Week 6 - Reading Response

All of the cartoons are displaying different takes on the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action decision. Mike Lester's, It's GOT to Be the Shoes, depicts the court ruling in effect. It shows the college allowing someone into the college based mainly on the racial preferences of the school. It also may be showing gender discrimination. In Dennis Draughon's, Supreme Irony, he shows the Supreme Court giving mean looks towards the lone African-American on the bench. He is the only one with a smile on his face and he looks much younger than the rest. The irony here is that it is as if the Supreme Court itself has used Affirmative Action to diversify their bench. In Mike Thompson's, Daniel Lives on Detroit's Eastside, we see another point of view. That of the Caucasian or the people who are not minorities. They do not see how minorities should get any special treatment and that is what is shown in this cartoon. Daniel overcomes so much, yet the white lady does not understand as to why he gets any breaks. In Signe Wilkinson's, Admissions, it shows the minority getting priority over the average non-minority. It represents how unfair people think the Affirmative Action to be. In Dean Camp's, Pricey, the cartoon depicts a boy who spends lots of money to get into the college of his choice, while the less wealthy boy is trying to keep up behind him.
The cartoon that was most effective for me was Mike Thompson's. It portrayed how minorities go through life and what many have to overcome in order to make it through life, yet nobody really can understand. The least effective to me was Dean Camp's cartoon. It did not make me think of Affirmative Action very much, thus it did not seem effective.