Is this painting offensive?

[anotheoldgit]

Would a white artist have been allowed to get away with this, if the subject matter had happened to be a black person?

http://i.dailymail.co...005DC-455_634x785.jpg

[murraymints]

Wotcha Sqad !!!..I am with you ..political persuasion aside it is very in the gutter schoolboy humour.....

[chaptazbru]

Not a fan of Cameron, but yes I think it's offensive and awful !

[anotheoldgit]

/// because they only make the monkey noises at the black players AOG. ///

The why should anyone bother both black or white, after all according to you, it's not offensive?

These were your words, were they not?

/// No it is not offensive, we all come from monkeys ///.

[China Doll]

It's offensive to my eyes...

[sandyRoe]

Is it in the tradition of Gillray or Richardson?

[pdust]

its because its done solely to be offensive aog..surely you know that

[doctordb]

what's a snag?

[Mick-Talbot]

A snarky little thwart on answerbank

[Mick-Talbot]

Ah, ...that Snag. Not the other snag then. ;0)

[doctordb]

oh. That may come in handy tonight, i'm watching the football with a scotsman. thanks trig.

[Sqad]

trigger....yes! yes! yes! we know all that, but would you please go to Body and Soul.

[pdust]

*I suggest you go into the streets and perfrom some experiments and report back your findings*

LOL

i know what trigs means by calling people snag...i used to do it a lot, it was my fave term of affection for some people and for others i meant it

[sp1814]

AOG

Racist football fans in the UK in the 70s used to make monkey noises at black players because their limited education and poor eyesight (this was in the days before Specsavers) led them to believe that black people were 'ape-like'.

They did not have a collective sound to chant at white players. Monkey chants would not have worked.

The reason why the chimp reference isn't offensive when applied to a white politician, is there isn't that history of comparing black people to apes.

The best anology I can give you is - imagine a picture of a white chap surrounded by men in white robes with burning crosses. Your first thought may be - "He's forgotten his robe".

Now if the chap were black, your first thought may be, "They're going to lynch him".

Its the way we interpret imagery put in before us. Some come 'pre-loaded'.

[sp1814]

...or is it 'linch'?

God...my spelling has become atroshush...atrosious...attrochus...

...terrible.

[pdust]

you were right first time sp ...lynch

i didnt even think the painting had owt to do with colour, it was a mockery of his position is how i saw it...... (that was to the OP not you sp)

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

So you don't think this painting is offensive to David Cameron but it would have been if the subject matter had been President Obama?

[missnemesis]

I think it is offensive.....to the Apes!