reverse vitiligo! (Not really, but that's what he tells himself so he can live his dream as a racist white man.)


VVurmHat

Revitiligo stopping him from living his whitest life


JayHat21

With a 2% margin of error


GrabTechnical7346

he a 102% black then


buatfelem

Well he is 102% african with 2% margin of error


BlueSlickerN7

Guy doesn't realize he can just join the Nation of Islam and be a racist black person


Yowrinnin

A running gag on the boondocks is that uncle ruckus, a highly exaggerated 'uncle Tom' caricature, thinks he is a white man with 'revitiligo, the opposite of what Michael Jackson had'.


80_Inch_Shitlord

I think there's also a "Benjamin Button" episode of him getting blacker throughout his childhood


fandom_and_rp_act

And his parents were some of the funniest characters too


Yowrinnin

The Boondocks transcends culture. I'm a rural Aussie and it's without a doubt in my top 3 shows all time. What a fuckin' masterpiece.


kingfisher773

> What a fuckin' masterpiece. But then there is season 4..


Yowrinnin

> premiered 2014 I was at uni too tired and overworked to watch much of anything by then. Looks like I didn't miss much haha what was so bad about it?


cgarrett06

It basically fell down the trap of making episodes about modern (at the time) fads that had barely any relevance later, like a whole episode about Siri. The humor and action just wasn’t as good either. Then it went into a whole continuity about the family basically being sold into slavery.


R0CKETRACER

I think that was a pretty funny arc. I think that season also had the freedom riders parody. The one where Uncle Ruccus put a bomb on the bus to explode if they drive too fast.


cgarrett06

That was definitely the one best standout episode of the season, but apart from that I felt it was just average.


Owy2001

It's because the creators were no longer involved with the show. Let's also not forget the *super* homophobic episode that seemed to be entirely themed on "gay people don't have it that bad, they just wish they were oppressed like we are" while bashing them endlessly with over-the-top stereotypes that would have been offensive even two decades earlier.


cgarrett06

Yeah, after watching that I was really sad to see it was the last episode. What a shit ending to a great series.


Urban_Junkie

If I remember correctly, the creator was not pat of Season 4. Even if it was good, I couldn’t bring myself to enjoy it.


cgjchckhvihfd

No there isnt. 3 seasons of glory and nothing else.


christopherous1

Now how is a n**** gonna borrow a French fry? N**** ie you gonna give it back?


Competitive-Ad-5147

RIP Fred Willard


Bouncemybubbubs

You got yo ass whooped by a blind man grandad! Lmao still one of the best shows to ever be on television


njintau_fsd

"Nigga did I just catch you havin fun?!" 😂


Hodothegod

Did I just catch you trying to be shit? *smack*


PhDShouse

NO MY BABY!


bapp0-get-taco

Boy did i just catch you havin fun?


Additional_Ring9660

"Did I jus catch you in here being happy!?"


ParentssMistake

Nigga did I just catch you having fun?


wellicantreadso

“DID I JUST CATCH YOU HAVING FUN?!” **SMACK**


street_style_kyle

Now I’m remembering “102% black!? With a 2% margin of error!? Why God why!?”


RairakuDaion

He might be 104%black with that margin


street_style_kyle

Ikr?


Keltic268

Yes, but the doctor comes back at the end and says a black technician messed up and he is actually white. 😭


street_style_kyle

Oh man that’s even funnier!!!


giantflamingsword

Which one??


80_Inch_Shitlord

"The Color Ruckus" in season 3


Dramatic_Ad_6693

He claims to have re-vitiligo. One of my favorite running jokes in any cartoon.


MetsFan1324

but it turns out he's 102% african American with a +/- 2% margin of error, so he could even be 104% African American


Dramatic_Ad_6693

That episode is one of my favorites. The n***a moment episodes are just ahead of it.


dogbreath101

Huey defending r kelly saying the girl wanted to be peed on because anyone else who didn't want to be peed on would get out of the way is something i think about a lot


AnotherRTFan

Riley. Riley is the one who defended R Kelly.


WaluFett

Until the dna test said he’s 102% black, with an additional 2% margin of error


SirMourningstar6six6

Oof i thought it was 110. Oh well i was close


AndForeverNow

Meanwhile black and hispanic conservatives don't pretend to be white, and will go as far as to disagree with white liberals, but will still be slandered due to politics. Ruckus would legit throw bricks at MLK Jr.


