I'm Black make no mistake about it, but that was how the times were. Black musicians accompanied the toons: Cab Calloway accompanied it and was part of it as well; also Duke Ellington accompanied one as well as Vivian and Ruby Dandridge voicing some characters in Coal Black & Sebben Dwarfs... It was simply "those days"
Thank you...please relate the amount of jobs filled by talented people to entertain the masses in times of war and depression. Don't let the agenda made how awesome and important these cartoons are .
Cab was a legend and Duke Ellington beyong legend. My grandpa used to complain about newer musicfrom. 1960s and would say they dont have talent like dukd.
You ever hear of caricatures? Blacks just see cartoons and want to cry racist to get money... Thats the truth... Whites dont complain because we make our own identities, walking on the boardwalk as a young person there were artists painting people as caricatures... You know about them? Probably not. They were exaggerated features, funny, like cartoon characters. We laughed and had a good time. We didn't cry racism and make everyone around us miserable and try to change a whole planet because we took something emotional that wasn't meant to be harassing... GET IT...
One thing people need to remember is that while cartoons during this period seem juvenile, they were made for general audiences, NOT children. They were simply short features that accompanied the main feature
As someone who read the book I don’t dislike these depictions of Uncle Tom just because they’re bad stereotypes, but they take one of the most iconic and dramatic pieces of American literature and turn it into a joke. And not even in a clever way like Mel Brook’s parodies of beloved classics, just in a mediocre way that kind of insults the original book and it’s poignant drama and characters
I just had to come back because after writing that first comment I literally had to re-process the fact that you described Mel Brooks as “clever” 🤦🏼♂️
@@BikingVikingHH then to each their own I guess. You don’t have to like what I like. And I’m sure you have your own classic novels or movies that I won’t like. Different strokes for different folks. Take care buddy
@@Ghe608 if you consider stuff like South Park or Mel Brooks racist then yes I do laugh at the offensive humor that can be considered racist when it’s done well
@@Ghe608 I wonder how what would happen if we met in real life? Would we just sit in silence or would we actually strike up a conversation and get along. I personally like to think we would in real life, I bet we may even have similar favorite books or movies. Otherwise I hope you sincerely have a nice day/night
I have mixed feelings. It seems weird that the cartoon’s production meeting went like: Guy 1: You know what would be a good topic for a children's cartoon? Guy 2: Slavery auction? Guy 1: *finger guns* Bingo. But at the same time you have to remember that Children’s stories were crazy by today’s standards. You’ll know what I mean if you’ve read an early edition of the Brother’s Grimm Fairy Tales (If you haven’t, check it out it’s worth the read). So, it’s possible they were trying to introduce kids to adult topics in a light hearted manner they could understand. Also the cartoon tries to show black people in a positive light. The “white” hippo is friendly with the black girl and seems to regard her as her equal by singing and dancing with her, and she cried when they were all taken away. Yes, they were dressed poorly but they were literally slaves, so that makes sense.Then of course they kill the overseer at the end showing triumph over oppression… It does seem weird that the freed slaves sing the confederate anthem at the end though. In regard to the art style, I gave it a pass. As others have mentioned since it was black and white illustration, cartoons characters were filled in all black for ease of animation. This is just a guess, but I imagine the reason for the white ring around the mouth was to make it easier to draw facial expressions, since it would be very difficult to do so otherwise on an all-black character. Of course this would only hold for early animations like this one. As time progressed and more complex depictions became possible, an illustrator’s choice to continue depicting black folk in this manner could rightly be perceived as racist.
While I agree with most of your analysis... one thing you are mistaken about is the intended audience. Cartoons in the 30’s were not ever intended for children. This is a common misconception that many people who grew up with Saturday morning cartoons on the television have. Problem is, this animation was created long before the invention of the television. Cartoons in the 30’s were shown to adult audiences at the cinemas. It was not a common practice to bring children to movie theaters even for matinees. These cartoons were intended as an “opening act” to be easily understood by an audience that was to a much higher degree than today- illiterate. This was an easier medium than a feature film (mostly b/c feature length films up to this point were only about 25-30 mins long) to bring the ideas from a Harriet Beecher Stowe to a much larger audience. It’s only blatant about how in your face it is to someone who is educated and is looking at it with “2020 vision” (pun intended). It’s easy to look back and slap our knees and say “look how backward we were back then” or your animator’s pitch scenario and get all fired up about it- this was how early film makers and animators introduced audiences who largely couldn’t read uncle toms cabin- the idea that slavery was horrible and that slaves were treated like animals...make sense?
@@Daniel_B_23 Oh is that the justification for racist propaganda no matter who the target audience is. Even if that B.S were true, it gets filtered down to the children eventually as a tool to teach bigotry. Then the parent can pretend that they didn't teach it to them.
It’s because it isn’t racist to depict racism, this cartoon short was made for adult audiences who were, to a much larger extent than today, illiterate. This was shown in cinemas way before the invention of the TV and Saturday morning cartoons- and since it was not common practice to bring children to the movie theater in those days.. this was how an animator could get the idea across to everyone that slavery was evil, and that people were treated like animals. There were a ton of immigrants who came over during this time period and very few spoke the language and even fewer could read.. so this “in your face” depiction is that way by design.. it’s easy to look back 90 years now with “2020” vision (pun intended) and slap our knees and say “look how backwards and racist everyone was back then!” Does this make sense?
@@mikedeezle2249 , this video is truly strange and I can't make up my mind if I should or shouldn't be offended. But I agree with your pov! It really was made in a very different age. In the 1920s a lot of the older folks had actually experienced slavery. In a few years the video will be a hundred years old!! The creators of this video weren't afraid to use racial stereotypes, and the label "political correctness" didn't exist, yet. But none of the characters are shown in a very flattering way, and the message that slavery is not only evil but also absurd, is loud and clear IMO. It reminds me a little bit of the crows in the original "Dumbo" movie. A lot of people complain today that the crows are shown in such a racist way that they shouldn't be in that movie. I beg to differ: the crows are nothing but kind, and they teach Dumbo how to fly! Without the crows Dumbo would've never discovered his outstanding talent! The crows are the good guys - and they also have the funniest lines and the best music😉 "Dumbo" would lose a lot of it's appeal without the jive-talkin' crows!
This was odd. The "blacks" are portrayed as being silly, and even enjoying slavery, which wasn't clear until the slave auction. The white owner was portrayed like a villain, not respectfully. The "slaves" escape, and the owner ends up at the bottom of the waterfall. It may be sympathetic to blacks, but it still does not portray blacks very well, IMO. In the end, this cartoon is a product of its time. Thankfully, such a cartoon could not be commercially made today.
I beg to differ: I cannot detect any joy amongst the black characters during the auction. They are forced to project joy! And the white characters are shown just as stereotypical as the black characters. But the message that slavery is evil and absurd, is loud and clear. The cartoon is very strange for us today - but I cannot detect racism. Stereotypes are used in cartoons all the time. But stereotypes and racism aren't the same thing!
@@craigkdillon , since we are talking about our subjective impressions while watching the video - yes, we can both be right! But I agree with you, that this video could never be made today, which is probably a good thing.
In the 00’s you could find dvd’s with all sorts of old racist cartoons for like a couple bucks. I don’t know if this is still the case or if that’s changed now.
this isnt racist, streotypical for today? maybe... but back then, incredibly progressive. i love how it shows thaat balck people exibit the full range of emotions. uncle toms great strength which he used to try and help save his friend showed just what there capable of and also did not display whie people as entirely evil too, this is so ahead of its time its insane...
