This political cartoon in the New York Post enraged many. The cartoon depicts a monkey being shot with the run men remarking, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill”. This cartoon mocks the stimulus bill, brings up racial issues and violence and compares the president to a monkey. While cartoon are playful in nature this cartoon is extremely offensive and poorly crafted. The New York Post claims that the monkey being killed is making reference to Travis the chimp of Connecticut. This would have been acceptable but entangling Travis the chimp with the drafting of the stimulus bill has a low blow. It is obvious that the monkey, a stereotypically image is African Americans is meant to poke fun a President Obama. It is sad to see that our first black president is mocked in such way. What I find to be more offensive then the cartoon it self is that the New York Post published it. As a leading newspaper publication the New York Post should have thought twice about publishing such racist imagery. This cartoon though extremely offensive would have not gained so much controversy if it were published through some other media. African Americans and other minorities are constantly mocked in the media and never is the content of such media questioned. I was very glad people questioned this political cartoon. I don’t believe racist content will be erased from the media but speaking out about such content is a step in the right direction.