Uncle Willie: Happy Fourth of You-Lie

The Fourth of You-Lie is recognition of the sham that is America’s Independence Day. Black people were not recognized as people in this country when independence was declared. And the deaths of unarmed Black women and men at the hands of police to this day, like Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, is a stark reminder of how far we have not come.  

Uncle Willie is inspired by many people I have known over the years. Cockeye Jinkins Jr. thinks he can pull one over on everybody else because he himself is very gullible. I used to get picked on when I was little. And my mom once gave me a green water pistol, like the one Cockeye Jinkins Jr. wields here, filled with watered-down ammonia to fend off the bullies.  


 

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