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====Cartoon of Serena Williams==== Following [[Serena Williams]]' claim of sexist behaviour by umpire [[Carlos Ramos (umpire)|Carlos Ramos]] at the 2018 U.S. Open women's final, the ''Herald Sun''{{'s}} cartoonist [[Mark Knight]] drew an illustration of the match which was described as sexist and racist. In the cartoon, Williams is shown to have smashed her racket whilst a baby's dummy lays on the floor. Knight's illustration has been compared by some, including the political cartoonist and ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' columnist [[Michael Cavna]], to illustrations popular during the [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow era]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/09/10/an-australian-artists-racist-serena-williams-cartoon-receives-swift-and-international-blowback/|title=An Australian artist's racist Serena Williams cartoon receives swift and international blowback|last1=Cavna|first1=Michael|newspaper=Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104055825/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/09/10/an-australian-artists-racist-serena-williams-cartoon-receives-swift-and-international-blowback/ |archive-date=4 January 2021 |language=en|date=12 September 2018|access-date=2018-10-01}}</ref> Knight is also accused of making Williams' Japanese opponent, [[Naomi Osaka]], appear as a "white woman". Following this, there was significant condemnation of both the ''Herald Sun'' and Knight for the use of this image by the author [[J. K. Rowling]] and [[Jesse Jackson]] amongst others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/11/repugnant-racist-news-corp-cartoon-serena-williams-mark-knight|title='Repugnant, racist': News Corp cartoon on Serena Williams condemned|first=Helen|last=Davidson|date=11 September 2018|website=the Guardian}}</ref> The ''Herald Sun'' defended its decision to publish the cartoon and two days after its initial publication, the cartoon was reprinted in part along with a series of other illustrations by Knight on its front page under the caption "WELCOME TO PC WORLD."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45487873|title=Newspaper defends 'racist' Serena cartoon|work=BBC News|date=11 September 2018}}</ref>
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