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06.09.2009 11:46 am

National Review’s caricature of Sotomayor: Intentionally racist?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Like the pinata editorial cartoon mentioned yesterday, this caricature of Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the cover of the National Review is also generating complaints that it’s racist. And some are saying National Review editor Rich Lowry knew that and wanted it be…

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06.08.2009 7:08 pm

Editorial cartoon of Sonia Sotomayor as a pinata is called racist

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The pinata cartoon

The pinata cartoon

Once again an editorial cartoon involving President Barack Obama is being criticized as racist. But this time, Obama’s not the focus of those offended.

The Oklahoma Women’s Coalition — among others — is  upset over a drawing of Sonia Sotomayor…

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02.25.2009 10:54 am

Rupert Murdoch’s apology for chimp cartoon comes too late for some

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rupert Murdoch has apologized to readers of the New York Post for the chimpanzee political cartoon that many called racist.  His apology, which appears below, ran yesterday in the New York Post.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch carried a two-sentence brief this morning noting…

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02.18.2009 1:49 pm

“A Conversation about Race” discusses chimp political cartoon

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A political cartoon of a slain chimp in today’s New York Post has stirred complaints of racism. Check out the controversy in our “A Conversation about Race” blog item.

The Associated Press has moved this story about the uproar:

A New York Post…

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