For a degrading, violent, racist cartoon against President Obama, New York Post is the Media PUTZ

Yep, chill out people! It's about time, I'd say, "if the shoe fits, then wear it!"...If your offended by this it's because you have been "conditioned" your entire life & you're part of the problem! the news is suppose to express views & interpreted in any way you choose. If you don't like reading it, put it down! Just like the TV, turn it off! Cartoonist is BRILLIANT, at least the cartoonist a critical thinker! We need more laughs!

chill out people.. nobody complains about monkey cartoons of george bush. i didn't find this racist at all. lets face it: we make fun of presidents... black or white.. or mixed. who the hell cares.

I won't address the cartoon because it says lots of different things to different people: If African Americans are upset by this cartoon, they have every right to be. If there are other people who think the cartoon was a joke and that upset people need to lighten up, then those people have a right to that opinion as well. One thing I did want to say though is that the word tolerance, when used in regard to race relations, represents a poor choice of words (I know it's semantics, but follow me here). Well intentioned people on both sides of the racial divide have said that all people need to be "more tolerant of one another," as if being more tolerant would be a good thing for black and white people. On the contrary, I would say tolerance is a horrible word choice and has no place in a discussion intended to bring people together. What does tolerance mean? Tolerance, or to tolerate, means to put up with someone or something. When our children are engaged in undesirable behaviors we let them know, "i won't tolerate this sort of behavior any more," to say that we're not going to put up with the negative behavior any more. In essence then, when we say we need more tolerance from both sides of the racial divide we're saying that we (black people and white people) need to "put up with another!" I know it's semantics, but the word choice here, I believe, is very important. We don't need to tolerate one another and I have no tolerance for someone who would use the word tolerance in relation to ending racism! What we need is more understanding and increased fellowship among men and women of all races... not tolerance. Tolerance is stupid and it's a stupid word when used to describe what we need to solve racism and prejudice. White people need a better understanding of themselves and of white privilege, to understand how their race has gotten to where it has. This added understanding, especially in the area of white privilege and how white privilege has affected other races, would provide the foundation from which white people can learn the story of the African American. Learning about the experiences and stories of African Americans from ancient Africa to the present day, would then lead to greater understanding of why we are the way we are. Learning and understanding of one another's stories are the keys to unity, not tolerance...we don't need to put up with one another...we need to understand one another first and then move to love and fellowship. p.s. It's February... Put an end to Black History Month!!! Black History Month is just another form of segregation!!! The history of black people is part of human history and part of American history. Why then shouldn't documentaries that focus on Africans or African Americans not be part of regular history oriented programming? I thought segregation was put to an end in the 1960's. However well intentioned the people who created Black History Month may have been, they have effectively segregated/separated the history of an entire people from the rest of the history of the world! I watch a lot of History Channel, Military Channel, Discovery, etc. To start, you wouldn't even know it was Black history Month by looking at any of these stations because the African American oriented programming during this month has been sparse at best (most of the programming has been on Abraham Lincoln and his affect on African American history). Why is it that for 11 out 12 months the history channels focus on Hitler or how things are made? Hitler gets 11 out of 12 months and black people get 1 freaking month!?!?!?... Thanks a lot!!! If black history is part of American and human history shouldn't documentary programming that focuses on black people be part of the regular programing line up throughout the year??? - just a few thoughts from an enlightened white person... If you thought I must be black while reading this, you're prejudiced and have a lot to learn :-)

To strip murdoch of his American citizenship, and pack his sorry ass back to Australia, that is, if they'll have him.

I have to say that I am extremely impressed that this cartoonist was able to be offensive in so many ways using just one frame. He was able to personally insult the president, insult an entire ethnic group and anyone who cares about anyone in that ethnic group, promote political assasination, offend people who don't think it's funny to see animals shot, make light of a very unfortunate and sad situation involving the real life chimpanzee and the woman he attacked, and insult law enforcement. Bravo sir. You are an inspiration to bloviating assholes everywhere.

