The Australian's racist Kamala Harris cartoon shows why diversity in newsrooms matters
- Written by Janak Rogers, Associate Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, RMIT University
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A Johannes Leak cartoon published in The Australian today, in which US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is depicted calling his vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris a “little brown girl”, has drawn widespread condemnation.
Several Australian politicians, including former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,...
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