Oh, those politcal cartoonists are so hilarious, especially when they're being offensive. With this brilliant cartoon, syndicated cartoonist Gordon Campbell has made Benedict Arnold black and rechristened him "Benedict Powell: Race Patriot." Get it? Because Colin Powell is black, and Barack Obama is black, and endorsing the black candidate over John McCain is apparently the ultimate Benedict Arnold move. Campbell said that it was his belief that Powell “wishes to see someone who looks like himself in the White House.” [TP]

• Oh, those crazy, kooky college kids and their hate crimes! [UM]

• Little black girls can't catch a break in political cartoons these days. [E&P]

• And here's where the NAACP and black ministers veer off in wildly different directions. [BT]

• Not that I think it's necessarily a good thing for venues to ban certain genres of music, but it is nice to see metal instead of hip hop get it for a change. [BH]

• Kanye West is apparently self-absorbed in his new songs. And they say art imitates life! [CD]

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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