The editor-in-chief of the Daily Tar Heel of the UNC-Chapel Hill has been under attack from students as well as the general public for his apparent lack of maturity and sensitivity after publishing the above cartoon depicting George Zimmerman talking to police after slaying an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin. He made his declaration, "This wasn't about race. I shot because I felt threatened. Skittles are full of high fructose corn syrup." The cartoon shows the spilling of skittles on the ground, by Trayvon's head.
We recognize that art is art. Is this cartoon in good taste? Considering the apparent lack of justice, the botched investigation, the ongoing general outcry over the freedom of the killer, and Martin's parents' cry for an arrest, what is one to make of this cartoon that tends to cause people to talk about the case?
The Daily Tar Heel (www.dailytarheel.com) has been serving the UNC students and the community since 1893.
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