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When we palefaces think of “monkeys,” we think of chimps, baboons, orangs, monkeybars at the playground, etc. When blacks think of monkeys, it seems they automatically think it’s . . . themselves. Kinda sad, really.

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When we palefaces think of “monkeys,” we think of chimps, baboons, orangs, monkeybars at the playground, etc. When blacks think of monkeys, it seems they automatically think it’s . . . themselves. Kinda sad, really.

Or we think of a cute, mischievous child. This is the context of the innocent quip that Howard Cosell got raked over the coals for, and what effectively ended his career.