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Op/Ed by Exaggerated Features Issue 2020.3 guest editor Clarence Meriweather.
__NOTOC__
==Article Transcript==
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_21.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 19.]]
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_22.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 20.]]
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_23.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 21.]]
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_24.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 22.]]
<pre>
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”<br>
—James Baldwin (1924-1987)
</pre>
This is a strange time.
Deep political division, major social
upheaval, a pandemic that has killed
200,000 Americans and counting.
Toss in a generous helping of hurricanes,
floods, earthquakes, derechos
(I didn’t even know that was a thing)
and you have some real Old Testament-
level s**t. If 2020 were a TV
show the producers would tell the
writers, “There’s too much drama.
It’s unrealistic. You have to spread
it out over a couple of seasons.” Yet
here we are, with the world’s worst
reality show more than two-thirds
over and building up steam to the
season-ending cliffhanger: “Election
Day.” I, for one, am horrified yet
still glued to the screen to see what
could possibly happen next. The
problem is that we can’t cancel this
show, and the consequences are
going to have life-altering ramifications
for years to come.
What does any of this have to do
with being a caricature artist? Why
should we care? I gave this a long
and hard think when ISCA President
Tom Faraci invited me to guest
edit this issue. Don’t tell Tom, but I
wasn’t even member of ISCA at the
time (I am now. Thanks, Tom.) I am
just a speed-gig artist who loves
drawing and connecting with people.
But right now, I’m just trying to stay
healthy, take care of my family, keep
my head down and pray that 2021
chills the f*** out.
But, the problem is that I’m a 6’ 3”,
330lb black man with a wide body
and large hands—there’s only so far
down I can keep my head. And when
the topic of race is brought up, all
eyes turn to me.
Regardless of who starts the discussion,
sides are immediately drawn.
Frustration, anger, rationalizations
disguised as problem solving. Each
side throws out cherry-picked discussion
points, clichés, and endless
rhetoric designed to drown out the
opposition.
''“Work hard and stop complaining and making excuses, you can be anything you want to be in the greatest country in the world. If you don’t like it, just leave!”''
''“This country is built on the backs of black and brown people for the sole purpose of sustaining the systems of white supremacy. That system is not built to benefit anyone that is not white.”''
Maybe there was a time when there
was only a sliver of daylight between
genuine ideologies, but now it’s
a gaping fracture-spewing rancor,
hyperbole, and dangerous deeds—
fueled to a large extent by the words
and actions of Donald J. Trump, the
45th president of the United States.
In 2013, three black women—
political organizers Alicia Garza,
Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi—
organized a political movement
in response to the systematic
oppression that allowed the killer
of Trayvon Martin to get away with
murder. Their organization’s name
and rallying cry was three simple,
yet powerful words:
==See Also==
* [[Caricature 101]]
* [[Caricature 201]]
==External Links==
* [http://caricature.org/join-us Join ISCA]
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| notes =
| website = {{unbulleted list|[http://wiki.caricature.org/wiki/EF_PDFS/EF2020.3.pdf Full Issue PDF],|courtesy of {{URL|caricature.org}}}}
}}
Op/Ed by Exaggerated Features Issue 2020.3 guest editor Clarence Meriweather.
__NOTOC__
==Article Transcript==
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_21.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 19.]]
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_22.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 20.]]
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_23.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 21.]]
[[File:EF2020-3_Page_24.jpg|266px|thumb|right|The article as it appears on page 22.]]
<pre>
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”<br>
—James Baldwin (1924-1987)
</pre>
This is a strange time.
Deep political division, major social
upheaval, a pandemic that has killed
200,000 Americans and counting.
Toss in a generous helping of hurricanes,
floods, earthquakes, derechos
(I didn’t even know that was a thing)
and you have some real Old Testament-
level s**t. If 2020 were a TV
show the producers would tell the
writers, “There’s too much drama.
It’s unrealistic. You have to spread
it out over a couple of seasons.” Yet
here we are, with the world’s worst
reality show more than two-thirds
over and building up steam to the
season-ending cliffhanger: “Election
Day.” I, for one, am horrified yet
still glued to the screen to see what
could possibly happen next. The
problem is that we can’t cancel this
show, and the consequences are
going to have life-altering ramifications
for years to come.
What does any of this have to do
with being a caricature artist? Why
should we care? I gave this a long
and hard think when ISCA President
Tom Faraci invited me to guest
edit this issue. Don’t tell Tom, but I
wasn’t even member of ISCA at the
time (I am now. Thanks, Tom.) I am
just a speed-gig artist who loves
drawing and connecting with people.
But right now, I’m just trying to stay
healthy, take care of my family, keep
my head down and pray that 2021
chills the f*** out.
But, the problem is that I’m a 6’ 3”,
330lb black man with a wide body
and large hands—there’s only so far
down I can keep my head. And when
the topic of race is brought up, all
eyes turn to me.
Regardless of who starts the discussion,
sides are immediately drawn.
Frustration, anger, rationalizations
disguised as problem solving. Each
side throws out cherry-picked discussion
points, clichés, and endless
rhetoric designed to drown out the
opposition.
''“Work hard and stop complaining and making excuses, you can be anything you want to be in the greatest country in the world. If you don’t like it, just leave!”''
''“This country is built on the backs of black and brown people for the sole purpose of sustaining the systems of white supremacy. That system is not built to benefit anyone that is not white.”''
Maybe there was a time when there
was only a sliver of daylight between
genuine ideologies, but now it’s
a gaping fracture-spewing rancor,
hyperbole, and dangerous deeds—
fueled to a large extent by the words
and actions of Donald J. Trump, the
45th president of the United States.
In 2013, three black women—
political organizers Alicia Garza,
Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi—
organized a political movement
in response to the systematic
oppression that allowed the killer
of Trayvon Martin to get away with
murder. Their organization’s name
and rallying cry was three simple,
yet powerful words:
==See Also==
* [[Caricature 101]]
* [[Caricature 201]]
==External Links==
* [http://caricature.org/join-us Join ISCA]
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