News: College newspaper under fire for publishing 'racist' cartoon

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Wesley College newspaper under fire for publishing 'racist' cartoons drawn by a black student
The cartoons were published last Friday in The Whetsone, the independent student newspaper of Delaware's Wesley College

One of the cartoons shows an African-American woman wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' t-shirt, going to get an abortion
The other shows a black man in an argument with a garden hoe about calling the tool a 'hoe'
'I’m sorry ma’am, you just look like a hoe,' the man says in the cartoon
The cartoons were drawn by student Bryheim Muse, who is black himself
School administrators and the newspaper staff held a forum after students complained about the cartoons

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The independent student newspaper of Delaware's Wesley College is under fire after publishing two cartoons that many students on campus found offensive.

The two cartoons in question were published last Friday. The first shows an African-American woman wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' t-shirt, looking at her watch as she remarks 'Would you look at the time...I'm late for my abortion!'

The second cartoon shows an exchanged between a black man and an animated garden hoe.
The garden hoe exclaims: 'Who is you calling HOE!!!'

'I'm sorry ma'am, you just look like a hoe!' the man responds.

The Whetstone, the independent student newspaper of Wesley College, is under fire for publishing two cartoons last week that some students found racially insensitive. One of the cartoons is pictured above

The second cartoon shows an exchange between a black man and an animated garden hoe. The garden hoe exclaims: 'Who is you calling HOE!!!' 'I'm sorry ma'am, you just look like a hoe!' the man responds.

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The cartoons were drawn by student Bryheim Muse, who is black himself.

The cartoons quickly generated controversy on campus, with many saying they were offended and found the cartoons racially insensitive.

'I just feel like it's inappropriate, and it kind of offends me,' Tymira Holman, a freshman, told WBOC. 'I know that we have student events where students that aren't minorities feel let out and discriminated again and then something like this is just not OK to me.'

School administrators and the Whetston's editor-in-chief held a forum on Monday to address the outrage over the cartoons, but some students said that wasn't enough.

Students Tiffany Griffin, Damyra Price and Shaylynn Bivens (who is vice president of the university's black student union) compiled a list of demands which they plan to present to university President Robert Clark during a meeting on Thursday.

Among some of the demands included in the letter are that the newspaper put in guidelines to stop racially-insensitive cartoons from being published again, that the school increase the percentage of black faculty and staff members by 10 per cent and that the school creates and enforces racial inclusion training.

The cartons were drawn by Wesley student Bryheim Muse

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Shortly after tweeting the letter on Tuesday, President Clark sent out a university-wide email saying that the cartoons were 'in no way reflective of the beliefs or values' of the college.

As an independent student newspaper, The Whetstone is not officially or financially affiliated with the school.

A group of students drafted a letter to the university's president, asking for (among other things) that the newspaper 'put guidelines in place to prohibit demeaning content that does not reflect the Wesley College mission'

Shortly after the group of students tweeted their demands on Tuesday, the college's president sent out this university-wide letter, saying that the cartoons were 'in no way reflective of the beliefs or values' of the college

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liberalmusiclover

Disgusting.

Bicassie

Suprised that he isnt white!

This was so wrong..........

Like why push stereotypes even more?

Toya

Wooooooooow.

Nikolai.

The first one is messed up but how is the second one racist fff that one is actually funny

Newt

wow i actually gasped outloud @ the first picture, that's crazy

Sinister

The second one is funny
The first one is trash...don't know why he thought that was acceptable

Shame on him

wesleywalrus

How messed up. How could ANY editor let that slip?

But absolute mess at that list of demands basically copying Mizzou's list. What is this university

with my name, too? I'm offended.

Toya

He's obviously just a black man who has a problem with black women. There's many like him. He can climb into the trash with the rest of em.

Marvin

How could he think that was acceptable?

Elusive Chanteuse

Who cares if they are offended? Its a cartoon.

BlooRiverAnimal

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Originally posted by Toya

He's obviously just a black man who has a problem with black women. There's many like him. He can climb into the trash with the rest of em.

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B'Day

Yikes, no self love.
Black men who disrespect black women are absolute garbage. Honestly, you're disrespecting your mothers, your sisters....

shenzi

His Hotep ass.

Damien M

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Originally posted by B'Day

Yikes, no self love.
Black men who disrespect black women are absolute garbage. Honestly, you're disrespecting your mothers, your sisters....

Agreed 100%

Tsuko

This isn't racism, it's prejudice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Br...dex=48&list=WL

St. Charles

But he's incapable of being racist, remember?

But in all seriousness, were these were supposed to point out some sort of incongruities in Black Culture? If so, it could have been done in better taste. This is just messy.

britkneepopboi

How ****ing sad that? Being stereotypical to his own race

Tsuko

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Originally posted by St. Charles

But he's incapable of being racist, remember?

But in all seriousness, were these were supposed to point out some sort of incongruities in Black Culture? If so, it could have been done in better taste. This is just messy.

I don't know, but I assume he was making jokes and doesn't actually hate black people. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt unless there's strong evidence because I know most people don't think people of other races are inferior.

3 years ago people would've called him racist, but this new definition of racism isn't working out so well now haha. I think they'll try and change the definition again soon because there's been a few situations like this recently.

I guess it's up to Tymira Holman to decide and everybody else in the world has to agree.

St. Charles

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Originally posted by Tsuko

I don't know, but I assume he was making jokes and doesn't actually hate black people. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt unless there's strong evidence because I know most people don't think people of other races are inferior.

3 years ago people would've called him racist, but this new definition of racism isn't working out so well now haha. I think they'll try and change the definition again soon because there's been a few situations like this recently.

I guess it's up to Tymira Holman to decide and everybody else in the world has to agree.

Who is she?