The New Post head line read "Chimp-Stimulus Cartoon Raises Racism Concerns". Should we be concerned that this cartoon contains any form of racial implications or was this just an innocent drawing?
Many Politicians and other groups are angered by this cartoon. This Cartoon showed a chimp getting shot by the police. What made it more troubling was the comment made by two officers " They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” agreeing with many critics
that this artist Sean Delonas was comparing President Obama to a Primate. as has been done for many years where blacks has been compared to monkeys.
Why did the New York Post allow this allow this image to be printed. even if it was not meant to be "racist" as per City Councilman Leroy G. Comrie jr " This was an unfortunate incident in which a human being was seriously injured- not an opportunity to sling dangerous rhetoric. It is my belief that The New York Post owes an immediate apology to this city for demonstrating such terrible judgment and insensitivity.” apparently he is talking about the shooting of a pet Chimp after a family friend was attacked. this is not something to poke fun at.
Here is the explanation given by Col Allan Editor in Chief at The Post "This was an unfortunate incident in which a human being was seriously injured- not an opportunity to sling dangerous rhetoric. It is my belief that The New York Post owes an immediate apology to this city for demonstrating such terrible judgment and insensitivity.” He should be reprimanded to let something so harmful and insulting be printed. Try again. Here another attempt at an explaination by Huffington Post Web site, reporter Sam Stein wrote: "At its most benign, the cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. Most provocatively, it compares the president to a rabid chimp." There Will be many more in the days ahead.
As it seems as if this is how thsi cartoonist makes his living by poking fun and dehumanizing people "It is not the first time that Delonas , the longtime cartoonist for the Post's Page Six, has raised eyebrows with a heavy-handed caricature.
An earlier Delonas cartoon made fun of Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills for having only one leg, and another compared gay people seeking marriage licenses to sheep lovers. In a cartoon from last month, an enormous Jessica Simpson dumps boyfriend Tony Romo for Ronald McDonald". Now I believe he has gone too far.
This will be a very hard one to explain. Even if it wasn't meant to be they should have known that there would be some questions raised. Many have agreed that this was very cruel and distasteful and some needs to be held accountable.
Many Politicians and other groups are angered by this cartoon. This Cartoon showed a chimp getting shot by the police. What made it more troubling was the comment made by two officers " They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” agreeing with many critics
that this artist Sean Delonas was comparing President Obama to a Primate. as has been done for many years where blacks has been compared to monkeys.
Why did the New York Post allow this allow this image to be printed. even if it was not meant to be "racist" as per City Councilman Leroy G. Comrie jr " This was an unfortunate incident in which a human being was seriously injured- not an opportunity to sling dangerous rhetoric. It is my belief that The New York Post owes an immediate apology to this city for demonstrating such terrible judgment and insensitivity.” apparently he is talking about the shooting of a pet Chimp after a family friend was attacked. this is not something to poke fun at.
Here is the explanation given by Col Allan Editor in Chief at The Post "This was an unfortunate incident in which a human being was seriously injured- not an opportunity to sling dangerous rhetoric. It is my belief that The New York Post owes an immediate apology to this city for demonstrating such terrible judgment and insensitivity.” He should be reprimanded to let something so harmful and insulting be printed. Try again. Here another attempt at an explaination by Huffington Post Web site, reporter Sam Stein wrote: "At its most benign, the cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. Most provocatively, it compares the president to a rabid chimp." There Will be many more in the days ahead.
As it seems as if this is how thsi cartoonist makes his living by poking fun and dehumanizing people "It is not the first time that Delonas , the longtime cartoonist for the Post's Page Six, has raised eyebrows with a heavy-handed caricature.
An earlier Delonas cartoon made fun of Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills for having only one leg, and another compared gay people seeking marriage licenses to sheep lovers. In a cartoon from last month, an enormous Jessica Simpson dumps boyfriend Tony Romo for Ronald McDonald". Now I believe he has gone too far.
This will be a very hard one to explain. Even if it wasn't meant to be they should have known that there would be some questions raised. Many have agreed that this was very cruel and distasteful and some needs to be held accountable.
You make some very good points. I was unfortunately reading the NYP yesterday and saw the moronic cartoon. Evidently, the cartoonist has a history of making these types of cartoons which tend to have underlining racist, or insulting undertones at certain groups of people. The thing about the cartoon is that it was blatantly racist, and it wasn't even clever political satire. I heard the NYP reaction to all the anger and their statement did not even make sense. They probably realized they were caught doing something really awful. I hope enough people call their office so the guy either gets reprimanded or fired.
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