Six Chix was founded in 2000 and is a collaborative comic strip that’s been syndicated in over 120 newspapers. The strip covers a wide range of topics from a woman’s perspective but a recent cartoon has gotten the comic strip pulled from newspapers.

Bianca Xunise is the cartoonist behind the controversial cartoon. Xunise is the first Black woman to join the team and only the second to be nationally syndicated.

Xunise’s cartoon features a Black woman shopping with a shirt that says “I Can’t Breathe” and a mask on her face while an older white woman says: “If you can’t breathe, then take that silly mask off!”

Here it is, the comic that launched 1000 angry responses. Please clap pic.twitter.com/Cy42h8mlMB

— Scary Bradshaw 🕷👠 (@biancaxunise) July 28, 2020

Tea Fougner, editorial director at King Features, the comic strip’s syndicate told NBC that there were angry responses to the cartoon which has lead to some newspapers dropping the comic strip entirely. Which newspapers has not been released.

So apparently the angry responses got my comic dropped from some newspapers and an apology that I did not approve of is running in its place. For the record I do not apologize for this comic and this is censorship. https://t.co/rfIAMP6wO9 pic.twitter.com/TcLwcxJS1o

— Scary Bradshaw 🕷👠 (@biancaxunise) July 30, 2020

We have to ask, if the newspaper claims Xunise’s views are the “opposite” of what that newspaper stands for, what the hell does that newspaper stand for!?

Xunise’s cartoon is brillaint commenting on the multiple pandemics, COVID, racism, and the police brutality that has lead to the murder of multiple individuals. The problems is not taken seriously or even recognized by the older woman. A reality that’s echoed by the reaction of the angry readers and the newspapers capitulating to their anger.