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To: unclewest who wrote (87165)	11/19/2004 6:13:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 793690

The fact that you or any other whitey is not offended by the cartoon does not preclude it being racist... ...If you want to test the racist tones of that piece don't take it to Starbucks on Beacon Hill or Dupont Circle instead take it to the streets of Roxbury or NW Washington DC. The fact that some "whitey" is not offended doesn't mean it is not racist, but the fact that a black person might be offended doesn't make it is racist either. I'm not saying it isn't racist, or that it is. Racism is about thought and motivations and intent more than it is about the picture itself. If the cartoonist meant it to project a racist image, or felt racial animosity towards Rice (whether its towards blacks in general or perhaps even considering non-liberal blacks to be "uncle toms") than its racist. But I can only guess at what the cartoonist feels and thinks. Some racism is obvious. Someone gets dressed up in a KKK outfit and starts burning crosses and beating up black people and you don't have to be a mind reader to call that person a racist, but this IMO is less obvious. I can say that the cartoon has similarities with other drawings that where racist. Also one thing seems clear, the cartoonist doesn't like Rice, whether this dislike is based on race or not I don't know. You are making yourself appear to be one of a group of Americans, who because they are blind to a prejudice, think it does not exist. You can be well aware of prejudice in general, and of prejudice against particular groups, and of some of the ways that prejudice has historically been expressed, without rushing to a quick judgment that a specific expression is racist. The charge of racism is considered a quite serious charge. I am reluctant to make it without the most clear and certain evidence. Tim

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