We Must Discuss All Possibilities… But The Most Likely One
September 14th, 2015 Barry Posted in Racism & Racists | No Comments »
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
Panel 1
A close shot of a white woman in a striped dress. She is talking, although it seems a bit like lecturing. Let’s call her “Stripes.”
STRIPES: To have a real conversation about race, we have to consider all ideas in a neutral and calm manner.
Panel 2
STRIPES: For example, what if Black culture has made Black people lazy? We can’t refuse to even consider that!
Panel 3
WOMAN: Or… what if Blacks are born with lower IQs than whites? We should at least consider that, right?
Panel 4
The “camera” has backed up, and we now see that Stripes has been talking to a Black woman wearing a floral dress, who I’ll call “Flowers.”
FLOWERS: What if people who say Blacks are lazy and stupid are racist as hell? Shouldn’t we consider that?
STRIPES (yelling) ABSOLUTELY NOT! DON’T MAKE THINGS PERSONAL!
Panel 5 (a tiny “kicker” panel at the bottom of panel 4)
FLOWERS: Calling Blacks stupid isn’t personal?
STRIPES: It isn’t to me.