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By: Lossy Compensation | In Contempt

Lossy Compensation | In Contempt — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:02:02 +0000

[...] feel right showing a black man threatening a white man with a weapon. It evoked too much of David Cohen’s ridiculously racist cartoon of a couple months ago — one which I criticized within my own work. I mention this because I [...]

By: Jim Donato

Jim Donato — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:10:39 +0000

Cohen’s cartoon actually ran on this web site, http://www.main.nc.us/ which still has it up! They publish Cohen cartoons in addition to the Asheville Citizen-Times. Actually, I had no idea he was published in the A C-T.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:33:31 +0000

“Read his totally asinine defense of this cartoon here:

http://ashvegas.squarespace.com/journal/2009/2/11/did-asheville-editorial-cartoonist-david-cohen-cross-the-lin.html ”

My favorite comment there was this:

“We will really be in a post racial society when people can look at this, laugh (or not), and move on.”

More proof that “Post-Racial America” has nothing to do with actually treating minorities well, and everything to do with the privileged being able to say and do racist things without the fear of being called a racist.

By: In Contempt » Archive » Racism 101 for White Cartoonists

In Contempt » Archive » Racism 101 for White Cartoonists — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:02:14 +0000

[...] Exhibit A is “Post-Racial America” by David Cohen, who likens President Obama’s inclusion of salary caps on executive pay in the bail-out legislation to a generic black criminal mugging a white guy. Please note the same white guy appears in both panels of this strip. After pissing people off, Cohen has since taken his cartoon down from the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists site, but you can still see it full size at PopeHat, which gave him their Second Golden Asshat Award. [...]

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:02:28 +0000

I shall note that, Dave. Thank you for the clarification. I still hope you’ll have a word with the cartoonist about this.

Also, though your comment left a telephone number, I’ve taken the liberty of removing that, as I’m not sure you’ll actually want telephone numbers left on a post about this cartoon. If you wish your telephone number restored to the comment, please comment again, or let us know through email.

By: Dave Russell

Dave Russell — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:34:50 +0000

Please note this cartoon did not run in the Asheville Citizen-Times — not in print, not online. I work on the editorial pages of the AC-T and he did not even submit this one to us for consideration. We would not have accepted it for publication.

Dave Russell, AC-T editorial and
The Avant Gardener

By: Pagan Temple

Pagan Temple — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:47:40 +0000

If I steal this cartoon can I win a silver asshat award? HaHaHaHa

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:29:03 +0000

I really like Barack Obama. I voted for Barack Obama. I am still working on how to capture him in cartoons. I hope that his honeymoon continues, but I also believe that he has qualities we need to help the U.S. gain back some of what was lost in the last 8 years even if it means some “tough love”.

Translation: Some of my best friends are black people!

By: Wowsas

Wowsas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:24:08 +0000

Read his totally asinine defense of this cartoon here:

http://ashvegas.squarespace.com/journal/2009/2/11/did-asheville-editorial-cartoonist-david-cohen-cross-the-lin.html

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:32:17 +0000

I like how spelling out “ass” would be offensive, but racially charged twaddle is not.