My grandmother always said it is not what they call you that is important. IT is what you answer to. President Obama is not answering to a silly cartoon. He knows who he is.

 The cartoon is very disturbing, and most definately insiteful. I am not sure what Mr. Delonas' ethnicity is but it appears that he has no problem depicting people in negative ways.

But by some weird chance let us say he never had a black studies course in school or any black friends, that could explain his lack of sensitivity in his depiction, but what is more disturbing is that others at the Post had to approve the cartoon before putting it in their paper. It goes to show that the perception in my mind is that this is condoned by upper management and that their is most definately a lack of cultural diversity training within the company.

Of course they have a right to express their opinion, however they must also be able to except the consequences of their action. MONEY TALKS!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T BUY THE PAPER AND THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR TUNE EVEN IF IN APPEARANCE ONLY.

 It's obvious that the owner of the Post is racist...that's not news or new.  It just demonstrates that hateful racists don't all wear white sheets and burn crosses.  some of them are powerful people with money and influence which gives them license to print inflamatory garbage.  It also shows their overall IQ is about equal to that of their neck size.  I will never buy that newspaper nor contribute any money to anything that has Rupert Murdoc or Sean Delonis associated with it.  Shame on both of you.  You give America a bad name.  

 Politically incorrect? Yes, but people we are in the midst of a economic crisis and this is where you place your energy? Get over it! Be the bigger person and ignore it - they probably love the attention your giving them! If they are so ignorant as to make a cartoon with such implications, then I ask you this - "Who's got the problem?"
But at the same time maybe everyone should stop looking so deep into everything and taking things so literally - to actually take the time to analyze a cartoon and take it to that level? You have too much time on your hands - plus if there is such a history of these cartoons - then why do you read that paper - STOP READING IT! Are you looking for trouble or intentionally trying to be difficult?

 We, the African American people of the United States of America, a nation that was built upon the backs of our ancestors and profited in unique ways because of it; and we, the African American people of the United States of America, also being free men of whom some of our ancestors were not slaves in this nation, but who were also subjected to some of the most horrific and atrocious physical, psychological and emotional abuses known to mankind in modern history, is prepared and preparing to pull together to demand equitable justice from the New York Post news, its publishers, editors, advertisers, and subscribers for the racist depiction of our President, Barack Hussein Obama, in its pages.

The foundational history of this nation's bigotry and hatred against African Americans and its black citizens is well-known and documented, as also is its continued targeting of a people who make up a disquieted majority of its citizenship. We have lived in a country for more than 400 years that claims it loves America, but apparently is not tolerant or respectful of certain Americans.

Our forefathers and foremothers have bled and died and are the heart, root, and soul of this nation. They tolerated many racial injustices to bring us to a day when this would end. However, you have insulted our communities, and have paid the highest form of treason and disrespect to our President by allowing this racist and filthy cartoon to be printed in the folds of your disreputable newspaper.

The message that you continue to send, as is part of your history, is that it is "creative enterprise" to disparage races and ethnicities of people who are blood-bought born citizens of the United States of America and you send an illegitimate and ill-conceived message that it is of no consequence to continue to act in this manner toward us.

We sign this Petition today to let you know, symbolically and realistically, that this kind of thing will no longer be tolerated. Our methods and our motives have always been those of peace and the actions of the New York Post seem to want to create and stir up hatred and death and destruction in the midst of all efforts by the African Americans citizens to remain at and live in peace and quiet contentment of their lives, land, homes, and properties.

This kind of statement is viewed as a blight on the nation, as any nation that would sit back and allow this kind of thing and not rise up in force of numbers to dissuade and stop it, is no better a nation than some of the countries it attempts to help become a democracy. The United States will never be able to address freedom in the world until it understands respect for all of its citizens, including the ones who have African ancestors, whether they were slave or free.

Freedom of the media is one thing, but there must come a time when major violations of this nature are brought under control expediently. Because we are free does not give us the right to trample upon the values that made us that way.

America has adopted a set of principles on democracy called the United States Constitution, and by the rule of law and proper governance, this matter is not only considered to be racist, harassing and insulting, but it also suggests the murder of our President, which we consider to be a federal crime for which the members of the Post who allowed it should be arrested and tried in a court of law for issuing death threats against the President of the United States.

In this we find no respect for or tolerance of human rights, no respect for the rights and history of black citizens, and no respect toward the nation itself that decided that President Obama should be its leader.

We hereby call upon the New York Post to fire the cartoonist and the editors and publishers who allowed this demeaning and hateful cartoon to be published; and to issue a front page national declaration of apology to America's black and colored citizens for the racist and disrespectful depiction; and to print a full front page apology to President Obama and his wife, the First Lady, Michelle Obama, and to his daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama, for the suggestion that his life should be taken as a result of his efforts to return public tax money to the people who earned it.

