Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for August 03, 2009

Huh?

Oh, That guy with his ugly appareance is such an annoying.

We can always hope.

Ooookay, ya had me, then ya lost me.

See what happens when you have no standards

Interesting rationalization or de-rationalizing….. Agree Gee1a.

When a certain ethic group is down, why not keep them buried!

Is that why some self-appointed “leaders” (such as Jesse Jackson and Looie Farakhan) specifically do this to their own, TapiocaHead?

Don’t leave out the Rednecks.

I see his mouth moving, but I think he’s talking out of somewhere else.

That’s why I chose not to be successful. I didn’t want to hurt my race. ;)

Nozzi, good point! LOL!

Jackson and Farakhan are the White designated self-appointed leaders more than anything else, Prasrinivara. And while we are at it, doesn’t nearly every ethnic group have Self-appointed leaders ? funny how your usage of two languages in one name comes across like childish name-calling.

Name-calling (against TapiocaHead) was certainly not my intention, JonD17 (btw, I fixed the post). In the case of Farakhan….well, he’s one who is certainly not undeserving of such.

You’re right about most groups having self-appointed leaders, having seen more than one of those in Calgary’s Indian-Canadian community (one actually tried in 1993 to tell people to vote for Liberals–I gave him a blunt refusal, saying “what business is it of yours to order people on how to vote in a democracy?”)

Sotomayor is doing things the “correct” way (according to the liberal view). Should she expose a “conservative point of view she would be attacked.

It is just as bigoted to vote FOR any person because of their race, ethnicity, gender, etc., as it is to vote AGAINST them for these reasons. These are simply facts of life, and do not confer good judgment, wisdom, fairness or any other desirable leadership trait. Martin Luther King said that he hoped to see the day when people would be judged on the “content of their character” instead of the color of their skin. That’s what keeps getting left behind in these discussions.

That said, I am opposed to Sotomayor’s confirmation because I believe Supreme Court Justices should decide cases based on Constitutional law, not on personal experiences and “empathy”, whatever that means.

prasrinivara, thank you for the timely, courteous and thoughtful editing of your comment. Tho now that your statement has substantialy changed, it renders my response irrelevant and somewhat off-base, so be it, I like the tone of your revision much better than he original, thank you again.

GEE1A calls it right, all the way down the line.

On the nail, Calvinsmum; voting for someone due to their race, gender, … or even because a self-appointed “leader” of your own community tells you to is IMO, insanity.

(a little tidbit: in 1993, Canada’s Reform Party–now merged with PC’s as dominant partner of current Conservative Party–was seen by some Indian-Canadians including that Jacksonesque “leader” as racist; based on actual 1993-1997 Parliamentary representation–Reform had three Indian-Canadian MP’s, while majority Grits had only two–he wound up adding an entire poultry-farm’s production onto his face).

it’s a COMIC STRIP people…let it go.

research Motley fools guys.

This toon is not racism, this toon is just plain prejudice, by the insinuation that Latinos are failures before they even start to perform a job.

it’s a tribute to Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen

Horatio Jackson: Ah, the officer who risked his life by singlehandedly destroying… Functionary: [whispering in his ear] Six. Horatio Jackson: Six enemy cannon and rescuing… Functionary: Ten. Horatio Jackson: Ten of our men held captive by The Turk. Heroic Officer: Yes, sir. Horatio Jackson: The officer about whom we’ve heard so much. Heroic Officer: I suppose so, sir. Horatio Jackson: Always taking risks far beyond the call of duty. Heroic Officer: I only did my best, sir. Horatio Jackson: Have him executed at once. Soldier: Yes, sir. Come along. Horatio Jackson: This sort of behavior is demoralizing for the ordinary soldiers and citizens who are trying to lead normal, simple, unexceptional lives. I think things are difficult enough as it is without these emotional people rocking the boat.