A cartoon depicting a prominent leader of the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a shirtless, animal-like creature has fired up debate in the town of Davie.
Seminole council member Max Osceola is shown in the cartoon beating a drum in a canoe. Accompanying him is a non-Indian town council woman with a drink in her hand.
The cartoon apparently originated with a Karen Stenzel-Nowicki, who sits on a town planning board. Mayor Tom Truex says she should be removed for circulating a racist and offensive cartoon.
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Racist cartoon or free speech?
(The Miami Herald 6/21)
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Cartoon of Seminole leader stirs controversy
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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