Following the disaster between the cargo ship Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, racist cartoons depicting the ship’s Indian crew sparked outrage.
Webcomic from America foxford comics The day after the incident, he shared a cartoon on X with the caption, “Last known recording from inside Dali just before the crash.”
In the manga, several men wearing only loincloths on board the ship were shown panicking in the face of an apparent accident. The inappropriate depiction of Indians angered netizens, who criticized the manga’s creator.
The photo, which appears to have been generated by AI, includes audio of a man yelling insults in a very thick Indian accent.
“I came across this pathetic racist cartoon that mocks the Indian crew of the ship that destroyed the bridge in Baltimore. The crew are being hailed as heroes, so why does the cartoonist think this is funny? ?” one user wrote on X.
“This is a racist cartoon being circulated directed at the 22 Indian crew members of a ship that crashed into a bridge in Baltimore. It depicts scruffy men getting ready. How can the world be so unkind? This is pathetic,” another user wrote.
All 22 people on board the cargo ship that crashed into a major Baltimore bridge were Indian nationals.
The 1.6-mile (2.57-kilometer) Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after colliding with a cargo ship on March 26, killing as many as eight people who were repairing potholes on the bridge. I fell into the water. .
US President Joe Biden praised the quick actions of the cargo ship’s 22 Indian crew members who alerted local authorities and saved lives before the dramatic collision, but the cartoon has been posted online for obvious reasons. caused anger.
(issued March 30, 2024, 17:10 IST)
