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The drawing is a reference to a nationalist leader comparing a black minister to a monkey. There's a reference to the "rassemblement bleu marine", coined in re
by molyss 12y ago
The drawing is a reference to a nationalist leader comparing a black minister to a monkey.
There's a reference to the "rassemblement bleu marine", coined in reference to current nationalist leader marine le pen, transformed into a gathering of racists through charlie's game on words. Also the logo at the right bottom of the picture is that of the nationalist party
As always, taking writings or caricatures out of context is not only lying but also potentially dangerous. Charlie is not racist, nor violent. Please use some critical thinking before calling people or institutions racist (or any other adjective)
- mkawia 12y agoI think this one of those let's agree to disagree moment . I know of that context and I still drawing a black person as a monkey is racist.
- Gmo 12y agoCharlie Hebdo is notoriously against the Front National and Marine Le Pen and has made tons of satire against them. It's totally wrong to say they would do any caricature to support any of their theses. This is misinformation and lack of context that have you talking here ...
- erispoe 12y agoAnd a muddle of confirmation bias added to sunk cost fallacy for refusing to admit one's first assumption is incorrect.
- Torgo 12y agoIn the USA this is called "hipster racism" where you re-use racist slurs or caricatures to make a point about racism. But some feel that this is still unacceptable because the propagation of the racist imagery still hurts. I am not black but I suspect a black person may still take offense to the imagery of a black person as a monkey.
- molyss 12y agoAll black persons look like monkeys, said a crazy fascist french politician. By writing "All black persons look like monkeys", can I be qualified as a racist myself ? My point is that the only to write about racism is also to define it, and to write the ideas it "defends". The same way, the only to draw about racism is to actually draw racism. The context is what makes the difference between a racist drawing something racist and someone drawing racism to criticize it. Forgetting, or missing or removing the context is exactly what extremists do. I'm deeply troubled by the fact that you (or anyone) would so quickly consider to "agree to disagree" in such a sensitive and important issue, to be honest. I would definitely agree that monkey part of the drawing is racist, but the context should be enough to convince you that the drawing itself is not. The drawing can be shocking, but that's a whole different issue that has nothing to do with the alleged racism of its author, only to do with the sensitivity of the reader (you and I, here). Shocking is one of the definitions of charlie hebdo