Pattern recognition
Ah, this Mark Knight has a history with the racist cartoons thing. Imagine my surprise.
On Wednesday, the Herald Sun provided its response to critics of the cartoon by doubling down. The newspaper republished Knight’s Serena Williams image as part of a front-page montage of Knight caricatures — including of President Trump — with the headline “WELCOME TO PC WORLD” and the text: “If the self-appointed censors of Mark Knight get their way on his Serena Williams cartoon, our new politically correct life will be very dull indeed.” The cover includes the cheeky label “Satire Free Zone.”
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In early August, for a cartoon about train-station safety in the Australian state of Victoria, Knight also faced ire for how he drew faceless black figures fighting in the background. Backlash against the image included disgust from one Melbourne politician who wrote: “The racist vilification of Melburnians from the Herald Sun continues apace. Utterly shameful.”
The racist vilification of Melburnians from the Herald Sun continues apace. Utterly shameful. STOP. pic.twitter.com/xLe4RHoK6W
— Rohan Leppert (@RohanLeppert) August 10, 2018
Jeezus. Not much ambiguity there, is there.
No, no, they’re not black youths at all, they’re just…er…..umm….ah….got it, in the shadows. Yeah, that’s it, they’re white kids in the shadows of….erm….something.
The Herald Sun is a Murdoch paper. Enough said.