An Unfortunate Outburst of Intense Patriotism: When is a Cartoon Racist?

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

When is a Cartoon Racist?

The New York Post ran a cartoon recently that has drawn fire for allegedly racist overtones. It was a typical political cartoon’s head-on collision between entirely unrelated news stories – the Porkukus bill and the berserk chimp. It depicts the chimp, shot dead, with the cops speculating that "now... Sign in to see full entry.

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