Sotomayor cartoon deemed insensitive & racist

Sotomayor Cartoon In The Oklahoman Comes Under Fire

Huffington Post
First Posted: 06- 3-09 05:49 PM | Updated: 06- 3-09 08:26 PM


Some women’s groups are outraged over an editorial cartoon that ran in The Oklahoman newspaper on Wednesday - it depicts Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor strung up like a piñata with a sombrero-clad President Obama handing out bats to Republican members of Congress.

Jean Warner, the chair of the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition, wrote:

She’s served on the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit for 10 years, heard over 3,000 cases and written over 380 opinions (but she’s of Puerto Rican descent ~~ ergo the piñata image - right? wink, wink).


Not funny; actually stupid and damaging. A picture speaks louder than words and that cartoon sends a message to women of all ages: "Back off. Know your place. Or we’ll take a stick to you and teach you a lesson."

Daily Kos poster OKC law dork wrote:

"I’m appalled that [The Oklahoman] would publish a cartoon showing a federal judge who happens to be a minority strung up from a tree... There is a vigorous racist block of voters in Oklahoma who harbor racist feelings toward ’Mexicans’ (usually meaning anyone of Hispanic origin) that I believe this cartoon is catering to."

The editor of the Oklahoman, which is considered to have a conservative editorial viewpoint, did not return calls for comment.

 

that's odd...

i didn't know mexicans were strung up in trees, over racial tensions, like black people, by angry mobs

learn something new everyday

 

More white resentment bubbling out. Not surprised at all. Reminds me of the infamous Obama New Yorker cover. They said it wasn't racist, but where was McCain's joke cover?

 

Sotomayor cartoon deemed unhumorous & pointless

So according to the cartoon Obama is encouraging the republicans to take a whack at his nominee? Pinatas are filled with candy. What kind of candy eventually spills out? I don't get it.

 

Really???:smt009

 

No shit..I feel so informed I don't know what to do..lol.

 

Hahahahaha

 

Mexicans are the new blacks.

 

That cartoons kinda funny. People need to know when a joke is a joke. Everything doesn't need to be considered offensive all the time.


a chinese guy, a mexican guy and a black cowboy all decide to see who has the biggest dick. The chinese guy whips his out and measures.... 5 inches, not bad!!! The mexican guy pulls his out his and says, wow, 7 inches, beat that!!! The cowboy Pulls out a lasso, not made of rope, and says, Yeeeaahhhh, whhhoooo!!!!!


get it....

 

weak sauce son

hope you got a day job

 

Oh really?

I'll keep that in mind while I watch the NBA playoffs

LOL

 

I'm sorry but why is this an outrage? Is it anything new? See this is what i hate - when people act outraged when right-wingers do or say something remarkably stupid and insensitive. Gee, where have you been for the past 20 or so years? That's their shtick. Get over it and ignore them.