# Is this kid's book illustration subtly (or not-so-subtly) racist?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-kids-book-illustration-subtly-or-not-so-subtly-racist/973442 "2022-10-18T15:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-kids-book-illustration-subtly-or-not-so-subtly-racist/973442/107 "2022-10-20T12:30:47Z")

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I think I should be _really_ clear here - there _are_ images that, while not intended as such, do have a bad look on this particular front. That have too many concordances with actual minstrel imagery to be allowed to stand. Take a look at [the Hadozee example](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114/584), and my arguments there.

So I’m not arguing this _never_ happens. I’m just arguing it _isn’t_ the case with this imagery. That the concordance is too slight to merit any concern based on my experiences with minstrelsy.

I’d probably defer to any actual African-American posters who say it stirs concern in them. Is that any of y’all?

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