"This isn't racism," says the cartoonist
(CNN) — President Obama earned kudos from the media when he said he screwed up in nominating Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services despite his problem with paying taxes.
Too bad the leadership of the New York Post didn’t follow the lead of the president in admitting that an editorial cartoon they ran today by Sean Delonas was offensive, careless and racist.
If you haven’t seen the editorial in question, it shouldn’t take you long to figure out that the subtle message was clear: comparing President Obama to a chimpanzee.
In the cartoon, a cop is holding a smoking gun and, with another officer, looking at a bullet-riddled body of a chimpanzee. The caption reads: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”
In a statement to The Associated Press, Col Allan, the Post’s editor-in-chief, said the cartoon was an obvious reference to the story of a chimp in Connecticut that viciously attacked a woman and was killed by police.
“The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist,” he said, referencing a news release the civil rights activist sent out blasting the paper and demanding an apology.
Delonas, the cartoonist, said to CNN, “It’s absolutely friggin ridiculous. Do you really think I’m saying Obama should be shot? I didn’t see that in the cartoon. The chimpanzee was a major story in the Post. Every paper in New York, except The New York Times, covered the chimpanzee story. It’s just ridiculous. It’s about the economic stimulus bill. If you’re going to make that about anybody, it would be [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi, which it’s not.”
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(CNN) -- President Obama earned kudos from the media when he said he screwed up in nominating Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services despite his problem with paying taxes.
Too bad the leadership of the New York Post didn't follow the lead of the president in admitting that an editorial cartoon they ran today by Sean Delonas was offensive, careless and racist.
If you haven't seen the editorial in question, it shouldn't take you long to figure out that the subtle message was clear: comparing President Obama to a chimpanzee.
In the cartoon, a cop is holding a smoking gun and, with another officer, looking at a bullet-riddled body of a chimpanzee. The caption reads: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
In a statement to The Associated Press, Col Allan, the Post's editor-in-chief, said the cartoon was an obvious reference to the story of a chimp in Connecticut that viciously attacked a woman and was killed by police.
"The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist," he said, referencing a news release the civil rights activist sent out blasting the paper and demanding an apology.
Delonas, the cartoonist, said to CNN, "It's absolutely friggin ridiculous. Do you really think I'm saying Obama should be shot? I didn't see that in the cartoon. The chimpanzee was a major story in the Post. Every paper in New York, except The New York Times, covered the chimpanzee story. It's just ridiculous. It's about the economic stimulus bill. If you're going to make that about anybody, it would be [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi, which it's not."
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who the fuck cares … its just a cartoon .. stop seeing shit that isn’t there >:O!!!
Obviously we care, as do many other people who this cartoon ticked off. Stop ignoring shit that is there!
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You only find racism where you desire to see it. This cartoon is merely MOCKING the fact that ‘even a monkey’ can do the politicians job. But yet, it like so many other things, has been taken out of context and so non-intellectually labeled as ‘racist’. As a PROUD white HISPANIC male I can say this with a definite sureness. The majority of the African American society is a smirking mockery of EVERYTHING Martin Luther King Jr. was aiming for; being regarded as equal intellectual human beings for many races with the inclusion of the African Americans.
Instead of using examples such as Obama, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Malcolm X, and MANY other successful and accomplished BLACK men and women; the majority of your culture rides the coat tails of racism and ‘the man’ keeping you down. MLK Jr. must be turning in his grave.. If you want to scream racism, stereotypes, etc, do it to your own culture. I end this rant now.
PS: I know many of the readers will think of me racist, to which I say. Yeah, I am but so is everyone else in the world. But I don’t let that aspect of my human nature stop me from going out and helping my fellow man and loving them.