tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post4542369888367123583..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: By request - the primate connection…Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-76027440395416097992008-06-25T15:38:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:38:00.000-05:00I just turned 26, am white, and I lived in NYS and...I just turned 26, am white, and I lived in NYS and now Western Washington State... (There were like 5 black kids in my high school class of 200 or so).<BR/>But I got the primate thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-50758521593357843882008-06-23T12:52:00.000-05:002008-06-23T12:52:00.000-05:00I'm curious about those "Obama as Curious George" ...I'm curious about those "Obama as Curious George" tees. Curious George is a copyrighted character, yes? Surely this would be grounds for a lawsuit? Or am I being a humorless white liberal?The Trufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-57752078380055566612008-06-21T07:57:00.000-05:002008-06-21T07:57:00.000-05:00(shaking my head...) -- I had not seen the sock pu...(<I>shaking my head...</I>) -- I had not seen the sock puppet. I guess I shouldn't be shocked to see that in 2008, but I was!<BR/><BR/>You mentioned not being 'post-racial.' Do you think that that is only true for people past a certain age?<BR/><BR/>Me, being a Southern, white guy nearly 45, immediately understood what the primate image was supposed to convey.<BR/><BR/>Do you think people under 25 would have that same understanding? It just seems to me that younger folks don't have as many of the same historical and cultural hangups as people my age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-85064811588500987462008-06-20T14:54:00.000-05:002008-06-20T14:54:00.000-05:00Have you noticed the print media...it's just as ba...Have you noticed the print media...it's just as bad. Obama is often if not always (which is more the case) in the shadows, dulled and darkened or even made to look grey and McCain is always in the light. In sid by side images it's even more apparent with McCain looking refreshed (as much as someone a hundred years old can), pleasant and optimistic while Obama, still in the shadows is pictured with a near scowling frown and a grimacing brow. I saw one photo recently that had altered Obama's image so much it ultimately looked like a cartoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-31872384230457069032008-06-20T14:14:00.001-05:002008-06-20T14:14:00.001-05:00Mayra...Yeah that would suck (wink).I'm not in the...Mayra...<BR/>Yeah that would suck (wink).<BR/><BR/>I'm not in the business of diagnosing racism, so I can only suggest that you do some research on the use of primate images during WWI, WWII, in film and in cartoons/comics - also the Mutilated Darwinism used to twist science to fit social ideas about race.<BR/><BR/>Seeing this has a lot to do with having seen it before...Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-12922516087561912342008-06-20T13:54:00.001-05:002008-06-20T13:54:00.001-05:00I love Obama and I love biology. I am angry that ...I love Obama and I love biology. I am angry that he is portrayed in classic racist tradition as a <B>non-human</B> primate. <BR/><BR/>Any image of any hominid depicts a primate.<BR/><BR/>Much love Sisters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-3325602867493016472008-06-20T13:54:00.000-05:002008-06-20T13:54:00.000-05:00I guess I'm out of it, because I honestly don't ge...I guess I'm out of it, because I honestly don't get it. No racist alarms are going off in my head. Does this mean I'M racist? Because it would seriously suck to be a racist black Hispanic.Mayrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08868719407195191871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-87175064776353672852008-06-20T08:12:00.000-05:002008-06-20T08:12:00.000-05:00Right on. President Obama is forcing the racist fi...Right on. President Obama is forcing the racist fifth column to show its ugly head, and face, a face that many many USofAers refuse to acknowledge when they look in the mirror every morning.<BR/><BR/>I saw an image of Mt. Rushmore the other day--and for the first time I saw it differently. I thought, "What in the hell were we thinking, carving out monuments to dead northern Europeans in the heart of the Sioux nation? Now it makes me sick.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog.<BR/><BR/>jbJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581512252521676135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-33871688569960876542008-06-19T20:25:00.000-05:002008-06-19T20:25:00.000-05:00Adamson...The character or the doll?I'd have to re...Adamson...<BR/><BR/>The character or the doll?<BR/><BR/>I'd have to revisit the books before I could comment on the character.Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-62097577309746831102008-06-19T19:16:00.000-05:002008-06-19T19:16:00.000-05:00I DO agree with the connection to symbolism in Kin...I DO agree with the connection to symbolism in King Kong...<BR/><BR/>But I have a question, though:<BR/>Do you think Curious George is about the same?adamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06690291560414467567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-21709743699979110892008-06-19T14:20:00.000-05:002008-06-19T14:20:00.000-05:00Well said! Here's another example of just what you...Well said! Here's another example of just what you've said and couldn't agree with you more.<BR/><BR/>I realize it's old and maybe you've seen it, but resonates more today than it probably did then!<BR/><BR/>But...don't judge a video by it's title, I promise!<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a15KgyXBX24Clickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928902291854618957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-47638807793930312272008-06-19T13:50:00.000-05:002008-06-19T13:50:00.000-05:00damn straight.damn straight.midwesterntransporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749445416512279883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-91258906089891266622008-06-19T12:36:00.000-05:002008-06-19T12:36:00.000-05:00That is true, Rileysdtr. I remembered that and tri...That is true, Rileysdtr. I remembered that and tried to google some of those images.