The cartoon is admittedly flawed because it spelled Martin’s first name incorrectly and it used a phrase (“colored boy”) that is offensive and could have been avoided (“black teenager.”) …
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Here’s the apology from Stephanie Eisner who drew a terribly racist cartoon about the Trayvon Martin tragedy in The Daily Texan:
“I apologize for what was in hindsight an ambiguous cartoon related to the Trayvon Martin shooting. I intended to contribute thoughtful commentary on the media coverage of the incident, however this goal fell flat. I would like to make it explicitly clear that I am not a racist, and that I am personally appalled by the killing of Trayvon Martin. I regret any pain the wording or message of my cartoon may have caused.”
This is the cartoon:
The full article is here.
Nirak also sent along the above apology from the cartoonist, and added some further information (via Pandagon), namely an “apology” from staff advisor Doug Warren:
Of course, as Nirak points out, “Oh, wait, I guess that last one wasn’t actually an apology.”
Yep. Not at all.
