New York Post Continues to Defend Chimp Cartoon that Many Call Racist

The New York Post has continued to defend a controversial political cartoon drawn by Sean Delonas and published in the paper’s Wednesday edition.

In the cartoon two police officers are standing over a dead chimp and one remarks “they’ll have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.” While the New York Post has called the chimp cartoon a “parody of a current news event” many failed to see the humor, calling the cartoon a racist depiction of President Barack Obama.

According to the paper the cartoon was referencing a brutal chimp attack that took place on Monday in Connecticut that led to police shooting the animal. The paper acknowledged that the caption mocked the recent stimulus plan signed into law earlier this week but denied that the chimp represented Obama, rather it was the politicians in Washington being mocked.

That explanation wasn’t carrying much weight for Rev. Al Sharpton who has already pledged to picket the New York Post’s headquarters, a paper owned by Rupert Murdoch’s international media conglomerate, News Corp.

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