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All 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 m
by molyss 12y ago
All 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