Hey Murdock-Leonard Pitts tells you why the cartoon is racist!!!

New York PostCartoon which appeared in the New York Post, sparking racism controversy

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Why the New York Post cartoon is hurtful

By LEONARD PITTS JR.

lpitts@miamiherald.com

'Police and deputy sheriffs hunted Wednesday night for a negro `beast man' . . . ''

-- The Billings Gazette,

Sept. 19, 1929

An original Guinea negro whose blood has not been crossed is as docile as a shepherd dog . . . ''

-- The Atlanta Constitution,

June 4, 1899

``Miss Mary Henderson The Victim of a Negro Beast''

-- The Moberly Weekly Monitor,

Aug. 29, 1901

``For two minutes [Joe Louis] was a throwback to a wild jungle creature . . . ''

-- The Associated Press,

Jan. 14, 1940

``Towering above them all, his black apelike face, distorted with rage . . . ''

-- The Oelwein Daily Register,

April 24, 1919

``Northerners cannot realize how low in intelligence, how irresponsible the pure negro is. He is an animal . . . ''

-- The New York Times,

June 9, 1901

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