I have really loved this strip – but I hate racist sterotyping even more….it’s truly a shame that someone as smart as Pastis would deal in narrowminded shallow imagery to smear a whole culture (really multiple cultures at one time). Truly a shame….
“Picture a man of nearly thirty Who seemed twice as old with clothes torn and dirty Give him a job shining shoes Or cleaning out toilets with bus station crews Give him six children with nothing to eat Expose them to life on a ghetto street Tie an old rag around his wife’s head And have her pregnant and lying in bed Stuff them all in a Harlem house And then tell them how bad things are down South.”
The man was pure genius – humor, pathos, rage, and despair pushing our consciousnesses higher and higher. You will be missed, brother. RIP
RatFink eyes!