Tuesday 21 April 2009

TOON OF THE WEEK ~~ OBAMA BOYCOTTS RACISM SUMMIT

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April 20, 2009 at 6:29 am (Associate Post, Barack Obama, Cartoons, History, Israel, Racism)

Is this the ‘change’ we were promised?

Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff

The Obama administration quietly announced this weekend that it would
boycott United Nations international conference about racism and
discrimination because of concerns that the conference unfairly
singles out Israel for criticism…

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Based on the Thomas Nast cartoon, “Worse than Slavery”, published in
Harper’s Weekly, October 24, 1874:




Worse than Slavery - Nast Cartoon



 Worse than Slavery - Nast Cartoon


As shown in this Thomas Nast cartoon, Worse than Slavery, white groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the White League used every form of terror, violence, and intimidation to restore a “white man’s government” and redeem the noble “lost cause.” (Harper’s Weekly, October 24, 1874)

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