Moronic GOPer Calls Melissa Harris-Perry A Dirty Ape [View all]
by Jo Ann Brown
May 7, 2014
Dehumanization of people is a fundamental characteristic of any “Ism.” In the case of racism, it’s a well-known fact that people of African descent have historically been associated with monkeys or apes; hence, the uproar that Jim Coughlan’s fiery tweet referring to Melissa Harris-Perry as an ape was racist.
Melissa Harris-Perry made an ad in which she made reference to the need for communities, not just parents, to take responsibility for the well-being of children.
“We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we’ve always had kind of a private notion of children: ‘Your kid is yours, and totally your responsibility,’” Harris-Perry says in the ad that remains controversial among conservatives.
“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to whole communities,” she adds.
This prompted Jim Coughlan, a Republican who is also eyeing a State Senate seat to tweet Harris-Perry: “Unless you’re my wife don’t call them ‘our’ children. Keep your stinking paws off my kid, you damned dirty ape.”
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