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Audacity of Truth
About that “honest” discussion on race …
I have to wonder if this is what AG Holder was talking about when he urged “cowardly” Americans to have “real” and “honest” discussions about race:
The Reverend Al Sharpton is putting the smack down on the New York Post, suggesting racism could be a factor in a political cartoon featured in this morning’s edition.
The cartoon (by Sean Delonas) comes in the wake of yesterday’s national news story about the cop who shot and killed a rampaging chimp in Connecticut. But the controversy in the comic comes from the dialogue between the two officers — which reads, “Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.”
Before most of you woke up, Sharpton already fired off a statement saying, “The cartoon in today’s New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that “Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.”
“Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?”
The NYT helpfully points out that Sharpton’s not the only prominent figure to come out and condemn the cartoon. There are now calls for “boycotts” and “apologies” etc.
Figures.
In a rare moment of disagreement with his side of the aisle, Jon Chait says, well, sometimes a monkey is just a monkey:
But, look, obviously the point is that the stimulus bill could have been written by a monkey. The monkey doesn’t look like Obama and is in no way suposed to represent him. And it incorporated violence because the monkey in the news story was, in fact, shot — and the punchline depends on the monkey being dead and thus unavailable to write further legislation. Again, while it’s a mediocre joke at best, Obama supporters shouldn’t be looking for racial slights around every corner. So far there have been very few of them.
I hope like heck that the NY Post stands firm and doesn’t offer the slightest apology for this non-racist cartoon, because if it does, it will just mean that white people will once again have to take a back seat (no pun intended) to race hustlers like Sharpton whose forms of “discussion” on race equate to them talking, and you listening.
Malkin made some excellent points in her post today on the issue of “cowardly” Americans and the race issue:
Funny. When I think of racial cowards, I think of Barack Obama at Jeremiah Wright’s church, sitting there week after week, year after year, saying nothing about the separatist demagoguery echoing from the pulpit to the pews.
When I think of racial cowards, I think of all the navel-gazers who fret about poisonous racial dialogue, but say nothing about “My President Is Black” bigotry.
When I think of racial cowards, I think of the people cowed by mau-mau-er Al Sharpton — now attacking the NYPost over a cartoon lampooning that crazy dead chimp.
When I think of racial cowards, I think of the folks who enable p.c. thugs to cry racism over “That One” and “Thug Thizzle” and “tricked out.”
Holder doesn’t want an honest dialogue about race. In the Age of Obama, “talking enough with each other about race” means the rest of us shutting up while being subjected to lectures about our insensitivity and insufficient integration on the weekends.
Obama himself did everything he could to avoid race during the campaign — aside from the occasional insinuation that target=”_blank”McCain’s a bigot — until the Wright uproar forced his hand. He could have used his platform to push the issue front and center but he decided he’d rather get elected. Holder owes his job to that, ahem, cowardice.
Point taken, although just as a slight correction Obama actually did bring up the race issue during the primaries – in a subtle way of course. It was documented early on how he and his campaign bogusly played the race card on both Bill and Hillary Clinton back in January during the run-up to the crucial SC primary vote. TNR’s Sean Wilentz wrote about that incident, and others that happened after that here.
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But, of course, our 43rd President was Chimpy McHalliburton BushCo, and our friends on the left weren’t offended in the least.
Good point Dana. I was thinking about the upcoming 2009 Chimpy Fairness Doctrine that will include silencing all dissent over the current administration policies. Anti-racism run amuck.
Now, since Barry is half white, I wonder what would happen if we started calling him derogatory white names, such as cracker and white trash? I might have to bring back White Trash Wednesday
“What Gus is saying is that we are the monkey”
AS I wrote on my blog this evening about this If you are like me, you think we talk way too much about race, or at least our politicians do. Sure the media obsesses over race, as do race pimps like Al “Pimp My Hair” Sharpton , and Je$$e Jack$on. But the average American probably doesn’t talk much about skin color, because frankly, most of us DO NOT CARE ABOUT IT!
Of course, we know what Liberals like Holder generally mean when they make statements like the one he made. He means we do not buy into the “racism is still alive and prevelant in America” BS!
Obama himself called me a racist way back in December of 2006 with a veiled slur that went right over the heads of his ecstatic New Hampshire audience:
“Are some voters not going to vote for me because I’m African-American? Those are the same voters who probably wouldn’t vote for me because of my politics.”
People hear what they want to hear. That’s why Barack Obama is Leader of the Free World today.
I don’t think Obama had anything to do with the pork bill except as a spokesman. So really this cartoon is a stab at Pelsoi and Reid who actually wrote this piece of garbage bill.
It’s appropriate to compare members of congress who voted for a 1,000+ page bill that they hadn’t read as chimpanzees; they are easily trained to push a button!
Absolutely dead-on, Sissy.
