Racist Cartoons of the 30's & 40's (1980, cartoon, movie)

[lluvia]

Lil Black Sambo (1935)
Jasper in a Jam (1946)
Scrub me Mamma with a Boggie Beat (1941)
Jungle Jitters (1938)
Uncle Tom and Little Eva (1932)
Any Bonds Today? (1942) Starring Bugs Bunny

I doubt you'll see these on the Cartoon Network anytime soon.

A possible collector's item given all the correctness going on today?

https://www.houseofnubian.com/Racist...e-30s-40s.aspx

[nandorrei]

In the 1980's when my son was little - as a present he received a VHS tape of Superman cartoons from the 1940's.
One cartoon showed Japanese spies trying to sabotage a military plant - the Japanese were depicted as short, buck teeth, round glasses and yellow - speaking pidgin English. They were the enemy.

[Hrw-500]

Might add to the list that Popeye short titled "Poo-Pie a la mode".
https://popeye.fandom.com/wiki/Pop-Pie_a_la_Mode

[Avondalist]

I remember seeing Ferdinand the Bull on Disney Day Off when I was a kid in the 80s. Not a flattering portrait of Spaniards.

[mike1003]

The list could go on forever


TIMES WERE DIFFERENT back then!


You cannot look at material from then with today's eyes.


Just move on and thank God that the times have changed


There is a hell of a lot going on today that wont look good through the magnifying glasses of the future!!!

[thriftylefty]

Mammy Two Shoes on Tom and Jerry
Big Nose Indian Joe on Popeye
Lulu has some racist overtones at times

[RocketDawg]

When I was in first grade, around 1953, we watched several cartoons (more of a slide show rather than a movie). One of those was Little Black Sambo. It was eventually changed to Little Brave Sambo, and after that just went away I suppose. There was even a restaurant chain originating in Santa Barbara, California, named Sambos that was somewhat associated with Little Black Sambo.

There were quite a few cartoons that are considered racist nowadays, among them Brer Rabbit. Many would probably consider the Jack Benney show racist.

[Always Needmore]

Originally Posted by lluvia

Lil Black Sambo (1935)
Jasper in a Jam (1946)
Scrub me Mamma with a Boggie Beat (1941)
Jungle Jitters (1938)
Uncle Tom and Little Eva (1932)
Any Bonds Today? (1942) Starring Bugs Bunny

Inky and the Minah Bird is pretty racist

So are

Coal Black and the Sebben Dwarfs
Goldilocks and the Jivin Bears
Hittin the Trail for Hallelujah land
TinPan AlleyCats
Uncle Toms Bungalow
The Isle of Pingo Pongo
Clean Pastures
Bugs Bunny All this and Rabbit Stew

Dough for the Dodo (the intro where Porky Pig flies into Africa)

Caveman Inky
Inky and the Lion

All those are searchable on the internet

[kovert]

not necessarily racist but I heard the cartoon with the skunk & the cat is no longer cool.

[thriftylefty]

When my brother and I were about 7 or 8 years old we would brush our teeth together while looking at ourselves in the mirror. Once we had sufficiently worked up a frothy lather of white toothpaste around our mouths we would look at each other and sing, "I wish I was in Dixie," and laugh. That's how ubiquitous the minstrel images were on cartoons. Whenever a character had their face blackened by black soot or smoke they would look in the camera and sing, "I wish I was in Dixie." Once Lulu got her face blackened and said, "My mouth is just'a watering fo sum fried chicken."




Stop laughing.