Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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Monday, March 2, 2009

SEEN AT A BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORE IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA


Barnes and Noble states they're innocent of this "joke" that was displayed in their store window, and that it was probably the work of an unknown visitor to their store.


I'll let my friends over at From the Left describe what I, too, felt, when I saw this:


"This episode is just the latest in a string of vicious, racist attacks on Mr. Obama and his wife. The Rupert Murdock owned NY Post got in hot water over a cartoon featuring a chimp being shot by police under the headline “stimulus package.” This was followed by the disclosure the mayor of Los Alamitos, CA had distributed a cartoon showing the White House lawn covered in brilliant green watermelons.


Sorry folks, but I’m just not feeling this post-racial America thing now that we have an African American president. If anything, the signs and images of racism have increased. It’s as if the election of Barack Obama has given every racist clown Carte Blanche to crawl out from under their rocks and don their Klan robes. Racism in America is alive and well, and sadly, even the election of our first Black president has failed to tamp it down."


Do I need to do anymore explaining (as I have over at Gordon's blog, A Political Glimpse from Ireland) on why ape images are racially loaded images and that sort of racism still infects our country.

29 comments:

Dave Miller said...

Apes, watermelons, Obama bucks... the list goes on.

And the GOP apologists, while crowing at political correctness gone amuck, continue to try and make the case that this stuff is not racially insensitive and in fact just humorous.

rockync said...

The one thing this does is it brings racism to the surface into the glare of the light of day.
I will use this time as an opportunity to reflect on my own views and values and try to improve my efforts to see racism negated in my lifetime.
We can't eliminate ignorant racists from our country (yes, I know, we'd all LIKE to) but we can each perform small acts that, taken as a whole, will minimize their impact and make them look dated and foolish.

dmarks said...

Is that the "White Sheets, White Paper" bookstore?

James Manning said...

As always, people are just stupid. Barnes and Noble is now off my list of stores to shop at. Pretty soon I'll have to make my own clothes.

Thanks for the link!!!

Joe "Truth 101" Kelly said...

I wouldn't go as far as a vicious, racist attack on Presdient Obama. Some idiot thought he was being funny. Instead of letting this asshole get my bloodpressure up, I'm going to do something that will really get under his skin. I will raise my son and daughters to be like Barack and Michelle Obama. If they get anywhere close to the type of people President and Mrs. Obama are, them I will consider myself a successful father.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Dave,

Since Pres. Obama was elected, the racists have been crawling out of the muck.

rockync,

The only thing I can do is challenge people who believe this is nothing but political correctness and that we should all "just get over it."

dmarks,

I think it's "White Hoods."

James,

I feel the same way. BTW, your new site is really informative and great looking as well. Good luck!

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TRUTH 101,

Your antidote to idiots like the one who pulled that crap at B&N is what rockync is suggesting and it is a great.

Raising smart, caring Liberals is the best revenge.

dmarks said...

Shaw: Klan-run bookstores never are very successful. The quarterly book burnings tend to cut into profits.

Arthurstone said...

Lotz a they Klan memmbers caint reed.

dmarks said...

Is there a source for this? I am starting to wonder if it is a hoax. After all, chimps are not monkeys, and it is hard to imagine an actual scientific/photo/educational book with this error on the cover making it to print.

Shaw Kenawe said...

dmarks,

I noticed that too.

But the manager of the Barnes and Noble store made a public apology about the incident.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Here's a link.

Shaw Kenawe said...

dmarks,

I actually called the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Coral Gables, and a very polite young man confirmed that the incident was authentic.

I told him it seemed strange for a book to have the title "MONKEYS" and then a photo of a chimpanzee under it. He said yes, but that book is real and is sold at the store.

So this is authentic and not a hoax.

Chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, gorillas, and humans all share a common ancester.

Monkeys are not in the same part of the family tree as chimpanzees, they're a different branch.

dmarks said...

Thanks. The link you presented had a better image of it, and it still looks real.

dmarks said...

Shaw: "I actually called the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Coral Gables, and a very polite young man confirmed that the incident was authentic."

You actually called them and got through? Bold. I'm impressed, and surprised they did not have a PR wall put up, and talked openly of it.

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