So, people who would not vote for a man who refuses to salute our flag or wear a flag pin, apologizes for this country overseas, holds Marxist ideologies, and wants to destroy the Coal industry–these people are racist? Just because they oppose his policies? Well. . . unfortunately, I think some Americans bought into this concept.
How helpful of that dear Mr. Holder to so gracefully smooth the way toward a calm, reasoned, thoughtful and meaningful exchange of ideas on the issue of race! Let’s hope he’s never named Secretary of State — we’d be at war with Canada within hours.
Not being African American, it would be presumptuous of me to decide whether this is a racist cartoon or not. However, considering that it refers to a chimp who was an illegal pet of some dork who fed the critter wine from time to time, and since that chimp mauled a woman and had to be shot by the police–not exactly a happy moment in life here in NYC–it is certainly not a cartoon in the best of taste, and should certainly not have been used to satirize the stimulus package.
I am so sick and tired of the race issue, people talk about how whites discrimnate, but let me tell ya something in the south, the blacks do it JUST AS MUCH. Get over it peopole this is the present. We are ALL CREATED EQUAL
It’s a shame that in this day and age we let the media and parts of our government keep racism alive. Once we rid ourselves of the hyphens and political correctness we can get down to being Americans and only Americans. Let’s put an end to asking on an aplication a persons race as it shouldn’t matter we don’t ask about religion or sexual orientation why should skin color make such an impact? No more African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, German-Americans etc., let’s band together and be what we were born to be people of the United States = Americans. See how easy that is no hyphens!!
As a retired Human Resources executive with 40 years of experience, I can tell you there is very, very rarely cases of actual racism from Whites in the workplace, but I see Blacks and Hispanics “play the race card” all the time to avoid responsibility for their actions. I’m White and don’t have a problem with race. Never have. Mother was discriminated against as child and called “dirty little half-breed” because she was part Indian. My best friend growing up was Comanche with a Hispanic surname and I fought alongside him time and again against White racists. What I am prejudiced against is typically Black sub-culture that treats women like whores, engages in widespread gang violence and engages in drug use and drug pushing, looks for handouts via welfare, and generally want to use “racisim” as an excuse for not being responsible. I was raised very, very poor — just white trash, but I worked my butt off to go to college and make something of myself. Go to Atlanta to the Black History Museum and you will see that before “integration” there was a thriving Black community with plenty of good male and female role models. They were law abiding and hard working. Welfare, which destroyed their family lives and left them in cycles of poverty and violence, destroyed those communities as all the successful Black leaders moved out of the Black communities. If Blacks want to end racism, then stop acting like the Black stereotype! I have had many Black friends who held high moral values and showed great character, but they are the ones whose parents insisted they behave and work hard and study. Those people I respect. They were the aware of racisim, but did not use it as an excuse. If Mr. Holder wants to discuss racism, he should start by telling the Black Community to clean up its own act. Every other generation of immigrants to this country (admittedly not slaves) were discriminated against, but they have worked hard and been responsible and within a few generations have achieved greatness, and nobody worries about their ethnicity. We all could learn lessons from the Asian community worldwide, that has a very strong work ethic and high standards of behavior. And if we are going to have a dialogue, and address the true issues of racism, then the Black Community is going to have to stop screaming “Racism!” every time something doesn’t go their way. Their preachers should be shouting “responsibility, hard work, and character” from the pulpit. Martin Luther King famously said that his dream was to have a country where all our citizens are judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. Blacks only seem to remember the last part of this statement. Concentrate on the quality of character and racism will be as dead as the dodo bird!
if holder made a mistake, it was in putting a broad brush to his accusation.
i do think (if you actually paid attention to what he was saying ) that he was taking the politically correct crowd to task, and rightfully so. they are always trying to cover up our differences and make us all the same. many of them are motivated for good, but this is another case where the road to hell is paved with the best of intentions.
i must say that many on the extreme right like maulkin constantly speak out and show you exactly where their bias and hatred are, and they do not hide their contempt for those who are not like them.
ignorance should be out in the light where we can all see it. we will never know how bad our problems are or who to reach out to and help if we shut everybody up.
other than using the broad brush of blame, holder was entirely correct. we should all be able to speak freely on this. not just a select few. and we should start now.
I’m curious reverend, how is Malkin biased, and who does she hate?
Its current address is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
If Holder thinks this is the way to stir honest and fair debate about a topic as sensitive as racism, it is truly frightening to have him in such a position. Malkin is right, debate to the left means “sit down, shut up, and let us tell you how many ways you are wrong.”
People need to get over the notion that we are all equal. That is a utopian way of viewing reality IMHO.
Born into a world of wealth and power for example will provide certain opportunities for both success and failure. (see Tiger Woods and Paris Hilton) Being born into an opposite reality has the potential for similar rewards, albeit harder fought for. Would making the effort to improve *ones lot*, not be the goal of someone who’s not misguided by the Sharpton styled race baiters and suffering the constant affliction due to some predisposed *ism*?