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**layevymed** · 04-19-2011, 07:19 AM

Pretty much... yes. It doesn't take someone particularly knowledgable about the history of racism in America to know that for more than two centuries the Klan and other racists have used imagery of black people presented as apes and monkeys to make the entire race seem somehow less than human. It's that history that makes it appear racist to this very day. In other words, when GWB was portrayed as a monkey it was commonly perceived as a slam against him alone... not all white people. When any black person, including president Obama, is portrayed as a monkey; it is commonly perceived as a slam against not only the president, but an entire race. Get it now?

The Orange County GOP Chairman certainly gets it.

Chimp email energises Obama birth barney
Jane Cowan reported this story on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:46:00

. . .

Scott Baugh is the chairman of the Orange County Republican wing.

SCOTT BAUGH: I was shocked and offended and I immediately replied to her and told her that this was dripping with racism. It was sent in poor taste and she should never send an email like that to me again.

. . . The World Today - Chimp email energises Obama birth barney 19/04/2011

The Orange County GOP has had racial black eyes from her before as well as others within the Orange County GOP machine, e.g.,

Orange County, CA GOP Official Sends Email Saying Obama’s Parents Were Monkeys
by Frances Martel | 4:34 pm, April 16th, 2011

. . . Among Davenport’s detractors (including, one would hope, “everyone else”), local news station KCAL caught up with former California Republican chairman Michael Schroder, who correctly posited: “no average person would send this out and feel comfortable with this, that this was just a joke.” Then again, Schroder also notes Davenport doesn’t come into this embarrassment with a clean slate– among the people in Orange County Republican politics she has defended are an official who sent an email with an illustration of the White House covered in watermelons and an official who opposed the installation of grass near beaches on the point that “grass attracts Mexicans.”

. . . Marilyn Davenport - Obama Racist Email - Orange County | Mediaite

Reports are claiming she won't resign, but IMO the local GOP needs to take out the trash there--not just her but all the rest causing these embarrassments--and the GOP national machine itself should assure it gets done if they can't or won't get that done.

04-19-2011, 07:19 AM	#11
layevymed Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	Pretty much... yes. It doesn't take someone particularly knowledgable about the history of racism in America to know that for more than two centuries the Klan and other racists have used imagery of black people presented as apes and monkeys to make the entire race seem somehow less than human. It's that history that makes it appear racist to this very day. In other words, when GWB was portrayed as a monkey it was commonly perceived as a slam against him alone... not all white people. When any black person, including president Obama, is portrayed as a monkey; it is commonly perceived as a slam against not only the president, but an entire race. Get it now? The Orange County GOP Chairman certainly gets it. Chimp email energises Obama birth barney Jane Cowan reported this story on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:46:00 . . . Scott Baugh is the chairman of the Orange County Republican wing. SCOTT BAUGH: I was shocked and offended and I immediately replied to her and told her that this was dripping with racism. It was sent in poor taste and she should never send an email like that to me again. . . . The World Today - Chimp email energises Obama birth barney 19/04/2011 The Orange County GOP has had racial black eyes from her before as well as others within the Orange County GOP machine, e.g., Orange County, CA GOP Official Sends Email Saying Obama’s Parents Were Monkeys by Frances Martel \| 4:34 pm, April 16th, 2011 . . . Among Davenport’s detractors (including, one would hope, “everyone else”), local news station KCAL caught up with former California Republican chairman Michael Schroder, who correctly posited: “no average person would send this out and feel comfortable with this, that this was just a joke.” Then again, Schroder also notes Davenport doesn’t come into this embarrassment with a clean slate– among the people in Orange County Republican politics she has defended are an official who sent an email with an illustration of the White House covered in watermelons and an official who opposed the installation of grass near beaches on the point that “grass attracts Mexicans.” . . . Marilyn Davenport - Obama Racist Email - Orange County \| Mediaite Reports are claiming she won't resign, but IMO the local GOP needs to take out the trash there--not just her but all the rest causing these embarrassments--and the GOP national machine itself should assure it gets done if they can't or won't get that done.
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