For those who don’t remember, this strip is a takeoff of the comment that led to Secretary of Interior James Watt’s resignation. Regarding the lack of need for affirmative action, he said regarding a certain panel, “I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent.” Yet another time where Breathed didn’t need to exaggerate reality for comic effect. He just needed to more or less quote it.
For those who don’t remember, this strip is a takeoff of the comment that led to Secretary of Interior James Watt’s resignation. Regarding the lack of need for affirmative action, he said regarding a certain panel, “I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent.” Yet another time where Breathed didn’t need to exaggerate reality for comic effect. He just needed to more or less quote it.