Disturbingly Racist Moments in Cartoons

The point of our video is not to promote racism or to make fun of this issue, but to show how pervasive and institutionalized racism was in our culture just a short time ago.

[LetsGoGetThem]

As a kid I always assumed the black woman was Tom's owner in Tom & Jerry.

[jarnodatema]

To those who don’t know: mammy two shoes was at first indeed as a black maid, but they later changed to her actually being the owner of the house (and Tom)

[MiMimUta]

As a kid, I never saw mammy two shoes as a maid. I always thought she was the owner of the house and just always saw the apron as a typical 'house wife' kind of clothing.

[LaylaMaria-djdh]

“Alright one more video before I go to bed.”

The video:

[afrogemer]

It’s weird how you never notice things like this as a child

[lochandichabod]

I’m pretty sure everyone remembers the black mom from Tom and jerry, and her ability to run as fast as a super car if there is a party being thrown.

[Proticity]

Hearing Mickey being racist is like if Mr. Rogers joined the KKK.

[lengeyart]

Well I ever assumed that the black woman was Tom and the house owner as a child. And I never noticed nothing racist at it.

[artkid]

Growing up as a black kid i loved tom and Jerry's mammy because i remember not seeing too many black characters if any

[patheticmortal]

I saw "black face Micky mouse" and thought ' how could they do that? He's a black mouse?' but they somehow actually managed it 💀

[jbexs]

I know most of the Japanese characters where portrayed like this because of WW2 and them being America’s enemy

[paulettefrazier]

With the song in Dumbo...i dont think they were trying to be racist. I think they were just trying to represent history and say that the elephants were treated like slaves

[sketchonomadek]

I thought the woman from tom and jerry was cool...

[jabathecoyote]

Sometimes we forget how much cocaine there was on Coca-Cola that time.

[HavootuMusic]

I actually loved mammy in tom and jerry.... She owned her own house. She was shinning from the chest down... I dont know why people are saying she wasnt toms owner... even in the clip they told her that there was a wild party at HER house. Tom was clearly her cat.

[yag]

1:37 remember; if disney copyrights this, it's canon

[python]

I never had a problem with Mammy two shoes.

Sure she spoke in a very caricaturish way, but in the end she was the boss of Tom and was never seen as weak.

[rickramos]

Not gonna lie, I loved that black mammy growing up. Especially how she'd chew-out the cat and holler at him, "THOMAS!!!!"

[raibyo]

I watched a lot of these cartoons when I was younger. As an Asian who grew up in Asia, I never understood any of the stereotypes. In fact, I didn't even know those were racial stereotypes. I also didn't even know that Mammy Two Shoes was a maid and always thought she was the house owner.

[AWGD]

An interesting fact is that in the late 40s, the Jewish wolf gag was toned down due to...certain events that took place in between 1939 and 1945