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I am receiving reports that this comic is racist. Correct me if I am wrong. Although the story itself depicts an extremely racist and violent event, it seems more like a protest against the racism that was the norm in society at the time.
People who don’t understand satire unless it’s clearly labeled.
It depicts a oppressors killing others using self defense as an excuse.
Bullies victimizing themselves is a tale as old as time, as comic this was released in 1876. And very relevant today.
Do what? The source you linked stated it was about a white (U.S.) southerner and a black child. What “indigenous” person do you think is depicted here…?
Edit: original comment said this was about a “colonist” and an “indigenous person”.
Oops you’re right this isn’t a native but a slave I’ll correct my comment.
Not a slave either.
This was around 10 years after the abolishment of slavery in the south, was it not referencing that?
If not what is the actual context?
Pretty much the conservative argument against civil rights in a single panel. To be clear, I don’t think anyone is interested in “ruling” those poor stooges of the republican grift machine, but I think nothing scares them more than the idea of black folks (or women, or “the gays”) in positions of equality or authority.
They fear that their own transgressions will be revisited upon them. That they might actually reap what they have sown.
