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>> his art often portrayed black people in caricature His art often portrayed people in caricature.
by rufus_foreman 2y ago
>> his art often portrayed black people in caricature
His art often portrayed people in caricature.
- alt227 2y agoIf the subjects are rarely white and mostly black, is it not fair to say that he often portrayed black people in caricature? Similar to saying 'Van Gogh often painted sunflowers' instead of 'Van Gogh often painted flowers'.
- leoc 2y agoThere's a fuzzy but very real distinction between caricature in general and frankly racist caricature. Quite a few of Crumb's drawings of black people have been clearly over that line, and (polite warning) it would be pretty rash to try to deny that.
- bazoom42 2y agoThat is putting it mildly. Crumbs art is ridiculously over the top offensive. Of course taboo-breaking was the point of underground comics.
- throwaway984393 2y ago[dead]