Yes it is a cartoon and meant to amuse. The problem is that at that time, these cartoonish stereotypes were the only way black Americans were every depicted in popular entertainment. These ideas of black people as happy morons who couldn't achieve anything on their own were so deeply engrained in people (and still are with some people, obviously) that it was extremely difficult for any black person to overcome it. Not to mention it's incredibly insulting to be constantly dehumanized this way. Even if this cartoon wasn't meant to insult black people, it did that very thoroughly anyway. Imagine being a young black child in America and having every cartoon, movie, radio show, newspaper portray your family and community this way.
so according to you someone like paul robeson was depicted as a "happy moron." why don't you open your mind, study the history of africans of american descent, and see what you've been missing.
"hillbillys" were depicted in the same way. the cartoons (caricatures) played on stereotypes that affected lots of minorities. it's not meant to be taken seriously. political correctness didn't apply then and shouldn't apply now, too. still, i hear you :) think "presentism."
Think "bullshit". This is racist crap to the nth degree. Uncle Tom? Slave auctions. You're fucking nuts and worse, you're trying to justify this bullshit as "presentism"? WTF" ?
racism exists in the eye of the beholder. they are blind to art and see everything as racism. you are blinded by racism and need to open your eyes. and if everything is "racism", then nothing is racism. these are caricatures judt like the caricatures of hillbillys, jews, asian, et al. the racism exists in you, my friend
The cartoon is based off of the book Uncle Toms Cabin. It showed the horrors and wrongs that the slave owners did to the slaves. This was true except without all the animals and dancing! I also don't why some of you are calling all whites devils? How many of us do you think had anything to do with slavery? There were 12 million people in America in 1850 and out of that only 2 million were slaves and about that same number were slave owners so there were many, many white people that never owned slaves. If white people didn't stand up and fight for blacks to be free it would have never happened. You can curse the ones that did it but I have never once heard anyone thank any white people that fought against slavery. Do you know how many families were split over the issue, how many wives, sisters, brothers and husbands fought behind the scenes to even get this started? You should really think about it. Talking down to all white people does not make todays issues better for sure.
Although the cartoon was loosely based off the plot of Uncle Tom's Cabin, it made incredible light of the extremely serious issues dealt with in the book. Also, if you remember, one of the main points of the book was that northern white people who prided themselves on being against slavery were still extremely racist and tried hard not to associate with african americans. And did anybody actually say "white devils"? I find that hard to believe.
Irish, French, English, Dutch ... and people from all over came to the united states, many of them in the same generation worked right along side blacks as slaves themselves and/or indentured servants. Not to mention just about all countries participated in slavery and some still do.... as well as the fact that almost every race creed and color was some form of slave at some point. Let alone how women were treated. To stereotype all white Americans is also racist.
LiaThePenguinologist Of course it did... it was a cartoon made for kids to enjoy, not watch and be horrified at.
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Chris Crissey also slavery wasn't a racial thing before Europeans entered the picture. the anomisity that's felt toward them isn't the slavery that was only done by the 1 percent of whites but how they treated blacks after slavery til this day. indentured servants were not the same as slaves. no one mocked whites made fun of them and treated them horribly off of their physical appearance, unless you mean whites against jews or polish or irish but that's white on white issues. you cant make it equal to blacks, you cant. that pc stuff is denial hun
Kailah William Well I'm far from proud of my lineage in any rate, and you forgot the Native Americans. :( but I hear you. I guess I am Idealist in thinking at one time many walks of people were part of it, and everyone decided it was a bad idea, but you are right. It was never set fair or just. The atrocities far too great to make reparations and as it still is ongoing. I *just* (accidentally) had fox news on where they interviewed 2 'experts' on the Ferguson situation with another black man named Alex. In which the quoted Mayor Giuliani in saying 'The most dangerous thing to a black is another black' and 'black neighborhoods need policed more... I was trying to find a clip when I cam here . Oh and Alex did not get to rebut. They 'ran out of time' for.... the second time on her show. google rudy-giuliani-former-mayor-black-violence-reason-white-cops-ferguson
Did people that are calling this racist even watch the entire video? The slaves got away by killing the slave catcher, sending him off a cliff. Some people just like to complain for the sake of complaining.
This was how, and somewhat now, how we are looked upon by many racist. I can imagine the shit my ancestors went thru,..treating them like shit, and finding it humorous.
robert lindsey black people don't look at white people in any more of a flattering way. It's just more socially acceptable for black people to make fun of white people than vise versa. You can call that black privilege.
robert lindsey so you're mad about some shit that happened before you were born? I've got good news for you, the tables have completely turned. It's totally socially acceptable for black people to makes fun of "the goofy white guy" in standup and in the media then it is for white people to be stereotypical towards black people. So you win. I guess it's white people's turn to be mad about the black privilege then.
1:40--Did you know that the dancing teeth routine was used by animator Terry Gillium in a Monty Python skit on TV and in their first movie "And Now For Something Completely Different"? Check it out!
Stereotypical yes yes- but very clearly a triumph for the poor slaves against the [drownded] slave master. Quite a revelation , and the given title quite misleading
in 2017 we are several generations removed from slavery and jim crow. It is time to get on with your life. Never forget the past and use it as a motivator to move on to a better future...period.
this cartoon was made when African Americans had no rights and were 3rd class citizens. in my opinion, how the cartoon ends shows the cartoonist support the African Americans. didn't you see the slave owner being portraid as a villain. back then this was enough to get the cartoonist jailed.
I watched the movie just yesterday. This cartoon pretty much followed the movie which I assume is pretty accurate based on the book. Except for the fact that the cartoon depicted little Ava's father as mean. He wasn't. He took good care of these people and was set to free Tom but was murdered the day before the night before in a mugging.
no, but i usually jam out the warrant song everyday on my way to work at the factory. i gotta pretty kick ass sound system in the ol' camaro. warrant man, i love 'em. that is good ol' american heavy metal man. not any of that shit that comes out of finland and norway and all those other dang viking countries. hell, can't understand what the hell they are caterwalling and screaming about anyway. if i was per 'dead' ohlin i would've shot myself in the head too. silly makeup wearing stooge. halloween was months ago there corpsepaint. how about a little more tryin' and understanding the concept of melody and a little less huffing bags of bird remains. frickin' freak.
Originally released by Pathe in March 1930 as an 'Aesop's Sound Fable', "Dixie Days". Produced by the Van Beuren Studio, directed by John Foster & Mannie Davis, with "synchronized" music score by Gene Rodemich.
You have to remember, that all of our elders black and white were born back during this era or a little earlier. Now in particular to white elders. If you had grown up in an area where you didn't see black people at all. And you are kid and you have things like this on tv and maybe the occasional comment from mom or dad. Then you have the racial events of the 40's , 50's and 60's . It's called program (TV program[ing]) for a reason. People often ask the question of what made people (whites) like they were back in those days. As I just said and just like I said in college. When you grow up in an era like this and the proverbial not knowing any better. Well that's what happens .
Melons in general,have been used for centuries to keep field hands working. Water sources, often contaminated, would sicken or kill those who drank it. Growing melons, allowed some level of filter sterilization of most pathogens by roots of plants. Additionally, sugars and other electrolytes lessened dehydration. By content, most of melon water. Did the slave owners, European & Asian peasant overlords, know this? Not likely, but if they were fed melons they worked better & didn't get sick & die.
It's the banalization of an anti-ralcist novel like "Uncle Tom's Cabin" especially in the runaway slave sequence and her persecution. Best part of the cartoon comes towards the end when the Slaves' Master gets killed.
