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South Park can do things and call it parody because they have context on their side, also it is well known that Eric Cartman is indeed a racist. It was created solely for the purposes of humor and not to convey a message about anyone. South Park also applies their stereotyping broadly across all racial, gender, political, and religious lines. If they only joked about black people there would be a clear problem.
It is possible that the creation of the witch doctor poster had no racist connections but it is unlikely. Even if that is true, you can't make those claims about how the poster is used. Combine that poster with the button asking if we can still call it the White House, the image of the watermelons growing outside and the countless other racial things that have been thrown at Obama.
The fact is, the Republicans have a long standing track record of making fun of Mexicans in the illegal immigration debate and over the past year they have started using traditional black stereotypes to make fun of the president. It isn't hard to connect the dots.
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