There's a lot of controversy about the New Yorker cover featuring an illustration of Michelle and Barack Obama as militant Black Panther and Muslim, respectively. Now it is obviously intended to be satire, but it borders a very fine line between what is satire and what could be *perceived* to be a slur.
The satire is not making fun of Obama himself, but in showing the absurdity of what *some* people think of Obama. But is this evident?
I thought that perhaps they could have provided a little context to it, perhaps putting the image in quotations, so to speak. So here you go:

or maybe even:

Labels: Politically Incorrect
4 Comments:
You need to give Keith Olbermann a link to this.
Good call. with context, it becomes satire. Without, it seems like a raging slur.
I like the bottom one! That's too funny!
Dawn
Thanks!
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