Question

[chasovschik.livejournal.com]

Ladies and and Gentlemen,

I need some help. From discussions here I have got an impression that reference to a monkey is racistic. Various posters and signs featuring monkeys were more than once presented here in order to prove the racist nature of anti-Obama movement.

Being born far from here, I'm not sure I fully understand this cultural reference.

Here are two pictures:



First one is from Liberal Street Fighter, 2006, second one is from here, found via Google.

I will highly appreciate the comprehensive explanation: are both pictures racist? If only one, which one and why?


UPD: Thanks everybody, I got it. Could have guessed actually.

Comments

[dearmisterecho.livejournal.com]

it is for this reason that I cringe an extra bit when people say "I DIDN'T EVOLVE FROM NO MONKEY!"


*faceplam*

I wanna go "no, you didn't...none of us did. We evolved from an ape ancestor, you twit."

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

At some point we share a link with the monkey. I agree though, those people make it hard to believe they have evolved.