The Duluth News Tribune was forced to eat its own copy after publishing an editorial cartoon that some found offensive.
Duluth publisher apologizes for editorial cartoon on Red Lake
Associated Press
DULUTH, Minn. - The publisher of the Duluth News Tribune issued an apology to readers today after some said they were offended by an editorial cartoon about the Red Lake shootings. . . .
In the cartoon, drawn by Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News, a man with a headband and ponytail holds an 'Indian Tracking Guide' as he walks along a path littered with guns, skulls, swastikas and a picture of Hitler. The man says: 'I'm not recognizing these signs.'
After the cartoon ran in Wednesday's News Tribune, Publisher Marti Buscaglia posted a note to readers:
'Some of our readers have indicated they were offended by the racially derogatory nature of Wednesday's political cartoon commenting on the Red Lake incident. Frankly, I agree with those viewpoints and want to extend my apologies to those who were offended during a sensitive time in our region.'
This is the censorship of sensitivity. The offensive cartoon is shown here:
I fully acknowledge that cultural barriers may prevent one person from understanding how another will react to an image. I suppose that the hair and head band of the figure had something to do with its reception. But the idea that the cartoon is racist is ludicrous.
Its obvious point is frustration and amazement that the worst artifacts of one culture should make such mischief in another. This is a perfectly reasonable subject for a political cartoon, and the editors of the Duluth News Tribune should have defended the cartoonist.
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