Comments on: Is This Cartoon Offensive? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:33:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Todd http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1338 Todd Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1338 And this from the Chevy Chase email list. Sort of ironic, IMHO:<BR/><BR/><BR/>As a DCPS school teacher I would like to reflect that as listserve members<BR/>exchange information and debate about politics there is two things they all can<BR/>do. Parents direct discussion and COLLABORATION with their children's teachers<BR/>and principals and consistent priorities and strategies from classroom to home<BR/>will do wonders on a daily basis. Continue to ask and insist that building<BR/>improvements happen, but please play an active role in learning.<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChevyChaseCommunityListserv/message/35380 And this from the Chevy Chase email list. Sort of ironic, IMHO:

As a DCPS school teacher I would like to reflect that as listserve members
exchange information and debate about politics there is two things they all can
do. Parents direct discussion and COLLABORATION with their children’s teachers
and principals and consistent priorities and strategies from classroom to home
will do wonders on a daily basis. Continue to ask and insist that building
improvements happen, but please play an active role in learning.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChevyChaseCommunityListserv/message/35380

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1339 Anonymous Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1339 hispanic is not a race. its an ethnicity. its about your culture, not your genes.<BR/><BR/>there are black hispanics, white hispanics, asian hispanics.<BR/><BR/>the cartoon is not racist, but it IS meant to be insulting. of course it is! when does a political cartoon kiss ass?<BR/>our schools are in horrible shape. thats part of the point. hispanic is not a race. its an ethnicity. its about your culture, not your genes.

there are black hispanics, white hispanics, asian hispanics.

the cartoon is not racist, but it IS meant to be insulting. of course it is! when does a political cartoon kiss ass?
our schools are in horrible shape. thats part of the point.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1340 Anonymous Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1340 Oh, please. The School Board made an error. Making fun of that in an editorial cartoon is fair game. The cartoon, it seems to me, simply points out how messed up the education system in DC is. It might also hint that the problem is worse than Fenty thinks. Oh, please. The School Board made an error. Making fun of that in an editorial cartoon is fair game. The cartoon, it seems to me, simply points out how messed up the education system in DC is. It might also hint that the problem is worse than Fenty thinks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1341 Anonymous Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:53:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1341 It would be funnier if Fenty's voice bubble said, "Actually, it's from the KORAN!"<BR/><BR/>By "funnier" I mean more offensive, I think. It would be funnier if Fenty’s voice bubble said, “Actually, it’s from the KORAN!”

By “funnier” I mean more offensive, I think.

]]> By: City Desk http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1342 City Desk Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1342 Duh. In City Desk's defense, the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)#Racial_and_ethnic_categories" REL="nofollow">federal government</A> would call him "white, of Hispanic or Latino origin." But City Desk is not as dumb as the federal government. Duh. In City Desk’s defense, the federal government would call him “white, of Hispanic or Latino origin.” But City Desk is not as dumb as the federal government.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1343 Anonymous Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1343 Wait. Reinoso is Hispanic. Wait. Reinoso is Hispanic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1344 Anonymous Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:28:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1344 Yes, it was offensive. <BR/><BR/>By the way, the Washington Post has errors/typos on occasion and they are not made out to be fools. To err is human.<BR/><BR/>And why does someone always have to talk about the status quo or guardians thereof as if anybody that has a difference of opinion is on the wrong page.<BR/><BR/>Let's get it together. So much for One City. Yes, it was offensive.

By the way, the Washington Post has errors/typos on occasion and they are not made out to be fools. To err is human.

And why does someone always have to talk about the status quo or guardians thereof as if anybody that has a difference of opinion is on the wrong page.

Let’s get it together. So much for One City.

]]> By: Jonathan R. Rees http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1345 Jonathan R. Rees Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1345 Let me add to that that I do not think the comic was any attempt to insult anyone on the basis of race, color, creed or their unnatural origins like Loose Lips. Let me add to that that I do not think the comic was any attempt to insult anyone on the basis of race, color, creed or their unnatural origins like Loose Lips.

]]> By: Jonathan R. Rees http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1346 Jonathan R. Rees Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/01/19/politicsmedia-is-this-cartoon-offensive/#comment-1346 Wasn't this suppose to reflect the fact that we hear so often that even college grads today can't spell? Wasn’t this suppose to reflect the fact that we hear so often that even college grads today can’t spell?

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