1. Explain how Di-ck Locher’s cartoon addresses the issue of racism through symbolism. Find at least two ways and explain them using 4 or more sentences. 2. Who does the cartoon blame for the racism? Or does the cartoon just point out that a problem exists? Explain how you get your opinion from the cartoon.

3. If the piano didn’t carry the name of the city, would you still understand the point of the toon? What kind of music is unique to New Orleans? What is significant about that type of music in light of this cartoon? How does it show that people might like one thing but not another?

4. Is racism unique to only New Orleans? How could the city itself show what racism is like in this country today by the use of the cartoon?

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5. Judging by what happened after Hurricane Katrina, and the anger it still creates, do you think we still have the same sorts of race-oriented problems the civil rights movement tried to address? How do economics make this a complicated question or expose the issues that we may be dealing with today?