Obama compared to a chimp (by Latuff)
Latuff | 22.02.2009 06:03 | Anti-racism | World
New York Post Obama chimp cartoon causes outrage
A New York Post cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police has drawn outrage from civil rights leaders. The cartoon caption reads: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” The cartoon refers to a chimpanzee who was killed on Monday by police in Connecticut after it mauled a friend of its owner.
Some critics called the cartoon racist and others said it suggests that Obama should be assassinated. “To compare the nation’s first African-American commander in chief to a dead chimpanzee is nothing short of racist drivel,” said Barbara Ciara, president of the US National Association of Black Journalists.
High resolution version of the above cartoon here:
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/new_york_post_obama_chimp_cartoon_causes_outrage.gif
And here: http://ia331417.us.archive.org/2/items/NewYorkPostObamaCartoonCausesOutrage/NewYorkPostObamaChimpCartoonCausesOutrage.gif
Some critics called the cartoon racist and others said it suggests that Obama should be assassinated. “To compare the nation’s first African-American commander in chief to a dead chimpanzee is nothing short of racist drivel,” said Barbara Ciara, president of the US National Association of Black Journalists.
High resolution version of the above cartoon here:
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/new_york_post_obama_chimp_cartoon_causes_outrage.gif And here:
http://ia331417.us.archive.org/2/items/NewYorkPostObamaCartoonCausesOutrage/NewYorkPostObamaChimpCartoonCausesOutrage.gif
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Am I the only one...
22.02.2009 16:15
Admittedly, I'm not familiar with the cartoonists other work.
MonkeyBot
Well I thought
22.02.2009 18:16
New Yorkers should actually take notice of what the 99% of the world says rather than assuming that they know whats best.
confused
the cartoon in question
22.02.2009 19:02
Obama chimp cartoon from New York Post
I think it is within the IM guidelines to post this here. If not, here is a link to it:
If even this is against guidelines, you will just have to Google for it. It's all over the internet, so there will be no problem finding it.
I totally oppose racism but I don't think this cartoon is racist at all. I think the people against it are misunderstanding the satire. And Bush was always portrayed as a chimp anyway.
anon
Satire
23.02.2009 09:51
As was said above, it looks like it was saying that a chimp could have written the stimulus plan.
CW
Travis Pickle
23.02.2009 21:03
Danny