THIS CARTOON AIN'T RACIST! IT'S A CRITICISM TO THE RACIST HISTORY OF AMERICA! The reason that the cartoon depicts black slaves as happy is because back in the old south whites had that idea that slaves were meant to be happy. The reason that we see the black stereotypes is because that's how whites saw blacks back then. We see blacks running away from their slave masters because that's pretty much what happened in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. They portray Uncle Tom as the hero who freed the slaves because in the book he confront his "massa" by refusing to work while the other slaves were just escaping.
Oh Right. A cartoon from the 1930's which was at the peak of the KKK, depicting blacks in every possible stereotype going back to Uncle Toms Cabin is trying to criticize the racist history of America, instead of playing right into it. Yeah, I'm sure that's it. .
shadow king13 LSD? Do you not see what this cartoon is portraying? It's the hardships black men and women had. Even their children were in danger. It's honestly compelling to watch and it was the reality then. Humans are a really fucked up people but the beauty in it all is that we have the ability to change. Peace
After the Van Beuren Studio closed for good in 1936, their cartoons were in limbo until Official Films acquired the rights to most of them in the '40s, reissuing them for "home movie" audiences (on 16mm) and early TV release as part of their "Jungle Jinks" series, with new titles.
This is a burlesque of a ‘Tom show’, a stage production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. They were very popular before the first war, but were considered rather old fashioned by the time this cartoon is made. I think the makers grew up on this stuff, and are now writing a parody of it, with (then) modern music. I think this is what causes some of the bizzare points of this cartoon.
Por lo que he visto, este cortometraje no es racista. Es una adaptación de “La cabaña del tío Tom” que reflejan bastante bien el periodo de esclavitud con gags que tienen gracia.
This was definitely a different time in history Racism was everywhere and sadly we still have Racism in the world I hope one day we could get rid of Racism for good
Mickey (originally Mortimer Mouse) DNA sources Felix the Cat Cartoons, the creative brain child of Otto Mesmer (although Pat Sullivan claimed the IP rights as owner of the studio). Felix was an outgrowth of a Cat called Master Tom in a cartoon called Feline Follies 1919 (note the date); Mesmer and Sullivan also produced the Charlie Chaplin Cartoons. The work of Windsor McKay influenced Mesmer's Cartoons, McKay produced the very first cartoon (about a Dinosaur). Felix the Cat is solid black, so is Mickey Mouse. Easier to ink and animate in the B/W Cartoons. Mickey/Mortimer was in two silent cartoons which failed to find distribution. Oswald the Rabbit, and Mickey Mouse were the invention of "Ub" Iwerks, Walt Disney's oldest friend, both were illustrators for a Magazine in 1919, until Walt Disney (Mickey's first voice) decided to get into animation and his friend Iwerks followed. Mickey Mouse comes on the scene a decade after Felix The Cat, but Pat Sullivan kept his cartoons silent, and by 1935 Felix the Cat's popularity faded. Steamboat Willie was not the first Sound Synchronized Cartoon (or Comic as the title states) and the work of Ub Iwerk (as were most of the Disney Cartoons) receives credit. Starting in May 1924 and continuing through September 1926, The Dave and Max Fleischer's Inkwell Studio produced 19 sound cartoons, using the Phonofilm, sound-on-film process. Disney used a patent infringement copy of the system.
The Simon Legree Villain, (a whit guy) gets killed and Uncle Tom and company, (mostly black), live happily ever after! And someone thinks that’s racist? Go figure.
lmao wut, you feeling sorry for people who made a 90 year old cartoon, the fact is that the imagery was jim crow, just because its in the past doesn't justify it
I'm having a hard time finding the "racism" in this cartoon. You white girl cried when her friends got taken away and they beat the slave trader at the end. This looks anti-slavery to me
Come to think of it, this cartoon is actually anti-Semitic considering the slave trade and slave auctions, and the majority of plantation owners were all Jewish.
Uncle tom's cabin was a book written against slavery, in book evil slave owner drowns when chasing slaves. In cartoon, The evil slave owner went over the waterfalls. So this wasn't meant as anti-black people, but opposed to slavery.
Too bad Snoop Dog or Dr. Dre were not around then. This would have been a cartoon about raping ho's and slapping b*tches. If you're offended about this you should go into a closed garage and start the car.
I clearly remember each one of those cartoons growing up, never realizing how my young mind was being poisoned. What is most amazing, however, is how far we've come in our country since those days. These videos are a recording of our country's history and its past mistakes.
And to think a hundred years later we have Whites, Males, and White-males being lynched in Civil Courts and Human Resources by the very same people that are being stereotyped. It makes you wonder just how equal discrimination is being practiced today.
I guess back in the day you could rip off other cartoon characters with impunity , especially as I've seen a feww different scenes in this cartoon where Mickey Mouse is definately drawn into it .
Anyone have any semblance of what's going on? Theres a dance routine, at the auction they scream " WE WANT LAND!!" then a character never seen starts being chased for no reason. Then it switches from the south to the Alaskan wilderness? Not sure it makes any sense.....
Honestly, that shit made me laugh because I had seen your comment and was kinda waiting for the time you gave and was really not expecting that, but ... wow. This video is scary as shit! Just straight creepy!
walt disney himself wasn't racist or anti-semetic but he was racially insensitive and good friends with plenty of people who were anti-semetic and racist
Not sure, this cartoon mostly pops up as 16mm (only one 35mm is available at the moment online and watchable), maybe alot? But don't listen to me since I'm not sure when it comes to rarity
High: you must be high. Racism has nothing to do with power over others. There are plenty of powerful people who are absolutely not racist. There are plenty of people who are incredibly racist and become extremely violent because they have no power. What about Mahatma Gandhi who was powerful in his way or 'Antifa' who are fairly powerless but extremely violent against whites.
If you want to look at the actual history, you should go read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Then you'll know how racist people were in that time era and how depicting the book's original story this way is racist and insulting and how this is still racist today.
Me: Thanks for your reply, that's pretty much what I was saying. If you think the makers of the cartoon were very racist think again, I see them making fun of a nasty looking unlikeable overseer and presenting a really likeable older man who treats people well. If the makers were truly racist, why would they portray them that way. Look beyond a stereotype and see the underlying message, I like the old man far far better than the whip guy, AND I'm white.
OMG That's the most offensive racist cartoon I have ever seen!!! I'm offended and I'm not Black!! It's shocking how the black people were ( are) treated. Put yourself in that situation and I'm sure you wouldn't like it. Treat everyone fairly and respectfully!
Sorry dudes, I skip the rasict or not thing for now (as a white guy from Holland I don't think I can judge that anyway) What I like to know is whether Terry Gilliam knew this cartoon when he joined Monty Python. The first animation he did for MP is the same as the teeth-scene in this cartoon (1m40s). And yes, I'm also a nerd.
After watching this cartoon I can see where, at first glance somebody may construe this as racism. But if you look deeper past the visual stereotypes .... there's a deeper message. This was a very rare occurrence in the time era of the 1930s where slavery was actually being denounced within this cartoon. The characters that were depicted with in this cartoon were actually animal representations. I've yet to see a white man or a black man with a tail, and the message behind it was denouncing the evil that is slavery, and the slaves standing up to the slave owner and emerging triumphant. If anything this was a cartoon representation of the fact of the black people not going for being treated as slaves anymore. ... and standing up for their rights against the crimes being committed against them. The final block of cement is at the very end of the cartoon, did anybody notice that the crow came up to the group and cackled like a rooster? And as soon as he did, he was ran off and chased Into the Woods. That was a direct reference to the Jim Crow laws and the Democratic party who were purporting themselves to be supporters of the black people, when in reality they wanted to keep them enslaved. The crow was a misrepresentation..... intentional misrepresentation that is. The crow was trying to pass himself off as something that he wasn't ....which was a rooster. They realized the false lie that was being laid in front of their face and chased it off into the woods banishing it from their area. There's a lot of metaphors being tossed around here....but there's actually a pretty positive message behind this cartoon. The message being that slavery was a really bad thing.
esto es racista porque eso es como ven los morenos de piel mas oscura, eso es una estereotipos que hacen y también con la sandía. No este aqui diciendo que como esto es racista, ve hacer un investigación.
