unintentional racist depiction in a birthday card?

[sylvar]

Honi soit qui mal y pense. It was just my demented perception.

Comments

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of the old trope of a Black woman's mouth being drawn as a wide oval with thick lips.

[knobody.livejournal.com]

you see all that up there, skywise? strange, i just see cake.

[segnbora.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have thought of that at all. Of course, I'm not a member of the possible sterotyped group.

Maybe if it were chocolate cake.

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

you're projecting or hypersensitive.