About that Obama shirt…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403613.html
This is f’ed up, I grew up on Curious George. I liked the Man in the Yellow Hat, anyone that can pimp out an all yellow outfit is alright to me. Now, this harmless character has some controversy surrounding him and Curious George will never be the same again. Damn you, Mike Norman. `
Mike Norman claims that he never intended for the shirts to cause such an outcry. Really, where has this guy been for most of his life? Under a rock? You simply can’t make a monkey joke involving a person of color.
For years, racist people have called black people monkeys, and it is almost as bad as the N-Word. Any person of color understands that there are racists out there that only view us as animals and nothing else. Despite our progress, there are still some people trying tear down all the progress we've made together.
He should be fully aware that selling these shirts just shows a total lack of respect.
Does that mean he should be banned from selling the shirts? Absolutely not. However, what kind of person would buy such a shirt?
If you want to stop him, don’t buy his shirts and don’t eat at his restaurant.
However, if the publisher of Curious George wants to sue this guy, I’m all for it. He is making money off their image and creating a bad name for their product.
I was little iffy about associating Barack Obama with a prominent television president... but the Curious George shirt leaves me sort of speechless.
ReplyDeleteIs it me, or does it seem like the people who would make a slur like that are the same ones who are fighting tooth and nail against the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Absolutely, I agree.
ReplyDeleteI read he's a one of these ultra-conservatives. You would think that someone that believed in God wouldn't think in such racist terms.
unfortunately there are extremists in every group that use their religion to justify their own personal agenda. sadly the normal everyday ones are the ones who get ignored.
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Agreed, Paul. There's always that loud vocal group that ruins it for everyone. People that aren't extremists or middle of the road are just don't make the front page of web sites and news papers, which is sad because they are the ones that are majority.
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