MELBOURNE - A cartoon in Australia’s biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new running mate, Kamala Harris, as “this little brown girl”.
The cartoon by Johannes Leak in Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian newspaper, known for its conservative views, depicted a beaming Biden saying Harris, the first Black woman on a major-party national ticket, would help “heal a nation divided by racism” while he went “for a lie-down.” Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus tweeted, “If The Australian has any respect for decency and standards it must apologise immediately, and never again publish cartoons like this.”
“The words ‘little black and brown girls’ belong to Joe Biden, not Johannes, and were uttered by the presidential candidate when he named Kamala Harris as his running mate yesterday; he repeated them in a tweet soon after,” Dore said in a note to the newspaper’s staff, provided to Reuters by Murdoch’s News Corp.
This newspaper supports our national government Which is also racist It is a Murdoch paper, and he is racist He is also Australian. Australia is racist.
If it helps, no Australian actually reads The Australian. It’s circulation is in the toilet. It’s a desperate move from one of Murdoch’s legacy papers. We are all disgusted.
FYI, the Australian is owned by an American rupert murdoch, the paper and murdoch are considered trash by all progressives in Australia.auspol
Note: This putrid newspaper and its employees are reviled in Australia. It's at critically low circulation, runs at a loss + Murdoch only holds it as a sentimental flagship of his 70% ownership of all print media in this country, which he wields to wholly control the LNP gov.
she is a big brown woman and that arse should not forget it.
Kamala called herself 'Little Brown Girl' while debating with Joe Biden. So stop the hypocrisy.
Can't wait to live in a politically correct sterile world.
Sugarcane workers . My precious volga
Please read the article and not the headline! 😕 Also - no one reads The Australian.
Oh Australia, with your long, rich history of racism and flying spiders.
the Cambodians refer to themselves as chocolate is that racist also?
the cartoon is correct and nothing wrong with that. She is Indian not black
australian Thanks ... NOT! You are trashing brand Australia you DHs.
Sadly the lefty do gooders are not familiar with humour, I think it's amusing 😂
Because Australia has such a sterling record re: race
Australians can be nasty racists. Just ask any aboriginal.
A 'furore' among those who failed to see it was a commentary on BIDEN'S racist past/comments, age, ability to put foot in mouth + the identity politics of Dems. No fan of the cartoonist or his paper, but people really got outraged without thinking on this one.
Are'nt Australians allowed to be honest? After all, It is how Kamala and Joe portray her when they're Pandaring for votes.
“The Australian” is not Australia’s biggest newspaper, unless you’re measuring the physical size of the broadsheet. It is not a serious newspaper anymore.
Apartheid was law in Australia in the 1950s. The laws were abolished, but racism still fester to this day.
It is almost certain they belive stop and frisking Black and Brown men is good especially in high crime neighborhoods, but don't you play identity politics and refer to Black and Brown men as a group. There within lies the trouble with those who claim to be color blind.
For those who seem to have trouble grasping the concept: a) it's a bloody CARTOON b) it's a critique on JoeBiden's history of racism and ignorance. c) ITS A CARTOON! The Democrats make a point of Harris' race, because her credentials are horrifying. That's racism by selection.
Seriously i hate this 🧟♀️.
I would have loved to have seen the cartoon. So Australia is infected with cancel culture too.
Biden said it. The cartoon was repeating Biden. The furore stopped after they realized it was Biden's words and not the cartoonist's
So What! Get over it already, too many people with too many giant chips on their shoulders!
Just remind yourself Australia is where News Corp comes from
White is white no matter where they lives
cancelaustralia
What exactly is the problem with it?
Ask the brown people and they'll tell you Australia is as racist as Canada or the US.
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Republicans in Australia?
on the bus?
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