Posted on 05/05/2010 2:52:31 PM PDT by Zakeet
A weekly newspaper photo depicting President Barack Obama and his wife as characters from the TV sitcom "Sanford and Son" was intended as political satire and not a racist commentary, the publisher said Wednesday.
Phillip Sciarello, publisher and part owner of the Smithtown Messenger on New York's Long Island, defended the decision to publish the photo, but added the newspaper would run a retraction in its next edition for anyone who might have been offended.
The photo spread features "before and after" shots of the last six presidents and their wives, starting with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and ending with the Obamas. The "after" photo of the Obamas is a shot from the 1970s show, with Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford and LaWanda Page as Sanford's sister-in-law, Aunt Esther. She is seen standing ready to box Sanford; the characters often verbally jousted as part of the show's story line.
The "after" photos of the other presidents feature their images as slightly older than when they took office.
The controversy prompted the Brookhaven town board to remove one of the Messenger's sister publications, the Brookhaven Review, as an official newspaper, meaning it will no longer publish town government legal notices.
"The reference to racial stereotypes is where the line was crossed," Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko told Newsday in Wednesday's editions. Lesko, a Democrat, did not immediately return a call for comment.
A Suffolk County legislator, DuWayne Gregory of Amityville, said he will propose a resolution to drop the Messenger as an official county paper at next week's meeting of the Legislature.
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Stuff like this involves racial stereotyping and therefore crosses the line ...
... and stuff like this does not!
I see Obama more as the racist Archie Bunker.
EXCELLENT.
Those photos of Manchelle and Aunt Esther are hilarious.Separated at birth
Libs are either completely stupid or they think the world is. They saw nothing wrong with the crap they threw at President George W. Bush ( oh yes I miss him) and seem not to understand the term Double Standard
Where’s the photo in question?
I don’t see anything racist about it.
How’s it racist? Good grief, Sanford and Son was genuinely funny! Everyone loved it, everyone laughed. It’s not a stereotype, it’s a TV SHOW.
BWAHAHAHAHA !!!!!
I think it’s HILARIOUS !!!
Maybe they should have used the white and black couple on the Jerffersons would that have been better?
Shut up you Big Dummie
Fish-eyed fool
Watch it, suckah
be sure to check out esther’s walk at 1:40..reminds me of some of the pictures of Michelle standing.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2507459/posts?page=3#3
I thought I saved the pictures and even made a GIF out of them, but maybe not because I can’t find them and don’t have time to search right now. See pics in post #3.
.....”it’s right here damn it woman. Larry Sinclair didn’t have any problem findin’ it, so you shouldn’t either”....
At least Sanford and Son had good music.
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