Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
This aint right!!!!!
This cartoon in the New York Post provoked some outrage from New York outrage-monger Al Sharpton today
The cartoon by Sean Delonas is a reference to the police shooting Monday of Travis, a celebrity chimpanzee who had gone berserk and seriously injured a woman.
In a statement, Sharpton said:
The cartoon in today's New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that "Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill."
Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?
We at the Guardian America office in Washington don't get the humor, and I find the cartoon rather inane. It is worth noting that congressional Democrats wrote the bill, not Obama or anyone in the White House. If the conservative New York Post is calling Harry Reid, Max Baucus and Nancy Pelosi a bunch of monkeys, is that worth Sharpton getting worked up about?
Meanwhile, Sharpton has a long history of stoking racial grievances (The Guardian's Oliver Burkeman described him in 2002 as "Despised by many, accused of exploiting every whisper of police brutality, of rubbing salt into racial wounds and inciting protesters to violence".) Check out this history of the Tawana Braley case.
What do you think? Is the cartoon a racist shot at Obama? A crack at congressional Democrats? Is Sharpton over the line? Is it funny? Does it make any sense at all?
In a statement, Sharpton said:
The cartoon in today's New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that "Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill."
Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?
We at the Guardian America office in Washington don't get the humor, and I find the cartoon rather inane. It is worth noting that congressional Democrats wrote the bill, not Obama or anyone in the White House. If the conservative New York Post is calling Harry Reid, Max Baucus and Nancy Pelosi a bunch of monkeys, is that worth Sharpton getting worked up about?
Meanwhile, Sharpton has a long history of stoking racial grievances (The Guardian's Oliver Burkeman described him in 2002 as "Despised by many, accused of exploiting every whisper of police brutality, of rubbing salt into racial wounds and inciting protesters to violence".) Check out this history of the Tawana Braley case.
What do you think? Is the cartoon a racist shot at Obama? A crack at congressional Democrats? Is Sharpton over the line? Is it funny? Does it make any sense at all?
This is unexceptable!!! and nowhere near funny!!! IM PISSED!!!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Killers Concert
I was invited to go to the Killers concert by a friend (AE Photos) who actually won them the day before the concert..lol anyways backstage passes were included. So We get there and it was so weird....people were looking at us like "what these black girls know about the killers?" LOL!! We were literally the only black girls there, but damn this ain't Mayberry. Anyways the opening act was M83 I absolutely love them now. Check out the pic and videos below! I don't really care for the video, but "We own the sky" is one of my favorite M83 songs.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Aaliyah The movie
My Friends all know that I am a MAJOR Aaliyah fan. So when I found out that the movie was in the works I was super excited (pics coming soon of my ol school days portraying Aaliyah LOL!) The family and close friends are very involved with the makings. The budget for the movie so I heard is 80 Million. Now WHO'S PLAYING AALIYAH?????? Her name is Keshia Chante a Canadian R&B singer. You know I had to YouTube her and to my surprise she had the swagg to play her as far as the dancing...It was eerie watching her videos. Now I haven't got a chance to see her acting but if her acting is on point then I believe the movie will be awesome. I think they made a good choice...but time will tell when the movie is released sometime in 2009. I added some pics and a video from Keshia Chante...keep in mind she is very young around 18-19 and these videos were made like in 2003 lol so be nice...I thinks shes cute. Click here to check out her myspace and click here for her website
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK???
Keshia Chante'
Keshia Chante'
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