(NAME-MCE) An insult

[Dr. Andrew Jackson, Sr.]

This is depressing news.  What can we do?

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 11:51 AM, "Bill Howe" <bill at billhowe.org> wrote:
>
Dear Friend, 
>Yesterday, the day after President Obama signed his stimulus bill into law,
>the NY Post ran a cartoon depicting the bill's "author" as a dead
>monkey,
>covered in blood after being shot by police. You can see the image by
>clicking on the link below. 
>In the face of intense criticism, the Post's editor is standing by the
>cartoon, claiming that it's not about Obama, has no racial undertones, and
>that it was simply referencing a recent incident when police shot a pet
>chimpanzee. But it's impossible to believe that any newspaper editor could
>be ignorant enough to not understand how this cartoon evokes a history of
>racist symbolism, or how frightening this image feels at a time when death
>threats against President Obama have been on the rise. 
>Please join me and other ColorOfChange.org members in demanding that the
>Post apologize publicly and fire the editor who allowed this cartoon to go
>to print: 
>http://www.colorofchange.org/nypost/?id=1936-816851 
>The Post would have us believe that the cartoon is not about Obama. But on
>the page just before the cartoon appears, there's a big picture of Obama
>signing the stimulus bill. A reader paging through the Post would see Obama
>putting pen to paper, then turn the page to see this violent cartoon. The
>imagery is chilling. 
>There is a clear history in our country of racist symbolism that depicts
>Black people as apes or monkeys, and it came up multiple times during the
>presidential campaign. 
>We're also in a time of increased race-based violence. In the months
>following President Obama's election there has been a nationwide surge in
>hate crimes ranging from vandalism to assaults to arson on Black churches.
>There has been an unprecedented number of threats against President Obama
>since he was elected, with hate-based groups fantasizing about the killing
>of the president. Just a week ago, a man drove from Louisiana to the Capitol
>with a rifle, telling the police who stopped him that he had a
>"delivery"
>for the president. 
>There is no excuse for the Post to have allowed this cartoon to be printed,
>and even less for Editor Col Allan's outright dismissal of legitimate
>concerns. 
>But let's be clear who's behind the Post: Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch, the
>Post's owner, is the man behind FOX News Channel. FOX has continually
>attacked and denigrated Black people, politicians, institutions at every
>opportunity, and ColorOfChange has run several campaigns to make clear how
>FOX poisons public debate. 
>I don't expect much from Murdoch. However, with enough public pressure, we
>can set the stage for advertisers and subscribers to think long and hard
>before patronizing outlets like the Post that refuse to be held accountable.
>
>You can help, by making clear that the Post's behavior is unacceptable, and
>by asking your friends and family to do the same. Please join me: 
>http://www.colorofchange.org/nypost/?id=1936-816851 
>Thanks. 
> 
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