Florida Newspaperman Defends "Stop Snitching" Cartoon
 

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A little girl with a "Don't Snitch" shirt on says, "I didn't see nuttin!" to a man, also wearing a "Don't Snitch" shirt, standing over a corpse with a smoking gun in his hand. "That's a good little ho," he responds. Behind them looms a billboard emblazoned with the words, "Rap Your Life Away."

This is the political cartoon that got Florida Times Union cartoonist Ed Gamble in trouble. His editor has said that maybe he shouldn't have allowed the use the word "ho," but Gamble maintains he used it to show that rap is demeaning to women.

The cartoon in general was inspired by the now notorious 60 Minutes segment starring Cam'ron, who advocated not snitching even when there's a serial killer living next door. Ignorance inspires ignorance. Thanks, Cam.

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Comments (5)

No. 1 · blkmaleperspective

This cartoon is just wrong on so many different levels. The broad generalization of rap, the use of the word "ho", and the whole "stop snitching" motto. Very, very upsetting.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 12:54 pm
No. 2 · blackmistressdiva

Yea, i can't believe the editor let this one go. And, it's not funny.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 1:03 pm
No. 3 · daria

Ditto to bmp and bmd

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 1:28 pm
No. 4 · JillyBean819

That was ignorant. What makes it worse in my eyes is that the cartoon man with the gun is calling the YOUNG girl a hoe.

What also sucks is that we as black people do it to ourselves. So we're all wrong.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 3:03 pm
No. 5 · steve

the picture 'tells it like it is'..

Posted: Nov 17, 2007 at 8:26 am
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