For Colored Gurls » Rev. Al Sharpton http://forcoloredgurls.com Inspiring & empowering women to live their most Fabulous lives Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:23:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New York Post Cartoon Controversy http://forcoloredgurls.com/2009/02/new-york-post-cartoon-controversy/ http://forcoloredgurls.com/2009/02/new-york-post-cartoon-controversy/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:43:48 +0000 Jamie Fleming http://forcoloredgurls.wordpress.com/?p=153 I’m sure everyone has heard or read about by now about the controversial editorial cartoon in the New York Post. If you haven’t then look at a news source some time!

Anyway,  a cartoon by Sean Delonas illustrates two police officers, one with a smoking gun, and they are standing over a dead chimp. One police is saying: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”

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This, of course, enraged many people and has been everywhere on the web. Some critics, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, called the cartoon racist. Some believe it is a comparison of President Obama to the chimp, while others believe it represents all African-Americans.

According to reports, the cartoon is referring to Travis, the chimp killed Monday for attacking a friend of its owner.

 Editor-in-chief, Col Allan backs Delonas’ work

“The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut,” Allan said in a statement. “It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist.”

To read the whole article, check out my source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_en_ot/ny_post_cartoon

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