The illustrator behind a cartoon of Serena Williams during the US Open women’s final has defended his drawing after it was labelled “racist”.
Mark Knight’s cartoon, which appeared in the Herald Sun on Monday, has attracted criticism the world over since Knight tweeted it out to followers the same day.
Here’s the cartoon:
My toon in today’s @theheraldsun on #SerenaWilliams @usopen pic.twitter.com/didwtQg1R5
— Mark Knight (@Knightcartoons) September 10, 2018
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The guy draws caricatures. As we've all learnt in art class, caricatures exaggerate one's most distinguishable features. Her distinguishable features are inarguably stereotypical.
And another reminder all is fair in love and war -
- https://pbs.twimg.com/media...
- https://i.imgur.com/wL6MU29...