I don't know about this one people, but in 2008 it's still a racist gesture to depict a Black Man as a monkey. A metro Atlanta area bar owner has designed t-shirts to parody Obama and his apparent Democratic nomination. The though pill to swallow is that the t-shirt has a cartoon drawing that is similar to the children's cartoon and story book character Curious George. The bar owner says that he got the idea while watching the cartoon movie version of the character.
So back to how this bar owner says that people are hyper sensitive and that they should get past any racist innuendo perceived. Let me be the first to say, being a metro Atlanta native, who grew up with family members that trail blazed race relations for Africans in America, it is still a tough pill to swallow. I am in my early thirties, I grew up as a child during the 80's and early 90's and I am here to tell you that I am very aware of his particular mentality. For Mike Norman (bar owner), to push the envelop of racial prejudice and hide behind pseudo progressive ideologies is cowardly to me. Personally, I would have done better with Norman admitting to his racist undertones and I probably wouldn't have written this article. This is the south and that type of ignorance hasn't died. Read this article and judge for yourself!!!
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Mr.Williams I am in full agreement with you.When I posted the excerpt from the AJC I wasn't sure the bar owner was making a racist statement or was just making some fast bucks but I figure it is both.I am a good deal older than you and I am white and though my generation was very racist I wasn't. I grew up in Colorado and there is more racial tension there now than when I was a kid in the 40s, here in the upper or middle south where i now live we all get along pretty well. Thanks for linking to my post,even a negative link can be good.
I think it's a disgusting T-Shirt. As a Republican I denounce it and will make sure not to visit that bar. I also think the many representations of George Bush as a chimp over the last 8 years were disgusting too.
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