Australian newspaper doubles down on racist Serena Williams cartoonhttps://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/11/australia/australia-racist-cartoon-serena-int...CNN Digital Expansion 2017. James Griffiths
By James Griffiths, CNN
Updated 0515 GMT (1315 HKT) September 11, 2018.
The cartoon showed Williams jumping up and down next to a broken racket and pacifier, with large, exaggerated lips and nose reminiscent of racist depictions of black people in the US during the Jim Crow era.
The US-based National Association of Black Journalists said the cartoon was "repugnant on many levels."
"(It) not only exudes racist, sexist caricatures of both women, but Williams' depiction is unnecessarily sambo-like," the group said in a statement. "The art of editorial cartooning is a visual dialogue on the issues of the day, yet this cartoon grossly inaccurately depicts two women of color at the US Open, one of the grandest stages of professional sports."
Angry reaction
Knight -- an award-winning cartoonist who has worked for the Herald Sun for decades -- told his employer he was "amazed" by the reaction to the cartoon, which he said did not attract significant criticism until it was picked up on Twitter by users in the US.
"It's been picked up by social media in the US and my phone has just melted down," he said. "The world has just gone crazy."