Comments on: Racist cartoon?

By: Hunner

Hunner — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:54:28 +0000

It has been said that humor is only funny if it has some element of truth to it.

Can it also be said that it is only offensive (to the NAACP) if it has some element of truth to it?

By: BIRDZILLA

BIRDZILLA — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:06:04 +0000

Whats the NAACP whinning about? i mean the real offensive crap is THE BOONDOCKS this is the worse of them all

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By: David Downing

David Downing — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:29:21 +0000

Critics say that the cartoon unfairly simplifies affirmative action as a black/white issue. That same unfair and over-simplified complaint could also be applied to this anti-Christian cartoon that I showed on my blog in October. http://www.downingworld.com/DW10-05.html#B101405 Yet, it ran in the daily paper with nary a hint of “hate crime” charges leveled against it.

By: Mad Minerva

Mad Minerva — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:13:56 +0000

Really, whatever happened to free speech, eh? “Free speech for everyone — unless the (insert organization here) doesn’t like it!”

By: Discriminations.us

Discriminations.us — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:04:42 +0000

NAACP Calls Michigan Daily Cartoon “Racist”

Jennifer Gratz sends word of this article in the Michigan Daily about the controversy caused by its publishing of this cartoon. First, look at the cartoon, since it would be silly for me to try to describe it when you…

By: Jewels

Jewels — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:20:36 +0000

As far as the NAACP is concerned, any vocal (or visual) form of dissent is racist.

By: mj

mj — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:29:15 +0000

All you can tell from the cartoon is that the people aren’t white. And what is this–communist China? They have absolutely no tolerance for political cartoons there, ie, they’re not allowed. So I guess the NAACP also aspires to go all the way in typical anti-tolerant leftism.

This is one of the better and clearly-written posts here lately. There’s a focus, which some other posts lack.

By: Frank Zavisca

Frank Zavisca — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:18:37 +0000

Mr Hube, Mike M

Thanks for the comment about dinosaurs.

In fact,on Fox last weekend Fred Barnes asked Tom Sowell about the “dinosaurs” of race pimping. Sowell said that they were incapable of adjusting to the modern world, because they were “SPECIALISTS”.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:29:13 +0000

Agree with your point, Hube. My only problem with the cartoon is it isn’t subtle enough. I didn’t find myself laughing at it as much as I probably should have.

Generally speaking I’m pretty much against boycotts of any form unless they’re part and parcel to a larger issue demanding attention (like Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, for example). The NAACP would be extremely myopic in boycotting a university newspaper like this. I know they’ve got quite a bit on their plates. This drivel seems like small potatoes compared to the other big fish they’re usually frying.

The NAACP. Dinosaurs indeed.

Good points, nonetheless.

By: George P. Burdell

George P. Burdell — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:37:55 +0000

I swear there are girls in the comic strip also, so that nullifies another minority from their argument.

It’s a funny cartoon. Offensive can be funny too.

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:22:12 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Frank, but that’s Mr. Hube on the mike. I’m taking a little blogging “break.”

By: Frank Zavisca

Frank Zavisca — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:19:50 +0000

La Shawn:

Great comment about assumption (stereotyping) by NAACP types that “it’s all about me”.

The problem with all this Affirmative Action stuff is that it represents “everybody” to the point that it represents “nobody”.