Cidu Bill on Jun 27th 2009
Over the past 30 years, has a single African-American been in the news in any context at all without either Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton trying to insert himself into the story?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Jesse Jackson, Michael Jackson | 10 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 18th 2008
The NAACP and David Paterson (New York’s first black governor) have entered the Condemn the New Yorker Cover Derby: The NAACP is calling it “tasteless, Islam-a-phobic, mean spirited and racially offensive” while Governor Paterson, not to be outdone, called it “one of the most malignant, vicious covers of a magazine I have ever seen.”
Out of, you know, all the very many malignant, vicious magazine covers he’s seen.
Now here’s the amazing thing about this story that’s garnered worldwide attention:
And right here I’m warning anybody who’s easily offended to stop reading
Last week, Jesse Jackson told a fellow guest on a television program — when he thought the microphone was off — that he doesn’t like the way Barack Obama “talks down” to black people and that he’d like to “cut his nuts off.”
This week, the network confirmed that he also referred to Obama as a nigger (I refuse to say “the n word,” because I’m not 8 years old).
At the risk of putting things in perspective, shouldn’t this have been a bigger story? Sure, it was reported, but it’s been completely overshadowed by a cartoon which nobody seriously believes was intended to denigrate Obama.
A leader in the black community calls a black presidential candidate a nigger… and a drawing.
I am not seeing worldwide condemnation. I am not seeing the outrage. I am not seeing Governor Paterson and the NAACP making speeches and releasing press statements.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Governor David Paterson, Jesse Jackson, NAACP, New York, New Yorker, comics, political cartoons | 26 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 15th 2008
Filed in Arlo and Janis, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Johnson, Leigh Rubin, Mike Luckovich, Rubes, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, political cartoons | 18 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jan 12th 2008
“Because, son, Oprah doesn’t have an obligation to support every self-important buffoon just because he happens to be black”?
Or he can just sit there thinking “Curtis just asked me a question so clever and insightful that I just have to sit here stunned at his brilliance”
Or maybe I’m missing something here, but I seriously don’t think I am.
Filed in Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Curtis, Jesse Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, comic strips, comics, humor, politics, race | 7 responses so far
