This photo of the homeless man and a woman has become part of dirty tricks in American political efforts to consistently disrespect Presidential Barack Obama.
Someone doctored this image to portray the president as the shoe shine boy and former Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin as his customer. This altered image is being circulated via email.
The perpetrator of this plagiarism is a Colorado State worker who sent an email with an image that depicts the president as a shoe shine boy shining the shoes of Sarah Palin. The note sent with the image said “he finally found his niche.” The 73 year old worker is now facing disciplinary actions for sending this on the state computer.
Once again our president is placed in the stereotypical subservient role which says volumes about how some still see the first black president. Some will say other presidents have been made fun of, so why is this any different. In my mind, it’s not funny and it depreciates our role president’s role as leader of the free world.
While I refuse to print the altered image in order to protest all that it stands for, we need to be aware of the madness surrounding us.
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