I'm white, this cartoon is clearly very racist. I did a search for this cartoon after reading an essay about how "Uncle Tom" became a derogatory term. This cartoon was noted as an example of how the media was changing the perception of Uncle Tom. At the time of it's publication (1852), Uncle Tom was a strong character and the book helped spark the civil war. Now, the term "Uncle Tom" has a derogatory connotation. His character is not supposed to be weak, but it changed throughout time....
Sense of humor which would've been accessible by whites who would've paid a fine dime to watch these in theaters. It's like telling a black joke right infront of a random blackman. If it's your friend then they'll laugh along with you, if it's fucking stand up comedy, then everyone laughs.
They basically did the same with US history books, they wanna praise Christopher Columbus as the founder of America when in actuality he’s no different from Hitler. Hitler leading the slaughtering of Jewish people is no different from Columbus leading the slaughter of Native Americans. It’s funny how today people are upset with the removal of Confederate imagery saying “they want to rewrite/erase history” but we weren’t told real history to begin with. Everything is softened up to appear innocent.
It seems we're also glossing over the Union's war against the Native Americans. Look up the Sand Creek Massacre, or The Dakota War of 1862. Also read Sherman's letter to his brother, concerning the Native Americans in the west, following the war.
bighispanic92 ! I’m Hispanic so what if it was about our culture remember speedy Gonzalez or the Frito Bandito ? They were taken down because they cast us in a stereotypical light or was that before your time ? ?
ah... okay, thanks for that. and if the last note is based on what i said about snoop dog, i realize one had nothing to do with the other... it was just funny to me, the irony of the similarity in features.
Hell, moonwalkings origins? This one predates me, but seeing stuff like this didnt even show up on my radar as racist as a kid. I just saw weird characters and enjoyed them. I didnt really think animals could talk or anyone on earth looked like this for real. Didnt consider it racist til someone told me it I need to see it such. I wonder why they didnt tell me mice cant really ice skate
Very good observation. I couldn't agree any more. Especially the part that most children would never have seen any of this as being racist unless an adult or someone older tells them so and tells them they should be offended. Thanks for pointing that out because it's so true!
Very sad that this is what generations were taught and had to look at. I believe GEN Z is the start of a turning point for the better though. Hopefully. Everyone should be able to enjoy life without being ridiculed for who you are.
I'm Black make no mistake about it, but that was how the times were. Black musicians accompanied the toons: Cab Calloway accompanied it and was part of it as well; also Duke Ellington accompanied one as well as Vivian and Ruby Dandridge voicing some characters in Coal Black & Sebben Dwarfs...
It was simply "those days"
Thank you...please relate the amount of jobs filled by talented people to entertain the masses in times of war and depression.
Don't let the agenda made how awesome and important these cartoons are .
Cab was a legend and Duke Ellington beyong legend. My grandpa used to complain about newer musicfrom. 1960s and would say they dont have talent like dukd.
What about elmer fudd, what about betty boop, etc.. they were white characters and you don't see any other race complaining!
You ever hear of caricatures? Blacks just see cartoons and want to cry racist to get money... Thats the truth... Whites dont complain because we make our own identities, walking on the boardwalk as a young person there were artists painting people as caricatures... You know about them? Probably not. They were exaggerated features, funny, like cartoon characters. We laughed and had a good time. We didn't cry racism and make everyone around us miserable and try to change a whole planet because we took something emotional that wasn't meant to be harassing... GET IT...
One thing people need to remember is that while cartoons during this period seem juvenile, they were made for general audiences, NOT children. They were simply short features that accompanied the main feature
As someone who read the book I don’t dislike these depictions of Uncle Tom just because they’re bad stereotypes, but they take one of the most iconic and dramatic pieces of American literature and turn it into a joke. And not even in a clever way like Mel Brook’s parodies of beloved classics, just in a mediocre way that kind of insults the original book and it’s poignant drama and characters
The book sucked and Mel Brooks just makes Hebrew hack slop, but it sounds like you’ll down anything.
I just had to come back because after writing that first comment I literally had to re-process the fact that you described Mel Brooks as “clever”
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@@BikingVikingHH then to each their own I guess. You don’t have to like what I like. And I’m sure you have your own classic novels or movies that I won’t like. Different strokes for different folks. Take care buddy
@@Ghe608 if you consider stuff like South Park or Mel Brooks racist then yes I do laugh at the offensive humor that can be considered racist when it’s done well
@@Ghe608 I wonder how what would happen if we met in real life? Would we just sit in silence or would we actually strike up a conversation and get along. I personally like to think we would in real life, I bet we may even have similar favorite books or movies. Otherwise I hope you sincerely have a nice day/night
I have mixed feelings. It seems weird that the cartoon’s production meeting went like:
Guy 1: You know what would be a good topic for a children's cartoon?
Guy 2: Slavery auction?
Guy 1: *finger guns* Bingo.
But at the same time you have to remember that Children’s stories were crazy by today’s standards. You’ll know what I mean if you’ve read an early edition of the Brother’s Grimm Fairy Tales (If you haven’t, check it out it’s worth the read). So, it’s possible they were trying to introduce kids to adult topics in a light hearted manner they could understand.
Also the cartoon tries to show black people in a positive light. The “white” hippo is friendly with the black girl and seems to regard her as her equal by singing and dancing with her, and she cried when they were all taken away. Yes, they were dressed poorly but they were literally slaves, so that makes sense.Then of course they kill the overseer at the end showing triumph over oppression… It does seem weird that the freed slaves sing the confederate anthem at the end though.
In regard to the art style, I gave it a pass. As others have mentioned since it was black and white illustration, cartoons characters were filled in all black for ease of animation. This is just a guess, but I imagine the reason for the white ring around the mouth was to make it easier to draw facial expressions, since it would be very difficult to do so otherwise on an all-black character. Of course this would only hold for early animations like this one. As time progressed and more complex depictions became possible, an illustrator’s choice to continue depicting black folk in this manner could rightly be perceived as racist.
While I agree with most of your analysis... one thing you are mistaken about is the intended audience. Cartoons in the 30’s were not ever intended for children. This is a common misconception that many people who grew up with Saturday morning cartoons on the television have. Problem is, this animation was created long before the invention of the television. Cartoons in the 30’s were shown to adult audiences at the cinemas. It was not a common practice to bring children to movie theaters even for matinees. These cartoons were intended as an “opening act” to be easily understood by an audience that was to a much higher degree than today- illiterate. This was an easier medium than a feature film (mostly b/c feature length films up to this point were only about 25-30 mins long) to bring the ideas from a Harriet Beecher Stowe to a much larger audience. It’s only blatant about how in your face it is to someone who is educated and is looking at it with “2020 vision” (pun intended). It’s easy to look back and slap our knees and say “look how backward we were back then” or your animator’s pitch scenario and get all fired up about it- this was how early film makers and animators introduced audiences who largely couldn’t read uncle toms cabin- the idea that slavery was horrible and that slaves were treated like animals...make sense?
