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Screwballs Comic: "Toke N' Choke", Tom Higgins

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins expressing ethnic, black male stereotypes.

Long description.

Panel one: In the foreground is one of the usual white, men characters. The man has a long, rectangular nose and long, flat-top hair style. A speech bubble over his head says, "Hey man, did you get th' stuff?" He is looking in the direction of a black man wearing a striped Zoot suit and black fedora who has opened a door and is walking into the room, toward the white character. The black character is drawn as if he …

Group Says Time Has Come For Celebration, Mike Laberge

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

For the members of the newly formed Afro American Association, celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday on campus was an idea whose time had come.