{"id":11577,"date":"2018-09-14T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=11577"},"modified":"2018-09-14T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:24:35","slug":"its-blatantly-racist-and-misogynistic-serena-williams-husband-breaks-his-silence-over-the-controversial-australian-cartoon-of-the-tennis-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=11577","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s \u2018Blatantly racist and misogynistic\u2019: Serena Williams\u2019 husband breaks his silence over the controversial Australian cartoon of the tennis star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11580 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/featured-410x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/featured-410x246.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/featured.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tennis legend,\u00a0<strong>Serena William<\/strong>&#8216; husband has broken his silence over\u00a0the controversial cartoon of his wife which was drawn by\u00a0<strong>Herald Sun<\/strong>\u00a0cartoonist\u00a0<strong>Mark Knight\u00a0<\/strong>following her meltdown at the\u00a0<strong>US Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the cartoon, the tennis legend is depicted as a baby angrily jumping on her smashed racket with a pacifier nearby. In the background, her opponent\u00a0<strong>Naomi Osaka<\/strong>\u00a0is depicted as white with straight, blonde hair facing towards umpire\u00a0<strong>Carlos Ramos\u00a0<\/strong>who pleads: \u201cCan you just let her win?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/feat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/feat.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/feat-410x278.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/feat-110x75.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexis Ohanian Sr,<\/strong>\u00a035, claimed in a Twitter post that cartoon was &#8216;blatantly racist&#8217; and &#8216;misogynistic.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am truly perplexed to learn this editor of the Australian newspaper behind the blatantly racist and misogynistic cartoon of my wife is a &#8220;Male Champion of Change&#8221;,&#8217; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fea.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fea-410x204.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Herald Sun editor\u00a0<strong>Damon Johnston\u00a0<\/strong>has since defended the cartoon and Mr Knight following the outrage it generated on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A champion tennis player had a mega tantrum on the world stage, and Mark&#8217;s cartoon depicted that. It had nothing to do with gender or race,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis legend,\u00a0Serena William&#8216; husband has broken his silence over\u00a0the controversial cartoon of his wife which was drawn by\u00a0Herald Sun\u00a0cartoonist\u00a0Mark Knight\u00a0following her meltdown at the\u00a0US Open. In the cartoon, the tennis legend is depicted as a baby angrily jumping on her smashed racket with a pacifier nearby. 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