Caricaturing people of other ethnicities look like monkeys to degrade them has a looong, racist tradition. About 100 years ago, russians were considered a backwards, horde of uncivilized asian/mongols in Europe.
I simply see these kinds of caricatures as racist. And I’m not alone in this.
It’s about as cool as depicting him as a kraken (antisemitic), or as a drag queen, to “own” him.
<sigh> black people as a race are historically insulted by depicting them as primates and of course that would weigh much more than this case of a single Caucasian man. Hence racism as opposed to insult.
Do you have any idea about the history of “caricature strangers to look like monkeys”?
What’s your point?
Caricaturing people of other ethnicities look like monkeys to degrade them has a looong, racist tradition. About 100 years ago, russians were considered a backwards, horde of uncivilized asian/mongols in Europe.
I simply see these kinds of caricatures as racist. And I’m not alone in this.
It’s about as cool as depicting him as a kraken (antisemitic), or as a drag queen, to “own” him.
People, not person. That’s the obvious difference you seem to be consequently ignoring here to try to incite discussion.
So caricaturing Obama as a monkey wouldn’t be racist, then?
He would even “deserve” it, being a war criminal and all that.
<sigh> black people as a race are historically insulted by depicting them as primates and of course that would weigh much more than this case of a single Caucasian man. Hence racism as opposed to insult.
Yeah, all of a sudden, russians are “caucasian”. It’s very convenient to hide racism behind “that’s not a race, though”. /s
People used to be racist against italians, baltic people and the irish. Don’t tell me that a russian person is ok, because they’re “white”.
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As I’ve said before: monkey caricatures have historical precedent. It’s about as bad as depicting him like a kraken/squid.
It’s really sad that you have to explain this.
Apparently, I’m a russian asset for pointing this out.
Because racism is good if it targets the right people. /s