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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Dpharisee: 3:44pm On Sep 12, 2018
Australia committed the largest unspoken genocide in the world. They almost eliminated the aborigines, the Tasmanians in Australia have almost gone extinct. They are racists

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Shortyy(f): 3:44pm On Sep 12, 2018
Lol
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Nobody: 3:44pm On Sep 12, 2018
Not everything is racism. People need to chill jor. Its called caricature angry

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Nobody: 3:44pm On Sep 12, 2018
Born2Breed:



Really? I have never seen a blonde Afro-Japanese before!
That means, you're living in the past!

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by fk002: 3:45pm On Sep 12, 2018
Why her lips come big like this?
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by ayodiya: 3:47pm On Sep 12, 2018
salford:
it is actually a racist drawing. Serena drawn like a jigaboo caricature. Black, big and fat lips.
Naomi was also drawn like a slim white girl. Even though she is mixed and a little thick.
You hv time to explain, most Nigerians don't know when racist remarks nd insults are throw to them subtly

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by yahoodotcom: 3:48pm On Sep 12, 2018
freakyamanda:
An Australian cartoonist has defended his depiction of Serena Williams at the US Open, after the image went viral and was criticised as racist and sexist, according to the BBC.

Mark Knight's newspaper cartoon showed Williams jumping above a broken racquet next to a baby's dummy. Critics said it used racist stereotypes.

The cartoonist denied it was racist, saying he had intended to depict only the tennis player's "poor behaviour".

Some also said Knight had "whitewashed" Japanese player Naomi Osaka.

Williams sparked controversy during her loss to Osaka, whose father is Haitian and mother Japanese, when she accused the umpire of sexism and being a "thief".

Knight's drawing was published in Australia's most-read newspaper, the Herald Sun on Monday, and referenced Williams's outburst and showed the umpire asking Osaka: "Can you just let her win?"

It has been strongly defended by Knight and the newspaper's editor, Damon Johnston, who denied the cartoon is racist or sexist.

"It rightly mocks poor behaviour by a tennis legend... Mark has the full support of everyone," he said in a tweet.

Critics, including author JK Rowling, compared the cartoon of Williams to past racist caricatures of African-American people.

"Well done on reducing one of the greatest sportswomen alive to racist and sexist tropes and turning a second great sportswoman into a faceless prop."

Another critic said:

"You couldn’t be more racist if you tried - and you reeeeeaaally tried. Using those classic sambo tropes- enlarged lips, overexaggerated body parts to depict Serena as hyper masculine- next time just use an old ad from the 1800s- no one would notice the difference in your racism"

Others on social media pointed out that Osaka, who is mixed race, had been drawn as a white woman with blonde hair.

The National Association of Black Journalists in the US denounced the cartoon as "repugnant on many levels".

"[It] not only exudes racist, sexist caricatures of both women, but Williams' depiction is unnecessarily sambo-like," it said in a statement.

The 1899 children's book, The Story of Little Black Sambo, featured derogatory racial depictions - such as characters with thick red lips.

Knight said he had "no knowledge of those cartoons or that period", saying on Tuesday that "the world has just gone crazy".

"The cartoon was just about Serena on the day having a tantrum. That's basically it," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Knight also rejected a suggestion that he would not draw a similar image of a man. As evidence, he tweeted his recent cartoon of tennis player Nick Kyrgios.

By 12:15 GMT on Tuesday, both his Twitter and Facebook accounts had been shut down.

http://www.todaysecho.com/man-who-drew-serena-williams-cartoon-accused-of-racism/
Is naomi osaka red?
All this liberal with racism.
Losers!
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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Dpharisee: 3:49pm On Sep 12, 2018
Qdot85566:

This guy no dey taya with this his free MTN recharge stuff

He continues to create new accounts. At least reduce the size of their advert now. You keep eating up our data

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by uuzba(m): 3:49pm On Sep 12, 2018
marvinsync:



so that Japanese lady is blonde Huh?

Japanese cannot be blond again? Are you Japanese? Do you know them more than themselves?

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by marvinsync(m): 3:56pm On Sep 12, 2018
uuzba:


Japanese cannot be blond again? Are you Japanese? Do you know them more than themselves?


ignorance is bad


first of all yes , Japanese cannot be naturally blonde unless they are mixed
second she's half Haitian ( Haitians are black incase ur knowledge doesn't extend that far)
half Japanese



so the fact that the cartoonist depicts the Black Japanese lady as white blonde and Serena as a hulk black beast is racist!!!!

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by darkelf: 4:01pm On Sep 12, 2018
There's nothing racist about it.

She's just trying to play the victim and stylishly make the public forget her prior bad behavior.

