
An Australian cartoonist has defended his depiction of Serena Williams on the US Open, after the image went viral and used to be criticised as racist and sexist.
Mark Knight’s newspaper cartoon showed Williams jumping above a damaged racquet subsequent to a baby’s dummy. Critics mentioned it portrayed racist stereotypes.
The cartoonist denied it was racist, pronouncing he had meant to depict most effective the tennis participant’s “negative behaviour”.
Some additionally mentioned Knight had “whitewashed” Jap player Naomi Osaka.
Williams sparked controversy throughout her loss to Osaka whilst she accused the umpire of sexism and being a “thief”.
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