New York Post Monkee Shines

The recent New York Post newspaper published a cartoon in which the NYPD shoots a monkey.The monkey is reportedly is responsible for creating the stimulus package .No doubt this cartoon is refering to President Barack Obama.As an African American ,I have been called a lot of things among them a monkey.This is a blatant form of racism not a form of political satire.
You may remember during the past presidential election the tee shirts that portrayed President Obama as a monkey. Mike Norman ,the Georgia tee shirt maker , defends his portrayal of Obama as curious George the monkey .


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Racists dating back to the Jim Crow era have associated African Americans with apes. Academic racists have lampooned African Americans as bestial creatures such as apes and monkeys .The New York Post is not the New York Times but it still reaches an substantial audience.American racism will never die , it is like Texas heat ,something that you endure , cope with ,and minimize.