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The five racist cartoons Google wants you to see, but no one else does

BobDope — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:15:34 PDT

The 'refrederator' podcast did a whole 'Black Comedy Week' chock full of embarassingly racist cartoons a while back. Some of the cartoons are not out-n-out racist, but will have a 'mammy' character or something. Man, what a bunch of racists! Must make that Kramer dude feel like he ain't so bad.

BobDope

The five racist cartoons Google wants you to see, but no one else does

Magister — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:22:10 PDT

@Filament: Great link! Thanks for sharing.

Magister

The five racist cartoons Google wants you to see, but no one else does

SnarkTard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:16:24 PDT

I agree with Filament. Good, bad or ugly, it is history and should be available for public review and debate.

BTW, I have it on good authority that Disney also has a pre-WWII Mickey cartoon where the little mouse reveals his - er Walt's - fascist sympathies.

SnarkTard

The five racist cartoons Google wants you to see, but no one else does

Filament — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:01:04 PDT

We bitch regularly when the Japanese sweep the nasty bits of their imperial history under the rug, but somehow censoring these is ok. Records like this should be kept available. If we pretend that it didn't happen, we make it possible for it to happen again.

For those interested in stuff like this, see the book Dr Seuss Goes to War, or the on-line version. Both are collections of his WWII political cartoons, many politically incorrect by modern standards.

Filament

The five racist cartoons Google wants you to see, but no one else does

sample032 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:19:24 PDT

That Japanese one reminded me of the Life Magazine story on how to tell Japanese from Chinese: [www.english.uiuc.edu]

sample032

The five racist cartoons Google wants you to see, but no one else does

sample032 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:04:42 PDT

Why not link to Disney's self-censored Song of the South while you're at it?

sample032

The five racist cartoons Google wants you to see, but no one else does

seanpercival — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:59:29 PDT

No, NAACP go complain about something relevant why dont ya.

seanpercival