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Originally Posted by papa smurf
why is this pic not outrageous then? surly its the same thing ,btw i'm not saying mrs obama's pic is right ,just asking why this one isnt gathering the same fuss .
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It's not the monkey per se, but what the use of monkey means in each case that makes one offensive but the other not.
Michelle Obama's picture draws on a particularly nasty racial stereotype that suggests black people are less advanced/intelligent because they are more like apes than people. Bush's picture woudn't be understood by anyone to make a statement about white people as a race, it simply suggests Bush is a bit thick.