A college bar in Connecticut is making news with a cardboard cutout of President Obama that it keeps behind the bar. The problem is that the cutout is adorned with accessories that portray Obama as a pimp. The accessories include gold teeth, a hair pick, a pink woman’s hat, beads and plenty of other “bling.”My favorite quote comes from the bar owner: “We’re not Russia yet. We’re not North Korea yet. We can still make fun of the president.” Interesting.
Is this harmless fun or is it racism that should not be tolerated?
No more racist than all of those cartoons portraying G.W. Bush as a big-eared monkey.
ReplyDeletePoor taste? Yes. But the man opened himself up to caricature when he decided he wanted to be president.