Bush was called a chimp, How in the world is this the same. Think, use your brains, comparing bush to a chimp has not the same meaning. A dead chimp at that. If you just think a little bit. The cartoon reads like this. Obama is an ignorant beast who should be killed for his ignorance by the police no doubt who are pledged to protect us. I am never amazed at the depth of some Caucasian thinking. This cartoon plants a seed, a seed, of assassination. Read in it what you wish. Call it hurting itty bitty feelings if you wish. Many Caucasian people have been hurting peoples itty bitty feelings for a long time. Maybe that is the point most of you believe that other peoples feelings are itty bitty in your eyes. Planting a seed to kill out first black president is not itty bitty.
Attacks like this remind me of the fact that Americans need to be given a true history of black people. We are the first in civilization ask your scientists. Don’t make any many mistakes about it. If the contributions of blacks in this country were taken back this would be a bleak place. I will not go into detail. All you have to do is research. As a matter of fact, history tells us that the European people were unlearned until they started to travel and come into contact with the darker peoples of the Earth such as the Egyptians, the people of Timbuktu in Africa, the Phoenicians and other peoples of the Earth near the Mediterranean Sea. This is not an attack it is the truth. Maybe if people spent more time learning the truth of our people which is not readily printed they would not degrade themselves with such representations as this cartoon. I do not even need to mention the greatness of our President Barak Obama his greatness speaks for itself. Learn and study and change your view of a people which many have tried to color in a false way. Is the stimulus bill good, who knows, did President Obama cause this problem no. Is the cartoon justifiable absolutely not. Does something need to be done yes and very fast. There other civilized ways of expressing disagreement. Don’t do it by dropping seeds of assassination enough black leaders have been assassinated. Sean Delonas should use his so-called education to teach and uplift while expressing his views or maybe his solution to disagreement is Murder. Enough said.

wow! like to blow things out of proportion much? even if it was racist, it was funny. im not racist, but racial jokes are funny. even though i dont think this was racist at all. if someone says a monkey could do a better job to a white person no body would think anything of it, but oh no, if you say it about an "african american" it makes it racist?!?!? im confused. i though everyone was equal. if we're all equal then we can all be made fun of equally

Who is this cartoonist who hides behind drawings that spring from his head? I have spent an hour trying to get a little info on Sean Delonas and have come up with nothing more than his name, the NY Post chimp/stimulus news, a little piece claiming Delonas draws a lot of homophobe cartoons and a few newspapers he worked for. How old is this guy? What is his education? Where is he from? Personally, I'd like to know a little about a twisted mind that creates such hatred. Was he raised in the south? Was he raised by racist parents? What makes up the character of person like this? As an Art Major, my studies also included Political Cartoons. I can tell you that Political Cartoons depict a point being made most times with a tinge of humor, but more importantly, they are not to be tasteless or offensive. If they do come across as offensive, the cartoon is rejected by any editor who is worth his/her salt. This cartoon is an embarassment to legitimate and award winning political cartoonists and he is not listed among the notables. Clearly, this cartoonist is the arm pit of the Political Cartoon world.

1. The killing of the chimp in CT had nothing to do with politics or racism. A 250 lb wild animal, being kept as a pet, attacked a woman and injured her severely, and was shot by the police.

2. So connecting the chimp with the stimulus bill wouldn't make any sense if it weren't for the fact that Obama is black and a chimp is a common derogatory symbol for blacks.

3.Remember how then Sen. George Allen's race for reelection in 2006 was sunk by his calling a dark-skinned South Asian Indian reporter "macacca"? Allen claimed not to be aware that this was a racial slur, but that wasn't believable. It turned out he had a long and long-ignored history of racist remarks and behavior. (Where is he now?) Macacca, for those who don't remember, is a word for a macaque, a kind of monkey.

4. It was OK for cartoonists to depict GW Bush as a chimp because it played on his face and his frequent cluelessness. However, Bush was not black and so it was not outrageous. And I don't recall cartoons suggesting it would be OK to kill the chimp because, after all, it's an animal that could be dangerous.

5. This cartoon connects not only a degrading and specifically racist symbol with President Obama, it also explicitly introduces murderous violence.

6. There's no excuse for continued cluelessness among whites about the heavy weight of racist symbols and violence against blacks. The NY Post owes the president and the country an apology for stupidity and ignorance.

Colleen Clark
Cambridge, MA

Oldwoman says the obvious is being overlooked. In the cartoon the fright and shock in the chimpanzee's eyes, his fur electrified are an insult to all animals. No animal should be treated or used this way. My tears were for the chimpanzee. After seeing this odious picture, I looked at my two beautiful black cats and felt the loving innocence in them. I dared not think about the possibility of some human showing the same total disrespect for them. These are creatures that have a full range of emotions, including compassion and sadness, which is more than many humans have, as evidenced by the publishing of this cartoon and the discussion that carries not one whit of concern for the slain animal.

Those who deny the racial implications probably would deny racism is still rampant and destructive today. I know many people personally who do not see anything wrong with a grossly disproportionate number of black men in prison, blacks in poverty, unemployed and uneducated. These people feel these blacks had the opportunity to pull themselves up in this capitalistic society and just failed to meet the challenge.

