Obama Curious George T-shirt Draws Attention

A Georgia restaurant owner has come under heat after selling T-shirts depicting a picture of Curious George eating a banana with “Obama in ‘08″ written underneath. The proprietor, Mike Norman, claimed ignorance to the racist connotations, claiming his motive was simply that Obama and the cartoon character “look so much alike.” Curious George publisher Houghton Mifflin has denounced the characterization, and a dozen Cobb County, GA residents protested outside Norman’s restaurant.

Southeast regional director for the Anti-Defamation League Bill Nigut had this to say of Norman: “He can pretend he doesn’t understand what the message of that T-shirt is, but he knows full well that’s an offensive and demeaning stereotype used to insult African-Americans.”

“Look so much alike”? Yeah buddy, nice try. Either you’re openly racist, or a complete and utter dumbshit. But I guess if you’re the former, you also qualify as the latter…

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