Don Cheadle isn't buying the Herald Sun's explanation for its Serena Williams cartoon one bit ... telling TMZ Sports the newspaper Definitely knows the drawing is racist as hell. "I don't believe them," the 'Avengers' actor says. "They have their own history of racism -- they know what that cartoon means." The paper doubled down on Mark Knight's drawing -- the one depicting Serena with exaggerated lips, hair and nose after her U.S.
- 9/12/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
We're Not racist, you're too sensitive -- that's how an Australian newspaper is handling criticism of their Serena Williams cartoon ... and now they've Reprinted It on their cover. The Herald Sun ran the headline, "Welcome To PC World" -- along with the caption, "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." Along with reprinting Serena, the paper added...
- 9/12/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
This cartoon isn't exactly a work of art, according to the Internet. Just days after Serena Williams made headlines after losing to 20-year-old Naomi Osaka, one cartoonist is receiving criticism for his interpretation of the events. On Monday morning, Mark Knight revealed the image that was featured in The Herald Sun. In the picture, Serena was portrayed as an angry player who was stomping on her broken racket as the referee whispered to her opponent, "Can you just let her win?" As soon as the image surfaced on Twitter, people couldn't help but sound off. "Where was this cartoon for all the men who have broken their rackets over the years?" one sportswriter shared on Twitter....
- 9/10/2018
- E! Online
A cartoon published in Australia’s Herald Sun of Serena Williams at the U.S. Open over the weekend is causing an uproar, with public figures like J.K. Rowling slamming the drawing for being “racist” and “sexist.”
“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,” Rowling tweeted on Monday.
Kathy Griffin also voiced her opinion about the cartoon, tweeting, “Hey @Knightcartoons just change your name to Kkk Cartoons. Racist piece of s—!”
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ESPN’s Jemele Hill wrote, “About as subtle as Fran Drescher’s voice.”
Mark Knight drew the cartoon for the Herald Sun newspaper, which shows Williams stomping on her racket, with opponent Naomi Osaka speaking to the umpire in the background. The umpire, who is...
“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,” Rowling tweeted on Monday.
Kathy Griffin also voiced her opinion about the cartoon, tweeting, “Hey @Knightcartoons just change your name to Kkk Cartoons. Racist piece of s—!”
Also Read: Tennis Fans Erupt Over Serena Williams' Penalty-Filled Us Open Final Loss to Naomi Osaka
ESPN’s Jemele Hill wrote, “About as subtle as Fran Drescher’s voice.”
Mark Knight drew the cartoon for the Herald Sun newspaper, which shows Williams stomping on her racket, with opponent Naomi Osaka speaking to the umpire in the background. The umpire, who is...
- 9/10/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
This is not good. A newspaper in Australia is catching A Lot of heat over a cartoon that was trying to spoof Serena Williams' incident at the U.S. Open -- because it's racist as hell. The cartoon -- drawn by Mark Knight (editorial cartoonist for the Herald Sun newspaper) -- shows the tennis superstar stomping on her racket. But, let's get serious, it looks like a Jim Crow-era, Sambo-style caricature of a black person -- not Serena Williams.
- 9/10/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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