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[[Image:FedCartoon.jpg|thumb|300px|Wacky Fun Whitey [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/thefed/v2/archives/19/19.5/images/whitey.html The Fed Vol. 19 Iss. 5]]] | [[Image:FedCartoon.jpg|thumb|300px|Wacky Fun Whitey [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/thefed/v2/archives/19/19.5/images/whitey.html The Fed Vol. 19 Iss. 5]]] | ||
| − | The '''Blacky Fun Whitey cartoon''' was a cartoon published by [[The Fed]] on Friday [[February 20|February 20th]], [[2004]]<ref>[http:// | + | The '''Blacky Fun Whitey cartoon''' was a cartoon published by [[The Fed]] on Friday [[February 20|February 20th]], [[2004]]<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/14768 "Citing 'Episodic' Racism, Students Stage Protests; Bollinger Responds"], ''Columbia Spectator'', 5/22/04.</ref> during Black History Month. It sparked the [[Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest]]. The cartoon was intended to highlight the reductionist effect of Black History Month on the subject of black history. |
It was part of a series of cartoons called '''Wacky Fun Whitey''' by Ben Schwartz, who had already graduated at the time of the cartoon's publication. | It was part of a series of cartoons called '''Wacky Fun Whitey''' by Ben Schwartz, who had already graduated at the time of the cartoon's publication. | ||
Revision as of 13:23, 8 September 2007
Wacky Fun Whitey The Fed Vol. 19 Iss. 5
The Blacky Fun Whitey cartoon was a cartoon published by The Fed on Friday February 20th, 2004[1] during Black History Month. It sparked the Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest. The cartoon was intended to highlight the reductionist effect of Black History Month on the subject of black history.
It was part of a series of cartoons called Wacky Fun Whitey by Ben Schwartz, who had already graduated at the time of the cartoon's publication.
The editorial board subsequently apologized.
References
- ↑ "Citing 'Episodic' Racism, Students Stage Protests; Bollinger Responds", Columbia Spectator, 5/22/04.
External links
- "Blacky Fun Whitey", The Fed, Vol. 19 Issue 5
- Letters to the Editor in Response to Cartoon
