The editorial cartoon from Friday, February 3rd depicts a naive, innocent, white Wesleyan student threatened by a large, ominous black figure. This draws on a long history of stereotypes of innocent white victims threatened by crude black criminals that helps support the racist ideology and practices so present and harmful in our society. The black figure is literally dehumanized in the picture – no head, no face, only a body.
This imagery is dangerously powerful in shaping our thinking and fears in racist ways – think about what you are disseminating!
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