1. Race and Political Cartoons
Joanna Esker and Kelsey Roth

2. 1783

3. 1863

4. 1879

5. 1924

6. 1957

7. Current Political Cartoons
Racial stereotypes are not as extreme and heavily caricaturized Stereotypes have shifted minorities not drawn to resemble animals (as much) reflect current stereotypes Still predominantly Black
Reflect current stereotypes  still resemble somewhat the typical stereotypes (Sambo, Coon, etc.), just different interpretations/representations
Muslim follows up

8. 2012 Artist: Mike Lester Race and gender intertwined
Caused uproar over the characterization of Obama as a pimp
-Obama portrayed as a pimp
-Sandra Fluke-Rush Limbaugh scandal
testified on Congress about employers making contraception available in their health insurance plans
Sandra called a slut by Rush

9. 2008
Artist: Chip Bok
Sonia Sotomayor portrayed as a pinata because she is Puerto Rican
Discriminatory towards women: “Back off. Know your place. Or we’ll take a stick to you and teach you a lesson.”
Artist was quoted as saying that she played up and emphasized her Latina-ness and says that it was all a joke. Make it a Mexican fiesta with a sombero and pinata
She’s Puerto Rican, not Mexican
Comment grouped together the two cultures  not recognizing that they are two different cultures

10. 2008
Jerry Breen
In memoir Dreams from My Father, Obama describes using one of the “tricks” he’d learned for dealing with white people on his mother
Many on the right pointed to this as evidence of his own racism towards whtie people
Frequently portrayed as being prejudiced against white people or being aligned with someone else who is described this way-Zurbriggen and Sherman (2010)

11. 2008
Artist: Jack Higgins
Portrays Islam as a religion based on violence and it’s faithful as mindless reactionaries

12. 2012 Double standard in the West
Showing that it’s ok to poke fun at one ethnic group but not the other
 Muslims “current enemy”

13. Ted Rall
Came under fire for racist depiction of President Obama
“ape-like” Obama
Claims it’s a “slam” against Obama for not pulling the troops out like he said he would
Political cartoonists more likely to come under fire for racial insensitivity
Worried about future careers
feel pressured about racism

14. Discussion question
Do you think it’s possible to separate race from political cartoons? Would they still convey the same message?

15. sources
"The Atlantic." The Atlantic. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec < comics-good-intentions-arent-enough/281966/>. "The Poor Barbarians Can't Understand." Complex.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec Zurbriggen, E.L. & Sherman, A.M. (2010). Race and gender in the 2008 U.S. presidential election: A content analysis of editorial cartoons. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Vol.10, No.1, p man_in.htm barack-obama-as-her-pimp