(Jewish Group) Edmonton newspaper under fire for anti-Semitic cartoon

[Behind the Aegis]

The Edmonton Journal is under fire for publishing a cartoon that many believe is anti-Semitic.

On Aug. 1, the Journal ran an editorial cartoon by veteran contributor Malcolm Mayes, which criticized the recent Capital One hack in which the data of six million Canadians was potentially compromised, including social insurance numbers and bank account information.

In his cartoon, Mayes drew a wallet with a Capital One credit card and, somewhat inexplicably, a man, with a balding scalp and hooked nose, typing away at a laptop bearing the title “DATA HACKER”. The image resembles Nazi propaganda of the stereotypical “greedy Jew,” critics have pointed out.

In reality, the alleged hacker is Paige Thompson, a 33-year-old former Amazon software engineer, who is neither Jewish nor an old man.

“We do not understand the connection Mr. Mayes is trying to make by using anti-Semitic tropes in his cartoon,” wrote Steven Shafir, president of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, in a letter addressed to the Journal’s managing editor.



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[madaboutharry]

1. He even drew the man to look "dirty"

It seems that Mr. Mayes attitudes were knob . The other question is how this made it past the editors.

Truly disgraceful.

[Clash City Rocker]

2. How is that anti-Semitic?

If just drawing a person in a wallet is anti-Semitic, why would they assume the cartoonist knew that? I didn’t know that.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. It is right there in the clip of the article.

In his cartoon, Mayes drew a wallet with a Capital One credit card and, somewhat inexplicably, a man, with a balding scalp and hooked nose, typing away at a laptop bearing the title “DATA HACKER”. The image resembles Nazi propaganda of the stereotypical “greedy Jew,” critics have pointed out.

So, no, it is not just "drawing a person in a wallet is anti-Semitic", it was how the person was rendered and the fact the suspected hacker is neither male nor a Jew, so why did this "artist" feel the need to use the caricature he did?

If you are unaware of the eons old anti-Semitic trope about Jews and money (especially stealing the money of hardworking non-Jews), then I suggest you do some reading about anti-Semitism before you come back to the Jewish Group.