Pure DisRespect

The New York Post......*shaking my head*

Now, I heard about the chimpanzee attacking this lady. Everywhere I went the papers said 'attacking its owner,' but I read the story and it was actually the owner of the chimp's friend. The story. But on the 18th of this month, a cartoonist by the name of Sean Delonas drew a comic cartoon that brought criticism, racists accusations and another thought to viewers' minds.

President Obama was to review the stimulus package this President's Day, well after this day, the cartoon was posted on The New York Post's "Page Six."

Now, of course, we all know President Obama does not write the stimulus bill. But, Obama does sign and approve the bill, must live with knowing he signed a bill that could ruin his country and continue his reign as president for the next 4-8 years after signing the bill. Why would one take it as the police in the cartoon shooting President Obama?

When I first saw the cartoon, of course I took it as a racial issue due to the fact that African-Americans have been depicted as "monkeys, chimps, apes" for the longest time, dating back to racism days. An African-American was compared to an ape from the day apes and their family (monkeys, chimps, gorillas) were discovered. Which also brings me to this point, in high-school, I learned about the hominid, Lucy.

Hominids have been around for many, many years. I wish I knew how long, but they were really found in Africa. Which is where African-Americans ancestry runs very strong. Hominids correlate with today's human. From hominid to human is the evolution; the structure of the face, the walking upright, the neck structure and so on. We, as humans were once hominids also known as apes. Lucy was found in Ethiopia; an African country. She was compared to the human.

Although, as time progressed the ape was soon identified as an African-American only; insulting. In the past, African-Americans were depicted as an ape, they were called monkeys, "you monkey-looking Nigger!" All types of insults and disrespect! Go Google "the evolution of the ape
and see what'll show. Since everything is initiated from Africa, it is pointed right back to African-Americans. *shaking my head* I apologize to my people for this history and evolution being blamed on US.

So, many wonder why African-Americans who viewed the cartoon took it as a racial insult. Simply because, we, as African-Americans know the history of our people and the evolution of the ape and comparison of the ape and US, we know what the cartoon meant, really.

The New York Post received so many comments on that cartoon, it was all over the radio here in Atlanta, it was wide-spread. So, they apologized two days later. The apology.