Tom & Jerry: Racist

[DrLeftover]

Tom and Jerry cartoons on television are being accompanied by a warning that they may depict scenes of "racial prejudice".

The classic cat and mouse cartoons, some made more than 70 years ago, carry a warning for subscribers to Amazon Prime Instant Video.

There have been claims of racist stereotyping in the depiction of a black maid in the cartoon series.

Amazon's warning says such prejudice was once "commonplace" in US society.

Tom and Jerry, once a staple of children's television on British television, is being presented with a cautionary note about "ethnic and racial prejudices".

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-29427843

 

[Jazzy]

What isn't "racial prejudice" nowadays? :s

 

[DrLeftover]

BET

 

[beowulf]

What isn't "racial prejudice" nowadays? :s

agreed..........everything offends someone somewhere these days

i used to love tom and jerry as a kid

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

There have been claims of racist stereotyping in the depiction of a black maid in the cartoon series.

Well black maids existed didn't they? I'm sure there's some maids of that ethnicity today out there somewhere.

I don't remember Tom & Jerry ever portraying a maid in a negative light. Just her being there isn't really racist to me.

 

[DrLeftover]

Perhaps the liberals are upset that a black woman was depicted as having a job and not being on welfare.

 

[Flurry]

Racial prejudice my white butt.