the media has adopted gender and racial stereotypes when covering Sotomayor

let me see, Obama has a 'mexican hat' on and Ms Sotomayer is a 'pinata'.... ms Sotomayor is puerto rican.....



http://mediamatters.org/blog/200906040023

Judge Sotomayor looks pleasant and confident although she is portrayed as a pinata . She has already dropped just a tiny bit of candy. Obama is aligned with Hispanics because he is wearing a sombrero. The media cameras are all poised to cover the first and all swings at the pinata. The Republicans look anything but enthusiastic.

The pinata should have been drawn differently to distinguish "pinata" from hanging or lynching - that wouldn't have been too hard to do. I don't think think the pinata analogy is off base. The goal of the opposition is to crack a nominee they disagree with and create a feeding frenzy with comments made during the confirmation hearings. The goal of the nominee is not to crack and provide candy or fodder for a negative outcome.

I think the stereotyping comes most into play with the sombrero, but that is what political cartoonists do - use a graphic shorthand that telegraphs a message with no words. The POINT is that Obama is playing to the underlying prejudices of the REPUBLICANS. THEY see him as wearing a sombrero. Possibly the cartoonist could have arrived at the same point sans sombrero by having Obama ask his question in Spanish to the Republicans with a little cartoon translator.


This reminds me a little bit of the whole New Yorker cover broo-ha-ha. You either understood that it was meant satirically or you didn't.

Chip Bok was anything BUT honest, realistic, or even neutral (at best) to Dems ... I swear he had a mancrush on Repukes bigger than Tweety on Bush's crotch ...