Comments on: ‘Race baiting’ Stantis cartoon riles black community; calls for firing http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Arturo Muro http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63212 Arturo Muro Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:40:34 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63212 C'mon, let's not be harsh on the cartoonist. It is his or her right to express an interpretation of reality through the rendering of lines and text. OK, so the word "Honkey" is just as bad as others that are used to represent minorities, but the idea is to make people think about a situation. In any good cartoon, there has to be an element of truth to make the caption work and be funny or amusing; in this case, the point of reverse-racism is made very clear (and in a funny way). At this point, any reasonable person will look at the picture and make a judgement. He or she can then digress or agree and start a conversation about the matter at hand and go DO something about it. Get people talking! Find views! Seek the truth of the matter! Most importantly, folks should move on beyond the scope of the cartoon (or daily) and get to business. C’mon, let’s not be harsh on the cartoonist. It is his or her right to express an interpretation of reality through the rendering of lines and text. OK, so the word “Honkey” is just as bad as others that are used to represent minorities, but the idea is to make people think about a situation.
In any good cartoon, there has to be an element of truth to make the caption work and be funny or amusing; in this case, the point of reverse-racism is made very clear (and in a funny way).
At this point, any reasonable person will look at the picture and make a judgement. He or she can then digress or agree and start a conversation about the matter at hand and go DO something about it.
Get people talking! Find views! Seek the truth of the matter! Most importantly, folks should move on beyond the scope of the cartoon (or daily) and get to business.

]]> By: Danny Burleson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63187 Danny Burleson Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:18:23 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63187 Interesting. It sounds like the cartoonist is suffering by the very problem he tried to illustrate, reverse-racism. The white candidates (and cartoonists) have to watch their vernacular P's and Q's, but everyone else can label, discriminate and generally say and do whatever they want without suffering a backlash. Unless he really is a big jerk, I doubt he sat down one day and thought to himself, "Hmm. How can I most effectively tick off (insert race here)?" Most likely he thought, "The past aside, what these people are doing in the present isn't okay, I think I'll commentate on it." Though, "honky" made it harsher, at least the printed version shows they attempted to soften it. The online version was probably a matter of uploading the wrong file. And that just happens so rarely on the Internet, doesn't it? Of course, without knowing the full back story on the issue(s), I could be wrong about everyone's intent and motive, but I just get really tired of "selective application" of the First Amendment. It gives them the right to complain, yes, but to call for his firing for expressing HIS opinion? NOT okay. Interesting. It sounds like the cartoonist is suffering by the very problem he tried to illustrate, reverse-racism. The white candidates (and cartoonists) have to watch their vernacular P’s and Q’s, but everyone else can label, discriminate and generally say and do whatever they want without suffering a backlash.

Unless he really is a big jerk, I doubt he sat down one day and thought to himself, “Hmm. How can I most effectively tick off (insert race here)?” Most likely he thought, “The past aside, what these people are doing in the present isn’t okay, I think I’ll commentate on it.” Though, “honky” made it harsher, at least the printed version shows they attempted to soften it. The online version was probably a matter of uploading the wrong file.

And that just happens so rarely on the Internet, doesn’t it?

Of course, without knowing the full back story on the issue(s), I could be wrong about everyone’s intent and motive, but I just get really tired of “selective application” of the First Amendment. It gives them the right to complain, yes, but to call for his firing for expressing HIS opinion? NOT okay.

]]> By: John Read http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63185 John Read Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:06:35 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63185 Sorry, Scott - It looks like you can't comment on racial issues without someone accusing you of being racist. Sorry, Scott -
It looks like you can’t comment on racial issues without someone accusing you of being racist.

]]> By: Garey Mckee http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63165 Garey Mckee Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:13:52 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/05/race-baiting-stantis-cartoon-riles-black-community-calls-for-firing/#comment-63165 LOL I like the honky version better. I wonder how much of a "mistake" that really was when it ended up online. LOL I like the honky version better. I wonder how much of a “mistake” that really was when it ended up online.

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