Here is another cartoon with racial meanings. This cartoon was drawn by Ted Rall. It depicts a news report on the death of the N-word. It makes claims about it getting caught in gang crossfire. Quotes are reported from the F-word and references were made to the safety of other words. I choose this cartoon because it is about a current event and it is also related to Johnson’s chapter about getting off the hook.
Toward the end of Johnson’s chapter about getting off the hook, he discusses the need for everyone to get on the hook. He states that getting off the hook means living in denial. If we get on the hook we can truly help to resolve the racism situation. The death of the N-word is a symbol of getting on the hook. It is a symbol of everyone making an effort to stop using offensive language. The N-word is a very offensive word that needs to be removed from our vocabulary. We all need to get on the hook and do more things like this to erase racial lines.
When I heard about this issue a few weeks ago, I did not think much of it. I do not use the N-word, so I did not think it related to me. After Johnson’s chapter about getting off the hook, I realized that we are all connected to this whether we are outwardly racist or not. We all have to be active in order to eliminate the race issues in the
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