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16 Responses to “is this racist?”

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   Bas - Istanbul Expat (1 comments.):
   November 12th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

   I don’t think it’s racist. What makes you think it’s racist? Maybe it’s just an American thing (I’m Dutch). I don’t see the racism in this.

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   Anthony Taurus (2 comments.):
   November 12th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

   nah i don’t see it. good caricature.

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   maria (106 comments.):
   November 12th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

   I guess it’s the big teeth that bugged me. But that’s pretty much how everyone gets drawn in cartoons like these.

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   Anthony Taurus (2 comments.):
   November 12th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

   Obama does have some huge pearly whites. you ever really see a pic of him smiling. LOL

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   maria (106 comments.):
   November 12th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

   Oh yeah. And whenever I do see such a picture, I run quick and go floss.

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   Stunner (1 comments.):
   November 13th, 2008 at 12:52 am

   I don’t think it is.

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   little_bounce (9 comments.):
   November 13th, 2008 at 6:05 am

   Erm… No. I don’t think so. He has a huge grin because he’s happy. And rightly so!

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   Andy Bailey (1 comments.):
   November 13th, 2008 at 6:22 am

   I think this is a typical political cartoon caricature. nothing more, nothing less. just because the person being portrayed is colored doesn’t make this racist. if he was gay, it wouldn’t be homophobic or if he was jewish then it wouldn’t be anti-semetic.
   It is true though, we did! (even if I live thousands of miles away, I felt I did my part by sending out good feelings )

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   maria (106 comments.):
   November 13th, 2008 at 8:21 am

   It’s clear to me now. I am VERY SILLY.

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    Xilla (1 comments.):
    November 14th, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    Nah this isn’t racist at all his lips are big he isn’t doofy and all coonish. What is a bit racist although I know he didn’t mean anything by it is Andy using the term Colored. But I know he didn’t mean anything at all by it.

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    maria (106 comments.):
    November 14th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    @Xilla -
    I think he’s British.

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    Greg69Sheryl (1 comments.):
    December 24th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    To us, it looks like a fair likeness of Barack.

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    Knowledge of The Union (1 comments.):
    December 24th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Didn’t seem racist to me. I noticed the big nose but his ears were big too, looks like a plain caricature to me. And yeah colored isn’t used anymore, British or not I bristled when I read that

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    maria (106 comments.):
    December 25th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    @Knowledge of The Union – Trust me, I bristled too.

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    tlcarter:
    January 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 am

    I don’t see the racism in it.

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    Anonymous:
    February 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    thats not rasist or is it you will never know

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