Analyzation of a Political Cartoon (Dec. 11)
In class, we learned how to deconstruct and analyze a political cartoon. For this post, I will be analyzing a modern political cartoon from the Washington Post called "The K Chronicles" by Keith Knight.
In this political cartoon, we see a white police officer and a small black child. The child asks the white police officer how many shots it takes to defend against an un-armed black man. The officer then decides to figure that out and shoots off panel for most of the panels. In the end, he comes back and says that it took 41 shots which the child says that it seems a little excessive. The officer replies by saying "Listen...you people could avoid getting into these situations if you would just lighten up!!" Some of the symbols include the gun and the kids watch. The gun is to show power and protection. The watch is shown because it takes far to long for them just to defend themselves. The characters are a bit exaggerated as it is a cartoon style. It is also only in black and white. Some persuasive techniques could be that the black child is really questioning the white officer and the officer is trying to defend himself with no reason. If the man is unarmed, they will still go after him. You may need to know about all of the false shootings that have been happening when white officers fire at unarmed black people who they think are threatening. This political cartoon is trying to show you just how bad many of these shootings are and that they happen for no reason. If they are unarmed and are black, many officers may shoot at them for false reasons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/12/29/in-a-tamir-rice-era-why-are-there-no-staff-black-cartoonists-to-comment/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f064b39c5bc3
In this political cartoon, we see a white police officer and a small black child. The child asks the white police officer how many shots it takes to defend against an un-armed black man. The officer then decides to figure that out and shoots off panel for most of the panels. In the end, he comes back and says that it took 41 shots which the child says that it seems a little excessive. The officer replies by saying "Listen...you people could avoid getting into these situations if you would just lighten up!!" Some of the symbols include the gun and the kids watch. The gun is to show power and protection. The watch is shown because it takes far to long for them just to defend themselves. The characters are a bit exaggerated as it is a cartoon style. It is also only in black and white. Some persuasive techniques could be that the black child is really questioning the white officer and the officer is trying to defend himself with no reason. If the man is unarmed, they will still go after him. You may need to know about all of the false shootings that have been happening when white officers fire at unarmed black people who they think are threatening. This political cartoon is trying to show you just how bad many of these shootings are and that they happen for no reason. If they are unarmed and are black, many officers may shoot at them for false reasons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/12/29/in-a-tamir-rice-era-why-are-there-no-staff-black-cartoonists-to-comment/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f064b39c5bc3
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