so, a bit of a contretemps has erupted the past few days, with a noted columnist suggesting an image of a prominent black female is "straight up rayciss" (i'm paraphrasing). so, here's a poll- which of the following two images is rayciss? both? neither? Image 1: Spoiler Image 2: Spoiler Spoiler thread idea inspired by ace.
It's going to be fun watching the likes of basso lose their minds over the next 10 months while Mr Obama crushes the opposition.
No, but spend almost half a millenium de-humanizing and subjugating them and then three-quarters of a century building infrastructure and entire communities to avoid them like the plague, then your "jokes" have a little more subtext.
The first image is not racist, the second image is. But when you're the National Security chief and you let 4,000 Americans die for no good reason, you should be called every ******* slur in the book.
I love how the wing nuts go after the 1st lady. First Hilary and now Michele. Hand it to dems for one thing...the never stoop so low to attack the wives.
I found neither image racist or dehumanizing. The 2nd image may have been sexist. I can't see them portraying a male politician as a barefoot, apron wearing, bottle feeding mama/papa.
Yeah, saying Laura Bush has brains is the same as saying Hilary is a b$*## and running the show, and saying that Michelle has a big butt, talks like an uneducated ghetto girl, and is the Queen of France in spending tax payer money. Hilarious.
No one criticized Laura Bush because she didn't do anything. She stood by George and smiled as he prolonged Iraq. When you do something relevant, like focus on obesity and healthcare, you open yourself up for criticism. To answer the question: Neither are racist. They're just ignorant.
