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Michelle insulting picture on Google shows racist face of US

Friday, November 27, 2009 WASHINGTON: Michelle Obama monkey picture on Google search shows racist face of the US. People are horrified to see the monkey image of US first lady Michelle Obama. A small blog on Blogspot has a very damaging photograph of Michelle Obama. This is another sign that people in the US are not above racial sentiments.Just a few months ago Obama joker posters appeared in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Similar posters were plastered in other cities also. Meanwhile Google has issued an apology for the search result of the US first lady, however it has refused to remove the pictures from the website.
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