Current Events > Racist comic of Serena Williams published in Herald Sun

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_Krave_ posted...

This baffles me.

It sounds like people are literally saying black people should not be made fun of. Like they're exempt from being put in a satire if they're not depicted as shining gods.

You do realize that special treatment like that is condescending and offensive, right?

This is not what anyone is saying but I think you already know that
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goldenBoi45 posted...

CyricZ posted...

Yeah, commentary on how cartoons always exaggerate goes out the window when a Haitian turns white and blonde.

This

Not only did they change her race but they had to make the two white characters the rational, humble ones willing to take the high road while she was the crazy, stereotypical mad black woman.

I feel like the ones saying it isn't racist are just so tired of people being politically correct these days that they're rushing to defend this cartoon without even seeing the context.

Watch TV for an hour. Every commercial has a dumb white guy surrounded by responsible black people or women. Yet when I point it out, I'm fucking nuts. I think you're pushing it here.
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_Krave_ posted...

Every commercial has a dumb white guy surrounded by responsible black people or women. Yet when I point it out, I'm fucking nuts. I think you're pushing it here.

Commercials like what?
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goldenBoi45 posted...

I feel like the ones saying it isn't racist are just so tired of people being politically correct these days that they're rushing to defend this cartoon without even seeing the context.

And the ones calling it racist are so used to calling things racist that they don't even look at context or anything for that matter.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

Solid Snake07 posted...

I don't see anything racist. It's not flattering, but cartoons meant to make fun of someone usually aren't

Also I replied to the tweet as well.
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goldenBoi45 posted...

CyricZ posted...

Yeah, commentary on how cartoons always exaggerate goes out the window when a Haitian turns white and blonde.

This

Not only did they change her race but they had to make the two white characters the rational, humble ones willing to take the high road while she was the crazy, stereotypical mad black woman.

I feel like the ones saying it isn't racist are just so tired of people being politically correct these days that they're rushing to defend this cartoon without even seeing the context.

In the cartoon, Serena's opponent's race is immaterial to the point of the comic.

And Serena was the only irrational person on the court, so of course the artist painted her as the only irrational person on the court.
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Why is McEnroe being thrown into this. He's been done for a good while and was fined and suspended plenty of times.

Also, kinda funny how "what about" is totally fine on the liberal side, but a conservative tries to do it and holy shit is that awful.
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In the cartoon, Serena's opponent's race is immaterial to the point of the comic.

LOL
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Why is McEnroe being thrown into this. He's been done for a good while and was fined and suspended plenty of times.

Also, kinda funny how "what about" is totally fine on the liberal side, but a conservative tries to do it and holy shit is that awful.

He's being brought into this due to the claims of sexism, which is Serena's issue. How he has acted and was treated is directly related to the idea of a double standard. That's not whataboutism.

FrisbeeDude posted...

In the cartoon, Serena's opponent's race is immaterial to the point of the comic.

LOL

For real, but look who said it.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

In the cartoon, Serena's opponent's race is immaterial to the point of the comic.

LOL

How is it not immaterial?
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lolife67 posted...

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Why is McEnroe being thrown into this. He's been done for a good while and was fined and suspended plenty of times.

Also, kinda funny how "what about" is totally fine on the liberal side, but a conservative tries to do it and holy shit is that awful.

He's being brought into this due to the claims of sexism, which is Serena's issue. How he has acted and was treated is directly related to the idea of a double standard. That's not whataboutism.

So somebody that was fined and suspended 20 years ago was treated better than someone that was fined a couple days ago?

You all are doing whataboutism. Has absolutely nothing to do with the situation at all. Your perfect people can't do anything wrong and every single time something comes up it's always "well this other person did something bad."

This shit is just too funny.
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People are actually asking how this is racist.

I'd be shaking my damn head if this wasn't *on code* "GameFAQs".

Even the Haitian-Japanese girl is drawn white with flowing blonde hair. And Ramos isn't white either. But let's just brush that aside, mhm gotcha.
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darkjedilink posted...

goldenBoi45 posted...

CyricZ posted...

Yeah, commentary on how cartoons always exaggerate goes out the window when a Haitian turns white and blonde.

This

Not only did they change her race but they had to make the two white characters the rational, humble ones willing to take the high road while she was the crazy, stereotypical mad black woman.

I feel like the ones saying it isn't racist are just so tired of people being politically correct these days that they're rushing to defend this cartoon without even seeing the context.

In the cartoon, Serena's opponent's race is immaterial to the point of the comic.

And Serena was the only irrational person on the court, so of course the artist painted her as the only irrational person on the court.