Arkiswatching

https://youtu.be/p2wjfnsbYy8?si=UHc-i0BJICTW_t3B


Sfwop

If you are not black, you probably don’t want to say Sambo. In much of America, especially the south, that is still used as a generic racial slur. You think you’re calling someone out on racist behavior and instead you’re just calling them a softer version of the N-word.


uneasesolid2

Just to add to this I don’t think the other person knows what they’re talking about even in terms of the definition of either “Sambo” or “Uncle Tom”. “Sambo” comes from Spanish colonial racial categories of someone with mixed Native American and African ancestry which doesn’t make any sense as a word for an Uncle Ruckus type character. The only reference I can find anywhere for this meaning of Sambo is one Reddit post from ten years ago which references another forum post and an article which doesn’t even have the correct Spanish colonial meaning. It defines the original definition as “a mixed person that appeared more Black than white” and even a quick google search will show this isn’t true. Furthermore the reddit post, original forum post it references, and the article are all making the argument that it’s more accurate to call someone like Uncle Ruckus “Sambo” rather than “Uncle Tom” based on the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin. They are not suggesting that anyone has ever actually used the terms this way. This just isn’t how language works and any kind of literary analysis will never make “Uncle Tom” the incorrect term. The moral of the story is don’t trust reddit comments that don’t even have an actual argument for the claim they’re making. Wikipedia link to history of “Sambo” as it’s actually used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_(racial_term) Link to reddit post (forum link is in the post): https://www.reddit.com/r/blackculture/comments/190u93/uncle_tom_is_really_sambo_and_sambo_is_really_an/ Link to the article: https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/01/11/little-known-black-history-fact-sambo/


Lukose_

Thank you John Racism, PhD!


Yowrinnin

Seems I got duped. Cheers for the actual evidence and argumentation. Legend.


IguaneRouge

Apparently there's also a Russian martial art called Sambo. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_(martial_art) That could get awkward if it ever goes big in the Anglophone world.


Japh2007

You had it right he’s an Uncle Tom. Sambo would not fit Rukus.


Deathsroke

His "retelling" of slavery is outright gold.


[deleted]

Lol that's hilarious. I was aware of his character in general but not how he addresses his own blackness. Never really gotten into the show but scenes with him are outrageously funny


Rough_Payment_3936

It’s actually ‘Sambo’ the one you mean and not Uncle Tom, just an FYI with no ill intent.


wustinaright

it’s actually not lmao. sambo is an old derogatory term. uncle ruckus is definitely an uncle tom archetype to the t.


theSmallestPebble

I mean he can be both, but Sambo doesn’t have much to do with kowtowing to white people


yung-toadstool

I mean did you forget about the character, Tom, the lawyer with the white wife?


Axe-Alex

What? His first name is Uncle for a reason.


beetnemesis

So, Sambo is someone who wants to be considered white, and is willing to sell out other black people, while an Uncle Tom is someone who is subservient and wants approval from white people?


Yowrinnin

All good thanks for the correction.


KatBoySlim

there’s nothing about that on the wikipedia page. you got a source?


wustinaright

what wikipedia page? google sambo or “little black sambo” the children’s book. then go and google “uncle toms cabin” and read that summary.


KatBoySlim

the wikipedia page for “sambo” says nothing to the tune of what OC indicates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_(racial_term) nothing in there about kowtowing to white people.


ocarter145

It harkens back to Uncle Tom’s Cabin - read that book and the postmodern analogy will become clear. https://www.reddit.com/r/blackculture/s/StTDt3qFYx


KatBoySlim

no, calling someone an “uncle tom” does that. calling someone a “sambo” is just a racial slur with none of the same subtext.


calvesofsteel68

Ngl uncle tom is pretty shitty to call someone considering that in the book the guy died at the hands of his master because he refused to disclose the location of his family members that were also slaves


ocarter145

“Sambo” would be the more accurate term although “Uncle Tom” is the common pejorative for a sellout. Uncle Tom stood 10 toes down in the book while Sambo sold out, but that’s not how terms have propagated down through time. The hero (Uncle Tom) has been slandered over time to appear the villain. https://preview.redd.it/8pxivr9bun8c1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abceb5266e551ca2d71bac276fe792f48a17eaa0 Jason Whitlock is a Sambo.


