The last section of Takiki’s chapter 3 is entitled “The Wolf by the Ears”, and it discussed much about Thomas Jefferson and the type of man he was. This reminded me of the media piece I did on Christopher Columbus and inspired me to do another, but this time on Jefferson. This media item is a cartoon that I found and the image of Jefferson and the quote underneath him is what I am going to focus on.
The short comic states under the image of Jefferson's head: “Thomas Jefferson! Why that hypocrite owned slaves!!” This practically summarizes Takiki’s final section in chapter 3 where he does much bashing of Jefferson and how he himself owned close to 200 slaves when he protested that “all me are created equal”. A news flash for Jefferson, slavery does not equal equality! Also, Takiki goes on and explains how Jefferson was very unsure when he spoke about the issue of slavery, one minute defending blacks and thier rights, and the next criticizing them and their entire race. These actions of Jefferson’s are a good reason why many consider him an inconsistent, hypocritical president of the past. This comic also has another part to it about Ralph Nader that can be ignored. But overall I think this comic was a great find and connects well with Takiki’s chapter 3 “The Giddy Multitude”.
Sorry but I still can not get the image onto my post so please direct yourself to this link and check out the quick comic.
http://www.wagtoons.com/images/1998_1106_jefferson-slaveowner.gif
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