You all know that I am one sarcastic “SON OF A MUTHA”…So for those who don’t know what I am about…I do NOT believe the New York Post has the best anything…Well maybe the best chance at a lawsuit one day…Anyways…I thought it was 2009, but apparently we are back in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s….Shame on that asshole Sean Delonas for drawing such a stupid cartoon…
And KUDOS to this brilliant cartoonist who is quick on his feet!!!
This artist isn’t the only one who took their own action against this ignorant display of racism… Singer John Legend wrote an open letter to the place that writes bullshit in black and white, then publishes and distributes to areas in the Tri State in hopes of pissing the world off…
A recently published cartoon by the New York Post – that many believed was linked to President Obama — has upset a lot of people. The Rev. Al Sharpton called it “troubling at best.” The New York Post did not apologize by any common meaning of the word in a subsequent editorial: it defended the cartoon and mocked all fair-minded Americans by “apologizing” if the cartoon that the Post claimed was innocuous “offended” anyone…So sad!!! Here’s his open letter to the Editor:
Dear Editor:
I’m trying to understand what possible motivation you may have had for publishing that vile cartoon depicting the shooting of the chimpanzee that went crazy. I guess you thought it would be funny to suggest that whomever was responsible for writing the Economic Recovery legislation must have the intelligence and judgment of a deranged, violent chimpanzee, and should be shot to protect the larger community. Really? Did it occur to you that this suggestion would imply a connection between President Barack Obama and the deranged chimpanzee? Did it occur to you that our President has been receiving death threats since early in his candidacy? Did it occur to you that blacks have historically been compared to various apes as a way of racist insult and mockery? Did you intend to invoke these painful themes when you printed the cartoon?
If that’s not what you intended, then it was stupid and willfully ignorant of you not to connect these easily connectable dots. If it is what you intended, then you obviously wanted to be grossly provocative, racist and offensive to the sensibilities of most reasonable Americans. Either way, you should not have printed this cartoon, and the fact that you did is truly reprehensible. I can’t imagine what possible justification you have for this. I’ve read your lame statement in response to the outrage you provoked. Shame on you for dodging the real issue and then using the letter as an opportunity to attack Rev. Sharpton. This is not about Rev. Sharpton. It’s about the cartoon being blatantly racist and offensive. I believe in freedom of speech, and you have every right to print what you want. But freedom of speech still comes with responsibilities and consequences. You are responsible for printing this cartoon, and I hope you experience some real consequences for it. I’m personally boycotting your paper and won’t do any interviews with any of your reporters, and I encourage all of my colleagues in the entertainment business to do so as well. I implore your advertisers to seriously reconsider their business relationships with you as well.
You should print an apology in your paper acknowledging that this cartoon was ignorant, offensive and racist and should not have been printed. I’m well aware of our country’s history of racism and violence, but I truly believe we are better than this filth. As we attempt to rise above our difficult past and look toward a better future, we don’t need the New York Post to resurrect the images of Jim Crow to deride the new administration and put black folks in our place. Please feel free to criticize and honestly evaluate our new President, but do so without the incendiary images and rhetoric.
The newly famous phrase has been circulating throughout the net ever since they left Etta’s profanity tainted lips!!! At a performance, Etta complained to the audience about Beyonce singing for the president at his inaugural ball…Stating… “You guys know your President, right? You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain’t my President, he might be yours but he ain’t my President.” Then she goes on to say… “I tell you that woman he had singing for him, singing my song, she gonna get her ass whooped… The great Beyonce … but I can’t stand Beyonce. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol’ president day … singing my 
