australian newspaper cartoon depicting indians eating solar panels attacked as racist /

Published at 2015-12-14 06:31:10

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Cartoon in News Corp paper by veteran Bill Leak described by critic as ‘shocking ... and unequivocally racist,drawing on base stereotypes of third world people’A cartoon in the Australian depicting starving Indians chopping up and eating solar panels sent to the developing nation in an attempt to curb carbon emissions has been condemned as unequivocally racist.
Drawn by the veteran ca
rtoonist Bill Leak, Monday’s cartoon was his response to the climate deal signed in Paris at the weekend. India is the world’s fourth-largest greenhouse emitter.Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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