Chow calls Toronto Sun cartoon ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’
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Of course not.
Only you get to decide that.
And if Mark didn't check with you and Der Leader, it must just be for haha's.
Let's use a bit of Olivia Chow logic on this:
It is racist because there was no multi race representation, it was sexist for the same reasons and discriminates on political ideological grounds as there was no anarchist, communist or fascist (all self proclaimed to be official) in that bed.
Clearly this cartoon deserves to be used as fodder for the HRC to bankrupt the publisher and artist that allowed this to be in the public sphere
Hopefully the Sun doesn't cave with an apology and stands up for it's right to free speech!
Like they did when they apologized for Ezra calling Trudeau's mom a ****.
Like they did when they apologized for Ezra calling Trudeau's mom a ****.
I thought it was s lut but I can't remember the exact verbiage.
All I needed to know was that it was Ezra who ran off like a coward after his boss compromised his free speech agenda.
What a hero.
All I needed to know was that it was Ezra who ran off like a coward after his boss compromised his free speech agenda.
What a hero.
johnny honderich ponders,
Where's the outrage over racist treatment of Olivia Chow
Where's the outrage over racist treatment of Olivia Chow: Honderich | Toronto Star
but ya gotta be careful about flapping your gums too:
Toronto Star Apologizes for Cartoon Accused of Racism
http://www.imediaethics.org/News/3235/Toronto_star_apologizes_for_cartoon_accused_of_racism.php
Where's the outrage over racist treatment of Olivia Chow
Where's the outrage over racist treatment of Olivia Chow: Honderich | Toronto Star
but ya gotta be careful about flapping your gums too:
Toronto Star Apologizes for Cartoon Accused of Racism
http://www.imediaethics.org/News/3235/Toronto_star_apologizes_for_cartoon_accused_of_racism.php
She makes a valid pointYou go girl!
Chow calls Toronto Sun cartoon ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’
Olivia Chow says a Toronto Sun editorial cartoon featuring the mayoral candidate is both “racist” and “sexist.”
The drawing, which was published in The Sun on Sunday, shows Chow, dressed in what appears to be an outfit worn by Chairman Mao, stepping on the coattails of a jacket with her late husband Jack Layton’s name on it.
“It is disgusting,” Chow told CP24 Sunday night.
“Because I am Chinese-Canadian, I must be a communist and have slanted eyes and glasses … and since I am a woman, I must be inferior and therefore not good enough for the job of the mayor so I must rely on my deceased husband so it both racist and sexist.”
Chow said she is surprised to see these types of stereotypes still circulating today.
“I remember getting that kind of attack in the 80s when I first became a school trustee,” she said.
“I thought those kind of racial stereotypes were long past us and then to bring up my deceased husband and to drag him in… it is just quite outrageous.”
When contacted by CP24, Toronto Sun publisher Mike Power declined to comment on the cartoon.
“It is up to them to decide what to do. I think the good people of this city, a lot of them are immigrants, I hope that they feel that they are insulted too,” she said.
“It goes to prove that we need to stand firm against racism because it still exists.”
Chow calls Toronto Sun cartoon ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’ | News and Politics from CP24.com
Not true, she made a fool of herself. She made herself look weak. She made herself look petty.
I'm sure I'm missing some, but there ya go.
Agreed, although I will add that she employed gender/race discrimination as her concern, but never (to my knowledge) spoke out against those same political cartoonists taking aim at her competitors in Fed or Muni politics.
Hypocritical is another word I would add to the mix you mentioned