Computer crashes -- I hate 'em.

Apparently, a trojan virus infected my hard drive and corrupted my winsocket (yeah, I know that sounds painful). Ended up on the phone with a Microsoft tech from India and after 3 hours - THREE HOURS - had the problem recognized and fixed.

Of course the next day, another corrupted file reared it's ugly little head. This time, I was able to find a fix online.

So, that meant I was able to post yesterday, right? Right?

Wrong. My Blogger.com posting ability didn't work.

Oh well - at least it's working now (I hope).

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I love the comics in the paper. It started when I was kid when I followed Nancy, Snuffy Smith and Funky Winkerbean. But my absolute favorite was Bloom County. Some others were Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side and Liberty Meadows.

Lately though, there has been very few strips that have the same innocence (or lack thereof). Only Sherman's Lagoon, Luann, Prickly City, Candorville and Get Fuzzy (sometimes) bring out a chuckle and a need the need to read it each day.

That brings me to the subject that I wanted to talk about today...

One strip that I have occasionally enjoyed is The Boondocks (for those who have never seen it, click here). This is a relatively new strip about a 2 young black kids who are being raised by their grandfather. It is usually very funny, poignant and controversial - which isn't always a bad thing

However, a strip that was published this past week went over the line.

It is a one panel strip showing the boys standing in snow watching a white guy jogging. As he passes, one of the boys says (mockingly), "White people."

Is it that big of a deal?

I think so. I'm not thick skinned, or overly sensitive. But I don't believe that the way to erase the color divide is too stereotype other people. If this same strip were written by a white cartoonist and depicted 2 white children mocking a black guy, what do you think would happen?

I also don't buy into the excuse that it's okay because of how Blacks were treated for many years. Of course, I'm not saying that we should ignore it.

What I am saying is that the more we accept any stereotype to be mocked - no matter how true it may be - the less we are able to truly be colorblind.