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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.
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.
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Date: 2009-09-17 12:38 am (UTC)Yeah, that'd be AWESOME!
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Date: 2009-09-17 05:54 am (UTC)My favorite counter to this specific question is "and where exactly were you planning to use ni**er in polite conversation, mr. white man?"
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Date: 2009-09-20 12:07 am (UTC)2) Context (!). A lot of white people use redneck or white trash in-group all the time and proudly so. If someone out-group used it in a derogatory manner they'd probably get pissed off, and rightfully so.
Bingo. I never understand, for the life of me, why people pretend to not be aware that the in-group vs. out-group factor cuts across every culture and runs generations.