There have been protests over the sale of T-Shirts depicting Barack Obama as a monkey. It is of course a race issue. While the maker of the t-shirt claims they were not meant to be offensive and I kind of believe him (as the shirts were pro-Obama), some people were offended. I think that the protesters feel that this t-shirt, by depicting Obama as a monkey, is depicting all black people as monkeys, or something to that effect. That is BS though. It was just depicting Obama as a monkey. When Bush was depicted as a monkey I don’t remember demonstrations on the street.
I think the real issue here is that the monkey bears a striking resemblance to Curious George and so does the publishing company that owns the Curious George brand. I think the bar owner may be regretting his decision to sell t-shirts now. On the other hand, they say there is no such thing as bad publicity.
Check out the better Obama Monkey Shirt at http://aryanwear.com It is funnier!!!
that is a awesome thing right now for the election
If you were black and have went thru the whole blacks are monkey type thing, maybe then you would be more understanding of how this could be considered racist.
It was a awesome idea in supporting Obama, but the T-shirt logo could have been different…
Live in my shoes, and see if you feel the same…
@Cassie – I understand that this is considered racist. I just wish it weren’t. I think that we should be allowed to compare anyone, regardless of race, to a monkey. You know, equality for all.