Though agreeing with Oliphant’s criticism of Obama’s policy, his cartoon is blatantly racist. Race has nothing to do with the policy. Leave out “Yowzah” and the toon is okay, but the gratuitous use of such a raciallly stereotypical term is unmistakably racist. Mocking Obama as a lackey of the rich is fair game, but portraying Obama as Step’n’fetchit is a disgrace. Oliphant has been veering toward open racism for some time and this is just too much. I and several friends have permanently deleted Oliphant from our lists of cartoonists to view. Shame on Oliphant.
Though agreeing with Oliphant’s criticism of Obama’s policy, his cartoon is blatantly racist. Race has nothing to do with the policy. Leave out “Yowzah” and the toon is okay, but the gratuitous use of such a raciallly stereotypical term is unmistakably racist. Mocking Obama as a lackey of the rich is fair game, but portraying Obama as Step’n’fetchit is a disgrace. Oliphant has been veering toward open racism for some time and this is just too much. I and several friends have permanently deleted Oliphant from our lists of cartoonists to view. Shame on Oliphant.