Racist Tea Party Comix Shows President Obama in Stereotypical Blackface & as an "Evil Superhero"

Racist Tea Party comic casts President Obama in stereotypical blackface and as an evil superhero.

A racist comic is making the rounds in the Tea Party movement, that has enraged many. According to Creative Loafing, the Tea Party Comix show Pres. Obama, in stereotypical blackface and in various guises, including evil superhero. There's more. He’s shown deliberately destroying all that’s good and holy about ‘Mer-ca, while the comic spews the usual litany of Tea Party gripes: death panels, too much spending, liberal judges, and so on, according to Creative Loafing. This is coming from a movement that claims it isn't racist. The problem is, there are racist elements in the Tea Party and the leaders need to continue repudiating these despicable acts.

The creator of the comics has responded to Ethan Persoff, of Comics With Problems, who first alerted the non-Tea Party world about them. The artist, who remains unnamed, said he created the comics out of anger at Obama, but denies that the comics are racist. Below are some examples of Tea Party Comix, and here is a link to more. We’ll let you be the judge of the racism in the comics. As we’ve said before, we don’t think the Tea Partiers are inherently racist, but they sure do attract racists, and, in any case, the views expressed in Tea Party Comix, at the very least, show the mindset of a sizeable cross-section of that movement. Source

How can anyone ignore the fact that the Tea Party has an ugly, seething racial undertone? I find modern-day blackface to be a throwback to a dark period in America's history and a reminder that there are some in our midst who would like to revisit that period.