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SYDNEY, Australia – An Australian newspaper has defended its decision to publish provocative caricature of tennis star Serena Williams, again using the image – this time on the front page – and rebelling against the "politically correct" criticisms that considered drawing as racist.
The title "Welcome to PC World" – accompanied by cartoons by Mrs. Williams, Australian politicians, President Trump and Kim Jong-un from North Korea – was featured on the print edition of Tuesday night's Herald Sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch. .
"If Mark Knight's self-proclaimed censors are heard on his Serena Williams drawing, our new politically correct life will be very boring," says the guy under the title, referring to the cartoonist who created the drawing. Under the words of Mrs. Williams, there are the words "Vetoed: big hair and lips, Big Color".
The caricature, which made fun of Mrs. Williams's behavior over the last week The US Open Women final has garnered much criticism from athletes, fans and personalities from around the world, including author J.K Rowling and rapper Nicki Minaj. Critics said Ms. Williams' exaggerated facial features were reminiscent of Jim Crow's racist cartoons and wondered why Naomi Osaka, the US Open winner of Japanese and Haitian descent, had fair hair and fair skin.
In an editorial released Tuesday, the newspaper said the world was "officially gone mad" and accused the group of being racist "an attempt to undo the caricature – and satire – with a politically correct barrage".
Damon Johnston, editor-in-chief of Herald Sun, said Twitter this week, Mr. Knight had the "total support of all" in the newspaper.
A spokeswoman for the newspaper said on Wednesday that she "will let the blanket speak for itself."
Mr. Knight deactivated his Twitter account on Tuesday to stop the abuse of his family, according to the Herald Sun. He countered allegations of racism by referring to his other caricatures, including that of Nick Kyrgios, an Australian tennis player of Greek and Malaysian descent.
Mr. Knight has resisted accusations of racism before, including for his representation this year African teenagers vandalizing a train station.
"I drew her as an African-American woman," he said of Williams, according to the Herald Sun. "She wears these outrageous costumes when she plays tennis."
"So, this whole affair that I'm sort of racist is invoking the racial caricatures of the past," he added. "It's not here."
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