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Black Leaders Demand Apology For Editorial Cartoon
WKMG TV NEWS ^ | 8-22-2007

Posted on 08/22/2007 7:59:53 AM PDT by Cagey

An editorial cartoon in last Friday's Florida Times-Union depicting a gunman wearing a T-shirt saying "Don't Snitch" continues to draw criticism, with some black leaders calling for an apology, the firing of the cartoonist and other demands, according to a WJXT-TV report in Jacksonville.

Two young children drawn in the cartoon say "I didn't see nuttin'!" Then the gunman says, "Now that's a good little ho!

In a letter sent to all Jacksonville television stations as well as the newspaper, the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition called the cartoon "racist, culturally insensitive and degrading to African-American women."

In addition to the apology, the group also called for the firing of cartoonist Ed Gamble, the hiring of a person of African-American descent for the newspaper's editorial board and a meeting with black leaders to "resolve the issue," WJXT-TV reported.

The letter quotes the Rev. Rudolph McKissick Jr., who described the cartoon as "insensitive to African American women, children and the community."

In Sunday's Times-Union, editorial page editor Mike Clark said that while he reviewed and approved the cartoon, he admits that "Using the word 'ho' was bad judgment, and I regret that I did not edit it out."

The newspaper's reader advocate quoted Gamble as saying that while he appreciated that the term was demeaning to women, he said, "I was making a point that rappers are demeaning to women."

In the background of the cartoon, a billboard displays: "Rap your life away."

Dr. Juan Gray, chairman of the board of the SCLC's Jacksonville chapter, called for the Times-Union to apologize for its poor judgment.

"After the apology, we can move toward reconciliation.

The letter was signed by Richard Burton, national board member of the NAACP, Desmond Muhammad, president of the Jacksonville branch of the SCLC, Marcus Muhammad of the National of Islam and Edward Preston, president of the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: edgamble; floridatimesunion; ghettoculture; hurtfeelings; insensitivecartoon; jacksonville; justicebrothers; killingoeson; liberalism; naaclp; nappyheadedho; politicalcorrectness; racehustlers; rap; stopsnitching; streetcarnage; urbanamerica
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To: Cagey
After the apology we can move toward reconciliation...

My observations have been that after the apology to the NAACP comes the shakedown...
61 posted on 08/22/2007 10:46:02 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Cagey

Oh, I thought all the black leaders were coming out in rage over seeing Secretary of State Rice portrayed as a monkey in various cartoons.

That’s right, you can be a racist SOB good for nothing bum and slander black women if they are conservative. OK, never mind.


62 posted on 08/22/2007 10:48:11 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Cagey

Some people can’t handle reality.


63 posted on 08/22/2007 10:52:44 AM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: L98Fiero

The Muslims were probably offended because they thought that the cartoon depicted Mohammed. Or at least, who Mohammed would be if he were alive today.


64 posted on 08/22/2007 11:48:29 AM PDT by Popocatapetl
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To: Cagey
Well, that demand just got that cartoon about 100,000 new pairs of eyes. Me included.

Just saying.

65 posted on 08/22/2007 12:03:39 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: HamiltonJay

“Pull up your pants, get an education, marry your women and raise your kids.”

Now THAT belongs on a t-shirt!


66 posted on 08/22/2007 1:48:06 PM PDT by Mila
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To: basil

“Is the deal today that you can say or do the most outrageous things, but as long as you apologize later, everything is hunky-dorie?’

Up to a point, beyond which a stint in faux-rehab is required. In extreme cases, tearful blatherings of “I have failed you my lord,” may be attempted.


67 posted on 08/22/2007 2:37:49 PM PDT by gcruse (Let's strike Iran while it's hot.)
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To: Larry Lucido; MotleyGirl70; Cagey
“A whore goes to the complaint department and says, ‘I’m being compared to a rapper.’”

That sounds like a Ziggy.

68 posted on 08/22/2007 4:31:57 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: newzjunkey

But rap music is free expression of the black experience while this cartoon is racist hate speech.
(Sarcasm alert)

Rap is CRAP.


69 posted on 08/22/2007 5:23:33 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)
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To: Bob

“Staying alive comes to mind.”

That’s quite an incentive!


70 posted on 08/22/2007 5:44:33 PM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: Cagey

“An editorial cartoon in last Friday’s Florida Times-Union depicting a gunman wearing a T-shirt saying “Don’t Snitch” continues to draw criticism, with some black leaders calling for an apology, the firing of the cartoonist and other demands, according to a WJXT-TV report in Jacksonville.”

Where were these sanctimonious pieces of trash when Condi was racially attacked the same way?


71 posted on 08/22/2007 5:46:38 PM PDT by Grunthor (When life gives you lemons, you throw them at the mean people and hope it gets them in the eyes.)
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To: Cagey

Bad guys who rap don’t say things like that when they’re not recording a Grammy-winning track?


72 posted on 08/22/2007 6:07:36 PM PDT by skr (Car bombs and IEDs are the exclamation marks for the latest Democrats' talking points.)
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To: Cagey

It is ridiculous to think firing this cartoonist and getting an apology is the real issue and not the point of the cartoon. The problem is Stop Snitchin’, the problem is not this cartoonist or the editors of the paper. Black leadership are idiots!


73 posted on 08/22/2007 6:12:48 PM PDT by bishop22
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To: mort56

Exactly! These bozos can’t see (or choose not to) that rap music is a vile influence on inner city areas. This is the behavior and language that it promotes.


74 posted on 08/22/2007 6:16:49 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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Dear Rev. Rudolph McKissick Jr. and the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition,

I am sorry....that your are too stupid to understand the point of the cartoon.

I am sorry that you have saved your righteous indignation for a political cartoonist that hit a little too close to home for your comfort.

I am sorry that a once proud and just civil rights movement has been hijacked by a bunch of money grubbing quota pimps and race hustlers....

75 posted on 08/22/2007 6:28:33 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

bunch of money grubbing quota pimps and race hustlers....

Now your gonna piss off BOR!


76 posted on 08/22/2007 6:59:06 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Thank you Bill Cosby for the courage to speak out. Peer pressure and an absence of direction will doom many youngsters to unproductive lives.


77 posted on 08/22/2007 7:03:43 PM PDT by COWBELL
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