On Wednesday, 13 January, The Observer, the student newspaper at Notre Dame University ran an incredibly troubling cartoon that promotes violence against the LGBT community.
The cartoon depicted a conversation between two figures. The conversation read, “What’s the easiest way to turn a fruit into a vegetable?”
“No idea.”
“A baseball bat.”
As many people know, “fruit” is often used as a derogatory term for members of the LGBT community.
This type of advocacy of anti-LGBT violence must stop. It isn’t funny. What’s more, it promotes hate crimes, which are all too prevalent in society today. Read the entire article from GLAAD's Blog HERE.
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Click here for the apology send out by the student newspaper: http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/viewpoint/responsibility-for-offensive-comic-1.1011631
http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/viewpoint/responsibility-for-offensive-comic-1.1011631
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