Is this cartoon racist (Tennis).

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@Fiddle_Peghead

Is it possible to draw a caricature of a woman with Williams’ features that isn’t racist? If so, how?

Here’s how I answered when you asked that same question in the US Open thread:

@SlackerInc

No. You cannot draw caricatures of nonwhite people without it coming across very badly. Which is actually, surprise surprise, a double standard I agree with. Although maybe we should dispense with the double standard by creating a new social norm that caricature is generally seen as bad form, even with white people as subjects.

It’s an appealing art form in some ways, and one that tells us something about human perception and psychology. But on the whole, it’s just not worth it.