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August 27, 2007
Gamble Cartoon Controversy
An editorial cartoon by Ed Gamble caused a nationwide controversy last week. The cartoon, which appeared in the Florida Times Union on Friday, Aug. 17, dealt with the "Don't Snitch" culture prevalent in many inner-city neighborhoods. (Link here http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/40018/)
"Expressions of outrage came quickly, including from the local president of the NAACP," wrote Wayne Ezell, the reader advocate for the Times-Union. Within days, the Jacksonville Leadership Coalition called for Gamble to be fired, and the Rev. Al Sharpton had gotten involved in the public argument over the cartoon.
Before the week was out, the paper's Editorial Page Editor, Mike Clark, and publisher, Carl Cannon, had issued apologies for parts or all of the cartoon.
On the net:
- Was 'no-snitch' cartoon racist? Editorial editor regrets term
(http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/081907/ope_192392158.shtml)
- Black Leaders Demand Apology For Editorial Cartoon
(http://www.news4jax.com/news/13943539/detail.html)
- Al Sharpton gets involved
(http://eurweb.com/story/eur36080.cfm)
- Black Journalists React to Editorial Cartoon
(http://eurweb.com/story/eur36097.cfm)
- Apology from the publisher
(http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082607/opl_194358035.shtml)
- Why cartoon sparked discussion across U.S.
(http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082607/ope_194358013.shtml)