On February 18th, 2009, the New York Post published a cartoon, which I call racist, of two white cops shooting at a monkey and the caption says:
"They'll have to find someone else to write the next Stimulus Bill."
This cartoon angered many people-black and white, including myself. I felt that the New York Post was very wrong for letting this cartoon appear in their newspaper. The author and editor of the cartoon reasons that his cartoon is supposed to be comical, mocking the incident of a woman who recently got mauled by her own chimpanzee, and Washington's weak efforts of trying to revive the economy. They also tried to say that Al Sharpton who is an activist, is a "publicity oppurtunist" for trying to point the cartoon at racism toward Barack Obama. For some reason I do not believe anything of what he has mentioned and mocking the woman who almost died because of the attack by her own chimpanzee is not funny at all. I remember many times from the past, but not too long ago, when Blacks were compared to monkeys/chimpanzees/apes. Upon my research, I have also found a white supporter of Palin at her rally waving around a stuffed monkey calling him "little Hussein" also known as Obama. He flaunts the monkey and laughs while several protesters yell "racist!" at him. This really bothers me because it makes me think twice if the importance of race has really transcended.
You must take a look at these:
Here is the link to the video of the man at Palin's rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKUovpF9LWU / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtZWwgw__WY
Here is the link to the actual cartoon: http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/minor/2009/02/19/racist-obama-monkey-cartoon/
Thought that I should post this from Wikipedia.org:
Racism is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. People with racist beliefs might hate certain groups of people according to their racial groups.
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I agree with what you are saying because I feel that this cartoon was very racist. Their is no explanation for what the cartoon depicts because it is blatan. Even if the cartoon was mocking the woman being attacked by her pet chimpanzee that incident was serious and nothing to be mock. But I doubt this to be true.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that this cartoon should not have appeared in the NY Post at all. It was wrong and the cartoon definitely had a double meaning, which is not okay. I also agree with your point that even if the cartoon was for the woman who was attacked, it still would not have been okay. It's unfortunate that people still do things like this. Even if it wasn't printed; people still feel this way and don't mind this type of satire.
ReplyDeleteNone of the comic is funny. Each part of it is cruel in its own way. The writter and the NY post need to own up to there actions and mistakes.
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