Romanticizing Slavery I chose a political cartoon that displays what is assumed to be a presentation about “VA Confederate History Month” given by a man with “Gov. McD” on his suit jacket. In the political cartoon, there is a confederate flag on display and there is a black man, with the word “slavery” on his chest, peeking from behind the flag. The governor is saying, “PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE THREE-FIFTHS OF A MAN [Slave] BEHIND THE CURTAIN!” I picked this form of media because I believe it best described the idea of romanticizing slavery. Chapter one of Toni Morrison’s The Origin of Others was titled “Romanticizing Slavery”. Morrison gave many examples of romanticizing slavery throughout the chapter. The first example I noticed was Dr.
