against racism around the
world, President Barack
Obama >> and first
lady Michelle Obama >> are at
the center of another recent
racist attack. A Belgian
newspaper De Morgen >> ,
which marked Obama's recent
visit to the Netherlands to
commemorate their 100th
anniversary of the start of
World War I; with a picture of
the first couple with ape
mouths.
The publication even went
further by posting another
photo of the US President with
the following caption:
"First
black president of the USA starts
selling weed."
Reports say De Morgen
Newspaper ran the photos
alongside a story that was
supposed to be a "satirical" take
on Obama's strained
relationship with Russia's
president Vladimir Putin >> .
But it looks like it was the
Russian Leader himself who
allegedly forwarded the photos
to the Belgian media house,
" Vladimir Putin is the president
of Russia. He sent us this
attachment at our request, and
chose to send pictures instead
of text 'because he doesn't have
a lot of time'," the article
reportedly stated.
However, Nigeria writer Chika
Unigwe has shared his
thoughts on the article on
Twitter with this post:
@chikaunigwe - so
photo of the Obama's
as chimps in De
Morgen of today is the paper's
attempt at satire. I forgot to
laugh #racist
The negative feedbacks from
people across the globe
including that of Chika
apparently caused the paper to
apologize for the offensive
image of the First Couple and
admits they showed "bad taste"
by publishing it. The paper
wrote:
"When you consider the
fragment apart from its
context, which is a
properly worked out satirical
section, then you don't see the
joke but just a picture evoking
sheer racism ...We wrongly
assumed that racism is no
longer accepted, and that in this
way it could be the subject of a
joke."
SMH! Do you think this was a
joke to be published at all or it
was a deliberate act to ridicule
the US First Couple?
Comment us
your thoughts.
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