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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:28 PM Nov 2012

Toon: Meanwhile at the U.S. Border

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Toon: Meanwhile at the U.S. Border (Original Post) Playinghardball Nov 2012 OP

Sorry, don't find it funny intaglio Nov 2012 #1

Tell me, just how is a Mexican suppose to be depicted in a cartoon? Playinghardball Nov 2012 #2

There was no need to have included the Mexican intaglio Nov 2012 #3

intaglio

(8,170 posts)

1. Sorry, don't find it funny

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 04:45 PM

Nov 2012

I'm sure the cartoonist meant well but the stereotype Mexican is appalling.

Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)

2. Tell me, just how is a Mexican suppose to be depicted in a cartoon?

Reply to intaglio (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:51 PM

Nov 2012

intaglio

(8,170 posts)

3. There was no need to have included the Mexican

Reply to Playinghardball (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 05:44 PM

Nov 2012

or, if the cartoonist felt it essential, a swarthy skinned man in tatters would probably have done duty.

Consider the stereotypical depictions of African Americans that used to be used in cartoons, would you have then asked, "Tell me, just how is an African American suppose to be depicted in a cartoon?"

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