Racist Political Cartoon?


Uncle Sam | 207430 hits | Feb 18 5:14 pm | Posted by: maldonsfecht
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York Post cartoon Wednesday drew fire from civil rights activist Al Sharpton and others who say the drawing invokes historically racist images in suggesting an ape wrote President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.

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  1. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:18 am
    Cartoon Image Link:
    http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Gua ... oon460.jpg

  2. by avatar RUEZ
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:22 am
    Wow.

  3. by roger-roger
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:31 am
    Ya I would say that is racist.

  4. by avatar Tricks
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:08 am
    BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  5. by avatar xerxes
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:14 am
    Way over the line.

  6. by avatar Pseudonym
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:26 am
    I'm so confused. It is a reference to current events where a chimp was shot and also an insult to the poor writing of the stimulus bill. How is it racist? Al Sharpton needs to take off his race goggles.

  7. by avatar xerxes
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:31 am
    But by referencing the Stimulus bill they newspaper is implying that Obama is a monkey. See the implied racism yet?

  8. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:33 am
    I took it at first glance to be one of the "infinity monkey's bashing on infinity typewriters" and that was the chimp that pounded out the "nonsense" that was the stimulus bill.

    On reading the article I can see the connection with the Connecticut story.

  9. by avatar Pseudonym
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:37 am
    "xerxes" said
    But by referencing the Stimulus bill they newspaper is implying that Obama is a monkey. See the implied racism yet?

    Obama didn't write the bill though.

  10. by avatar saturn_656
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:39 am
    "xerxes" said
    But by referencing the Stimulus bill they newspaper is implying that Obama is a monkey. See the implied racism yet?


    How many cartoons were there that made Bush in the image of a chimp?

    I think some here had such images as their avatars... no one had a problem with that.

  11. by avatar Pseudonym
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:41 am
    I think it comes down to a simple question of whether we are going to judge the man by his stated intentions or whether we plan to judge him by what some perceive him to have said. Sharpton et al simply failed to judge the cartoon in light of the context of current events.

  12. by avatar Pseudonym
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:41 am
    "saturn_656" said
    But by referencing the Stimulus bill they newspaper is implying that Obama is a monkey. See the implied racism yet?


    How many cartoons were there that made Bush in the image of a chimp?

    I think some here had such images as their avatars... no one had a problem with that.

  13. by avatar Scape
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:44 am
    porch monkey

    Is calling a white man a monkey the same as calling a black man one?

  14. by avatar xerxes
    Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:47 am
    "Pseudonym" said
    But by referencing the Stimulus bill they newspaper is implying that Obama is a monkey. See the implied racism yet?

    Obama didn't write the bill though.

    But it's his bill nonetheless.

    And George Bush was of a race that hasn't histoically been referred to as monkeys by white sumpremacists, Obama is.



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