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Racism IS exacerbated by particular ideological affiliations. Many
more people are conservative because they are racist than is true of
the obverse. Fiscal conservatism is nothing more than code for "I
don't want to see my tax money support people of a particular race."
While some black people may be conservative on some issues, the
overwhelming majority are smart enough not to be enticed by polls
about religion or Republican ideologies cloaked in religion to impel
them to vote against their own self interests. What more do you need
than "Puff the Magic Negro" to convince you of the Republican party's
inherent racism?
John
On Feb 23, 2009, at 8:49 PM, Collins Ouko wrote:
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> Vera,
> I agree with you on that.
> Racism is a problem unto itself.
> It bears no allegiance to any ideological affiliations.
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> You know something...people really need to stop equating political
> conservatives with being racists...not all conservatives are
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> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:39 pm
> Subject: How Low will the Racist & Conservatives go ????
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>> Drawing criticism ... the cartoon, which refers to Travis the chimp,
>> who was shot to death by police. Photo: AP
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>> http://www.smh.com.au/world/newspapers-cartoon-links-obama-to-dead-chimp-20090219-8bmc.html
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>>
>> The New York Post is standing behind a cartoon that appears to
>> compare
>> US President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by
>> police.
>> The cartoon in Wednesday's Post by Sean Delonas shows two police
>> officers standing over the body of a bullet-riddled chimp. One of the
>> officers says to the other: "They'll have to find someone else to
>> write the next stimulus bill."
>> Civil rights activist Al Sharpton called the cartoon "troubling at
>> best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being
>> synonymous with monkeys".
>> But Sharpton said the Post should clarify the point it was trying to
>> make with the cartoon, which was playing off Monday's rampage by a
>> pet
>> chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut, that left a woman severely
>> mauled. Police ended up killing the chimp.
>> In a statement, Post editor-in-chief Col Allan said: "The cartoon
>> is a
>> clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a
>> violent
>> chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to
>> revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing
>> more
>> than a publicity opportunist."
>> A story about the cartoon on the liberal-leaning Huffington Post
>> website drew hundreds of reader responses, many calling the cartoon
>> racist and insensitive.
>> Sam Stein, a columnist for the site, wrote that "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. Either way, the incorporation of violence and (on a
>> darker level) race into politics is bound to be controversial".
>> Delonas, the long-time cartoonist for the Post's Page Six, is known
>> for heavy-handed caricatures. In a cartoon from last month, an
>> enormous Jessica Simpson dumps boyfriend Tony Romo for Ronald
>> McDonald, a clown used as the McDonald's mascot.
>>
>> AP
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