Here's the 4-1-1:

The shooting of the chimp gone wild by attacking a woman had NO ASSOCIATION WHATSOEVER with the Stimulus Package. None. We all know this is Obama's Package. We all know the Republicans fought against this Package with everything they had. It is fact that the Republican Party embraces the racists in this country, for the most part. Blacks throughout history have been depicted as apes in a demeaning manner to indicate they are ignorant, uncivilized and prone to primal instincts, incapable of being citizens with rights.

The clear message of this cartoon is that we need to kill Obama (the chimp). This sends a blatant signal to the most racist, ignorant people in society that a monkey is running the country and needs to be eliminated.

Rupert Murdoch and those sending messages like this need to be held accountable and charged with inciting criminal activity against the president. He should be stripped of his right to publish in any form.

America is well into a crisis and may not come out of it. We cannot afford backward, criminal activity like this especially at this time. The implications are deadly, far-reaching and would set this country back to the 1600s mentality with a 1930s economy. This is too dangerous to allow to continue.

Yes, indeed the cartoon at first glance does an injustice to the all African-Americans. My first reaction was that it was in very poor taste. No, I didn't hear about the monkey being shot in Connecticut until I read the rest of your article here. Shame on the NY Post for putting these words into the cartoon, very shameful indeed.

There are no two ways to say it . . . The NY Post and all of its editorial staff that allowed this cartoon to be published are clearly and unequivocally racist!! More importantly . . . there is no real understanding (from many of people that I polled) of why they chose this caption in their attempt to relate their disdain for the economic stimilus bill and the shooting of the chimpanzee. Even Delonas has not convinced us that there is a relationship!! We, as Americans of this fine country, should allow this president to govern. He has been in office for less than one month and already those who don't agree with him, are showing their true colors. Unfortunately, many of us who are willing to give him a chance don't own news media outlets that are as powerful as the NY Post! The best thing that can happen is for staff members of the Post to step back and glean from the OUTRAGE that they must have offended thousands of Americans--black and white.

Attacks like this remind me of the fact the Americans need to be given a true history of black people. We are the first in civilization. Don’t make any many mistakes. If the contributions of blacks in this country were taken back this would be a bleak place. I will not go into detail. All you have to do is research. As a matter of fact. History tells us that the European people were unlearned until they started to travel and come into contact with the darker peoples of the Earth such as the Egyptians, the people of Timbuktu in Africa, the Phoenicians and other peoples of the Earth near the Mediterranean Sea. This is not an attack it is the truth. Maybe if people spent more time learning the truth of our people which is not readily printed they would not degrade themselves with such representations as this cartoon. I do not even need to mention the greatness of our President Barak Obama his greatness speaks for itself. Learn and study and change your view of a people which many have tried to color in a false way.

In the usage I'm accustomed to, the word "putz" has a kind of endearing quality, although significant negative overtones as well: someone is a "putz" if they are clumsy and maybe a bit stupid, but not awful. For racist crap like this, I think you need to re-name your award to something more fitting: "crime against journalism," "racist shriek of the week" (although I know the "putz" isn't always racist), "Limbaugh moment," or some such.

No matter how you look at it, this is in very bad taste at the very least. Apparently Delonas has never had an interaction with so-called law officers and their militarily jack-booted thugery. There's even room for animal rights activist criticism.

Bush was called a chimp, and worse, forever. Not saying it wasnt deserved. And some of it MAY have been racist, after all, he is white. Anything that disagrees with the new pres is labeled racist, if you dont agree, you are a bigot. This seems to be dividing the racial lines in this country even more.

I don't normally post to buzzflash, but I do visit this site daily and I am a contributor. I consider myself very liberal, progressive, and an Obama supporter. Sorry, but I feel you totally missed the mark with this media putz of the week. It seems without much thought you jumped on the band wagon looking for a reason to knock the NYPOST. While not a regular reader or defender of NYPOST I do believe this is just a political cartoon based on a current event. With so many other putz' to report on, it seems you really had to reach far for a weak justification of this one. What? All political cartoons must edit themselves now for fear of someone somehow relating Obama to any stereotype? Sorry... I do not buy it. How many years have progressive site referred to GW Bush as a Chimp? I am only writing this posting as a concern that buzzflash is going to get deeper into praising Obama for the same things they condemed Bush for, and I am afraid you are starting to be more hypocritical in regards to giving passes to Obama that only a few short months ago you turned red in anger over when Bush or the Republicans did the same thing. Please... be careful. we need sites like Buzzflash. It seems the Obama presidency is going to be the true test of how progressive (but reality based) your site is. Peter