Cartoons weren’t made for kids back then, they were made for adults
I just love the justification of liberals defending this obvious racist bile as creative art.
Cartoons back then weren’t made for children but adults. Go listen to Jerry Beck talk about this very thing.
@@Daniel_B_23 Oh is that the justification for racist propaganda no matter who the target audience is. Even if that B.S were true, it gets filtered down to the children eventually as a tool to teach bigotry. Then the parent can pretend that they didn't teach it to them.
i see more people getting mad at people getting offended by this, than people actually offended by this
This is wonderful lmaooooo
It’s because it isn’t racist to depict racism, this cartoon short was made for adult audiences who were, to a much larger extent than today, illiterate. This was shown in cinemas way before the invention of the TV and Saturday morning cartoons- and since it was not common practice to bring children to the movie theater in those days.. this was how an animator could get the idea across to everyone that slavery was evil, and that people were treated like animals. There were a ton of immigrants who came over during this time period and very few spoke the language and even fewer could read.. so this “in your face” depiction is that way by design.. it’s easy to look back 90 years now with “2020” vision (pun intended) and slap our knees and say “look how backwards and racist everyone was back then!” Does this make sense?
MikeDeezle22 I love these cartoons lmao
@@mikedeezle2249 , this video is truly strange and I can't make up my mind if I should or shouldn't be offended. But I agree with your pov! It really was made in a very different age. In the 1920s a lot of the older folks had actually experienced slavery. In a few years the video will be a hundred years old!!
The creators of this video weren't afraid to use racial stereotypes, and the label "political correctness" didn't exist, yet. But none of the characters are shown in a very flattering way, and the message that slavery is not only evil but also absurd, is loud and clear IMO.
It reminds me a little bit of the crows in the original "Dumbo" movie. A lot of people complain today that the crows are shown in such a racist way that they shouldn't be in that movie. I beg to differ: the crows are nothing but kind, and they teach Dumbo how to fly! Without the crows Dumbo would've never discovered his outstanding talent! The crows are the good guys - and they also have the funniest lines and the best music😉 "Dumbo" would lose a lot of it's appeal without the jive-talkin' crows!
@@Rapseeker101 oh shut the fuck up lol. You keep trying to trigger people but you're only making yourself look like a moron. Grow up kiddo
3:02 The characters talking via the music score is actually ingenious.
By saying that you are admitting to a true fact that ingenious people also owned slaves.
Imagine if this inspired Don't Starve
@@fireandice6805 -- No, she's not. Don't put words in people's mouth. You weren't even in the same ballpark of what she was saying
Sara, yes, it is ingenious 😃Of the entire cartoon, that conversation was the part that stood out to me. I love it!
Guess who wrote the music and the score...look at the credits, it ain't white men.
What's really sad about this is, in the 1930's there would still have been former slaves alive. I'm sure this was not funny to them.
It’s crazy how bad copyright restrictions were back then I mean you can literally see Mickey Mouse in the opening shot of this cartoon
Beautifully done. These historical films must be preserved for all time to come. Cheers!
This was odd. The "blacks" are portrayed as being silly, and even enjoying slavery, which wasn't clear until the slave auction. The white owner was portrayed like a villain, not respectfully. The "slaves" escape, and the owner ends up at the bottom of the waterfall. It may be sympathetic to blacks, but it still does not portray blacks very well, IMO.
In the end, this cartoon is a product of its time. Thankfully, such a cartoon could not be commercially made today.
I beg to differ: I cannot detect any joy amongst the black characters during the auction. They are forced to project joy! And the white characters are shown just as stereotypical as the black characters. But the message that slavery is evil and absurd, is loud and clear.
The cartoon is very strange for us today - but I cannot detect racism. Stereotypes are used in cartoons all the time. But stereotypes and racism aren't the same thing!
@@sabineb.5616 Interesting how we view the same thing, and have different impressions.
Could we both be right??
@@craigkdillon , since we are talking about our subjective impressions while watching the video - yes, we can both be right! But I agree with you, that this video could never be made today, which is probably a good thing.
I remember seeing this on a DVD of 150 classic cartoons along side felix the cat and popye, lol
Ahhhh yes, classic Americana
In the 00’s you could find dvd’s with all sorts of old racist cartoons for like a couple bucks. I don’t know if this is still the case or if that’s changed now.
This goes on as a loop in David Duke's head 24/7.
The animation was better then many of the things you see on tv to day
level242 😂😂
Oh go play your teacup vidya game if you love it so much!!!!!!!
Modern cartoons are all about homosexuality, poop jokes and Jewish jokes.
Handsome_Hero is there anything wrong with homosexuals?
@@bunni_.goblin9862 to me nothing much really fact I think it's fine but the problem is is that it's getting WAY too much attention than it should
@6:15 LOL: The ball is reflecting a window. He's OUTSIDE! LOL!
I noticed that too 😂
this isnt racist, streotypical for today? maybe... but back then, incredibly progressive. i love how it shows thaat balck people exibit the full range of emotions. uncle toms great strength which he used to try and help save his friend showed just what there capable of and also did not display whie people as entirely evil too, this is so ahead of its time its insane...
for those of you who don't get it - this is a cartoon ... a caricature, not reality.
Yes it is a cartoon and meant to amuse. The problem is that at that time, these cartoonish stereotypes were the only way black Americans were every depicted in popular entertainment. These ideas of black people as happy morons who couldn't achieve anything on their own were so deeply engrained in people (and still are with some people, obviously) that it was extremely difficult for any black person to overcome it. Not to mention it's incredibly insulting to be constantly dehumanized this way. Even if this cartoon wasn't meant to insult black people, it did that very thoroughly anyway. Imagine being a young black child in America and having every cartoon, movie, radio show, newspaper portray your family and community this way.
so according to you someone like paul robeson was depicted as a "happy moron."
why don't you open your mind, study the history of africans of american descent, and see what you've been missing.
"hillbillys" were depicted in the same way. the cartoons (caricatures) played on stereotypes that affected lots of minorities. it's not meant to be taken seriously. political correctness didn't apply then and shouldn't apply now, too. still, i hear you :) think "presentism."
Think "bullshit". This is racist crap to the nth degree. Uncle Tom? Slave auctions. You're fucking nuts and worse, you're trying to justify this bullshit as "presentism"? WTF" ?
racism exists in the eye of the beholder. they are blind to art and see everything as racism. you are blinded by racism and need to open your eyes. and if everything is "racism", then nothing is racism. these are caricatures judt like the caricatures of hillbillys, jews, asian, et al. the racism exists in you, my friend
The cartoon is based off of the book Uncle Toms Cabin. It showed the horrors and wrongs that the slave owners did to the slaves. This was true except without all the animals and dancing! I also don't why some of you are calling all whites devils? How many of us do you think had anything to do with slavery? There were 12 million people in America in 1850 and out of that only 2 million were slaves and about that same number were slave owners so there were many, many white people that never owned slaves. If white people didn't stand up and fight for blacks to be free it would have never happened. You can curse the ones that did it but I have never once heard anyone thank any white people that fought against slavery. Do you know how many families were split over the issue, how many wives, sisters, brothers and husbands fought behind the scenes to even get this started? You should really think about it. Talking down to all white people does not make todays issues better for sure.
Although the cartoon was loosely based off the plot of Uncle Tom's Cabin, it made incredible light of the extremely serious issues dealt with in the book. Also, if you remember, one of the main points of the book was that northern white people who prided themselves on being against slavery were still extremely racist and tried hard not to associate with african americans. And did anybody actually say "white devils"? I find that hard to believe.
