John Deering serves as chief editorial cartoonist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, a post he has held for over fifteen years. His cartoons are syndicated in publications across the country. Like the other cartoonists featured in this section, he has won numerous awards. Like the previous cartoon, this one is a response to the events in Ferguson, Missouri, during 2014. Do you think the message of the cartoon would have been different had the two young gentlemen on the right side of the cartoon been portrayed as members of ethnic minority groups and especially as African American? Why or why not?