Comic #2469: 2012-02-19

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Panel 1:

• A young boy wearing a brown cowboy hat and a blue shirt speaks to a woman with medium-length brown hair, wearing glasses and an orange shirt.
• The boy says, "Mom, can me and Bobby play 'Cowboys and Indians?'"
• The woman has a serious expression as she responds, "No, that's offensive. You can play 'Ethnic Guilt and Indians?'"

Panel 2:

• The boy looks puzzled, with his brow furrowed.
• The woman continues, "The game is to feel just bad enough to feel shame, but not bad enough to change anything substantive."

Panel 3:

• In a later scene, the same boy in the cowboy hat stands over a horizontal figure, presumably a person lying on the ground.
• The boy, with a concerned look, says, "You did not die in vain. One day… my descendants will write apologetic college theses on your land."

The comic presents a satirical take on the complexities of cultural sensitivity and the superficiality of some discussions surrounding it.