Blatant and thoughtless Racism is alive and well

[clanglee]

Holy shit. I mean. . wow. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...t-cartoon-race

[fartpants]

jesus man, thats outrageous...

[bassman]

Wow..... Could be really racist, or it could be a blind fuck up by the artist. Maybe he meant the people behind the stimulus are apes instead of making a racist comment? I know....it's a stretch, but sometimes people make racist comments without meaning them that way.

[DubiousComforts]

I believe this is simply a very poor choice of combining two unrelated current events to make a point. They just don't make political satirists like they used to.

[Chic Freak]

T-shirts portraying Obama as the children's book character Curious George, a monkey, made occasional appearances among audience members at Republican rallies during last year's election campaign, and a similar stuffed doll continues to be advertised online. ew! Anyway, I was going to suggest that maybe the cartoonist was making a comment about racist law enforcement, until I read this: The Post's cartoonist Sean Delonas, meanwhile, has frequently been accused of bigotry: the New York gossip blog Gawker once nicknamed him "the Picasso of prejudice". The criticism has centred on his portrayals of gay characters, which have linked homosexuality to bestiality. Dear me.

[clanglee]

Yeah, like I said, thoughtless as all hell. I just can't believe this got through the editors!!!

[SRP76]

Another case of making it look like what people want it to look like. Obama didn't write the fucking bill, despite the credit he'll take for it; the chimps in Congress did. And yes, most of the bullshit in there does look like a chimp wrote it. The caption and Obama have nothing to do with one another. And yes, I called your Representative a chimp. I also called your Senator a chimp. If you think I'm racist for it, just watch next November when I dangle re-election over his or her head; you'll see them dance, dance, dance. Just like a chimp.

[DubiousComforts]

And yes, I called your Representative a chimp. So then which species of primate are those Senators and Representatives that didn't vote for the stimulus bill?

[LoneCrusader]

LOL it's actually kinda funny.

[SRP76]

So then which species of primate are those Senators and Representatives that didn't vote for the stimulus bill? They aren't. They only briefly become chimps when doing something pointless and stupid. At all other times, they're weasels.

[MaximusIncredulous]

It's the NY Post. A Piece Of ShiT rag owned by Mr. Fox News - Rupert Murdoch. Doesn't surprise me to see this crap.

[blind2d]

Ahh... racism or poignant satire? My vote: neither. I stupid cartoon with a poor dead chimp and some dumb police. Not worth my time.

[strayrider]

They aren't. They only briefly become chimps when doing something pointless and stupid. At all other times, they're weasels. -stray- Show me da money!

[EvilNed]

It's not even that funny, so I say the artist doubly fails at his job.

[AcesandEights]

It depends on how one reads the cartoon, I suppose. I think it's a huge over-reaction and the artist was using the time-tested analogy of monkeys to thoughtlessly imbecilic ineptitude and inefficiency, but if the fellow has a history of art that could be construed as homophobic it certainly won't help him. It's always a hard line to walk in these cases, because you never know when someone is just seeing racism in the image because they're very sensitive about race, or missing it because they are not sensitive enough to the issue.