I suppose if the ape were an albino that would be ...

2009-02-26T09:19:00.000-05:00

I suppose if the ape were an albino that would be more acceptable. But then again, I am not a member of the uber-sensitive class, being a pure-bred WASP myself, and just to make it worse, I'm a straight male.

People like me are the root cause of colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, and ism after ism after ism. And I have an attitude problem.

I suppose I could get upset that killers are always portrayed as white males. And white males are always portrayed as a dufus in tv commercials.

Am quite surprised that nobody has an opinion abou...

2009-02-24T17:59:00.000-05:00

Am quite surprised that nobody has an opinion about this; when I first saw this cartoon I was terribly shocked and knew immediately that Obama was the ape. Since I got over that I've been trying to figure out if that is what was intended, since I'd prefer to think I got it wrong.

In conversation with the writer of this blog, he said he didn't leap to that conclusion himself because he didn't make the connection between blacks and monkeys/apes. We thought perhaps that was because, growing up in England, that odious connection was not part of the national consciousness the way it has been in North America.

It certainly was part of the consciousness here, even outside the USA. Thinking it was an age related phenom, I asked my 30-something son about it, and he told me he certainly saw it the same was I did, without hesitation, so he feels it too. He assured me he is well aware of this perceived connection in spite of growing up in a more enlightened time than me.

I guess after spending last Thursday watching Obama in Ottawa this cartoon just jolted me back into grim reality where a major New York newspaper would publish this trash.

I am afraid for him and his family.
DJO

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I suppose if the ape were an albino that would be ...

Am quite surprised that nobody has an opinion abou...