 A better question than why does the Post continue to employ Delonas, is why do advertisers continue to advertise and subscribers continue to subcribe?  Businesses and individuals that truly value inclusivity and respect would not help keep a rag like this in business.

 Seems it is time to close down this trash so-called newspaper.

 For those who thought racism was dead and buried, this just goes to show that it's alive and well.  It's good to be reminded every now and then, (or we'll forget) even when the reminder is so nasty, ignorant and painful.

 I'm not surprised that this has been allowed.  Consider the source.  They have very little regard for the African-American community in general.  That's why I stopped reading their paper ages ago. They need to start losing readers and money.  That's the only thing they'll (possibly) understand.  They are the mental neanderthals...not the other way around.

 Maybe this is an oversimplification, but when Attorney General Eric Holder says that the United States is a nation of cowards, it may be because we are afraid of getting attacked if our comments cross over a line that someone has established. Cartoons, even those as incensitive as those mentioned in this article start discussions on race in America. I think that a distinction can be made between someone mocking a political/public figure, and someone attacking a private individual. Attack the cartoons however and you will create more cowards.

 As the Diversity Officer for a large midwest healthsystem, my responsibilities include educating our employees in matters of diversity and inclusion.  One of our strongest messages to them is respect for all others.  I find this cartoon to be the most disrespectful, hateful, inappropriate message I have seen in a long time. I was appalled by it! And I can hardly accept the explanation by the Editor in Chief that this was a parody on the chimp shot in Connecticut.  From the first moment you look at the drawing, your immediate thought is of the President.  How shameful !

 When this cartoon was written the person on thought of creating controversy, it was mean and vicious with no sence of civic and moral responsibility.Either his job was on the line or he has a hidden agenda. He should be investigated because for some this is the same as shouting fire in a movie theater when there is no smoke!

  I think that the defense of the cartoon is correct. The stimulus bill was not written by President Obama alone; thus, the ape is not an image of Obama, but it lampoons the writers of the bill. In fact, the ape bears no likeness whatsoever to the President. One must also retrain some of one's sensitivities and allow for some freedom of expression for critical voices in a democracy.

 My brother informed me about this cartoon and to say that I was angry is an understatement. When I read the cartoon and saw the images it made me feel as if I was less than a person. I am one to pick and choose my battles because as an African-American woman I cannot fight every racist battle. I chose to contact the Post and voice my concerns. I am upset my the images that the Post chose to convey its political satire. I am upset by the manner in which they chose to present it.

 I think this cartoon was inappropriate. Whether it was a political satire or not, it sent a very negative message, and most people took it as such. So, how could anyone say that it was taken out of context? I took it to mean that they were equating this Black man to a monkey. I also took it to mean a threat as he should be shot.  Mostly, anything with a Black person and a monkey is considered an insult, and it was taken as such.

 I think it is very disturbing that this cartoonist is allowed to continue submitting racist cartoons. He and the editor that allows it should be fired.

 It was inappropriate and degrading.  If this news was about the chimp that attacked the lady it should have been stated instead of using the President's stimulus package.  Whomever the Editor is should not have released that due to the racial content.  Well I don't know how it will be handled, but it should

 This world is full of negators; Murdoc and Delonas have informed us where they stand. Therefore, if you want to impact the Post and send a message, tell them "no sale."

 The editorial cartoon is very distasteful and racist.  I already voiced my outrage with NY Post today.
The cartoonist and editor need to be fired.  A strong message needs to be sent to ALL media this won't be tolerated.

Since some people have no type of sensitivity, the only way they can understand anything is if their wallet is hit.

 I am Caucasian. I know exactly what this cartoon meant to portray. It is racist and shows violence against our President. And, since when did killing anyone/anything become "funny?"

 The aptly expressed comments attributed to Dr. Lorraine Cole, CEO of the YWCA USA address this issue succinctly and accurately. She is right on point. Regardless of what position the NY Post takes, it's the potential inference implied by the cartoon that makes it offensive and inappropriate.  If the Post flatly refuses to see that possibility, it's not worth the paper it's printed on.  Dr. Cole's comments follow:

"I think this cartoon is inflammatory, inappropriate and irresponsible. It recalls deeply offensive negative stereotypes of African Americans characterized as monkeys and is seemingly directed at our first Black President who championed the economic-recovery stimulus bill. It also brings to mind racially charged police brutality incidents involving Black men who were recklessly shot by New York City police officers."

 I rarely support Rev. Al Sharpton, but this time I am behind him all the way.

This is a racist insult of a cartoon and its defense stinks.

