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Black Leaders Demand Apology For Editorial Cartoon
WKMG TV NEWS ^ | 8-22-2007

Posted on 08/22/2007 7:59:53 AM PDT by Cagey

An editorial cartoon in last Friday's Florida Times-Union depicting a gunman wearing a T-shirt saying "Don't Snitch" continues to draw criticism, with some black leaders calling for an apology, the firing of the cartoonist and other demands, according to a WJXT-TV report in Jacksonville.

Two young children drawn in the cartoon say "I didn't see nuttin'!" Then the gunman says, "Now that's a good little ho!

In a letter sent to all Jacksonville television stations as well as the newspaper, the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition called the cartoon "racist, culturally insensitive and degrading to African-American women."

In addition to the apology, the group also called for the firing of cartoonist Ed Gamble, the hiring of a person of African-American descent for the newspaper's editorial board and a meeting with black leaders to "resolve the issue," WJXT-TV reported.

The letter quotes the Rev. Rudolph McKissick Jr., who described the cartoon as "insensitive to African American women, children and the community."

In Sunday's Times-Union, editorial page editor Mike Clark said that while he reviewed and approved the cartoon, he admits that "Using the word 'ho' was bad judgment, and I regret that I did not edit it out."

The newspaper's reader advocate quoted Gamble as saying that while he appreciated that the term was demeaning to women, he said, "I was making a point that rappers are demeaning to women."

In the background of the cartoon, a billboard displays: "Rap your life away."

Dr. Juan Gray, chairman of the board of the SCLC's Jacksonville chapter, called for the Times-Union to apologize for its poor judgment.

"After the apology, we can move toward reconciliation.

The letter was signed by Richard Burton, national board member of the NAACP, Desmond Muhammad, president of the Jacksonville branch of the SCLC, Marcus Muhammad of the National of Islam and Edward Preston, president of the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: edgamble; floridatimesunion; ghettoculture; hurtfeelings; insensitivecartoon; jacksonville; justicebrothers; killingoeson; liberalism; naaclp; nappyheadedho; politicalcorrectness; racehustlers; rap; stopsnitching; streetcarnage; urbanamerica
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To: Cagey
the group also called for the firing of cartoonist Ed Gamble, the hiring of a person of African-American descent for the newspaper's editorial board and a meeting with black leaders to "resolve the issue"

How is this not the same kind of extortion depicted by the cartoon?

21 posted on 08/22/2007 8:09:10 AM PDT by NRA1995 (To Congress and Mr. President: This is OUR country, and don't you forget it!)
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To: Cagey

Must have really struck a nerve!


22 posted on 08/22/2007 8:10:36 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: dfwgator

“The truth hurts.”

You nailed it!


23 posted on 08/22/2007 8:11:10 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
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To: Cagey

Only one inaccuracy in that cartoon — rappers don’t use revolvers.


24 posted on 08/22/2007 8:11:23 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo (There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
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To: johnny7; Cagey
They would have settled for bit¢hes...

25 posted on 08/22/2007 8:11:23 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Cagey
After the Apology "we" can move twards reconsiliation.


26 posted on 08/22/2007 8:13:29 AM PDT by PEACE ENFORCER (One needs to have the capability of using Deadly Force at ANY moment.......:))
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To: Ditto

Very strange.


27 posted on 08/22/2007 8:14:21 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Cagey

still waiting for that appology to the duke lacross players.

Are they upset that it is accurate or are they upset because it is only precise.


28 posted on 08/22/2007 8:14:33 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Cagey
This is exactly like the Black Mayor of Newark NJ defending his sanctuary policies last night on FOX.

No snitching on illegal scum (because I may be able to get their vote).

So I guess it is OK to let crimes be committed and not inform the authorities as long as the perp is of color. However, if whitey does anything scream like a stuck pig.

29 posted on 08/22/2007 8:15:28 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Islam or lawyers. Which one is lower on the food chain?)
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To: Cagey

Apparently they didn’t get the meaning of the cartoon. It is not insulting, nor is it actually calling anyone a ho. It is pointing out hypocrisy and the failure of the rule of law when culture works against it.


30 posted on 08/22/2007 8:19:08 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Cagey

Why don’t we just get it over with and apologise for breathing and kill ourselves? (After changing our wills and leaving everything to the extortionists). I bet the paper caves, they always do.


31 posted on 08/22/2007 8:22:29 AM PDT by mrsmel
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To: Cagey

I guess it is time to add the word ‘ho’ to the ever expanding list of words that whitey is forbidden to use.


32 posted on 08/22/2007 8:29:57 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Cagey

They want an apology but won’t correct the problem that prompted the drawing.


33 posted on 08/22/2007 8:33:23 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: HamiltonJay
You forgot “Get A Job!”.
34 posted on 08/22/2007 8:33:24 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Cagey

Other than the “ho” comment, the problem is true. I was researching gun deaths in Chicago following Barack Obama’s declaration that almost 3 dozen youths have been killed by “assault rifles” this year, and I found numerous mentions in Chicago media about how after a shooting, the witnesses would not cooperate with police. They didn’t see nuttin’.


35 posted on 08/22/2007 8:43:16 AM PDT by Sender (A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.)
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To: Cagey

After reading who the complainers were, I have to ask just how many folks in the black community actually saw and read the offending editorial cartoon before it was pointed out to them?

How many times is the word “ho” used by comedians on the BET and nothing is ever said?


36 posted on 08/22/2007 8:49:38 AM PDT by miele man (Continually voting against iodine deficient libs for 42 years)
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To: ConservaTexan
I guess it is time to add the word ‘ho’ to the ever expanding list of words that whitey is forbidden to use.

Why would one want to use the word anyway? Wh*r* is basically what it means or even in it rawest context "HOLE". This is something anyone with any raising whatsoever would naturally know not to use in public conversation.

37 posted on 08/22/2007 8:59:28 AM PDT by LowOiL (Make yourself a Duncan Hunter T-Shirt and wear it proudly to work...)
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To: Cagey
After the apology, we can move toward reconciliation.

On second thought, how about this: No apology, no reconciliation. Black gang culture needs confronted and punched in the face, not appeased. If it was up to me, they would get their apology about the same time they got their reparations, in other words never.
38 posted on 08/22/2007 8:59:52 AM PDT by steel_resolve (Club the wicked.)
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To: seamusnh

“There are T shirts being sold with “Stop Snitching” on them...”

Same here in Pittsburgh.


39 posted on 08/22/2007 9:03:22 AM PDT by Marathoner 244
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To: LowOiL
Why would one want to use the word anyway?

Agreed. The next time I use this word in its intended context, will be the first. I am amazed at how much time is wasted fighting over words. The black community has laid claim to 'ho' the 'N' word and other terms, and homosexuals are trying to stake a claim on the word 'marriage'. All this bickering over language really distracts from the issue at hand, which is the decay of American culture.

40 posted on 08/22/2007 9:24:41 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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