New York Post Disaster

I am usually the person who believes people, in general, overreact to things. In our society today, it is pretty difficult to publish anything without somebody being offended. With that being said, I am absolutely ashamed that this image, a gunned down monkey possibly representing our president, even made it past editors.

The image shows a pair of policemen, one with a smoking gun, standing above a chimp with two bullet holes laying in a pool of blood.

After viewing the comic a few times and then looking at it with others to get their reactions, it is clear to me that the person who made this picture is either being terribly mis-interpreted or is a racist. For all works of art, there is always a wide range of interpretations for different pieces. However, it seems that any way you interpret this image, it comes out offensive. If the New York Post isn't knee deep in angry animal rights groups for illustrating the death of an endangered species, then I'm sure the civil rights activists will have a field day.

The way that I interpreted the image, along with others beside me, was the police gunned down an ape in belief that it was Barack Obama. The only other explanation I can think of is the artist could have been mocking our country and its ignorance in thinking all African-Americans resemble mokeys...either way I think this one might taint their image for times to come. Bad move New York Post, bad move.

Modernism and post modernism are two terms that are so broad that they become a hard concept to grasp.

Modernism can be defined "as a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring esp. in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles."

This differs from post modernism because obviously this deals with the changes in our culture after the 1970's. All changes in culture, technology, entertainment and more has contributed to post modernism.

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When the cows were given to the Kenyan village, it was quite apparent how much value these gifts held. The cows represent the true and wholesome values this village possess.

This showed great genorosity and was encouraging to see. Although the differences between America and Kenya are endless, it is nice to see these two different cultures bonding through gifts. The unselfish gesture has not gone forgotten. The "American cows" are still being raised to this day.