Racism and Comics

I was reading the Boston Herald yesterday and I came across a startling comic. The comic is made by a series called "The Knight Life." The first scene of the comic has a drawing of a young black man listening to a radio. The radio announcer says, "Listen to this one folks. A grade school student is accused of shouting down his teacher in class!!" The next scene shows the announcer saying, "Not that it matters but you could probably imagine what ethnicity this kid is..." The young man looks over at the radio in disgust. In the next scene, the radio announcer says, "If we allow this savagery to continue, it will spell the end of America! Next up: A list of gun shops closest to where the president is speaking tonight." The young man now looks over at the radio and sighs.

At first, I was really confused when I saw this in the newspaper. What does ethnicity have to do with yelling at a teacher? In all my years of school, I've seen plenty of students yell at the teachers, children of all ethnicities. I think the point that this comic was trying to make is that there are larger issues in the world than talking back to teachers. I didn't think that the comic was funny and I think most people might find it offensive.