Although Jaime Foxx’s comments directed to and about Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) may not be considered racially motivated they were certainly rude, offensive and laid on a 16-year-old white girl by an adult black man under the excuse of being “comedic.” It was not unlike the Imus mistake but without the circus Al Sharpton created.

Today comedy is an excuse for being cruel and profane. Most comedy routines don’t go without a basket of four-letter-words and attacks on real people in the news. The under 30′s crowd band together in some post-high school right of insult and rage where they feel comfortable in numbers in a dark room with a drink in their hands. After all, if the guy next to you is laughing it must be all right. Most of these so-called grown-ups are still suffering from pimples and peer pressure.

In this time of ultra-race sensitivity with lopsided rules as to what color can say what words and every race finds something to be offended at it’s no wonder that the monkey cartoon was added to the list, malicious intent or not.

Today I’m offended that Al Sharpton didn’t drag his large butt over to Foxx’s house to stoke the fire of race, to create a media circus, and to offer to act as a negotiator to get his face on the TV.

C’mon Reverend Al — what Foxx said was bad, bad, bad and deserved your wise elucidation. How are we ever going to know what words whites can use and what words are reserved for blacks and browns. Has it really gotten to that point?

Just my opinion, could be wrong, wouldn’t be the first time.

And to Inkognegro: As far as spelling, I have learned that when suggesting spelling and grammatical errors for people it is usually respectful to offer what was appreciated of their work and then offer your criticism; it is called commenting and critiquing (C&C). And it can go a LONG way towards a having a clear and respected voice in a persuasive argument or any kind of conversation, really. However, it IS important to ensure that our spelling is to the best of our ability in order to offer our readers the BEST and most reliable information possible, and so I understand the one simple point you make about spelling, for it is vital. On that note, I would like to add that your first sentence in your critique of COasis (when made most grammatically correct) should most aptly have been, “My suggestion to you is to work on your use of homophones and the spelling of people’s names.” I realize that you were probably utilizing capitalization for emphasis; however, I thought to add “the” and the appropriate use of the plural function in the word “name,” as well. And this should help with the grammatical flow of that sentence some.

And then my own personal opinion: If there was such offense taken that said persons were fired due to the expressions from this cartoon, what WERE the underlying issues that were taken offense to? I thought we are all taking a higher road here and moving above racism (at least the majority), so why the need to fire someone over a joke? In the end, I really felt like it boiled down to fear. They seem to alleviate their fears by eliminating WHO they think provoked that fear that is really in them. That fear that is manifested right now (however, was manifested from long ago) due to this upsurge from all of the publicity over this little cartoon. That fear is REALLY everything they can’t face within themselves. In order to maintain composure, order, the calm of the people, and continue to suppress their own fears, they maneuver within that webbed road of simplistic deceit and fire away (no pun intended).

But…what do I know?????????

Simple and unassuming, yet direct and to the point…or not.

~Audrey

Paterson is black. Good enough for the Gov., good enough for me.

That’s the difference between a leader, and a race merchant.

Here is the Post’s apology. They are very clear what their meaning was. If it is not good enough for you, I suggest you are one of the race perpetuators.

(Thanks for the tip on Mfume. Makes such a difference in the story.)

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Wednesday’s Page Six cartoon – caricaturing Monday’s police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut – has created considerable controversy.

It shows two police officers standing over the chimp’s body: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill,” one officer says.

It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill.

Period.

But it has been taken as something else – as a depiction of President Obama, as a thinly veiled expression of racism.

This most certainly was not its intent; to those who were offended by the image, we apologize.

However, there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past – and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback.

To them, no apology is due.

Sometimes a cartoon is just a cartoon – even as the opportunists seek to make it something else.

Todd Jealous= Benjamin Todd Jealous
Kweisi Mfume

You should also be mindful of the fact that while Allan and Delonas apologized to those who were offended, they made a point of NOT apologizing to those who actually protested in front of the NY Post Building.

Non-apologetic apologies aren’t apologies.