Korean Adults And Kids React 'Kids Cartoons' Racist Moment' | 𝙊𝙎𝙎𝘾

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01:10 Fantasia, 1940
02:39 Peter Pan, 1940
03:37 Mickey's Mellerdrammer, 1933
04:26 The Aristocats, 1970
05:08 Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat, 1941

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Thankfully a lot of viewers concerned about showing racism videos to kids without context.

After the shooting, we'd had conversations and explained to them enough about racism in the videos.

We'll try harder to include enough details when we make videos.

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Perhaps it's more difficult to recognize racism in these cartoons if you've grown up in a country without much ethnic diversity? I'm just curious about how that could change someone's ability to recognize such things. If you're not accustomed to seeing certain things in your media, then it seems logical that you might not pick up on it as quickly as someone whose accustomed to it

[raithebamfs]

It would be great to break down to them the history of the the racist connotations after hearing what they think lol

[YetiUprising]

It's kind of hilarious that they don't seem to notice it, especially the Aristocats one.

[fabianaguilar]

Frankly, it would be more productive and insightful to have the conversation at the end with the children present.

[dontwren]

this could have been done a lot better. producers shouldnt be exposing kids and random people to racist stereotypes and just leaving it to their interpretation. the kids just left normalized a lil more to american racism and the adults are left piecing things vaguely together and looked uncomfortable and confused.

[namjinseokeats]

I wished yalll would keep the kids there to inform them that the cartoons were racist and also gave more clarification on why the scenes were racist (explaining BlackFace, explaining the Native American scene, etc). (Edit: Next time yall do videos abt topics like racism, homophobia, and stuff, PLEASE GIVE CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND. Dont just have them interpret it themselves educate them pls)

[jayfolk]

Be nice to include in the adult section at the end to explain the history of blackface minstrelsy and yellow peril, and maybe how different companies are treat their histories: such as Warner Bros putting disclaimers at the beginning to explain how it was a product of the time and strive to avoid making similar mistakes, versus disney who just try to ignore it, burry it, and act like it never happened. Interesting format though, smartly moving the kids out for the discussion part.

[darneehunter]

A more thorough explanation of WHY these cartoons are racist would have made this alot better and keeping the kids in for the explanation would prevent them from normalizing this as "American Cartoons".

Also as your reactors are Korean it would be much better to include more examples of "yellow-peril" when discussing racism so that they have a reference point for how wildly different racist stereotypes can be from actual cultures they're meant to represent.

[amivivi]

i have a feeling they still didnt understand what was racist about it

[dontwren]

as a native american im also really bothered that theres no mention of how we're portrayed... please dont treat stuff like this carelessly these cartoons came out when our parents or grandparents were kids and its still effecting our reality today and not solely in the past.

[laybackndwatch]

Seeing these cartoons sparked an anger inside of me especially when you think about when the time period that they actually aired. I’m glad society is beginning to make drastic changes because honestly stereotypes are more harmful than people realize.

[luluquiita]

next time, if you guys do something like that again, keep the children for discussion! so that they can understand the racist issues in those cartoons and not let them ignore them

[anonnnymousthegreat]

Not gonna lie, even as an american, when i was a kid and later saw that a cartoon i used to watch was bad, i felt like i was decieved. Thank god, I wasn’t influenced heavily by such cartoons. They put so much in kids shows, it’s horrifying.

[ItBeLkeDatFR]

For the "lazy town" cartoon the woman that came from the boat wasn't white, she was actually a light skinned black girl. You can tell by her rhythm, voice, and appearance. (as well as I've seen this cartoon a long time ago. Coming from an American.) It was showing that the lighter you are the more beautiful you were. Hence, the dark skinned ones were fat, missing teeth, unkempt hair, and shaggy looking clothes. Also, the term "Uncle Tom" in the mickey mouse cartoon is a derogatory statement toward black people. Mickey and clarabelle did black face. The "dress"/potato sack that mickey wore was a reference to slaves having to use sacks as clothing (I believe a lot of Farm families had to use what they had). The centaurs one, had a literal black slave girl working for the "pretty" white ones. As well as, they were half horse while the black girl was half donkey. What's another name for a donkey? That's right, an ass. So really all of these older cartoons weren't the best to show those kids, without any context. I hope the off screen explanations went well and they grasped the severity of this topic.

[nodefleppardfan]

I appreciate you guys bringing light to this but I think it would’ve been better if you actually explained why the cartoon is racist

[HandsomePeanut]

As a Korean who watched Tom and Jerry's racist scenes when I was a kid, I can explain why these people don't feel racial discrimination.

- Fantasia

They are unfamiliar with the old stereotype of "Black people are white people's servants." To them, that servant is just a "funny-looking background character, " not a "black servant."

- Peter Pan

Unfortunately, many Koreans still have a strong image of "Indian = native Americans" due to various media received from the United States in the past. However, they don't know about the concept of "Indian faces are red." When you ask Koreans about this racism, they'll say, "I don't know what you're talking about, Aren't there faces brown?"

- Mickey's Mellerdrammer

For them, black people are tall, short-haired, brown-skinned people or just literally "black people" and they just have no idea what that stupid makeup and dance means because they're just idiots with coal on their face. They think it's just another boring American joke that they can't understand. (Yes, For Koreans, American comedy are often considered as "boring jokes that we can't understand." That's why Ken Jung isn't popular in Korea.)

- Aristocats

For Koreans, Chinese are not "Asian people like us." There are many Chinese stereotype characters such as this video in Korea. That's why they can't think of anything other than "Oh, he's Chinese." Yes, It's racism.

- Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat

As I mentioned earlier, black people are just literally "black people" to Koreans. They don't even know there are rumors like "black people are lazy" or "black people like watermelon." Therefore, from their point of view, this animation is all about "a beautiful woman comes to a lazy village and everyone sings."



I am not saying that there is no racism in Korea, but racist stereotypes in the U.S. and racist stereotypes in Korea are kinda different. For example, Black racism we have here is "They are all good at rapping, basketball, and they have a huge dick, oh and in Africa they believe in voodoo so they eat people..." thing, not "They love watermelon and chiken." If you ask Koreans about this, they will answer something stupid like this: "You guys love watermelon and chicken? We also love watermelon and chicken!"

[Belphe]

when i was a kid my fav cartoon was russian "the wild swans" from 1962 and i only realised like months ago the whole plot is about black face. i never noticed that the protagonist changed her appearance and thats WHY she was treated badly and then magically turned "beautiful" back. not only i didnt get the plot i didnt even notice the change, so i suppose kids are very pure.

[joedyisonfire]

Probably was just difficult to spot the racism in these clips because they were based on American stereotypes and discrimination. Racism exists in Korea, just not in the same way it does in the US. It would be interesting to see them have a discussion about the things in those cartoons and discuss why it didn’t speak to them the way it would to an American.

[AL-fljk]

Minji is my favourite. Kind and sweet to visitors and children, with a side of scathing commentary and cursing like a sailor