Indian Newspaper, Perfect Comeback To Racist cartoon by NYT

[x9200]

There will be always someone offended and the means used are the essence of the message so I don't think there is too much room for adjustment. For me the important part is the newspaper itself and I simply don't expect NYT to come up with a primitive, stereotypical and racist cartoon.

The Indian newspaper, they made IMHO idiot out of themselves but I can understand the reaction. It is pretty typical for somebody who was and is a subject of different stereotypes too often.

[ecureilx]

In this particular case, India was depicted as cattle farmer (oooh, India, rural economy, loves cows). Personally, I'd rather draw this than a yogi...or draw a female. An Indian in a sari would be easier to depict India but I'm sure someone will still get offended if the artist isn't Indian (and by extension, by my comment as well).

or a Snake Charmer !!!!

[JR8]

For me the important part is the newspaper itself and I simply don't expect NYT to come up with a primitive, stereotypical and racist cartoon.

This is a good point. To me the NYT is a typical dribblingly neo-Lib urban paper, a la Guardian and London. If I have any choice I'll choose to read neither.

Studies have suggested it is as left-wing as Fox TV's news analysis programme 'Special Report' is alleged to be right wing. [Interesting you have no comedians/satirists railing against the bias of the NYT].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

Anyway, the point being, considering how uber-touchy Americans can be, especially urbanites about anything race/ethnicity-based, and considering how 'ultra right-on' and PC the NYT is; it is quite staggering that it decided to publish that cartoon.

[nakatago]

Studies have suggested it is as left-wing as Fox TV's news analysis programme 'Special Report' is alleged to be right wing. [Interesting you have no comedians/satirists railing against the bias of the NYT].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

Anyway, the point being, considering how uber-touchy Americans can be, especially urbanites about anything race/ethnicity-based, and considering how 'ultra right-on' and PC the NYT is; it is quite staggering that it decided to publish that cartoon.

Because Americans don't read newspapers no more.

and it would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those pesky kids--er--Indians.