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03.18.2009 12:12 pm

Cartoon of Obama in Russian ice cream ad is being called racist

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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A Conversation about Race has noted the risk cartoonists face in drawing caricatures of President Barack Obama.  A couple months ago, we noted that Michael Cavna wondered in his Comic Riffs blog on washingtonpost.com why political cartoons of Obama…

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01.30.2009 11:34 am

Critic cites racial overtones in cartoonists’ drawings of Obama’s lips

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Michael Cavna, writing in his blog on comics on WashingtonPost.com, is calling out political cartoonists for exaggerating President Barack Obama’s lips. He says they’ve overstepped the bounds of caricature.

His post is called “Read Obama’s Lips: Cartoonists Deal in Bizarre Caricature.” Do…

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