How To Increase Racism In Tom And Jerry Cartoons

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The Animation industry acknowledges that what the past generations considered acceptable in their time, is no longer appropriate for audiences today, but they still want to preserve history while giving a warning before viewing. The classic animated cartoon,” Tom & Jerry,” has had its fair share of racism in the show which was approved of in the 1940’s and 50’s, but in modern society those ideals are viewed as a form of Discrimination and Racism. The Metro Goldwyn Mayer Company have included a warning message at the beginning of classic Tom & Jerry cartoons, "Tom and Jerry shorts may depict some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American society," …show more content…

The MGM Company understood that what previous generations considered acceptable would not be tolerated in this day and age, but these cartoons are apart of historical and destroying them would be the same as destroying history. "Removing Mammy Two Shoes would be the same as pretending she never existed" and claims the same is true of "the other images and jokes that we wouldn't normally include in a mainstream cartoon today."(Linares,Veronica.Tom and Jerry Cartoons.Student Resources, 2014) The Warner Brothers Company have kept a series of racist animations behind closed doors, because of how caricatured the African American characters were.“The cartoons, known as the ''Censored 11,'' have been unavailable to the public for 40 years. Postings no longer appear if YouTube is searched for ''Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs,'' a parody of ''Snow White'' and the most famous of the cartoons. But a search for ''Coal Black'' does find the cartoon.”(Slotnik, Daniel, A Racist Past. Student Resources, 2008). Warner have tried to keep these eleven cartoons away from the public, wanting to leave those racist ideals

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