when thinking about that post cartoon

remember that the monkey was killed by police. anyone with a brain knows what the police have done to black people in this country.

also, it bears repeating that this is an attack on all black people, not just obama, though it is certainly that.

if this were a decent country, no one would buy that paper again. however, if this were a decent country, no one would buy any of the mainstream papers. for as bad as that cartoon is, surely it is no worse than the lies peddled daily about the war on terror, hugo chavez, hamas, and various other issues. our problem is not merely the extreme acts of a few, but the systemic workings of the many. yes, many of us are angry at that cartoon, but how many of us are angry at racial health disparities, unequal prison sentencing, and wars based on lies? it is the mundane workings of the system that create a base from which the more openly hateful actions arise. therefore, we need to oppose it all.

the problem isn't a cartoon in the post, though that certainly needs to be opposed. rather, it's our media. it's our culture.

it's our country.