Irish, French, English, Dutch ... and people from all over came to the united states, many of them in the same generation worked right along side blacks as slaves themselves and/or indentured servants. Not to mention just about all countries participated in slavery and some still do.... as well as the fact that almost every race creed and color was some form of slave at some point. Let alone how women were treated. To stereotype all white Americans is also racist.
LiaThePenguinologist Of course it did... it was a cartoon made for kids to enjoy, not watch and be horrified at.
Chris Crissey also slavery wasn't a racial thing before Europeans entered the picture. the anomisity that's felt toward them isn't the slavery that was only done by the 1 percent of whites but how they treated blacks after slavery til this day. indentured servants were not the same as slaves. no one mocked whites made fun of them and treated them horribly off of their physical appearance, unless you mean whites against jews or polish or irish but that's white on white issues. you cant make it equal to blacks, you cant. that pc stuff is denial hun
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Well I'm far from proud of my lineage in any rate, and you forgot the Native Americans. :( but I hear you. I guess I am Idealist in thinking at one time many walks of people were part of it, and everyone decided it was a bad idea, but you are right. It was never set fair or just. The atrocities far too great to make reparations and as it still is ongoing. I *just* (accidentally) had fox news on where they interviewed 2 'experts' on the Ferguson situation with another black man named Alex. In which the quoted Mayor Giuliani in saying 'The most dangerous thing to a black is another black' and 'black neighborhoods need policed more... I was trying to find a clip when I cam here . Oh and Alex did not get to rebut. They 'ran out of time' for.... the second time on her show.
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Did people that are calling this racist even watch the entire video? The slaves got away by killing the slave catcher, sending him off a cliff. Some people just like to complain for the sake of complaining.
This was how, and somewhat now, how we are looked upon by many racist. I can imagine the shit my ancestors went thru,..treating them like shit, and finding it humorous.
robert lindsey black people don't look at white people in any more of a flattering way. It's just more socially acceptable for black people to make fun of white people than vise versa. You can call that black privilege.
robert lindsey so you're mad about some shit that happened before you were born? I've got good news for you, the tables have completely turned. It's totally socially acceptable for black people to makes fun of "the goofy white guy" in standup and in the media then it is for white people to be stereotypical towards black people. So you win. I guess it's white people's turn to be mad about the black privilege then.
robert lindsey hahaha
Those complaining people you are referring to are liberals. They are the ones this video are touting, "victims of racism."
1:40--Did you know that the dancing teeth routine was used by animator Terry Gillium in a Monty Python skit on TV and in their first movie "And Now For Something Completely Different"? Check it out!
Indeed
Stereotypical yes yes- but very clearly a triumph for the poor slaves against the [drownded] slave master. Quite a revelation , and the given title quite misleading
Your the guy who tells the bad race jokes at the job.
in 2017 we are several generations removed from slavery and jim crow. It is time to get on with your life. Never forget the past and use it as a motivator to move on to a better future...period.
this cartoon was made when African Americans had no rights and were 3rd class citizens. in my opinion, how the cartoon ends shows the cartoonist support the African Americans. didn't you see the slave owner being portraid as a villain. back then this was enough to get the cartoonist jailed.
Has ANYONE actually read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
I watched the movie just yesterday. This cartoon pretty much followed the movie which I assume is pretty accurate based on the book. Except for the fact that the cartoon depicted little Ava's father as mean. He wasn't. He took good care of these people and was set to free Tom but was murdered the day before the night before in a mugging.
no, but i usually jam out the warrant song everyday on my way to work at the factory. i gotta pretty kick ass sound system in the ol' camaro. warrant man, i love 'em. that is good ol' american heavy metal man. not any of that shit that comes out of finland and norway and all those other dang viking countries. hell, can't understand what the hell they are caterwalling and screaming about anyway. if i was per 'dead' ohlin i would've shot myself in the head too. silly makeup wearing stooge. halloween was months ago there corpsepaint. how about a little more tryin' and understanding the concept of melody and a little less huffing bags of bird remains. frickin' freak.
Just finished it, actually! I don't think the people who animated this read it tho, lol
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@@shadegreen5351 this is the most random comment I have ever come across
Originally released by Pathe in March 1930 as an 'Aesop's Sound Fable', "Dixie Days". Produced by the Van Beuren Studio, directed by John Foster & Mannie Davis, with "synchronized" music score by Gene Rodemich.
Bunch of Jews, got it
Well, the staff was mostly Jewish, because the studio was based in New York.
You have to remember, that all of our elders black and white were born back during this era or a little earlier. Now in particular to white elders. If you had grown up in an area where you didn't see black people at all. And you are kid and you have things like this on tv and maybe the occasional comment from mom or dad. Then you have the racial events of the 40's , 50's and 60's . It's called program (TV program[ing]) for a reason. People often ask the question of what made people (whites) like they were back in those days. As I just said and just like I said in college. When you grow up in an era like this and the proverbial not knowing any better. Well that's what happens .
Melons in general,have been used for centuries to keep field hands working. Water sources, often contaminated, would sicken or kill those who drank it. Growing melons, allowed some level of filter sterilization of most pathogens by roots of plants. Additionally, sugars and other electrolytes lessened dehydration. By content, most of melon water. Did the slave owners, European & Asian peasant overlords, know this? Not likely, but if they were fed melons they worked better & didn't get sick & die.
It's the banalization of an anti-ralcist novel like "Uncle Tom's Cabin" especially in the runaway slave sequence and her persecution. Best part of the cartoon comes towards the end when the Slaves' Master gets killed.
That cartoon I remembered...
And as a black American, I was cherished, and I still enjoy it (sorry)
I like it cause the music mostly. lol
Love those old cartoons
😨
Me too
THIS CARTOON AIN'T RACIST! IT'S A CRITICISM TO THE RACIST HISTORY OF AMERICA!
The reason that the cartoon depicts black slaves as happy is because back in the old south whites had that idea that slaves were meant to be happy. The reason that we see the black stereotypes is because that's how whites saw blacks back then. We see blacks running away from their slave masters because that's pretty much what happened in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. They portray Uncle Tom as the hero who freed the slaves because in the book he confront his "massa" by refusing to work while the other slaves were just escaping.
Francisco Cortes only a white person would think this isn't racist
M.E films The cartoon was actually based from the book. So stop the bull
Exact!y funny how whites can depict other blacks and act as tho they can explain ones experience.
El Cisco Kid very true
Oh Right. A cartoon from the 1930's which was at the peak of the KKK, depicting blacks in every possible stereotype going back to Uncle Toms Cabin is trying to criticize the racist history of America, instead of playing right into it. Yeah, I'm sure that's it. .
Es bonito pero muy triste y es parte de la historia...
Re: the opening.
Mickey who??
Your comment is older than a lot of my classmates lol 😆
What the fuck kind of LSD where people on back in the 30's?
shadow king13 LSD? Do you not see what this cartoon is portraying? It's the hardships black men and women had. Even their children were in danger. It's honestly compelling to watch and it was the reality then. Humans are a really fucked up people but the beauty in it all is that we have the ability to change. Peace
@@hasdjeda6127 you really just missed the part where people were dancing on the slave auction podium
People: commenting about the racism portrayed in the short
Me: Wow, impressive animation for 30s standards.
Its truly amazing that society had ever condoned this sort of thing.
After the Van Beuren Studio closed for good in 1936, their cartoons were in limbo until Official Films acquired the rights to most of them in the '40s, reissuing them for "home movie" audiences (on 16mm) and early TV release as part of their "Jungle Jinks" series, with new titles.
