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[...] year Professor Hanson took on a New York Post cartoon in this blog post on The Situationist. The cartoon’s premise seems harmless enough: the chimpanzee that got [...]

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[...] year Professor Hanson took on a New York Post cartoon in this blog post on The Situationist. The cartoon’s premise seems harmless enough: the chimpanzee that got [...]

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Emergent Culture – Know Your Brain: Make your Mind your Own — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:02:48 +0000

[...] Why Race May Influence Us Even When We “Know” It Doesn’t……A common assumption among most Americans is that race is not an issue these days; after all, most of us rarely if ever feel ourselves being “racist.” If we are not thinking about race when we go about our daily lives and if we are not harboring any racial animus when we interact or socialize inter-racially, then, we assume, race is not influencing us. We may not be blind to color, but we might as well be …… [...]

By: Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:25:05 +0000

Suppose that instead of running the cartoon, the Post had run an editorial that said, “The stimulus bill is so bad it could have been written by that deranged chimpanzee that the cops shot in Connecticut.” Would we be talking about the editorial writer’s unconscious racism? Would Al Sharpton have been organizing protests? And if he had, would he have gotten much of a following?

By: Jon Hanson

Jon Hanson — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:02:25 +0000

Thanks Rob! I linked it to the CBS News version of the entire cartoon. I’m hoping that does the trick. all best, jon

By: Rob Wilson

Rob Wilson — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:41:27 +0000

Jon,

The links at the top (both of them) take you to the most recent Delonas cartoon, which has now changed. (This one relies on implicit cognition regarding disability … but it’s not as truly offensive as the Obama allusion in the preceding one.) I don’t see a way to link directly to the cartoon you refer to, except via this site and then searching by date. You might want to modify what you say at the top of the post, lest the unsuspecting be confused by the link they end up at.

By: Lilian Nattel

Lilian Nattel — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:33:43 +0000

That is disturbing. My gut reaction to that cartoon was literal–a tightening of my stomach. I’m sorry that it was right. Egregious–yes, and frightening.