I'd happily forgotten my first encounter with racism but tonight brought it back to the forefront of mind with a veracity I didn't know possible. (Regular readers of my blog--both of you--forgive me. I know I don't do personal stuff, ever, but I have too.)
So as I'm washing my hand at Marlow's Tavern in Duluth I see this picture:
It's not subtle. There isn't much to read into it. I took this picture with my camera phone. Here's the artist pic from his website. Perhaps I'm missing something. I tipped my deserving bartender more than 125 percent and left...
I'm sure I'm being oversensitive. I'm sure this is funny to someone, I'm sure; wait... never mind... I could never excuse this picture. It's only 5,000+ miles and a mere 150 years of insensitivity thrown in my face as I pay you for my dinner.
Yeah, I won't be going back to Marlow's again. To say nothing for the artist.
1 comment:
The cartoon is not funny, and you are not being oversensitive.
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