An Australian cartoonist has defended his depiction of Serena Williams at the US Open, after the image went viral and was criticised as racist and sexist.
https://twitter.com/damonheraldsun/status/1039312474942492672 Critics, including author JK Rowling, compared the cartoon of Williams to past racist caricatures of African-American people.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. https://t.co/YOxVMuTXEC
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 10 September 2018