Meanwhile, I wonder what was sexist about loosing to a lady. Its not as if she was up against nadal

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by intruxive(m): 4:02pm On Sep 12, 2018
uuzba:


Japanese cannot be blond again? Are you Japanese? Do you know them more than themselves?
Yes japanese and all asians have black hair, so the guy had a hidden motive of white vs big dumb black uglee woman angry

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by DrXavierCage(m): 4:08pm On Sep 12, 2018
darkelf:
There's nothing racist about it.

She's just trying to play the victim and stylishly make the public forget her prior bad behavior.

Meanwhile, I wonder what was sexist about loosing to a lady. Its not as if she was up against nadal

If you don't think the cartoon is racist, you obviously don't know what Racism is.

You think Racism is only when you're called the N-word?

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by revontuli(f): 4:10pm On Sep 12, 2018
marvinsync:



ignorance is bad


first of all yes , Japanese cannot be naturally blonde unless they are mixed
second she's half Haitian ( Haitians are black incase ur knowledge doesn't extend that far)
half Japanese



so the fact that the cartoonist depicts the Black Japanese lady as white blonde and Serena as a hulk black beast is racist!!!!

Naomi Osaka has dyed fake blonde hair, but she does not look white. Cartoonist should have known better unless he drew that with racist intentions.

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Maxcollins042(m): 4:10pm On Sep 12, 2018
The racist card players should just shut the f*ck up! Serena messed up with the tantrum she threw after her loss.

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Maxcollins042(m): 4:11pm On Sep 12, 2018
The racist card players should just shut the f*ck up! Serena messed up with the tantrum she threw during her loss.

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by sarcasticdude(m): 4:13pm On Sep 12, 2018
Hmmm
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Horus(m): 4:21pm On Sep 12, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9hrgM4NDqA

'Repugnant,' Racist Cartoon Of Serena Willams And Naomi Osaka Denounced

An Australian newspaper published a cartoon of Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka that many are calling racist. NABJ (National Association of Black Journalists) denounced the offensive cartoon, calling it "repugnant."

In a statement, NABJ said, "The racist cartoon of Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka by Mark Knight of the Herald Sun is repugnant on many levels. The Sept. 10 cartoon not only exudes racist, sexist caricatures of both women, but Williams’ depiction is unnecessarily sambo-like.
The art of editorial cartooning is a visual dialogue on the issues of the day, yet this cartoon grossly inaccurately depicts two women of color at the US Open, one of the grandest stages of professional sports."

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by LZAA: 4:26pm On Sep 12, 2018
Anduku:
There is nothing racist about that cartoon, it was an accurate depiction of what happened in that game
Now i'm usually against PC clowns but if u do not see the clear racist depicition in this toon my bro u wee neva see anytin
This does not even resemble serena in the least
Not to forget that serena actually pleaded with fans to stop booing

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Obeleagu93(m): 4:27pm On Sep 12, 2018
Anduku:
There is nothing racist about that cartoon, it was an accurate depiction of what happened in that game


Mr. watcher I hail oo. it's like u are looking for Australian visa.
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Born2Breed(f): 4:30pm On Sep 12, 2018
henry49:
That means, you're living in the past!

shocked

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Dantedasz(m): 4:30pm On Sep 12, 2018
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Mercurypanther(m): 4:30pm On Sep 12, 2018
lifestyle1:


With what?

angry

Racial Oil.
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by EmekaBlue(m): 4:32pm On Sep 12, 2018
grin thats exactly what she wore...

Blacks should stop crying racist over everything biko

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by ceejay80s(m): 4:47pm On Sep 12, 2018
not racist to me, its just a funny cartoon
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Nobody: 4:48pm On Sep 12, 2018
Born2Breed:


shocked
That bitch is damn ugly! Tell her I said so! she's damn too ugly for my liking!
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by ooshinibos: 4:52pm On Sep 12, 2018
Anduku:
There is nothing racist about that cartoon, it was an accurate depiction of what happened in that game
you must be a coconut brown man , you cant even different between racism and humor ...the cartoon in latent racism ...it an oyibo genetic disorder , we blacks have got used to it ..its not fault coconut Anduku ..
do you think the cartoonist will have created the cartoon if Serena was white ...think very well Anduku before you answer and don't use your Nigerian brain here

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Thetruth15(m): 5:01pm On Sep 12, 2018
shocked
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Nobody: 5:08pm On Sep 12, 2018
BruncleZuma:
It's racist
oga how is it racist? undecided

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by richeeyo(m): 5:09pm On Sep 12, 2018
chiefolododo:
Buhari or lie Mohammed hasn't said anything about this
You are psychologically unfit to be on any forum
Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by Nobody: 5:11pm On Sep 12, 2018
Very good caricature! grin dammmm!! She sure is Ugly. embarassed







IS IT RACIST? NO!!

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Re: Mark Knight Accused Of Racism For Drawing Serena Williams Cartoon by AlphaStyles(m): 5:17pm On Sep 12, 2018
Ghan ghan i dont see the racism in this cartoon oo

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