French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo has been attacked by a cartoon showing the queen kneeling on Meghan Markle’s neck, drawing parallels with the death of George Floyd.
The publication, which has previously clashed with its controversial drawings, has once again sparked outrage just days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex claimed to have experienced open racism from family members and family staff. real.
The image appears to reproduce the horrific death of George Floyd, who died after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes, despite Floyd’s desperate pleas for help screaming, ” I can not breathe”.
The latest cartoon on the page of the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, entitled “Why Meghan Left Buckingham”, depicts the Queen kneeling on Meghan Markle’s neck as the Duchess says “because she could no longer breathe”, doing comparisons to the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last May
The controversial cartoon, which has sparked outrage online and among activists and activists, comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s bomb interview with Oprah Winfrey aired this week. Pictured: The Queen and Meghan Markle together in July 2018
During the interview (pictured), the royal couple claimed to have experienced open racism from family members and staff of the royal family.
On the cover of the magazine, the cartoon with the headline is shown: “Why did Meghan leave Buckingham”?
The Queen is depicted pressing her knee to the back of the Duchess’s neck and Meghan replies, “Because I could no longer breathe.”
It comes this week with Prince Harry and Meghan’s bomb interview with Oprah Winfrey, with claims that they experienced racism in the royal family.
People on social media and activists have called the cartoon “wrong” and “horrible.”
Halima Begum, general manager of the race equality think tank Runnymede, tweeted: “Charlie Hebdo, this is wrong on all levels. The queen like George Floyd’s killer crushing Meghan’s neck?
The latest drawing draws parallels with the tragic death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last year.
‘Meghan says she can’t breathe? This does not impede borders, makes anyone laugh or challenge racism.
“It decreases problems and causes offenses, in general.”
In response, the WindrushAnchor campaign group said: “A poor and ill – conceived response from Charlie Hebdo that if anything ignites the problem.
This brand of simplistic satire has no place in the fight against racism. Totally scary and deeply sad. ‘
Another Twitter user wrote, ‘Is this the freedom of speech that Charlie Hebdo is so passionate about? Did racism, disrespect, and offense become satire? I’m sorry, but I don’t Je Je suis.
“This is nothing more than racist intolerance and incitement to hatred. Do better with your platform and grow.”
Others have accused the magazine of “penning George Floyd’s trauma for profit,” reports The Mirror.
George Floyd’s death in May 2020 sparked outrage when video footage of a police officer kneeling around his neck appeared despite saying he could not breathe and that the public was asking him to stop.
Black Lives Matter protests took place around the world to protest police brutality and racial inequality after his death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Activists and activists have taken to Twitter to share their displeasure over Charlie Hebdo’s latest cartoon, calling it “horrible” and “wrong”.
Just this week, Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to pay an unprecedented $ 27 million to settle a civil lawsuit against George Floyd’s family for his death in police custody.
News of the deal was announced as jury selection continued in the process of assassinating Chauvin, who killed Floyd on his neck for nine minutes last summer. ”
And while some have simply expressed outrage over the cover of Charlie Hebdo, a human and civil rights activist @_SJPeace is calling for the magazine to be withdrawn.
“A French magazine laughs at the deaths of Floyd … and Meghan Markle,” he said.
“This magazine is famous for being racist and offensive and enlightening people of color. This magazine needs to be removed! ‘
Chauvin is seen kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis on May 25th. Shortly afterwards, Floyd was pronounced dead at the scene
During Oprah’s shocking interview, Harry and Meghan claimed to have experienced open racism from family members and staff, and claimed that a member of Harry’s family even expressed “concern” for “dark” that would be your child to be born.
There has been much speculation about which member of the royal family was accused of racism.
But during the interview the couple would not be attracted to anyone who had offended them deeply.
They also said the family did not support the pressures they were under, leaving Meghan feeling suicidal and fueling her decision to leave the UK.
Harry said he was disappointed by his father, who he said refused to answer his calls at one point and admitted there was still an abyss between him and his brother.
Although they did not expect to receive an easy journey, it was said that the royal family was stunned by the ferocity of the complaints launched in their direction.
Prince William was the first royal lord to directly address the series of allegations made in Oprah’s explosive interview, and insisted that “they are not nearly a racist family.”
There was a significant internal debate over whether to refute many, but instead the queen personally opted for a “compassionate but firm” approach.
Days after the interview, Prince William spoke to insist that the family members “were hardly a racist family”, an action that had the support of the Queen and Prince Charles.
Thursday became Windsor’s first senior to directly address the series of allegations made in Oprah’s explosive interview.
It is not the first time the magazine has been criticized for its controversial cartoons.
In January 2015, the magazine was the target of a terrorist attack, which killed 12 people and injured 11.
Two armed and masked men, who identified themselves as members of the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda, entered the newsroom and shot several members of staff.
The attack came after the magazine published cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 2012.