Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A Colorblind World is Still a Blind One

I don't have any great fascination with living in a colorblind world. As I've often said if the world were colorblind then a colored girl like me might be invisible. I think it is better that we all keep our eyes open and engage each other in healthy discussion around the things that effect us whether we are black or white and every hue in between.

That's a big wind up for the picture that was posted in the NY Post today concerning the newly signed Stimulus Bill. Who signed it? President Obama signed the bill and drew this reponse:



4 comments:

Robbin Hopkins said...

Yikes!!!! on so many levels!! This is unbelievable!!!!!

Robbin

I may have to borrow this!!! CRAZY!!!!!!

kn said...

Thank you for posting the hard stuff.

The New York Post.

I wish I were more surprised.

There is still so much work to do - I hope people realize that.

Great post on Tracey's blog too about a comment from a model agency made about how difficult it is to find little girls like The Obama's children.

I hope everyone who sees this sends a message to the New York post how unacceptable it is.

Thanks for posting.

Calmil2 said...

I read this earlier and tried to think of something to say, but I was so disturbed by this "cartoon" that I couldn't come up with anything. It seriously made me nauseous. I'm still speechless but had to use some words to say I'm speechless. I would like to find out how to write or E-mail the paper to express my disgust. Harmony

Jebena said...

Oh they know "we" are disgusted by it...they just don't give a *#%! by what "we" feel---that's the whole point they're making. I say folks should stop buying The New York Post---> stimulate that and see what happens!

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