Cartoon about member of community offensive
I am addressing this to who I believe to be the author of the comic, “The Freshman.” In particular, I am writing to address the comic published on the Opinion page in the Wednesday edition of the BG News. It was the one titled, “Humble Beginnings of the Boombox Guy.”
This comic was completely offensive. The member of the BG community that this illustration mocked is mentally challenged. Mocking the socially “different” behavior of another person, especially when that person has a less than average ability to discern social norms, is utterly tasteless.
Mocking someone simply for being different is something one expects to find in the school yard, not in a collegiate publication. I strongly feel an apology is in order.
AUTUMN DALTON
STUDENT