University of Texas Student Paper Wins 'Most Racist Trayvon Martin Cartoon' Contest
Here's cartoonist Stephanie Eisner's latest political cartoon published in the Daily Texan, the student paper at the University of Texas- Austin. You can see "The Media" there, telling its lies again, about how the BIG BAD WHITE [*a bunch of arrows pointing to "white"*] man killed the handsome, sweet, innocent COLORED [*a bunch of arrows pointing to "colored"*] BOY. Oh, you media. Always trying to pull the wool over the WHITE man's eyes, to protect the COLORED BOYS. Blarrrrrggghhhhh.
The paper pulled this comic off their website as we were writing this post. Good backlash anticipation. "Stereotypical Texas Person" joke goes here, etc. Ugh.
Most of Stephanie Eisner's other cartoons are merely mystifying.
UPDATE: The Daily Texan has put the cartoon back on their website, along with the following statement:
A controversial editorial cartoon on the Trayvon Martin shooting was published Tuesday on the Opinion page of The Daily Texan. The Daily Texan Editorial Board recognizes the sensitive nature of the cartoon's subject matter.
The views expressed in the cartoon are not those of the editorial board. They are those of the artist. It is the policy of the editorial board to publish the views of our columnists and cartoonists, even if we disagree with them.
Please direct any inquiries to editor@dailytexanonline.com.
