Mark Knight's caricature of Serena
Following the 2018 US open where Serena Williams expressed her discontent with the umpire's decision, a controversial cartoon depicting Serena emerged. The Australian cartoonist, Mark Knight has been under fire for his illustration. Above is Mark Knight's caricature of Serena. Many have argued that this piece resembles the crude Jim Crow era of segregation. The image is typical of other works of art depicting the angry black woman. During such an era, black women were depicted as ugly, masculine, crazy,temperamental and ill mannered. Critics believe that the cartoonist could have found a better approach to depict the tennis player. He on the other hand, refused that it was racially inappropriate. A caricature is defined as " a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect." It is satirical in nature. Artists have emerged with their own versio