The chimp is Nancy Pelosi. The chump is Americans. On Feb 20, 6:22�pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > I like this toon. thought it conveyed its message quite well. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > and Al Sharpton... � Eric Holder refused to walk the walk of a serious > > racial dialogue... � Al Sharpton wants to keep the alive so he can > > have power... �What is truth to Power here??? > > > Perhaps it is saying to Al Sharpton that the image that ape = black > > guy does not apply and that thinking it does is his (al Sharpton's) > > problem that he has to get over if the race dialogue is to advance... > > Likewise for all those offended... > > >http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123514880910734301.html > > > >>> � Consider the paradox: Racial "sensitivity" requires not eradicating > > racial stereotypes but keeping them alive--and not only keeping them alive > > but remaining acutely conscious of them at all times. Delonas and his > > editors are under attack for seeing "chimp" and failing to think "black > > guy." Perhaps this is an editorial failing, but it is certainly not a moral > > one. > > > Which brings us back to Eric Holder. If Americans are shy about > > discussing race, a big reason is the culture of intimidation promoted > > by people like Al Sharpton in the name of racial sensitivity. "Frank > > discussion" requires a willingness to trust that one's interlocutor is > > acting in good faith. If Attorney General Holder is serious about > > promoting racial candor, let him use this incident to make the point. > > That would show a bit of courage on his part. > > -- > *~@):~{> > > �chimpcartoon.jpg > 111KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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