Comments on: New York Post Monkey/Stimulus Bill Cartoon

By: Nichole

Nichole — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:16:27 +0000

This goes to show how ignorant you are. Please do your research. Google monkeys and African Americans. People have the right to interpret a picture anyway they want to interpret it. In this case, African Americans interpretation of the picture is a valid one. Stupid!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:24:46 +0000

b4l

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:51 +0000

WOW

I’m not even American and without reading your text I noticed immediately this was an obvious reference to Obama. Unbelievable.

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By: jobey

jobey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:37:08 +0000

that is verey shamfull and also discracefull

By: Lila

Lila — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:57:03 +0000

The cartoonist should be familiar with the power of symbols, since their manipulation is at the core of his job. The symbolic use of chimps for African Americans isn’t just historical; it was a problem that came up during the campaign too. Knowing this, a cartoonist who did not intend to be racist would have had two options: find a funnier joke, or establish an internal symbolism within the cartoon making it clear that the ape did not represent President Obama. For instance, if one of the cops were African American, it would establish that African Americans would be portrayed as humans within the cartoon, drawing a clear distinction so that the ape could be seen in a different symbolic light. Since the cartoonist did not do this, I feel like arguing that people are overreacting is bunk. Racism is a real problem in this country, and we need to deal with it. (BTW I’m white, as I’m sure some commenters will care.)

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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:32:29 +0000

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By: Uncle tom

Uncle tom — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:28:28 +0000

Its only racist if you are

By: Randomm :)

Randomm :) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:00:44 +0000

It’s not racist AT ALL. The cartoonist obviously thinks that the stimulus bill is a bad idea (I agree) and he wants to show that. If you think something is stupid, you’d say it was “written by monkeys.” Exactly the point that is expressed here.
I don’t want to hear that this is racist because it’s NOT.

By: Bagelsan

Bagelsan — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:19:49 +0000

i could care less about the racial implications (which in my opinion is just black people goingAPEshit over nothing)

…really, why *ever* would people question that racism is dead? 9.9

The bill is so bad, an angry monkey could have written it = funny = obviously the correct interpretation.
Our black president is inherently inferior to whites and resembles a monkey = not funny = obviously the wrong interpretation.

I would argue that the second interpretation is equally valid; isn’t laughing *at* someone considered pretty funny too? It’s not like all the minstrel shows were genuine appreciations of culture or anything… Mocking is definitely something cartoonists do, and when a cartoon seems to be mocking a man at whom so much racist bullshit has been leveled *using this same racist imagery* it is pretty naive to assume that the cartoonist has only the most innocent intentions. (It’s also somewhat odd to assume that cartoons are meant only to be funny –they are often meant to make a point with barely a nod to humor at all.)

By: NEW WORLD ORDER

NEW WORLD ORDER — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:29:58 +0000

It’s not about equal rights….they want special rights!