Boston Herald? Cartoonist shows Obama brushing his teeth with watermelon flavored

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6. I looked at the comic and furrowed my brow...

"Maybe the cartoonist is trying to suggest the fence-runner is a racist?" i wondered to myself. Curious for context, I read further, to find that apparently the artist claims no racial intent at all in it. "huh, that's... odd," I mused, and continued reading.

Holbert said he was contacted by the syndicator of the cartoon Tuesday night, asking if he could change the flavor from watermelon to raspberry

“They said there’s a racial element to it, and I disagreed to be honest with you, but I did it anyway because that’s what they were asking for,” Holbert said, adding that he regretted not calling The Herald to let them know about the syndicate’s objection.

And then I just shook my head at this guy. I can't conclude that the artist is himself a racist, from this. Rather he just seems like someone who is utterly and completely tone-deaf on the subject. None of his other work that I can find carries a racial element.

Moment of derp, perhaps?