“Scientific” Racism
October 14th, 2022 Barry Posted in Racism & Racists | No Comments »
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has six panels, plus an additional tiny “kicker” panel below the bottom of the cartoon. The first five panels all show the same person, a white man wearing a light yellow polo shirt; he has glasses and a “van dyke” beard and mustache. He’s standing in front of a blank background.
PANEL 1
The man seems to speak directly to the reader, looking annoyed, holding up a forefinger in a “let me just make this one point” gesture.
WHITE MAN : It’s not fair to say I’m racist just because I’m being scientific!
PANEL 2
The man looks a bit hurt and shrugs.
WHITE MAN: Just because I say certain races (like mine) are inherently more intelligent than certain other races (like Blacks)…
PANEL 3
Now he looks thoughtful, looking up into the air and placing a hand over his chin.
WHITE MAN: And just because I say high I.Q. people deserve all the best jobs and we should pay them (us) more and let them run everything…
PANEL 4
He folds his arms and looks, frankly, quite snotty.
WHITE MAN: And just because I ignore when “scientists” say society’s racial categories don’t really correspond to actual human genetic groupings…
PANEL 5
The “camera” has rotated around the man, but he hasn’t turned to remain facing towards us. Instead, he now seems to be speaking to someone off-panel. He’s looking worried and is holding the fingertips of a hand to his chest, indicating himself.
WHITE MAN: Just because of all of that, is it fair to call me a racist?
PANEL 6
The “camera” has zoomed out, and we can now see that he’s talking to three people. All three people are people of color (in my interpretation, two are African-American and one is Indian-American). All three are looking annoyed as they speak. The white man is angry and frustrated as he yells at them.
Instead of a blank background, we can now see that all four characters are standing on a city sidewalk, with closely-packed houses and a utility pole in the background.
TALL BLACK MAN WEARING A TIE: Yes.
SHORT BLACK WOMAN WITH A STRIPED SHIRT AND A GREEEN SKIRT: Definitely fair.
INDIAN WOMAN WITH GLASSES AND A SHORT FASHIONABLY CHOPPY HAIRCUT: Yup yup.
WHITE MAN (yelling): STOP CANCEL CULTURING ME!
TINY “KICKER” PANEL UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE STRIP
The short Black woman from panel 6 is talking to the white guy. He looks calm now but still a bit annoyed.
SHORT WOMAN: So who do you think it’s fair to call racist?
WHITE MAN: The guy who made this cartoon.
