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.