[wtc911]

But the average person today who decides to say Obama is a monkey is not saying so because he is black.

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I don't believe that and, no matter what intention is ascribed to it, neither will any black American.

[CharlesWayneCT]

So, when the left drew pictures of Bush as a monkey, were they being racist, declaring that Bush was as stupid as a black person and therefore we should draw him as a monkey?

Or did they mean something other than “he’s black and we are racist”?

If you think that using a monkey as a representation of a white politician makes sense, then you can’t argue that using it against a black politician must be racist. IN fact, I would argue that NOT using it against a black politician is racist, because you are discriminating because of race.