Thoughts? An interesting question, to me, is something this cartoon really highlights, which isn't so much the content of the cartoon of the Obamas, but the fact that it ran on the cover of the New Yorker. I can't IMAGINE the National Review running a cover like the McCain one above. Maybe that just reflects how little I know about the New Yorker, but still... feel free to chime in.
h/t Americablog
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I understand that it's supposed to be making fun of the people who have this image of the Obamas, but I don't think the image itself communicates that. All it looks like is a rude caricature of both of them. We all already know that 10% of the country thinks Obama is a Muslim, so there's really nothing new about this cover. Showing Michelle Obama with an Afro and a gun, well, that's new, I suppose- I had forgotten about the stereotype of the radical black woman, which I guess the NYer is bringing up because of the bad impression she made with her statement about "being proud of America for the first time in my life." But... what's the joke? I knew about all of this months ago because the news covered it endlessly.
I think it's in bad taste... but then again, one reason I was excited to have Obama run is so that discussions about race would come up because I think that's still a sore spot in this country.
Yeah, I do agree that if a punch line was intended, I'm not entirely sure what it was.
Ha ha! People are afraid of Barack Obama for really stupid reasons built off fiction! Wha??????
here's a revised version of the cover which i just came across today:
http://www.wundurfulwurld.com/2008/07/barack-obama-new-yorker-cover-revised.html
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