****LOS ANGELES - A high school is apologizing after an anonymous article was published in the school paper comparing rowdy black students at a fast food restaurant to "a pack of monkeys." ****
Why is this racist? If people act like animals why can not they be called the animals they act like.
I've seen all types of people act as such.
There are also...
loan sharks.
laughing hyenas
asses
rats
stool pigeons
snakes in the grass.
Plus too many other jerks to mention.
Pointing out the obnoxious behavior and calling the offenders monkeys was NOT in itself racist.
The problem lies in identifying the students race and using the monkey description which has historically been used as a caricature on blacks"sub-human"status in the eyes of white supremicists.
Are there SOME black kids who act like jackasses?Sure,we all have seen it.But I've seen plenty of white and Mexican kids acting crazy and I don't see their behavior being compared to monkeys.
here's another one: lame duck