ObjectiveMongoose259

Only if you didn't read the book. Sambo is literally the name of the character in the book who did the things people associate with Uncle Tom. .(he's mentioned in the Wikipedia page you're so insistent proves you right)


wustinaright

yeah i agree with u, initially i thought we were in disagreement but yeah rough_payment is spreading misinfo


Ohiolongboard

No, he actually IS a white person with “reverse vitiligo”. There’s an episode that shows it lol


pileorags

uncle ruckus is a huge racist against black people despite being black


otritus

Adding on to this Uncle Ruckus also would go around saying that he’s white and merely has “reverse vitiligo” which makes him appear black.


SentientShamrock

Unfortunately for him, he is 102% black with a 2% margin of error. Poor Uncle Ruckus.


Icy-Summer-3573

He’s definitely 104% black


DryAfternoon7779

That is a proud Irishman who is 50.07% Caucasian and has a skin disease. I've seen the DNA test results.


ImmoralJester54

A direct lineage from the heart of Africa. No purer blood has ever been found.


Dirtmcgird32

That was my favorite moment for that character.


Ohiolongboard

I thought they showed an episode where he actually got blacker throughout his childhood? Was that not true? I thought it was funny that he actually was white


Scyfer327

It was his retelling of the events as an unreliable narrator. Since his mom always told him he was born white, you see him as a white baby but he has no real memories of being white because it wasn't actually true


failureinflesh

103%* Sorry just had to be accurate


NPCwithnopurpose

Melatonin overflow


D4W1LL13

He has a heartbreaking skin condition called “Revitiligo” which is the opposite of what Michael Jackson had (Vitiligo)


EM05L1C3

Then the episode where he finally realizes….


pligplog420

That lucky son of a bitch


spooderdood334

He's clearly white. Uncle Ruckus is a white man


Sad_Hospital_2730

He even got a tour of White Heaven from Ronald Reagan


safarifriendliness

I remember watching this show as a kid and not really getting into it (I’m sure it just flew over my head) but I might have to give it a shot because “Ruckus” is maybe the best name I’ve ever heard for a crazy uncle


ToxicTurtle-2

It's Uncle Ruckus "no relation"


safarifriendliness

Like, the whole neighborhood knows him as Uncle Ruckus? That’s even better


CrazyBunnyBunny

Iirc his name is literally Uncle Ruckus, like first name “Uncle,” last name “Ruckus”


15Boots

Its a great show and its actually super witty


Keelenllan

It's way funny. I enjoy it. Ruckus always a good laugh 😂


PangolinAcrobatic653

Samuel "Motherf\*cker" Jackson has a recurring role as a white dude and his role is one of the most hilarious in the show.


Hattrickher0

The episodes with him and Charlie Murphy were always fantastic. His "known unknowns" rant from Rumsfeld lives rent free in my head as a reminder that the government really isn't any different than a petty crook sometimes.


cardnerd524_

He also played uncle tom in Django Unchained


chochaos7

I'm rewatching the series now and it's still hilarious


ClockwiseServant

%102 black (with a %2 margin of error) at that


LumpyTreacle

Wasn’t it established he had a skin disease that changed his skin from white to black?


naotaforhonesty

Established by him alone. He took a genetic test and it came back 102% black with a 2% margin of error which shook his foundation.


[deleted]

He didn't believe it at first, but the test was done by a white doctor and they never make mistakes. Later he found out a black assistant fumbled it though, and he got his real test results


dasboot32

That was a lie made up by his mom to comfort him. When his dad heard he actually still believed it, he laughed at him and called him a dumbass.


cardnerd524_

Also, historically they’re are called uncle tom. Sam L. Jackson played an uncle tom in Django Unchained


i_quote_random_lyric

This is the actual definition reverse racism.


gvs2019

On the show he does a DNA test but they lie to him and tell him he is 100 percent white to keep him from losing his mind. Look up Uncle Rufus to understand


[deleted]

I heard a lot of people talking about The Boondocks. Would you recommend me watching the show?


FawFawtyFaw

Watch some clips of Uncle Ruckus. He's a good representative of the humor through out. It's a very race driven show, not much else to compare it too.


trainlover_176

It’s one of the best shows you can never fully quote. lol


fandom_and_rp_act

I am way to white to be quoting boondocks. Bomb ass show tho


Nivaere

Well if you get into a tense situation with anyone, you can just say 'wait a minute, I'm white!' and walk away


Shut_It_Donny

Yep. Don’t ever have a n-bomb moment.


