Was cartoon of Darwin (1871) racist? Was comparing Bill Clinton to a monkey racist? And what about George W. Bush? How about Ahmadinejad or Donald Trump? But when it’s Obama it is? Would a monkey take offence to being compared to a human? How about Jesus Christ?
Like beauty, I suppose racism is in the eye of the beholder too.
Hmmm…
Images found on: http://www.aquilaarts.com/bushmonkey.html http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/04/racist_orange_county_republica.php http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editorial_cartoon_depicting_Charles_Darwin_as_an_ape_(1871).jpg http://angrywhitebitch.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/racist-obama-t-shirt/ http://cheezburger.com/View/1181009664 http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/120259159.html http://www.sevensidedcube.net/exercise-makes-you-monkeys-smart/
–> (Slightly surreal: Israeli calling “Jesus-the-monkey” a nazi… A mockery of the crucifiction of Yeshu (Jesus) on Israeli TV [warning: really bad taste]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA6vRC1xW_c
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