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Touchie, Feelie, Tough Stuff
Issue 19.5: Sensitivity
Posted:

Wacky Fun Whitey

Ben Schwartz


A Note from the Editors:

Caution: You might not like this cartoon. A lot of people at Columbia didn't like it much in the print issue. It got nasty. We're sincerely sorry that people have been hurt by it; that certainly wasn't the intention. (In case anyone is tempted to take this comic seriously for even a second, don't. It may be a distasteful joke, but Wacky Fun Whitey is not a vehicle for racist propaganda, just a cartoon that can push hard on the boundaries of good taste. This time good taste pushed back.) There's actually a good deal of material on the web about the controversy surrounding this comic, if you're interested. We post it here because it's only fair that anyone who is interested gets their information straight from the horse's mouth (however noxious the horse's breath may be).

A lot of material about this comic appears in the Letters to the Editor in Issue 19.6. Also, we're providing links to the apology issued by the Fed's Editorial Board, and the op-ed piece that was published (eventually) in the Spectator. Set Dialogue to Engage, Mister Spock.