In the wake of the horrific attack on September 11, 2001, a joke went around the Black community.
A joke from that time stated that Black people were America's second most hated racial group, as Arabs were perceived as the most hated group at that point.
As the author notes,
if you are Black and reading this, I’m gonna guess that you get the joke instantly, especially if you were alive for 9/11.
The author reminisces about Aaron MacGruder’s newspaper comic strip The Boondocks, where they first saw the joke, and expresses their fondness for the comic strip.
Author's summary: Black community foresaw I.C.E. crackdown.