college paper riled over Knight cartoon
Posted by: Rich Watson on October 29, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I thought it was funny, but I can see why people would get a little bent out of shape about it. Maybe they should ask themselves why it gets them upset.
Also: Here’s a report on the recent lecture about the Sam Milai exhibit at the Cartoon Research Library here in Columbus.
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Claudia October 30th, 2008
Hmm…. this is interesting. The kind of contradiction that Knight satirizes has been the media’s favorite topic recently (take for instance: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/A_sign_in_Licking.html?showall). So I wonder if the issue is the use of the slur? or the slur being directed at Obama? or being used by an Obama supporter? I think this editorial strip effectively captures – through both shock and humor – a transformational moment in our politics and our society. Clearly, this country still has a long way to go when it comes to race relations. But the fact that it manages to be oddly disturbing and just a tiniest bit encouraging is part of why it works.
As a side note: maybe this controversy will give Keith Knight some national attention!
