NAACP Sacramento President Calls Calif. Newspaper Illustrations of Mayor ‘Racist’
‘They’ve made him very, very dark, they’ve made very large lips, wide eyes, kind of a spoof on things’
NAACP Calls Calif. Newspaper Cartoon Racist (CNS News)
A Sacramento, Calif. newspaper is at the center of a racism controversy after releasing an issue last week with Mayor Kevin Johnson on the cover.
KTXL-TV reports, the local Sacramento chapter of the NAACP is demanding an apology because they believe the front page image and cartoons in the Sacramento News & Review are stereotypical in nature.
Stephen T. Webb, president of the NAACP Sacramento chapter, said he is "disgusted" by the cartoon which he deemed a "racist picture."Webb says the images are reminiscent to 1930 and 1940 minstrel show pictures.
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