Racism and rationality haven't a thing to do with each other.

None of the actors were white. The two "better behaved" ones were painted as white, however. And Serena's black features were, like in the good ol' days, grossly exaggerated.

But keep on keeping on.
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Where is dha racism?
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MEGAze posted...

People are actually asking how this is racist.

I'd be shaking my damn head if this wasn't *on code* "GameFAQs".

Even the Haitian-Japanese girl is drawn white with flowing blonde hair. And Ramos isn't white either. But let's just brush that aside, mhm gotcha.

CE gonna CE
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Hawaiian_punch posted...

FrisbeeDude posted...

https://twitter.com/Knightcartoons/status/1039017329030393856?s=19

That hair... those lips... that nose.

Yes this is racist as fuck

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FrisbeeDude posted...

Hawaiian_punch posted...

FrisbeeDude posted...

https://twitter.com/Knightcartoons/status/1039017329030393856?s=19

That hair... those lips... that nose.

Yes this is racist as fuck

all of this, combined with the brutish physique and with the slim, white woman in the background (Osaka is Haitian)...its brazen dogwhistle racsim

XD

Your delusions are hilarious.
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Holy crap, I finally got home and looked at the picture....anyone defending this by saying "that's what she looks like tho" is a racist that needs to get their eyes checked. Point blank, period. And I don't throw direct accusations out like that cheaply.
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PyroBlade1985 posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

Solid Snake07 posted...

I don't see anything racist. It's not flattering, but cartoons meant to make fun of someone usually aren't

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NinjaWarrior455 posted...

MEGAze posted...

People are actually asking how this is racist.

I'd be shaking my damn head if this wasn't *on code* "GameFAQs".

Even the Haitian-Japanese girl is drawn white with flowing blonde hair. And Ramos isn't white either. But let's just brush that aside, mhm gotcha.

CE gonna CE

I've never posted here before, but the "More topics on this board" full of non-tennis fans insulting her pretty much sums up how obvious 90% of the place'll probably be.
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That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

lolife67 posted...

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Why is McEnroe being thrown into this. He's been done for a good while and was fined and suspended plenty of times.

Also, kinda funny how "what about" is totally fine on the liberal side, but a conservative tries to do it and holy shit is that awful.

He's being brought into this due to the claims of sexism, which is Serena's issue. How he has acted and was treated is directly related to the idea of a double standard. That's not whataboutism.

So somebody that was fined and suspended 20 years ago was treated better than someone that was fined a couple days ago?

You all are doing whataboutism. Has absolutely nothing to do with the situation at all. Your perfect people can't do anything wrong and every single time something comes up it's always "well this other person did something bad."

This shit is just too funny.

Yes it would matter since the point would be proving a pattern of sexist behavior. Therefore, prior examples of men not being penalized like this does matter. I mean, there have been more recent examples but including past examples still isn't whataboutism. You're using the term wrong and taking a very simplistic view of things. But do you.

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.
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MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

"Filler"?

What about them is "filler"? They're not only key players in the scene (Serena's opponent and the umpire judging against her), they're literally conversing with each other while she's having her "episode".

You're throwing out random words. The man was obviously drawing Naomi and Carlos, and he drew them embarrassed by Serena's "outburst," and he made them white to fit a very specific narrative.

This one is indefensible.
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RoboLaserGandhi posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

Because the umpire is talking to her like she is the opposing player, asking her to let Serena win, and the blonde is on the opposite side of the net, with a racket in her hand, talking to the umpire....wtf? Why would a bystander be on the court, in tennis clothes, with a tennis racket, talking to the ref?
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MEGAze posted...

You're throwing out random words. The man was obviously drawing Naomi and Carlos, and he drew them embarrassed by Serena's "outburst," and he made them white to fit a very specific narrative.

This one is indefensible.

You guys are just too much. The drawing of Serena being racist was quickly shut down rightfully so, so now yall have to find some other ridiculous thing to complain about.

But it's the people not buying Nikes that are snowflakes. Not the people getting mad at 2 people on a comic.
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MEGAze posted...

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

MEGAze posted...

You're throwing out random words. The man was obviously drawing Naomi and Carlos, and he drew them embarrassed by Serena's "outburst," and he made them white to fit a very specific narrative.

This one is indefensible.

You guys are just too much. The drawing of Serena being racist was quickly shut down rightfully so, so now yall have to find some other ridiculous thing to complain about.

But it's the people not buying Nikes that are snowflakes. Not the people getting mad at 2 people on a comic.

