User blog comment:Magma MK-II/Characters that shouldn't be here, Part 3: Return of the Revenge/@comment-366087-20151230223311/@comment-366087-20151231054305

I dunno about Uncle Ruckus. Speaking as a black person myself, admittedly with very light skin and "good hair", I've not seen him do much of anything which stems from being evil/wicked.

As a therapist I can tell you that while Internalized Racism to the degree he is characterized is rare, a very large portion of the African American community expresses it to varied small degrees. It is readily apparent in women who seek to make their hair like whites. Although many will vehemently deny it as any form of racism.

I suggested elsewhere that perhaps a criteria measuring question should be "If this character is a wicked/evil "villain, why do the Good Characters continue to tolerate and hang out with them?" Even if they ask themselves the same or similar, or express dislike, why are they still tolerating them?''.

Examples can be found where a good answer exists for the question. For example, Eric Cartman. While seasons 1-4 Eric was a jerk douchebag, he was still less than Wicked/Evil, and all the kids did was to remind him they weren't really friends and ask him to go home. Season 5 changed that with him feeding Scott his own dead parents in the chili. The rest of the gang said "remind me to never make him mad at us", showing that the why is they are terrified what he might do to them. He has only gotten worse since.

I feel this is not the case with Uncle Ruckus, regardless of his internalized racism, the Freemans still tolerate his presence.