is this racist?

now the last thing i want to start here is some big political and racism discussion....so please...do not take this opportunity to jump on some soap box...i just want a quick answer...

this comic was printed in the new york post on wednesday....the artist said he was trying to bring two big news stories together, the story of the crazed chipmanzee and the story of barack obama's stimulus plan that is catching a lot of heat...

so he made this comic strip, which he swears only attempts at humor by tieing the crazy chimp to the controversial stimulus plan...BUT...it was not recieved so well...

the problem is obvious...but we live in a new era....should we move on and forget about all those old stereotypes, or do we respect the past and remain very careful about how we portray certain things?.....

remember...no long speeches, and no soapboxes...just your initial gut reaction..

is this racist?

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Comment by Mandi Michaels on February 26, 2009 at 11:11am: racist. I've never called or heard a person call a black person a monkey UNTIL yesterday, wierd...it was so ignorant.

Comment by Jessica Leigh on February 22, 2009 at 3:05pm: not cool (read: racist) intentional or not

Comment by Rick Duncan on February 20, 2009 at 6:50am: First reaction...no. Insulting, stupid, nonsensical...yes.

Comment by LeeAnn on February 19, 2009 at 10:46pm: And I doubt it was on the majority of people's minds when they first saw it. It amazes me that it was allowed in the paper. Times are changing, thank God, but they aren't changing that quickly! This was just a very poor judgement call on all involved.

Comment by jess marie ✂ on February 19, 2009 at 10:27pm: I agree with LeeAnn... the crazy chimp incident wasn't even on my mind when I saw the strip.