Um, Yeah, I Get It But Why'dya Hafta?

I spent the weekend in the north of the state with Anonymous Sis and fam, so I didn't get much writing done.  I plan to turn to it presently, though.  I have some thoughts on the New Yorker cover I'd like to share, but because my plane was 3 hours delayed out of Oakland and I didn't get home until 12:30ish and didn't get to bed until 2:00, I'm gonna carry my yellow ass to bed.

I'll think about it tomorrow.  In the meantime, my question -- what do you think?  Is this satire or racism or ill-advised or not that big a deal?