Its Aaron McGruder's recurring riff on an observation by other black comedians like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle, namely that there is no more racist person on earth than an old black man.
Most of my oldest relatives have died now, but I guarantee you that I heard no shortage of anti-white sentiments from my male relatives born in the Louisiana of the 1930s. Admittedly, its born out of a lifetime of oppression, but some of the comments go from experience to outright paranoia.
And believe me, some of those who served in WW2 put it exactly like the character in Boondocks.
As to why its on the air despite such sentiments, its context. Ruckus is always condemned by the other blacks on the show. Granddad's flaws are usually pointed out GLARINGLY by characters like Huey, Jazzmine, and Tom. Huey's arch-activism is a classic spoof of Black Panther and other radical groups within our community, although with an eye towards improving society for all. And so forth.
In short, its because all of the characters have their flaws exposed- NOBODY escapes a lampooning. As hard as it is on white folk, it is equally hard if not harder on some deeply held beliefs and highly respected icons of the black community: MLK and the Cos got done over!
Oh yeah- and that incongruous martial arts mastery thing is dope!
NICE!
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