New York Post Cartoon

News Corp Forms Diversity Council Following New York Post Chimp Cartoon

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


News Corp. has agreed to form an external diversity council after meeting with civil rights groups about a New York Post cartoon that critics said lik...

The Murdoch Non-Apology

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The loud demands will continue that Murdoch back up his kind of sort of apology with real action. But he won't. There's simply too much money in racial trash talk.

Brown v. Monkey

Jehmu Greene | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media


Jehmu Greene

A cartoon is misinterpreted and black organizations see an opportunity to make noise. Meanwhile, Rihanna is beat down by Chris Brown and commentary in the black community is, "What did she do to cause it?"

The Dark Side of Parody

Emil Wilbekin | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media


Emil Wilbekin

Plain and simple, Black folks don't like to be compared to animals -- especially nonhuman primate mammals.

The Signifying Monkey: Why Cartoons Matter

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics


Casey Gane-McCalla

If you research the earlier work of New York Post cartoonist Sean Delona, it's clear that he's a right wing bigot who routinely dehumanizes people from different viewpoints and cultures.

Chimp Cartoon Writes NY Post Editor's Obit

Michael Wolff | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

The fact that Col Allan is now being hung out to dry, and his obituary written, over a cartoon, is more mind blowing to Allan than to anyone else.

Holder, the New York Post and Us

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media


Rabbi Irwin Kula

In calling Americans "cowards," Attorney General Holder undermines his very goal of helping us to become a more just society.

The Post's Post-Racial Politics

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media


Bakari Kitwana

This cartoon's arrival on newsstands is way out of step with the times. Regardless of its intention, it reinforces the notion that national conversations on race are long over due.

New York Post's Cartoon Apology

New York Post | Huffington Post | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media


This evening, the New York Post issued a half-apology for Wednesday's notorious stimulus/chimp cartoon which inspired outraged among many readers. Th...

The Connection Between Blacks As Apes And Police Brutality

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics


Baratunde Thurston

Although the release of another racist cartoon can be seen as repetitive, annoying and a distraction, I'm glad at the opportunity this moment gives us.

How the New York Post Monkey Cartoon Should've Looked

Lee Camp | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media


Lee Camp

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Sam Stein

Obama Photo Preceded Cartoon Of Gunned Down Chimp

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


In the page preceding a New York Post cartoon that depicts drafters of the stimulus legislation as a gun-downed chimpanzee, the paper published a larg...

Sam Stein

New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media


A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Barack Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on W...