Actual racism

[andrewducker]

Cheers fo Mr Grossberg for pointing out these anti-semitic cartoons.

Despite knowing about this kind of thing in a general sense, seeing examples of it is still rather disturbing.

Comments

Re: heh

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

that just demonstrates that racism is a standard technique .

I don't really think that Americans, Germans, French, or Mexicans are a race. They are nations. And although my headings might not have stated it well enough, most of these cartoons lampoon, again, their governments, not their people.

Political satire often casts the target in the worst possible light, using hyperbole as a tool. It's one reason why I don't tend to like it much. But I think to call this stuff racist, devalues the horribleness of real racism.