Comic Puts Newspaper Editor On Hot Seat – Central Connecticut State University’s student paper
Tagged: blog, Connecticut, latin america, newspaper, Professor, student“The student-run newspaper at Central Connecticut State University is under fire for publishing a cartoon this week that critics call racist and sexist.
The three-frame comic, titled “Polydongs,” features two characters who mention locking a “14-year-old Latino girl” in a closet and urinating on her. It was published in Wednesday’s edition of The Recorder, a weekly newspaper distributed free on campus.
“We are outraged about this cartoon, which only dehumanizes women and especially Latino women,” said Francisco Donis, a psychology professor and president of the university’s Latin American Association.”
Here is another good blogger talking about this story: rachelstavern.com
Posted on: September 19th, 2007Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Higher Education, Top Stories
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