A lot of the characters in this have mile long stares. I think they're all jaded and broken.
This is a burlesque of a ‘Tom show’, a stage production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. They were very popular before the first war, but were considered rather old fashioned by the time this cartoon is made. I think the makers grew up on this stuff, and are now writing a parody of it, with (then) modern music. I think this is what causes some of the bizzare points of this cartoon.
Por lo que he visto, este cortometraje no es racista. Es una adaptación de “La cabaña del tío Tom” que reflejan bastante bien el periodo de esclavitud con gags que tienen gracia.
It’s the visual stereotypes
This was definitely a different time in history Racism was everywhere and sadly we still have Racism in the world I hope one day we could get rid of Racism for good
sowhatbitch103 sadly your right but just so that you know that I love everyone I don’t care about race or religion I love everything the same
That is some sad hacked crap, thank Disney for this racist depiction
This isn't Disney, this is van beuren.
4:33 the story of Moses the Man of God.
Ends the same way too..
The slave masters died in water.....
is that where Mickey mouse came from
Mickey Mouse came from Oscar the Lucky Rabbit.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit
No he was Steam ship Willie.
Mickey (originally Mortimer Mouse) DNA sources Felix the Cat Cartoons, the creative brain child of Otto Mesmer (although Pat Sullivan claimed the IP rights as owner of the studio). Felix was an outgrowth of a Cat called Master Tom in a cartoon called Feline Follies 1919 (note the date); Mesmer and Sullivan also produced the Charlie Chaplin Cartoons. The work of Windsor McKay influenced Mesmer's Cartoons, McKay produced the very first cartoon (about a Dinosaur).
Felix the Cat is solid black, so is Mickey Mouse. Easier to ink and animate in the B/W Cartoons. Mickey/Mortimer was in two silent cartoons which failed to find distribution.
Oswald the Rabbit, and Mickey Mouse were the invention of "Ub" Iwerks, Walt Disney's oldest friend, both were illustrators for a Magazine in 1919, until Walt Disney (Mickey's first voice) decided to get into animation and his friend Iwerks followed. Mickey Mouse comes on the scene a decade after Felix The Cat, but Pat Sullivan kept his cartoons silent, and by 1935 Felix the Cat's popularity faded.
Steamboat Willie was not the first Sound Synchronized Cartoon (or Comic as the title states) and the work of Ub Iwerk (as were most of the Disney Cartoons) receives credit. Starting in May 1924 and continuing through September 1926, The Dave and Max Fleischer's Inkwell Studio produced 19 sound cartoons, using the Phonofilm, sound-on-film process. Disney used a patent infringement copy of the system.
Renshen1957 great stuff on this cool subject, awesome comment 👍👍
Well done! Accurate. Now I have to see Master Tom, too.
I would imagine that in 50 years from now, the show In Living Color will receive the same scorn as these old cartoons.
Ohhh yeah
The Simon Legree Villain, (a whit guy) gets killed and Uncle Tom and company, (mostly black), live happily ever after! And someone thinks that’s racist? Go figure.
I'm glad that this delightful cartoon was made in a tasteful non stereotypical way.a true gem
They were animal characters or couldn't anyone but me see tails on each character!
Plus the fact that they wore no clothes and walked on all fours.
Funny thing is they act like animals too
@@Glock9999999 yeahh just like ni
@@cheekee8714 spell the rest
@@cheekee8714ahahahahaha
Did you notice the logo of Microsoft's 6:15 on a ball chained to something :D
Same
A lot of cartoons actually had that Shine on a object effect.
Its a shine from a window
now a can't unsee that.
oh cmon give them a break this was 90 years ago. times were different
lmao wut, you feeling sorry for people who made a 90 year old cartoon, the fact is that the imagery was jim crow, just because its in the past doesn't justify it
@Joe Bidet I’ll take “caricatures” for $200
@@longboy7 agreed.
Dem folks sho runs afta dat ol' roosta in de end! LMFAO
Ken Brown ! Lol lmao you are funny 😄 ! I love ❤️ your comment ! !
This is great.
I'm having a hard time finding the "racism" in this cartoon. You white girl cried when her friends got taken away and they beat the slave trader at the end. This looks anti-slavery to me
They called it racist to kill the cartoon .. Simply as that !
It's the visual stereotypes
The part that says slave auction. Yes its racist
Yeah, an accurate sign of what occurred in the past is “racist”. Just like the movie “Schindler‘s List” is anti-Semitic, right? Jesus you are dumb
Come to think of it, this cartoon is actually anti-Semitic considering the slave trade and slave auctions, and the majority of plantation owners were all Jewish.
Uncle tom's cabin was a book written against slavery, in book evil slave owner drowns when chasing slaves. In cartoon, The evil slave owner went over the waterfalls. So this wasn't meant as anti-black people, but opposed to slavery.
the little mouse is playing the strings on a watermelon!!!! that's hilarious
Too bad Snoop Dog or Dr. Dre were not around then. This would have been a cartoon about raping ho's and slapping b*tches. If you're offended about this you should go into a closed garage and start the car.
What the fuck did I just read
I lived in the hood and this is spot on
I clearly remember each one of those cartoons growing up, never realizing how my young mind was being poisoned. What is most amazing, however, is how far we've come in our country since those days. These videos are a recording of our country's history and its past mistakes.
Anything can happen in a cartoon 😯
I was Looking At The Show Lovecraft Country and some how ended up Here from the Character's Topsy and Bopsy
How is this rare? It’s available here anytime anyone wants to watch it.
might not be soon
Were there any edits showing who shot first?
And to think a hundred years later we have Whites, Males, and White-males being lynched in Civil Courts and Human Resources by the very same people that are being stereotyped.
It makes you wonder just how equal discrimination is being practiced today.
It’s not the 2030s bud
lol sure 😂
Damn this is uncomfortable af to watch as a black person 😐
I guess back in the day you could rip off other cartoon characters with impunity , especially as I've seen a feww different scenes in this cartoon where Mickey Mouse is definately drawn into it .
Anyone have any semblance of what's going on? Theres a dance routine, at the auction they scream " WE WANT LAND!!" then a character never seen starts being chased for no reason. Then it switches from the south to the Alaskan wilderness? Not sure it makes any sense.....
This isn't racist. It's stereotyped satire. Big difference. It's called comedy.
Stereotypes based on race are racist. Yes, this cartoon is racist.
@@PSchearer only in today's "cancel culture". Nobody with a sense of humor gets offended at a cartoon
Pretty obviously racist..
@@shavguru idiot. THIS CARTOON IS RACIST!!!
Honestly, that shit made me laugh because I had seen your comment and was kinda waiting for the time you gave and was really not expecting that, but ... wow. This video is scary as shit! Just straight creepy!
It reminds me of the old mickey mouse cartoons the silently ones the one he was driving the steamboat
Me whatchoo talkin' 'bout Willis...ain't ye nebber seed "De Song ub de Souf" wid Uncle Remus?
walt disney himself wasn't racist or anti-semetic but he was racially insensitive and good friends with plenty of people who were anti-semetic and racist
Elizabeth Chapman
STEAMBOAT WILLY...
i just found an 8mm film roll of this in my grandmas basement. how much would you say it’s worth
Not sure, this cartoon mostly pops up as 16mm (only one 35mm is available at the moment online and watchable), maybe alot? But don't listen to me since I'm not sure when it comes to rarity
the words "Mickey Mouse" and "Racist" go together like Bread and Butter.
Just like Sanford and son
Only in your brain !! And by the way, here is no Mickey Mouse because this ain't a Disney cartoon.
