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Post by Thejebusfire on Jul 11, 2011 10:50:00 GMT -5
The Dennis the Menace one would be great if the black kid weren't drawn so stereotypically. Exactly what I was thinking. |
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Post by canadian mojo on Jul 11, 2011 14:25:34 GMT -5
On the other hand Dennis is presented with the worst racist stereotyping society had to offer and he is oblivious to it. To him it is just another friend. The juxtaposition of what he sees vs. what racists see is what makes the cartoon. If you had a sanitized, uncontroversial, picture of an African American child it would loose a fair amount of its impact.
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Post by storymoron on Jul 11, 2011 16:41:38 GMT -5
On the other hand Dennis is presented with the worst racist stereotyping society had to offer and he is oblivious to it. To him it is just another friend. The juxtaposition of what he sees vs. what racists see is what makes the cartoon. If you had a sanitized, uncontroversial, picture of an African American child it would loose a fair amount of its impact. Yes, but that would require far greater thought and analysis than a typical newspaper comic warrants. |
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Post by Professor Cold Heart on Jul 12, 2011 13:34:19 GMT -5
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Post by itachirumon on Jul 12, 2011 13:38:01 GMT -5
I'm...not sure what it is I'm seeing, but my Islamophobia-dar is going off. I get the feeling that that strip was meant to be very very offensive to Muslims.
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Jul 12, 2011 13:50:17 GMT -5
I get that's it's supposed to be a Goofus and Gallant sort of thing, but... with Muslims and Bible quotes?  |
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Post by MaybeNever on Jul 12, 2011 14:59:36 GMT -5
Considering that the name of god appears to be in Hebrew, I'd assume they're supposed to be Jews, but then they have a copy of the Bible on the table and are wearing turbans, so I don't know what to think.
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Post by Bezron on Jul 12, 2011 15:37:57 GMT -5
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Jul 12, 2011 15:39:35 GMT -5
Considering that the name of god appears to be in Hebrew, I'd assume they're supposed to be Jews, but then they have a copy of the Bible on the table and are wearing turbans, so I don't know what to think. It's like an Anachronism Stew, except it's with religion instead of time. |
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Post by davedan on Jul 12, 2011 18:49:53 GMT -5
I would be guessing the Polley's but the drawing is much too good for them.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Jul 12, 2011 19:29:59 GMT -5
 Is it just me or does the boy have devil horns?... |
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Post by Oriet on Jul 12, 2011 19:50:50 GMT -5
It does look like he has horns. It's also the same picture for all three panels, just zoomed and repositioned slightly different.
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Jul 12, 2011 19:55:27 GMT -5
Well, I looked up "fisting kits" on Google. That was an interesting lesson in fundie conflation and hype.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Jul 12, 2011 20:18:39 GMT -5
Well, I looked up "fisting kits" on Google. That was an interesting lesson in fundie conflation and hype. Yeah, Media Matters deconstructed all the smears against Kevin Jennings: mediamatters.org/research/200912150012 |
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Post by Vene on Jul 12, 2011 21:02:07 GMT -5
What the hell is a fisting kit? A box of latex gloves and a tube of KY jelly?
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