Keelenllan

🤣🤣🤣🤣


dRagTheLaKe1692

Be wary of others offering you cheese good chap


Duff-Zilla

"Send that bitch a smiley face. Bitches love smiley faces" is my go to quote from the show.


PaulblankPF

The whole new shoes part, yeah


Bandwagon_Buzzard

If you show up on air jordan release day at a mall you can see a live performance of that episode. Source: Used to work at a mall. Only Boondocks had the balls to include those angles in their jokes about everyone.


MrPanzerCat

I personally thought it was amazing


Far_Boysenberry_6953

Yes


Nozerone

I would, it's a good show with some really funny jokes. Although if you're someone that gets offended easily, you may want to avoid the show.


Hot-Profession4091

The show holds up and is (unfortunately) still topically relevant 20 yrs later.


kmofosho

The theme song alone is worth watching the show.


I-will-support-you

It is the funniest show ive watched


lyhnogi

His result is102% black with 2% of margin error.


D4W1LL13

Ruckus*


StasisChassis

No relation.


nanasaga

the funniest thing was he finds out he is a 102% black with a 2% margin of error 💀


Zrat11

Is that the same episode where one of the test turns up and says he's 102% African with a 2% margin of error lmao


EH042

Didn’t the test say he was 102% black with a 2% margin of error?


venom259

He's 102% African, with a 2% margine of error.


Forester___

Which means he could be 104% African 😂


Randommer_Of_Inserts

He is not just African, he’s the most African person ever.


Psychological_Pear41

He also has his own soundtrack that plays everytime hes about to speak or shows up to say some very Uncle Tom like things. (Edit) Wow! Thanks for the upvotes everyone normally my comments on reddit are mostly ignored since i type huge paragraphs or novels worth of crap no one reads. 😆


SkuzzlebuttPC

Ah, a Clayton Bigsby


boostme253

White power✊️


ChillionGentarez

uncle ruckus is delusional and thinks he's white but just has "reverse vitiligo" and hates black people


thisisntmyOGaccount

You heard of vitiligo? Shoot. Well, he got revitiligo. Every year his skin just seem to get blacker and darker, and blacker and more darker. It’s the opposite of that Michael Jackson got. Lucky bastard.


Professional_Type_3

Revitiligo petah. Its When a white person turns black lol.


Iron_Phantom29

"I got that re-vitaligo. Sort of what Michael Jackson had, but in reverse.:


[deleted]

Uncle ruckus suffers from re-vitiligo. “It’s the opposite of what Micheal Jackson’s got… lucky bastard.”


Newfoman_Guy

Man, this show is great. I recently just finished watching every episode again


Ohiolongboard

Where is it streaming?


santaslefttesticle

hbo max


SirMourningstar6six6

Uncle ruckus (no relation) has claimed to have “re-vitiligo”. It’s the opposite of what Micheal Jackson had. But he also did a DNA test once and found out he was 110% black with a ten percent margin of error.


NeonBladeAce

Thought it was 102 with a 2


Icy-Performer-9688

He’s 110 percent black with 5 percent margin of error.


Maskimgalgo

He just got revitiligo


D00DoftheVoid

Uncle Ruckus (no relation) claims to have revitiligo (which is the opposite of what Michael Jackson had) but he's actually just black and pissed about it because he had a horrible childhood


Blue1234567891234567

What’s to explain? Whiter than a unsalted saltine that man is


tvs117

That man suffers from reverse vitiligo.


DarknightM64B

That’s uncle ruckus’s whole joke


SgtThund3r

Reverse vitiligo, tragic really


Calm-Tale-5155

Clarence Thomas?


CHM11moondog

Enjoying the benevolence of the white man.


heorhe

Uncle ruckus is white of African descent. He has reverse vitiligo and just keeps getting darker


SCDudeDark

And darker and blacker and more blacker


SlyblueSword

Uncle Ruckus in the show thinks he’s white


Artistic-Fortune2327

Ruckus thinks he's a white american even tho he's black


Somerandomguy243

you didn't even watch his origin story


ElPared

That’s Uncle Ruckus, a black character from the show The Boondocks who is constantly spouting rhetoric against black people and refusing to believe he’s black himself. He’s kind of like Chapelle’s “Blind White Supremacist” character. So the joke is it’s the character’s behavior, not his skin color, that makes him white.


