The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for April 23, 2018
Transcript:
Caesar: What's the status? Huey: Actually, I'm writing a black history book. Caesar: Sounds...tame. Huey: Well...this is actually a book of future black history. Caesar: You're writing a history book about things that haven't happened? Huey: It's an exercise in optimism. Caesar: "August 2003: Al Sharpton cuts hair and becomes Democratic presidential front-runner." Huey: Extreme optimism.
Afrofuturism is an actual thing. Check out writers Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delaney, N. K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, and Nalo Hopkinson, among others.