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is this racist?

I don’t think it’s meant to be, but it hits me in the gut like that. Am I oversensitive?  Is this just a caricature?

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16 Responses to “is this racist?”

  1. 1
    Bas - Istanbul Expat (1 comments.):

    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.

    Bas – Istanbul Expat´s last blog post..Obama Elected, The World Rejoices – Turkey, Macedonia Perhaps Not So Much

  2. 2
    Anthony Taurus (2 comments.):

    nah i don’t see it. good caricature.

    Anthony Taurus´s last blog post..Whites Buying Guns For "War on Blacks"

  3. 3
    maria (106 comments.):

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

  4. 4
    Anthony Taurus (2 comments.):

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

  5. 5
    maria (106 comments.):

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

  6. 6
    Stunner (1 comments.):

    I don’t think it is.

    Stunner´s last blog post..Stinging!

  7. 7
    little_bounce (9 comments.):

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

    little_bounce´s last blog post..It’s like watching Bridget Nielson having a fight with Paddington Bear to music.

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    Andy Bailey (1 comments.):

    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 :-) )

    Andy Bailey´s last blog post..5 Reasons Blog Readers Love Commentluv

  9. 9
    maria (106 comments.):

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

  10. 10
    Xilla (1 comments.):

    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.

  11. 11
    maria (106 comments.):

    @Xilla -
    I think he’s British.

  12. 12
    Greg69Sheryl (1 comments.):

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

  13. 13
    Knowledge of The Union (1 comments.):

    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

    Knowledge of The Union´s last blog post..New Music From Me

  14. 14
    maria (106 comments.):

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

  15. 15
    tlcarter:

    I don’t see the racism in it.

  16. 16
    Anonymous:

    thats not rasist or is it you will never know

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My name is María. I like wasabi, patronize bunny rabbits and think red wine really needs to stop pretending it's not purple.

I lived in Caribbean for four glorious years. My son - Joaquín the illustrious Bean - was born on the island of Grenada. He's beautiful, brilliant and has two birth certificates.

Now we're back in the land of snow and afternoon sunsets, and all the diet Coke and Thomas the Tank Engine in the world won't cushion the blow of such culture shock.

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