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of a memorable quote at the end of "Blazing Saddles", too.<BR/><BR/>Still doesn't mitigate the offense in these supposedly more enlightened times, though, does it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-4085304722926449802008-06-19T12:10:00.000-05:002008-06-19T12:10:00.000-05:00"Devolving the other" is as old as dirt, kids. Th..."Devolving the other" is as old as dirt, kids. The immigrant Irish were depicted as grinning, filthy, combative gibbon monkeys in broadsheets and newspaper cartoons that Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty had to beat the snot out of (a caricature that exists today - for everyone who rightly decries Chief Wahoo, have you taken a look at the friggin' Leprechauns leaping all over the place at Notre Dame?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-55974295528666239982008-06-19T11:26:00.000-05:002008-06-19T11:26:00.000-05:00Shark-FU you are so on point here! I detest the us...Shark-FU you are so on point here! <BR/>I detest the use of that imagery and the simple-assed grins and gestures of "what did I do wrong?" that goes with it. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for these comments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-3429898945712981282008-06-19T09:59:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:59:00.000-05:00"If George Bush can be compared to a chimpanzee, t..."If George Bush can be compared to a chimpanzee, then why....?"<BR/><BR/>/facepalmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-29840484471663010952008-06-19T09:18:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:18:00.000-05:00I can't believe that anyone with two brain cells t...I can't believe that <I>anyone</I> with two brain cells to rub together would give this shit a free pass.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-91934475989366528472008-06-19T06:53:00.000-05:002008-06-19T06:53:00.000-05:00Damn straight! I'm not sure what kind of closet d...Damn straight! I'm not sure what kind of closet dwelling idiot a person would have to be to not pick up on the blatant racism in such a doll....<BR/><BR/>The irony that strikes me is that the same person who is likely to create such a doll is also likely to be a proponent of Intelligent Design....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-7804465456543883852008-06-19T02:21:00.000-05:002008-06-19T02:21:00.000-05:00Thank you for writing about this; people who say t...Thank you for writing about this; people who say this is innocent are either out of it, or full of it. I can't decide which is worse.Chode-en-freudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521500931759526581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-976841541178208332008-06-18T19:16:00.000-05:002008-06-18T19:16:00.000-05:00There are people who think this is innocuous??!! ...There are people who think this is innocuous??!! I have tons to learn about how racism manifests in this country yet I understood it (and how utterly wrong and evil it is) the first time I ever heard about it. How can people be so dense?EHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124553610422742225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-42909037412233310922008-06-18T19:01:00.000-05:002008-06-18T19:01:00.000-05:00OH Gods Above! A toy!? To introduce children to ...OH Gods Above! A toy!? <BR/><BR/>To introduce children to the political process? How DO you folks sleep at night? <BR/><BR/>I did ask, but I didn't really understand to the depths some people will sink.<BR/><BR/>ERHUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110224100045496017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-75884500250921800622008-06-18T18:45:00.000-05:002008-06-18T18:45:00.000-05:00a.evilredhead...A bitch shall not send you to that...a.evilredhead...<BR/><BR/>A bitch shall not send you to that place where thought dies a painful death!<BR/><BR/>Try this, but take the meds first...<BR/><BR/>http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3553186Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-57150045529452948642008-06-18T18:38:00.000-05:002008-06-18T18:38:00.000-05:00Oh, I KNOW I will be upset about it, but I haven't...Oh, I KNOW I will be upset about it, but I haven't seen the primate image used in connection with Obama. Do I head straight for Fox News for this travesty? If not please post a link so my blood pressure medication can do it's work.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110224100045496017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-64698324638506790412008-06-18T18:34:00.000-05:002008-06-18T18:34:00.000-05:00Thanks. On a frivolous note, I think Obama would l...Thanks. On a frivolous note, I think Obama would look terrible in a purple shirt and dog-collar, let alone the pointy hat.....purple (actually, magenta-purple) is just not his color.<BR/><BR/>(for the low-church types, that's Episcopal / Anglican bishop gear, the head of each national church, a bishop or archbishop, is called a primate.)<BR/><BR/>NancyPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-27081098986391454492008-06-18T18:29:00.000-05:002008-06-18T18:29:00.000-05:00"We are not post racial...we do not have a populat..."We are not post racial...we do not have a population that stumbles over racial imagery like fresh faced chil'ren who have never ever ever seen that shit used in a negative way and gosh, sure didn't mean to say what they said when they did it."<BR/><BR/>Excellent post Black Lady!<BR/>Sometimes you come up with something that is brilliantly succinct and to the point.<BR/>I will credit you when I use the above.SagaciousHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511441325695460501noreply@blogger.com