The Project host Waleed Aly has explained why he believes Australian cartoonist Mark Knight is copping global backlash over his caricature of Serena Williams' outburst during the US open.
Aly explained to his audience that foreign critics have called the cartoon racist because they believe it depicts 'a random black face' rather than the distinctive appearance of the tennis legend.
'I think what makes more difference is to explain what it is that the people are getting angry about,' the 39-year-old Logie winner said at the start of Tuesday night's episode of the Ten talk show.
The Project's Waleed Aly (pictured) explains why he believes Mark Knight's cartoon of Serena Williams has been labelled racist
'At the moment when he (Mark Knight) goes to draw Serena ... Serena is kind-of absent from the picture,' he said in reference to the Herald Sun editorial cartoonist.
Waleed explained the cartoon, which depicts Williams, 36, as a baby having a tantrum on the court, does not 'heighten' the tennis champion's character or facial features.
'That face is not a face of Serena Williams, that's not picking character or features from Serena Williams' face and heightening them,' he said.
The 39-year-old Logie winner (pictured) said critics have reacted to the cartoon as they believe it depicts 'a random black face' as opposed to the tennis legend's appearance
'That is the way you draw a random black face, a random African-American face.
'So at that point, what the critics say, you are no longer caricaturing Serena, you're caricaturing (a group) of people.'
Waleed also touched on outraged fans who compared the image to a Jim Crow-era representation of black women.
'That face is not a face of Serena Williams': Waleed said the cartoon which depicts Williams, 36, as a baby having a tantrum on the court does not 'heighten' the tennis champion's character or facial features
Waleed wrapped up his spiel by suggesting if one can see Williams in the cartoon then one is less likely to 'think race'
'The reason why they are so sensitive to this in America, and they see it straight away and react (and that's where a lot of the reaction is coming from), is that in America those cartoons were churned out throughout the Jim Crow-era.'
Waleed wrapped up his spiel by suggesting if one can see Williams in the cartoon then one is less likely to 'think race'.
The controversial illustration, published in the Melbourne-based newspaper the Herald Sun on Monday and over social media, received online criticism from the likes of author JK Rowling and rapper Nicki Minaj,
Minaj branded Knight a 'c***sucker of the day'.
The contentious cartoon focused on Williams' stunning meltdown and spectacular loss in the US Open Women's Single final against unheralded challenger Naomi Osaka in which she had a running battle with umpire Carlos Ramos.
In the cartoon, Williams is shown with enlarged lips and nose, and her cheekbones have been emphasised.
A dummy lies next to her feet and she is shown jumping in the air, fists clenched in frustration like a petulant child.
In the background is Osaka, the 20-year-old Haitian-Japanese athlete who won the match.
She is depicted as slender, white and blonde, looking up hopefully towards umpire Carlos Ramos.
'Well done on reducing one of the greatest sportswomen alive to racist and sexist tropes and turning a second great sportswoman into a faceless prop': J.K. Rowling tweeted
Knight shared the cartoon on Twitter, as did the Herald Sun, but it was quickly slammed by critics around the world.
America's National Association of Black Journalists said the illustration was 'unnecessarily sambo-like'.
'The art of editorial cartooning is a visual dialogue on the issues of the day, yet this cartoon grossly (and) inaccurately depicts two women of colour at the US Open, one of the grandest stages of professional sports,' the NABJ said in a statement.
Rapper Nicki Minaj, on her Queen Radio show, awarded Knight her 'C**ksucker Of The Day Award'
Among the most appalled critics was Rowling.
Well done on reducing one of the greatest sportswomen alive to racist and sexist tropes and turning a second great sportswoman into a faceless prop,' she Tweeted.
Kathy Griffin branded Knight a 'racist piece of s***' and said: 'just change your name to KKK cartoons'.
Knight was left astonished by the worldwide backlash over his cartoon and insisted that he is not racist.
'To have J.K. Rowling trolling me is, well, something I didn't expect in life,' he said during an interview on Nine News.
Knight said he has always admired the tennis great and merely set out to draw a cartoon of Serena having a 'dummy spit'.
'One of the greatest players of all time, who I have admired and drawn many times, having a tummy spit. And I can say when I drew the cartoon I thought "well that is not bad" and off it went,' he said.
'The facial expressions are one of somebody having a dummy spit. I don't know how I could have done it any other way.
'Look I would say in my defense, I am not a racist. I have done cartoons supporting Adam Goodes in his booing situation,' he added.
Knight also revealed that he and his family are now receiving threats online.
'My family are worried and upset at the threats we are getting. Is it going to affect me in the future? Maybe it will? Maybe I will have to pull my punches,' he added.
The Herald Sun backed Knight in the face of international criticism, doubling down Wednesday with a front page calling out political correctness with a series of controversial cartoons mocking the likes of Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un and new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison .
Editor Damon Johnston said Knight's cartoon had shown how 'a champion tennis player had a mega tantrum on the world stage'.
'It had nothing to do with gender or race,' he wrote in the Herald Sun.
News Corp Australasia's executive chairman Michael Miller also threw his support behind Knight and the cartoon.
Williams' meltdown began when she started arguing with umpire Ramos after he gave her a coaching violation in the second set.
Williams made headlines for arguing with umpire Carlos Ramos after he gave her a coaching violation in the second set
Williams claimed she was the victim of sexism after Ramos docked her a point for accepting coaching from Patrick Mouratoglou in the stands.
She dubbed the umpire a 'thief.'
'I never got coaching. I explained that to you, and for you to attack my character - then something is wrong. You're attacking my character. Yes, you are. You owe me an apology,' she told him.
'You will never, ever, ever be on another court of mine as long as you live. You are the liar. When are you going to give me my apology? You owe me an apology.'
'Say it - say you're sorry. Then don't talk to me, don't talk to me. How dare you insinuate I was cheating? You stole a point from me. You're a thief, too.'
Williams (pictured) has claimed she was the victim of sexism after Ramos docked her a point for receiving coaching from the stands, and accused him of being a 'thief'
Mouratoglou later admitted to coaching Williams during the match but believes she didn't see him.
Williams went on to lose the match 6-2, 6-4 while Osaka became the first ever Japanese to win a Major singles champion.
Williams has since been fined $17,000 by the United States Tennis Association for her on-court antics.
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