I agree that this whole racism issue is probably an overreaction. But what do you make of the cops shooting the monkey? How does that add to the metaphor that the monkey represents Congressional bill writers?
Michael Koby
· 9 months ago
There's nothing saying that the congress-person that the monkey represents isn't black. There is something to be said about the inherit racism displayed by some police officers (see "American Skin" by Bruce Springsteen). I'm definitely not saying that racism isn't an issue, but rather, like you said, in this particular instance it was blow out of proportion.
J.P. Hamilton
· 9 months ago
Not that I am one to agree with Michael on politics :) - I should point out that the week this came out, there was a story about a woman who had to kill her crazed pet Chimp because it was attacking one of her friends - this story was all over the Internet. The cops had to shoot it because it went absolutely nuts. This is what the cartoon is satirizing. There is nothing racist about it. The race card is old and tired and the people that keep pulling it out are the ones that make their living out of creating controversy.
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isn't black. There is something to be said about the inherit racism
displayed by some police officers (see "American Skin" by Bruce
Springsteen). I'm definitely not saying that racism isn't an issue, but
rather, like you said, in this particular instance it was blow out of
proportion.