So by now most of us should have seen the highly inflammatory cartoon featured in the NY Post. It features Police holding a smoking gun after having shot and killed a raging Chimp. The caption makes a blatant referral to Pres. Obama.
As a practice I make it a habit to stay away from protests and demonstrations. Not that I have anything against protests and demonstrations in theory, it's simply an internal mechanism of self-preservation to stay away from any venue where the NYPD will be making a scheduled appearance. This stems from growing up with trigger happy, baton waving, evidence planting NYPD of the 80's and 90's, not the so-called "Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect" of this day and age.
However, yesterdays posts in the NY Post was just TOO much! We did something GREAT during this last election. For once I was proud to be an American. For once when someone said "We the People" , I felt like they could be talking about me. The overt racism of a someone referring to a chimp as the President of the United States makes Me the People too restless to contain. I am offended not as an African-American (although the AA in me is slowly headed towards Brooklyn-mode) I'm offended as an AMERICAN...period!
I have a sinking sensation that this isn't the first of such filth, and it won't be the last. However, it is the first I have seen and it will be the last I put up with. I stand behind the vote I cast in November, and I stand behind the work this country has done, therefore today February 19, 2009, four days after my 28th birthday, I will be attending my first protest/demonstration in front of the NY Post headquarters.
Stay tuned...
I agree with you! This is an outrage and I do think it's being taken very lightly. I have to admit I am a NY Post reader (still am). And I usually like the cartoons...that is until now. It's insensitive and it's just gone too far.
ReplyDeleteI'm generally not a protester, but I do feel that the NY Post should comment on this at least.