Why did he do it?
>>154867846Pretending to be black is fun
>>154867846It was a different time.
UNCLE SAMMEEEEE
>>154867880this. it was silly and fun.>>154867885a better time.
>>154867846almost all of the earliest cartoon characters were based on vaudeville minstrels. looney tune's first character bosko was the prime example of this. even mickey gets his roots there.
>>154867846Black face was the only socially acceptable way white people in America could interact with black media. It wasn't just comedy it was music as well and hit songs like Oh Susanna and Camptown Races came from it.
>>154868105yeah plus it was putting a positive face on the pigmented. There's a whole lot worse things to be stereotyped as than "those silly guys that sing and dance"
>>154867880dont appropriate muh culchuh white devil
>>154869024crazy how westoids were poking fun at stuff they were even good at, it's so petty
Un clásico.
>>1548678461. Racial stereotyping gags was considered acceptable at the time.2. He's imitating Al Jolson, a popular singer/actor at the time. He was famous for performing in blackface.3. Nobody who mattered cared.4. It was funny.
bring back minstrel shows and add black people in whiteface to balance it out
>>154870855based taringa chad
>>154867846The four levels of racism in old cartoons>Genuine Appreciation: Bob Clampett making Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs employed an all black musical cast or Ward Kimball referencing black dancers for the crows in Dumbo. >Pop Culture References: Well known celebrities like Al Jolson (who performed in blackface), Fats Waller, Cab Calloway were caricatured in cartoons.>General Cultural Depictions of Ethnic Groups: A majority of the cartoons simply went with the general stereotypes of groups even white ones like hillbillies or the French.>We Kind of Actually Hate Them Right Now: Anything during WWII with Germans, Italians AND ESPECIALLY the Japanese.
>>154871319You should see Church Mimes this video is awesomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QytfQy4DE
>>154867846Because thats how black people look like and has nothing to do with racism i mean just look at Jay Z that dude has like a whole butt for a mouth
>>154868085>Mickey and Minnie are black bodied, pale faced, and wear white glovesDo you think this controversy would ever hit? I mean they could always just use Stitch as their new face, he practically already is one. Even has his own Minnie.
>Aristocats has a Siamese cat sing>He spends his 4 seconds of speaking role going CHING CHONG PING PONG RICE AND WANTONS I'M SO CHINESEI feel like "it was a different time" really only goes so far...
