Artist's Statement:
The tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina is troubling enough, but in many ways what has been revealed and transpired since as a response is indicative of a deeper malady. As a cartoonist, there are so many threads to catch on here and beat on a culprit, be it the perpetrator, right wingers, supremacist groups, political forces............ But ultimately it is our collective pathology to acknowledge, recognize and ultimately heal.
Related links:
It’s Media Terrorism to Deny Charleston Was About Race - TIME (June 20, 2015)
White Terrorism Is as Old as America - New York Times (June 19, 2015)
Charleston, Dylann Roof and the racism of millennials - Washington Post (June 18, 2015)
Vishavjit Singh is the nation's first and only turbaned/bearded editorial cartoonist. He got his spark for cartooning following the upheaval filled days after 9/11. He brings turbanful characters to life on the 2-D pages of his computer aided by his right indexed finger on a touchpad. His works can be consumed at Sikhtoons.com.