Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that Serena Williams recently lost the US Open final to 20-year-old Naomi Osaka in a highly controversial final.
As the debate over Serena’s behaviour continues, Australian cartoonist Mark Knight has started a new discussion on social media with his caricature of the American tennis legend.
Many of Serena’s supporters and friends, jumped in to defend her and called out the racial nature of the cartoon.
Designer Masaba Gupta also wrote a post, slamming the cartoonist, and said that she is ‘done with the exaggeration of black women in shape, form & mannerism’.
While some people agreed with what Masaba had to say, others had a totally different opinion about what happened in the match and her depiction in the cartoon.
A lot of people on Twitter were also of the opinion that the cartoon wasn’t racist.
Serena’s verbal altercation with the umpire during the match was followed by divided reactions, with some people supporting her behaviour, while others accusing her of being wrong and stealing Osaka’s spotlight.