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We all saw the cartoon that had everyone ready to head to the front lines yesterday. The NY Post‘s cartoon by Sean Delonas had everyone in an uproar. I think it’s really funny that the artist is clearly playing upon people’s ignorance. At first glance it looks like Monkey=Black president, but then I thought, clearly that can’t be true. President’s don’t write bills, so what really is he saying? Ahh, he was betting that people wouldn’t realize that. Shame on it all that the NY Post isn’t as relevant as he thought it was. Since he hasn’t made a statement yet, all we have are our assumptions that this was a racially charged attempt at journalism vs. simple fun political satire.
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