Is this cartoon of Obama racist? (compared, George Bush, USA, liberal)

[Grsz11]

Originally Posted by malamute

That cartoon isn't racist it doesn't make him look like an ape --- and the cartoon doesn't look like Obama or an ape.

They used to refer to Bush as "The chimp" and they would try to make him look like a chimpanzee. That wasn't racist either.

You know that isn't the same thing. But who the hell cares.

[Rakin]

Thought It looked like Gerald Ford.

[calipoppy]

The man in the cartoon looks more like Herman Cain than President Obama.

[TylerJAX]

Racist? Not sure. Awful caricaturization? Definitely.

[Bulldogdad]

Looks Chimpish to me.

However I think it makes him look more like a Black Gerald Ford.

[armourereric]

I thought it made him look like a black Homer Simpson

[fitzy24]

I don't know but I do know it looks nothing like the president. Most cartoonist make them have some kind of resemblance. Ridiculous.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by armourereric

I thought it made him look like a black Homer Simpson

Exactly who looks like Gerald Ford

[WhipperSnapper 88]

It criticizes his policies, so of course Liberals are going to call it racist...

It's what they've done from the moment Obama took over the white house.

If you don't think Obama is doing a good job, you're racist, plain and simple.

It's all the left has, because they sure as hell can't defend Obamas performance, that's for sure.

[Tlaneloli]

I don't think so, I think it's a bad depiction, I mean exaggerating his features is the norm not making him look like Homer Simpson.

And there is a legacy of depicting black people as monkeys to degrade them so people can do well to tread more carefully because of that.

I do like how the cartoonist characterized Obama as right wing, which he is, it's refreshing to find people who know what they're talking about.