A controversial cartoon which shows Serena Williams as an angry, black baby and Naomi Osaka as a blonde, white woman has appeared in an Australian newspaper

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• Serena Williams is shown as an angry black baby in a cartoon published by Australian newspaper The Herald Sun.
• The cartoon also shows Naomi Osaka, a dark-skinned Japanese woman, as a white blonde.
• The cartoon is a controversial depiction of how Williams lost her cool in Saturday's US Open final against Osaka, who won in straight sets.
• She was slapped with a hat-trick of code violations.
• You can see the cartoon below.

 

Serena Williams has been portrayed as an angry, overweight black baby in a cartoon in Australian newspaper The Herald Sun two days after the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion lost her cool in a dramatic US Open final.

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