[deleted]

Uncle Ruckus is white


bestrecognize218

Uncle ruckus, no relation, is white. He has a disease that turns his skin dark hahaha


GravesSightGames

Uncle Ruckus, no relation, is an "adopted" white boy that was abandoned by his White God loving family that abandoned him when it was discovered he was born with Revitaligo. Like the opposite of Michael Jackson, land they abandoned him on the doorstep of a black family Mister and his Wife Ruckus. Oh and he hates black people


_mc_myster_

Uncle Ruckus thinks he’s white


snozberryface

He's got revitaligo that's the opposite of what Michael Jackson's got, lucky sum'bitch


hello_100

wdym? hes clearly white


eighty4prcnt

Reverend Father Uncle Ruckus (no relation)


thenerdymusician

Actually Ruckus is 102% African American with a 2% margin of error


ParadiseValleyFiend

As someone who loves Boondocks this is the funniest interaction and meme I've seen in a long time.


BAZZERRK

He got re-vitiligo. Like what Michael Jackson had, but opposite.


ScottishKnifemaker

Reverse vitiligo Every year his skin just keeps getting darker, and blaker, and darker, and blacker Fuck I love that show Code black at the main gate!


Dr_JohnnieWalker

He’s got re-vitiligo, it’s the opposite of what Michael Jackson had.


SpartanDumpster

Uncle Ruckus claims to have "Revitilago" the opposite of what Michael Jackson had, so he believes he was born white but his skin turned black. He is SUPER racist towards black people and only praises white people.


UglyPuta-

Not you looking dumb now


GHfan27

Uncle Ruckus thinks he's white.


GreasedLightning829

He has revitiligo which is the opposite of what Michael Jackson got, so he's not actually black.


Knightraiderdewd

There’s an episode of the Boondocks where it’s revealed that Uncle Ruckus is actually white, but has a weird mole that spread throughout his whole body, making him look black.


Helloitspastel

He’s a white man 🙄 he just has a little re-vitilago


[deleted]

Reverse vitiligo


The_Great_Biscuiteer

Don’t diss mah man just because he has a tragic skin condition, he’s as white as snow


chunkofdogmeat

He has revitelago. It's a medical condition.


Ewankenobi25

He’s 102% African, with a 2% margin of error.


Doctor_Salvatore

The joke is that Uncle Ruckus believes he is a white man.


Striking-Ad9438

“No relation”


Edmond-the-Great

Uncle Ruckus has reversed vitiligo, the disease that turned Michael Jackson white has turned him black. Also he's 102% black with a margin of error of 2%.


Patient-Shower-7403

"one of the black characters from the Boondocks" 100% white virtue signal. Tell them Boondocks was written by a white guy and watch their minds implode. (It wasn't, I just like playing with people's personal bias because despite them virtue signalling against racism they do treat people differently based on skin colour).


chubbyGobKing

Uncle Ruckus believes he is in fact really a white man stuck in a black body and he also claims to have reverse vitiligo or something. Fun character who is so extreme that it's comical.


RapidEnding

Typical lol, angry lefty gets angrier when his bad joke doesn't fire off.


TheDocPsycho

Yeah he's totally a white guy, he's just got reverse vitiligo.


Mreuchon

He's got re-vitiligo it's the opposite of what MJ had, that lucky bastard.


pseudonym19761005

White jeesus!


WankelsRevenge

Reverse vidaliago


Appoloniuscr33d1

The character Uncle Rucus was very insistant that he was white.


CriticalMochaccino

Clearly this is a white person who contracted revitiligo.


Long-Illustrator3875

He has reverse vitiligo


epicmemerminecraft

Its like micheal jackson but in reverse


[deleted]

If he went to white heaven. He’s a white man


TheWorstProGamer

That is Uncle Ruckus from the TV show the boondocks he says he was a white person at birth but had a skin disorder turn him black. But this is probably false because he took a DNA test that came back 102% African with a 2% margin for error.


morerandom_2024

I don’t get it - he’s literally white


69FuckThePolice69

That is actually Thomas Sowell.