OK, now that I’ve read the Huffington Post’s explanation of this political cartoon, I no longer see it as racist imagery.
What the cartoonist was attempting to imply is that the stimulus bill is so laughable that a monkey could have written it.
And when you consider the fact that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are the true architects behind the bill, then you realize the cartoonist meant them, and not Obama.
UPDATE from HuffPo:
Rev. Al Sharpton has weighed in on the cartoon in a statement:
“The cartoon in today’s New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that “Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.”
“Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?”
ummmm…no. They could have chose any other animal yet they chose a monkey….it was racist and this is their weak attempt to play dumb and act like they weren’t being racist….see it happen almost every day….just ask the man who made the “drunken negro cookies” “in honor of barack”….he said he wasn’t being racist either….figures.
P.S. if Barack isn’t the true architect behind the bill then how come you blame him and make fun of him when people don’t agree with it?
i hope you got poked in the cooch with the sharp top edge of that fence you’re straddling Sandra. Make up your mind…is it Obama’s wasteful stimulus package or Reid and Pelosi’s??
on topic…i frequent huffpost but still find the cartoon offensive. if you have to provide a detailed explanation to get the “joke”, then it’s not funny.
terika83 Says:
ummmm…no. They could have chose any other animal yet they chose a monkey….it was racist and this is their weak attempt to play dumb and act like they weren’t being racist….see it happen almost every day….just ask the man who made the “drunken negro cookies” “in honor of barack”….he said he wasn’t being racist either….figures.
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There was a pet chimp who attacked a woman and had to be killed by police yesterday, this all ties in together.
Speakyour mind I agree with 100% Sandra you really need to quit. On all your post about Obama(which you cut off the comments) you referred to him and the bill now you sucking face with the other prejudice site Huff report. Come on let’s be real this was nothing but racist just like you say he wrote it so does the racist New York Post. Everybody knows how prejudice this paper is they got into trouble before about another racist cartoon they released then tried to retract. Sandra, unfortunately I put you in the same catagory as them. Now shut the comments off of this article.
Hello All. Did you all know that Congress used to refer to us black folks as “beast of the field”, a term lifted from the Bible? This is how they were able to justify slavery for 400 years, and Jim-Crow 100 yrs after slavery ended. For the record, I’m just saying……
On another racist tip, a few weeks back the Washington Post printed a story about raccoons roaming the grounds of the White House. For yrs they also called us “coons.”
We would be blind to see no racism here. It will take this country another 400 to get over color, blacks and whites alike. Peace.
Correction: 400 years that is. Peace.
@ Anna…yeah I read about that…that’s sad. But I mean even if it all ties in together…it’s a known thing that blacks used to be referred to as “monkeys” by some people so before you even get the joke off your lips to tell someone your common sense should kick in and say “hey someone may be offended by that”…people use the “oh i didnt know” excuse to say what they really feel while trying not to take fault for it.
If Sandra had a contest asking how many times have the comments been ON under an Obama post would anybody win?
Is THIS for real?
I mean…the bill was signed YESTERDAY…and hundreds of people are working TODAY because of it…and that hundred will turn into THOUSANDS…
So, if a MONKEY can do that…get rid of all of the white men that ran this country’s into the ground…AND REPLACE THEM WITH A BUNCH OF MONKEYS, CHIMPS AND APES!!!
And I’m not surprise that the owner of this site DON’T find the above cartoon HIGHLY OFFENSIVE…
Continously sadden by that…but…alas, not surprised…
terika83 Says:
@ Anna…yeah I read about that…that’s sad. But I mean even if it all ties in together…it’s a known thing that blacks used to be referred to as “monkeys” by some people so before you even get the joke off your lips to tell someone your common sense should kick in and say “hey someone may be offended by that”…people use the “oh i didnt know” excuse to say what they really feel while trying not to take fault for it.
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Even me knowing what happend yesterday it does offend me seeing this. We know what was meant by the cartoon and I am trying to be aware of freedom of speech. As you stated, either many are going to be offened or those who let this be published really don’t give a damn.
Its getting harder and harder to stomach dis shyt…its been going on every since they realized it was a possiblity Obama could be America’s next president, and its going to get worse. What are they trying to do…bring the ignorance out of us…I REALLY HATE WHEN KRAKERS PISS ME OFF AND MAKE ME WANNA ACT A FOOL on dere azzeZ…then dey wanna act like we’re violent and crazy when they lie and say nothing was done intentionally…I REALLY REALLY hope we can get those slave pushers out of that plantation house soon (white house) the last thing we need is for a race war or anything negative to pop off because of their FOOLISHNESS…dayum…”why can’t we just get along??”
Sleepy, Sleepy, I wish Al would go that hard against things going on within our race. YAWN
PAHairston Says:
Do you come against brothers who have taken to calling themselves “goon” in this culture?
Deep Thought, I wasn’t familiar with this term “goon” for brothers so I looked it up in the Urban Dictionary: a real man or nigga, originated in Florida. Personally, we need to retire the n-word, period, and all forms there of. I prefer calling each other sisters and brothers, they still have such a nice ring, don’t you think? (Can’t you tell I’m from the old school?) God, who’s nice out there anymore?
Since we have a brother in the White House, we need to show each other respect, period. I’m just saying, for what it’s worth.
No comment
@ PAHairston
then i guess i’m ol’ school too cuz i use the terms sister and brother in reference to our people…unless of course i’m mad, and then they can be any number of derogatory terms!
LOL! I second that Speaks!
There is no way you can spin this that will make it less than what it is…blatant racism in one of the countries most popular newspapers!
We need to speak out more often or this ish will continue. Best believe I am sending them my complaint right now. This is so ridiculous; I’m not surprised though. People test their limits to see how far they can go… if we don’t speak out in unison and together… it will get much worse. In some ways we are progressing but in many ways we’re regressing just as much! SPEAK OUT PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anna….I totally agree…I will be the first to point out when blacks are O.D.’ing and being overly sensitive…i.e. they can say whatever about other races but when someone from another race makes a comment the NAACP goes after them. But don’t blatantly be racist then play dumb…maybe it’s just me but I’ve experienced it and have seen it done so…
Don’t waste ya time spending complaints y’all. The post is notorious for this. They probably wont even open it are reading it. The post is fox in print.
Yep starr … it’s owned by the same racist aussie summabeech rupert murdoch
Sorry Starr I’m sending my complaint & I’m going on line to complain. I know they are jerks all the way around but if you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything.
People use to say don’t vote bc our vote doesn’t count.
@ Iscream
I understand your point. But they’ve already defended the cartoon. R u gonna send your complaints directly to them? I guess thats your choice, and no one can you for it. But the only to send a message to that filth of newspaper is buy not buying it. It use to be quarter, and it was easy for some people to buy cuz our other paper was .50. They post doesn’t care who they offend. I”m not even slightly surprised by it.
Lots of typos……but watever lol
Who voted Al Sharpton the black folks spokes person? Does he get paid for making statements?