French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s latest cartoon has been described as “disgusting”, “insensitive”, and “racist” by social media users for suggesting drowned three-year-old Alan Kurdi would have grown up to be a sexual predator. Under the heading of “Migrants”, the cartoon shows two pig-like men with their tongues out chasing two scared women. Above the image, a small cartoon of Alan’s lifeless body is depicted with the question “What would little Aylan had grown up to be?” Under the cartoon, the answer is stated as “An ass groper in Germany.” The cartoon implies that all refugees would either become or already are sexual predators, referring to the recent sexual attacks on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany. Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian toddler, drowned and his body washed up on a Turkish shore in September 2015. The young boy’s death resulted in global outrage and even encouraged Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris to offer to buy an island for refugees. #JeNeSuisPasCharlie – @Charlie_Hebdo_ you had the condolences of the world and you repay that with tasteless racism and vulgar disrespect. — Gary Davis (@gary_davis) January 14, 2016 The unbelievably sick Charlie…
Charlie Hebdo Says Drowned Three-Year-Old Refugee Would Have Become a Sexual Predator
January 14, 2016
