Posted on 02/06/2021 8:14:34 AM PST by Hojczyk
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is one of a handful of black Republican elected officials to find themselves in the crosshairs of editorial cartoons depicting them as either part of the Ku Klux Klan or as Uncle Toms. This in an era that is supposed to be about celebrating racial justice.
Robinson said he knows he is not the first, nor will he be the last, but he believes it is important for him to say that WRAL crossed a line this week when it portrayed him as a member of the Klan — especially given that that news organization is the largest in his state.
“Had this cartoon been done by some private individual on Facebook, on a Facebook page, or on Instagram, I’d have just left it alone,” said Robinson in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
On Tuesday, the editorial section of Capitol Broadcasting, which owns WRAL, depicted Robinson and the other Republican members of the North Carolina Board of Education as members of the KKK. In North Carolina, the lieutenant governor has a seat on the state Board of Education.
“This depiction of me and other Republican board members was done by a news outlet here in North Carolina that says it prides itself [on] delivering fair, balanced news and providing a service to the people, where they're trying to get information that's valuable to their readers in understanding policy issues that are important to them,” said Robinson.
WRAL released a statement saying editorial cartoons are meant to be provocative and that no one really believes Republicans on the state Board of Education are members of the KKK. To which Robinson responded, well, why run it then?
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So the Democrat party is the party of Emancipation?
Gee...i remember it being a bit different just a few decades ago
I hope and pray he’s the next governor of my home state. There is no stronger defender of the 2d amendment. Sick and damn tired of democrats stealing elections. Roy Cooper is a worthless bastard,
(sigh) Maybe one day.
Mark Robinson is a fighter!! Hallelujah!!
Some of the best people are maligned by 'Ratz.
Ohhhhhh. So it's okay to provoke others?
Fine by me. Just one question, WRAL. Is provoking others a two-way street?
Our new GOP Lieutenant Governor Robinson is a fighter. He puts the NC Congressional delegation to shame. Our GOP Congresscritters and Senators are in hiding. Their weekly email missives are the same meaningless crap they used to spew in the pre-Trump error. Lots of words about “fighting” the Democrats. However, no condemnations of Bank of America (a NC based company) violating the privacy of its customers.
So, where’s the cartoon?
Sounds like Capitol Broadcasting needs to be cancelled. Their rules.
The Demonicrat Party should be shown as the Baby Killer Party, waist deep in dead and dismembered babies with a sign, “Parts for Sale.”
He needs to actually be a presidential candidate.
Beat the demonrats at their own game. Use skin color to our advantage.
Black conservatives are the biggest threat to White Liberal Elites taking over.
Without the excuse of ‘fighting racism’ (as if it’s 1964 forever) White Liberal Elites can’t justify their power grabs and thuggery.
Black citizen are catching on to democrat manipulations - and the fact that it was democrats who ran the Jim Crow South and democrats who fought civil rights - (up until they knew it was inevitable - then they ran to the front of the parade as if they were saviors...)_and claimed the win for themselves.
WRAL released a statement saying editorial cartoons are meant to be provocative and that no one really believes Republicans on the state Board of Education are members of the KKK. To which Robinson responded, well, why run it then?
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Thus, the media provides yet another example of fake news.
He’s awesome.
WRAL (NBC) isn’t the only station doing the ‘Woke’ nonsense.
Local channel WTVD (ABC) is pushing the ‘Woke’ stuff hard.
A few days ago a local reporter, Josh Chapin, ran a story concerning the inequities in CV19 vaccine shots.
Paraphrasing, ‘Whites make up about 60% of the recipients blah blah.’ Implied racism I guess.
I looked up the demographics of Wake county and Surprise!
Wake Co is 59.9% White.
Let him know on Facebook too.
The wife and I proudly voted for this guy!
Without the excuse of ‘fighting racism’ (as if it’s 1964 forever) White Liberal Elites can’t justify their power grabs and thuggery.
It seems all they have to say now is “someone might get sick.”
Oh really?
Does that mean that a conservative magazine can do a cartoon of this lying media outlet burning to the ground and all of its lying reporters hanging from lampposts?
Amen. I was sickened when Cooper and Josh Stein were re-elected. I am glad at least that Mark Robinson got elected Lt Governor.
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