Adult Swim’s series adaptation of Aaron McGruder’s comic strip The Boondocks ran for four seasons between 2005 and 2014, but is more relevant now than ever for its unapologetically shocking and brilliant funny dissection of racial stereotypes that, like South Park, is all seen through the eyes of some very precocious youngsters.
Stream The Boondocks on HBO Max here.
Let’s switch over from a rural setting into something more suburban, particularly the neighborhood of Woodcrest, in which Chicago-born brothers Huey and Riley Freeman (both voiced by Oscar-winner Regina King) experience a bit of a culture clash with their WASPy peers after moving in with their grandfather (John Witherspoon).