I don't care what's going on with Nike or whatever other irrelevancies you'd want to bring up.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

MEGAze posted...

You're throwing out random words. The man was obviously drawing Naomi and Carlos, and he drew them embarrassed by Serena's "outburst," and he made them white to fit a very specific narrative.

This one is indefensible.

You guys are just too much. The drawing of Serena being racist was quickly shut down rightfully so, so now yall have to find some other ridiculous thing to complain about.

But it's the people not buying Nikes that are snowflakes. Not the people getting mad at 2 people on a comic.

Right, the racket's literally in Naomi's hand. Her identity's unmistakable.
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shockthemonkey posted...

The Great Muta 22 posted...

SuperMedz3 posted...

omega cookie posted...

Imagine spending every moment of your life finding something to cry about.

It isn't shocking you have no issue with comics like this, considering the stuff you've posted here before

Both omega and medz always go out of their way to point out how much they dislike black people

Dhey is rayciss!
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legendary_zell posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

Because the umpire is talking to her like she is the opposing player, asking her to let Serena win, and the blonde is on the opposite side of the net, with a racket in her hand, talking to the umpire....wtf? Why would a bystander be on the court, in tennis clothes, with a tennis racket, talking to the ref?

I didn't say it was a bystander, I meant it was a random generic opponent who was no one in specific

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

legendary_zell posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

Because the umpire is talking to her like she is the opposing player, asking her to let Serena win, and the blonde is on the opposite side of the net, with a racket in her hand, talking to the umpire....wtf? Why would a bystander be on the court, in tennis clothes, with a tennis racket, talking to the ref?

I didn't say it was a bystander, I meant it was a random generic opponent who was no one in specific

That'd be a valid point as well if it weren't drawn up right after this match.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

"I haven't argued with you, I've just been arguing with you.

He literally hasn't you fucking loon.
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Lol, alot of triggered people on Twitter. Thank God I never made an account there.
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I must be missing something because i dont see what's racist here.

Is it because the artist is making fun of a black person?
I think they did that because thats what her skin colour is...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

legendary_zell posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

Because the umpire is talking to her like she is the opposing player, asking her to let Serena win, and the blonde is on the opposite side of the net, with a racket in her hand, talking to the umpire....wtf? Why would a bystander be on the court, in tennis clothes, with a tennis racket, talking to the ref?

I didn't say it was a bystander, I meant it was a random generic opponent who was no one in specific

That'd be a valid point as well if it weren't drawn up right after this match.

Nobody cares about those 2. People care about Serena. Draw Serena and draw 2 generic people. Really not hard to see for people that aren't obsessed with racism.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

legendary_zell posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

Because the umpire is talking to her like she is the opposing player, asking her to let Serena win, and the blonde is on the opposite side of the net, with a racket in her hand, talking to the umpire....wtf? Why would a bystander be on the court, in tennis clothes, with a tennis racket, talking to the ref?

I didn't say it was a bystander, I meant it was a random generic opponent who was no one in specific

That'd be a valid point as well if it weren't drawn up right after this match.

Nobody cares about those 2.

Blatant lie. One of them won the damn tournament.

--Then cried and apologized for winning.
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Go ask 20 people what that chicks name is. In 3 days go ask 5 people. Go ask 2 people what the judges name was. Yah, nobody cares about them. Especially some Australian drawing comics.
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lmao at denying the dogwhistle by portraying osaka as the petite, white blond girl in contrast to the hulking many caricature.
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RoboLaserGandhi posted...

MEGAze posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

That's called a caricature and it's not racist just because it's a black person

You could play that card if the very obviously tanned Portuguese and brown-skinned Haitian weren't drawn white and with features they didn't have.

...Then who's to say that person is supposed to depict them if it looks nothing like them? Why would you jump to that conclusion instead of them just being filler?

Because that doesnt fit his narrative.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Go ask 20 people what that chicks name is. In 3 days go ask 5 people. Go ask 2 people what the judges name was. Yah, nobody cares about them.

Alright, I'll take this retort seriously if you pay me.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

lmao at denying the dogwhistle by portraying osaka as the petite, white blond girl in contrast to the hulking many caricature.

Shut the fuck up
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That's not a racist comic lmao

NinjaBreakfast posted...

Mr_Biscuit posted...

How is that racist?
-Ancient CE Proverb

Lmfaooo

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omfg it's a caricature of Serena's behavior, not a god damn still life portrait.
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That picture pretty much sums it up what I heard happened.

Race has nothing to do with it.
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let me guess - 7 pages of trolling?

I dont get it, looks just like her

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