 What has happen to this country?  Is there no sense of humor anymore?  First off, let me say I did not like the cartoon but presidents have had horrible cartoon drawn about them.  This does not necessarily make it racist.  Look into the history of Political Cartoons.  The cartoonist always uses incidences that are in the news at the time to depict something they do not like about the sitting president.  I for one am glad that I live in a country where I can read and write something that people will not agree with.

 If you understand the key words in the cartoon, "to write the stimulus bill" Obama did not write the bill.  He may have written part of the bill, but so did many members of the house and senate.  Therefore, authors are the "chimp" in this situation.  Is it a racist cartoon?  Not in my book….

 Cartoons are meant to be funny and this simply is not funny.  I would expect this kind of thing from KKK propaganda but not from a newspaper.  The NY Post is certainly lowering its standards if they have any standards left.

The comparison of Obama to a monkey is disturbing enough, but showing this monkey, who they are implying is our president, shot dead is really unnerving.  There is no humor at all in our president being shot dead.

 The image itself is offensive enough on so many levels and the caption --speaks volumes about the issue of race in America.  Where are the voices of white Americans on this cartoon, I believe their silence is earth shattering.  The editor and the CEO of the NY Post should be inundated with reprimands from the millions of New Yorkers who voted for Barack Obama.  The history of one election will be followed by the ignorance of first this paper followed by another and another.  This is very sad, racism always is --very sad.

 The implication here is much deeper. If the monkey is an ICONIC stand-in for President Obama, what we should be more troubled about is that the animal was shot and killed. What does the portrayal of shooting something that stands for something else imply? This has nothing to do with the chimpanzee attack on a human.  Some would say the subversive meaning implied within the picture borders on a threat. Don't forget there are rhetorical scholars who are on to this type of subversive messaging.

It doesn't shock me at all.  It is sad to say, but it was to be expected with all of the issues in history with racism our "cowardly" counrty tries to avoid. Just like all of the other racial motivated jokes that have surfaced since President Obama has taken office and even on the campaign trail...this to will pass and he will still be President of the USA and will still get to call the shots and pass out cookies in the house 'they' all may want to call home one day......lol

 For your information the NAACP, BET & affirmative action programs and organizations were all put in place to allow people of color the same equitable rights and opportunities of our white counterparts. To attend colleges and seek employment without being discriminated or blacklisted for lack of a better work. Based on your comment, you appear to be a person that lack historical knowledge of the black struggle. So what you are bi-racial, I know many bi-racial that discriminate against blacks because of their lighter skin and/or more accepted by white society than their darker sisters and brethens. Moreover, don't act like you have never heard the expression that chimps or a lot like black people because of their (chimps) intelligence being only 2% relative to a human being. If you say you haven't then you are either lying through your ignorant teeth or the day will come when you will. In the meantime, be quiet bi-racist.

 I want to comment on Andrea Palmer's statement about "a Republican freed the slaves"  not one slave was freed when the proclamation was made.  Who had slaves? Do you know of any BLACK slaves owners that had white slaves? I ask this, because if you knew any better you would know that the proclamation did matter.  President Monroe and the ACS (American Colonization Society) had already freed thousands of slaves.  Because you are biracial doesn't make you knowledgeable on anything.  It is better to be quiet if you do not know anything.

 I believe the the cartoon is racist.  I have no idea if the cartoon was or was not meant to be racist by the cartoonist/editors, etc, despite their arguments that it wasn't meant to be racist.  After any questionable cartoon is run in a publication, it is possible that the people involved in the artwork did not know how their audience would receive it.  So, given the fact that it was received by many as racist, it seems that the appropriate response from the Post should be to apologize for the cartoon and it's apparent lack of understanding of the history of race in the U.S. I think an apology is the right thing to do instead of putting an extrememly weak defense together and hoping it works.  It seems that the next step would be to make sure all staff members at the Post receive training on the history of the U.S. in addition to diversity and inclusion training. Many people in this country are unfortunately NOT getting a real education in public schools that would address such issues as the dehuminization of black people not just during slavery, but during the first part of the 20th century in order to make it "okay" to discriminate against them and enact violance towards them at the time.  Had the staff at the Post understood that there were some very seriously dehumanizing images of black people as monkeys in our history, a cartoon like this would have been scrapped before hitting the press. I think this cartoon highlights the lack of knowledge and understanding that we as a society have of our whole history as a nation to include people of all skin colors, origins, socio-economic levels, and genders and how history was very different through their eyes.

 Response to Mr. Jerry Clevenger:

If you were frequent reader of DiversityInc. and had any insight into black history, white priviledge, institutionalized racism and just the everyday experiences of people of color maybe you would realize why blacks (and America in general) can't "just get over it".