I saw articles of Murdoch apologizing for the apparently “racist” cartoon in a recent edition of the NY Post. Here is the cartoon:

I didn’t read what the racistness was about before I looked at this cartoon and I must say, I didn’t see the racism–I often don’t see racism. I interpreted the cartoon as mocking the stimulus bill for its stupidity–as if it was written by a Congress full of monkeys.

I didn’t support the stimulus under Bush and I didn’t support this new one under Obama. I understand economics and we cannot spend our way out of a problem caused by too much spending.

I’m not ignorant to the use of chimps or other primates as a racial slur. I just didn’t see much of a correlation between this monkey and Obama. Why not have the chimp in the Oval Office if it was trying to depict Obama? Maybe a banner for “change”?

If you look hard enough at anything, you’ll find what you are looking for. Whether it really exists or not.

By Tommy Leung

Tags: chimp, murdoch, nypost, obama, post cartoon, racism, racist cartoon, stimulus bill

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