Racist Bloomberg Magazine Cover?
a bigger image - since one of the comments in the article said it was based on the caricatures/representations of these minority figures and the images in the OP are hard to make out.
One of the critics cited that they found the images reminiscent of the cartoons from the 1920s.
Looking more closely, I think the point is valid. I see some pretty uncomplimentary emphasis and exaggerations.
Add that on top of an already racially-charged topic re: sub primes, and it's a firestorm waiting to happen.
I think the image should be criticized, but I don't know if the author was being deliberately racist. Doubt it, actually. But calling the above caricatures 'racist' images, though, isn't a stretch.
a bigger image - since one of the comments in the article said it was based on the caricatures/representations of these minority figures and the images in the OP are hard to make out.
One of the critics cited that they found the images reminiscent of the cartoons from the 1920s.
Looking more closely, I think the point is valid. I see some pretty uncomplimentary emphasis and exaggerations.
Add that on top of an already racially-charged topic re: sub primes, and it's a firestorm waiting to happen.
I think the image should be criticized, but I don't know if the author was being deliberately racist. Doubt it, actually. But calling the above caricatures 'racist' images, though, isn't a stretch.