The Australian newspaper that found itself at the center of international controversy after publishing a racist and sexist caricature of Serena Williams has doubled down on its support for the cartoonist. The Herald Sun reprinted Mark Knight’s depiction of Williams on its front page the day after the cartoon caused a global twitter storm. Knight’s cartoon shows the tennis legend with an exaggerated face and body jumping on her smashed racket with a pacifier nearby. — Richard Carroll (@Richard_Carroll) September 11, 2018World: It’s racist to depict #SerenaWilliams as a hideous, barbaric, full-lipped and ape-like sportswoman. “The cartoon about Serena is about her poor behavior on the day, not about race.

Source: Huffington Post September 12, 2018 02:26 UTC