IF you thought the Herald Sun was going to back down, guess again.
The Melbourne newspaper behind a controversial cartoon which depicted Serena Williams’ tantrum during the US Open women’s final has responded to critics with an extraordinary front page.
Cartoonist Mark Knight created international headlines on Tuesday after his drawing of Williams, which showed her stomping on her racket, was criticised by some as racist because of the way he drew the 23-time grand slam winner’s lips and hair.
Knight, and his employer, launched an immediate defence, arguing it was a depiction of the tennis star’s behaviour and had nothing to do with race.
They doubled down in Wednesday’s newspaper, printing a cover with the headline “Welcome to PC World”, that featured several of Knight’s cartoons with reasons why they could also be branded offensive.