Opinion
The long and damaging history of racist caricature
The Herald Sun claims its cartoon of Serena Williams isn’t racist but it draws on 200 years of caricaturing African women, argues Clare Corbould.
Opinion
The Herald Sun claims its cartoon of Serena Williams isn’t racist but it draws on 200 years of caricaturing African women, argues Clare Corbould.
News
Author J.K. Rowling has led the widespread condemnation of a cartoon of Serena Williams published in Melbourne’s Herald Sun, describing it as racist and sexist.
Get InDaily in your inbox. Daily. The best local news sent straight to your inbox every workday at lunchtime.
Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter.
John McEnroe has refused to apologise for his comments about Serena Williams – and believes men should play against women to settle the argument.
Veteran Venus Williams celebrated with a teenage twirl after ending CoCo Vandeweghe’s giant-killing run to become the oldest Australian Open women’s finalist in professional tennis history.
Serena Williams smacked a reporter for six after reigniting the debate around equal prize money in tennis with the fastest Wimbledon’s semi-final in history.
When plans A and B failed to work, Serena Williams resorted to pulling out ‘Plan C’ to keep alive her dreams of landing an elusive 22nd grand slam title at the French Open.
