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struggle4progress

(118,269 posts) Sun Sep 13, 2015, 08:25 PM Sep 2015

When Disney and Dr. Seuss Made Racist Cartoons

By Jonah Bayer — Sep 13 2015
... While today's Disney films like Frozen and Big Hero 6 seem harmless enough, the company's history is littered with everything from horrifying depictions of African natives in Cannibal Capers (1930) or Trader Mickey (1932) to unflattering stereotypes of Jews in Three LIttle Pigs (1933) ...
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/when-disney-and-dr-seuss-made-racist-cartoons

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When Disney and Dr. Seuss Made Racist Cartoons (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2015 OP

You can find full versions of Song of the South online jberryhill Sep 2015 #1

jberryhill

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1. You can find full versions of Song of the South online

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 08:52 PM

Sep 2015

They are of varying quality, and appear to be made from foreign VHS copies.

I hadn't seen it since I was a child, and my wife had never seen it.

I can definitely see why Disney keeps it locked up.

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