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2. Try finding a copy of Song of the South to purchase

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 11:23 AM

Sep 2014

Just try.

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Looney Tunes racial? [View all] packman Sep 2014 OP

True Colors? JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #1

Try finding a copy of Song of the South to purchase jberryhill Sep 2014 #2

I saw it in a theater once derby378 Sep 2014 #7

"Song of the South" was by Disney, not Looney Toons. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #3

True - packman Sep 2014 #5

1930's Looney Tunes were not the exception. Archae Sep 2014 #4

There was a Bugs Bunny cartoon titled mythology Sep 2014 #6

Superman, too (WWI propoganda, Japanese stereotypes) cyberswede Sep 2014 #10

Yeah, the wartime cartoons need to be considered hifiguy Sep 2014 #11

I think even Bugs using "what a maroon" has racist roots. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #12

Merriam-Webster says hifiguy Sep 2014 #21

When they reprinted the Looney Toons a while back el_bryanto Sep 2014 #8

That is a perfect explanation. hifiguy Sep 2014 #23

And do not remind Lenny Henry about this intaglio Sep 2014 #16

First, neither of your vids is Looney Tunes, and second... ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #17

Look at the site, read the article packman Sep 2014 #19

Cartoons, art, movies, etc. are a window into the time. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #20

SMH Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #22

They were an equivalent of the times and Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #24

Did you ever notice that Mickey Mouse is black ... GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #25