New Yorker Depicts Reality of Black in America

The disparaging New Yorker cover of Michelle and Barack gives great insight into what it means to be Black in America. Even before you watch the CNN special next week you can get a real sense of what we have to go through on a day to day basis in this country. After jumping through hoops, getting over the various hurdles, attaining all the credentials in the world and spending a lifetime proving ourselves; we still get dissed! Take note of this New Yorker picture of utter disrespect. Never in my life have I seen this done to any white person who could be the next US President and First Lady of the USA. Never in my life have I seen anything this disgraceful done to white presidents or prospective presidents, even when they have done something despicable and worthy of condemnation.

A quote from this blog says it best:

If artist Barry Blitt had some real cojones, he would have drawn the same cover but shown it as a gigantic word bubble coming out of John McCain's mouth — implying, you see, that this is how McCain wants the world to view Obama. But he didn't. Because that would have been unfair. And McCain would have complained about it. And for some reason, the risk that a failed satire would unfairly defame McCain is somehow seen as worse than the risk that a failed satire would unfairly defame Obama.

"...for some reason the risk of defaming McCain was worse than the risk of defaming Obama"...its all part of the price the Obamas continue to pay for being Black in America.


NM