Picture That

NEW YORK An editorial cartoon in the Independent Florida Alligator has angered University of Florida students, administrators, and others who called the drawing racially insensitive.



Marlette, who is white, said he wasn't making a racist statement, and that the term "Nigga" is commonly used in rap lyrics. Marlette said "I can picture a black woman saying that to a black man."

Playing the "race card" has become a common accusation these days – and an obvious attempt at silencing critics. Judging Marlette from above comments he doesn't seem to be that clever; maybe he's just imitating groupthink. Contrary to popular notion not all Blacks use "nigga" at home or listen to rap music, or like watermelon. And although I don't find any political humor in the cartoon, it's almost funny to "picture" Condi saying "nigga please" to any man.

On second thought, maybe Marlette is a genius, as he not only paints Kanye a sweating, gold chained, bug-eyed, bling bling Black male, he also stereotyped the Secretary of State as a Sapphire (scowling, angry, overbearing, emasculating black woman w/chip on shoulder) sarcastically saying to a Black man "nigga please" - if he criticized her homeboy Bush.