Posted on 05/14/2008 7:48:33 PM PDT by Siberian-psycho
The publisher of the popular children book's series "Curious George" is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner for selling T-shirts that link Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to the inquisitive monkey. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is upset with Mike Norman, owner of a Marietta, Ga., bar, for selling the shirts which show Curious George peeling a banana with "Obama in '08" printed beneath the image. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt did not nor would we ever authorize or approve this use of the Curious George character, which we find offensive and utterly out of keeping with the values Curious George represents," said Richard Blake, the company's spokesman. "We are monitoring the situation and weighing all of our options." Norman, who began selling the shirts in late April, has said they are not meant to be racist. He said he thinks the Illinois senator and the character "look so much alike." Bill Nigut, southeast regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, said Norman is being disingenuous. "He can pretend he doesn't understand what the message of that T-shirt is, but he knows full well that's an offensive and demeaning stereotype used to insult African-Americans," Nigut said. He called on citizens not to buy the T-shirts, but stopped short of calling for a boycott of Norman's business or denying him to speak out. "His speech is protected, but that doesn't mean that it's appropriate and that doesn't mean it's not hateful," Nigut said. On Tuesday, about a dozen people gathered outside the bar to object to the T-shirt. The protesters said the shirts are racist and they wanted Norman, to stop selling them.
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Poor Curious George.
Maybe my memory is faulty, but I just don't remember the Professionally Offended being offended on Bush's behalf.
Note to the ADL: There are Curious George parody books, as in more than one, in print and on sale now caricaturing President Bush, who (in the unlikely event you hadn’t noticed) is not a black man. If either your organization or Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has gone on record as protesting those, I gather I missed it.
Get bent.
Straight from the Huffington Post.
OK, now I'm laughing.
Yeh, that part cracked meup too.
So what I’m wondering is who is the man in the yellow hat?
I understand muslim don’t like monkeys.
I have always said that AEN was a perfect match.LOL
We don’t need this kind of monkeyshines.
Typical.
What do they like?
My young daughter watches Curious George, which is a show I can't stand.
That being said, I don't see what kind of values they are talking about. The Curious George I see on TV has committed all kinds of mischief, including, for example, causing a building under construction to collapse and he NEVER gets any more punishment than a ‘don't do that again’ talk. He is never required to have any responsibility for his actions, ever!!!!
Sounds like the Dems to me.
picture from protestwarrior.com
That’s who Fauxbama looks like.. he looks like Alfred E Newman, ever time I see him on my tv I want to try to fold it in 1/3s and find the hidden picture.
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