{Ed Note: This comic contains depiction of African-Americans common to the era but no longer acceptable today. This is true of a couple dozen Briggs cartoons. The characterization of African-Americans was not on the whole especially derogatory (in some cases, it’s the most sympathetic character in the script) but the art styles of the day, as well as the word depiction, have not stood the test of time. I had to think long and hard about what to do with those, whether to post them as-is, censor them, or not run any of them. The ultimate conclusion I came to is that they would not run, or they would run in an altered form that captures the spirit of the original. Early instances of this included a disclaimer but I was not consistent about applying them. This one, however, slipped through unmodified. My apologies to anyone who was caught off-guard.}
One character drawn in a really racist way, is, of course, bad enough, and a big ol Yikes. But I’m almost surprised that the shell game man isn’t himself drawn an ethnic stereotype.Report
In the top panel, he’s sitting at the counter with everybody.
This was progress.Report
That’s a fair point, didn’t notice it the first time aroundReport
I struggled with what to do about some of the art work. In some of the cases I simply don’t run it. I have modified/excised a few where possible.
It’s almost entirely stylistic. In some of the ones that are not getting run as-is, the black character is in fact the most sympathetic. But that gets lost when depicted in that manner.
This one kind of slipped through. My apologies to anyone offended.Report
Isn’t Sally a Lulu?Report
There’s only one Lulu
https://youtu.be/yTapoA5RQyoReport