there is nothing racist about the cartoon. he merely drew the first couple in caricature which is what political cartoonists do. but political cartoonists try to create caricatures that actually look like the real people. that s the whole point of a political cartoon. it won t work if it doesn t look like the real person. and long ago, american cartoonists stopped giving people animalistic features. they used to do it a lot. you can see their work on ellis island today in an exhibit that shows the hateful imagery of immigrants that cartoonists regularly churned out 100 years ago. art that made people like the irish look like dangerous animals. baton lash and james hudnel are now working in that vile tradition.
he merely drew the first couple in caricature which is what political cartoonists do. but political cartoonists try to create caricatures that actually look like the real people. that s the whole point of a political cartoon. it won t work if it doesn t look like the real person. and long ago, american cartoonists stopped giving people animalistic features. they used to do it a lot. you can see their work on ellis island today in an exhibit that shows the hateful imagery of immigrants that cartoonists regularly churned out 100 years ago. art that made people like the irish look like dangerous animals. baton lash and james hudnel are now working in that vile tradition. no matter what condemnation they face here and elsewhere, they