AAJA Writes Letter to Universal Press Syndicate Opposing Pat Oliphant's Latest Racist Cartoon

July 27, 2007

AAJA has written a letter to Universal Press Syndicate opposing a recently syndicated racist cartoon. (PDF 1mb)

Oliphant's cartoon depicts a white couple in an alleyway behind the "Inn of the Lucky Happiness Chinese Restaurant."

They are picking through scraps from dumpsters and trash cans for their dinner. The white woman, who is holding a chicken's head, says, "When you suggested eating Chinese this evening, I should have known..."

In the lower right-hand corner, next to Oliphant's penguin, a tiny Chinese man with a Fu Manchu moustache says: "Confucius say, 'What FDA Don't Know Won't Hurt Them.' "