Racist connotations?

[sp1814]

Leaving aside the question of Obama's place of birth (I thought that story had already been put to bed months ago), would you say that sending out an email, depicting Mr Barack as progeny of apes...is just the tiniest bit racist?

Or at the very least, massively naive?

http://abclocal.go.co...nge_county&id=8078594

[Ankou]

racist or not, it seems a ridiculously stupid email for a public authority figureto send out.

[rov1100]

Probably Obama is stll seething about our treatment of the Mau mau terrorists. His grandfather was heavily involved in the mau mau and although no racist overtones were made they did act lke savages.

[sp1814]

rov1100

Sorry, but what has that got to do with the email sent by Marilyn Davenport?

[Ankou]

come on sp, it talks about africans and savages in the same sentence, snarf snarf.

well funny innit.

[jno]

good grief.

In a word, yes. Majorly racist.

<waits for the usual suspects to turn up saying 'It's PC gone mad!'>

[bazwillrun]

"ome on sp, it talks about africans and savages in the same sentence, snarf snarf."

no smoke without fire !

arf arf !

[Ankou]

what about smoke machines ?

[joggerjayne]

It is pretty poor taste.

On the other hand ... if you go into politics, you need to be thick skinned.

He's going to get a lot worse than this when the next election comes around.

[mccfluff]

vry racist and very very stupid