This type of cartoon is what was shone on TV when i was a kid in the mid 50s . They were much better than the crap the kids are being fed today .
Yes. God forbid cartoons no longer are racist 🤦🏾♂️
Ah yes, blatant racism
This is history not racist.
I mean it is history AND racist
Being historical doesn't mean it's not racist does it?
It's a flipping cartoon, it's not racists one bit, the workd is just full of desensitized idiot's
slavery is also history. How does what you're saying make sense?
history can be racist.
It's funny how these cartoons are considers racist yet they look like Goofy and people rarely will say Goofy is a racist cartoon
Its a cartoon from the 30's times where different then look at the history not the racism..
Totally agree
Preach!
High: you must be high. Racism has nothing to do with power over others. There are plenty of powerful people who are absolutely not racist. There are plenty of people who are incredibly racist and become extremely violent because they have no power. What about Mahatma Gandhi who was powerful in his way or 'Antifa' who are fairly powerless but extremely violent against whites.
If you want to look at the actual history, you should go read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Then you'll know how racist people were in that time era and how depicting the book's original story this way is racist and insulting and how this is still racist today.
Me: Thanks for your reply, that's pretty much what I was saying. If you think the makers of the cartoon were very racist think again, I see them making fun of a nasty looking unlikeable overseer and presenting a really likeable older man who treats people well. If the makers were truly racist, why would they portray them that way. Look beyond a stereotype and see the underlying message, I like the old man far far better than the whip guy, AND I'm white.
I think yt think we are racist and recommend this now....
A pretty good recommendation tbh
The poor animation distracted me from the racism.
Disney should release this on Disney Plus?
It isn't a Disney cartoon but it's public domain so Disney can release this anyway
This is frightening.
It's amazing to think how far our animation has come
OMG That's the most offensive racist cartoon I have ever seen!!! I'm offended and I'm not Black!! It's shocking how the black people were ( are) treated. Put yourself in that situation and I'm sure you wouldn't like it. Treat everyone fairly and respectfully!
These cartoon are arti-slave, not racist. The real problem is thr steriorype
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Tbh this cartoon makes slavery look like a joke the stereotypes and Uncle Tom make it worse....
@@sonicfanboy3375 anything in the cartoon looks like a joke. The war, the death, the problems, the crisis. It´s the way how the cartoons tell stories.
Sorry dudes, I skip the rasict or not thing for now (as a white guy from Holland I don't think I can judge that anyway) What I like to know is whether Terry Gilliam knew this cartoon when he joined Monty Python. The first animation he did for MP is the same as the teeth-scene in this cartoon (1m40s). And yes, I'm also a nerd.
After watching this cartoon I can see where, at first glance somebody may construe this as racism.
But if you look deeper past the visual stereotypes .... there's a deeper message. This was a very rare occurrence in the time era of the 1930s where slavery was actually being denounced within this cartoon.
The characters that were depicted with in this cartoon were actually animal representations.
I've yet to see a white man or a black man with a tail, and the message behind it was denouncing the evil that is slavery, and the slaves standing up to the slave owner and emerging triumphant.
If anything this was a cartoon representation of the fact of the black people not going for being treated as slaves anymore. ... and standing up for their rights against the crimes being committed against them.
The final block of cement is at the very end of the cartoon, did anybody notice that the crow came up to the group and cackled like a rooster?
And as soon as he did, he was ran off and chased Into the Woods. That was a direct reference to the Jim Crow laws and the Democratic party who were purporting themselves to be supporters of the black people, when in reality they wanted to keep them enslaved. The crow was a misrepresentation..... intentional misrepresentation that is.
The crow was trying to pass himself off as something that he wasn't ....which was a rooster. They realized the false lie that was being laid in front of their face and chased it off into the woods banishing it from their area.
There's a lot of metaphors being tossed around here....but there's actually a pretty positive message behind this cartoon.
The message being that slavery was a really bad thing.
If someone gets offended by a cartoon or a bottle of syrup, they have more than a mental issue.
Ok Karen 🙄
Who wants to tell them
i come from a mixed race family, i dont put 2 much thought in what these cartoons represent. i just love cartoons. it was the past, it dont bother me
Everyone who has a problem with this are not taking account the time in which it was made.
¿Por qué dicen que esto es racista?, ¿por qué juzgan cosas del pasado con la mentalidad del presente?
esto es racista porque eso es como ven los morenos de piel mas oscura, eso es una estereotipos que hacen y también con la sandía. No este aqui diciendo que como esto es racista, ve hacer un investigación.
@@Maria-ov6wg puedes ir a investigar tú, cada tiempo tiene sus códigos, no se puede juzgar a un caníbal prehistórico con los códigos del siglo XXI.
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TFYM when your balls are instantly frozen.
This is America n all it's glory.
This stuff is tame compared to crap they have today.
Your still serving the Plantasion, today we call it the DNC under Massah Barak
I'm white, this cartoon is clearly very racist. I did a search for this cartoon after reading an essay about how "Uncle Tom" became a derogatory term. This cartoon was noted as an example of how the media was changing the perception of Uncle Tom. At the time of it's publication (1852), Uncle Tom was a strong character and the book helped spark the civil war. Now, the term "Uncle Tom" has a derogatory connotation. His character is not supposed to be weak, but it changed throughout time....
In those days people had this thing called a: "sense of humor" than no longer exists in American society...
Sense of humor which would've been accessible by whites who would've paid a fine dime to watch these in theaters. It's like telling a black joke right infront of a random blackman. If it's your friend then they'll laugh along with you, if it's fucking stand up comedy, then everyone laughs.
sounds like racism to me.
In case you people don't know in most countries in Europe and 3rd world they learn about black people by reading or hearing about uncle Tom
Damn disney just damn. Wtf
This wasn't Disney. From the looks of it, it was a poor imitator. However Disney did do some blackface stuff in this time so they were no better.
what does Disney have to do with this cartoon? in the beginning, it clearly says Original Films present a Jungle Jinks cartoon.
This is a 1930 Van Beuren cartoon originally titled "Dixie Days".
They basically did the same with US history books, they wanna praise Christopher Columbus as the founder of America when in actuality he’s no different from Hitler. Hitler leading the slaughtering of Jewish people is no different from Columbus leading the slaughter of Native Americans. It’s funny how today people are upset with the removal of Confederate imagery saying “they want to rewrite/erase history” but we weren’t told real history to begin with. Everything is softened up to appear innocent.
It seems we're also glossing over the Union's war against the Native Americans. Look up the Sand Creek Massacre, or The Dakota War of 1862. Also read Sherman's letter to his brother, concerning the Native Americans in the west, following the war.
HILARIOUS
bighispanic92 ! I’m Hispanic so what if it was about our culture remember speedy Gonzalez or the Frito Bandito ? They were taken down because they cast us in a stereotypical light or was that before your time ? ?
@@NadaNada-ce4ro y qué hay de malo con Speedy González? Uds snowflakes!
I’m white and I’m ashamed to be the same race as you
@@ghehjsusbwhehwhhshehhewhhw2863 wat you talkin'bout Willis?
Ghehjsusbwheh Whhshehhewhhw. Whatever you say White Guilt Wuss.
ah... okay, thanks for that. and if the last note is based on what i said about snoop dog, i realize one had nothing to do with the other... it was just funny to me, the irony of the similarity in features.
Hell, moonwalkings origins? This one predates me, but seeing stuff like this didnt even show up on my radar as racist as a kid. I just saw weird characters and enjoyed them. I didnt really think animals could talk or anyone on earth looked like this for real. Didnt consider it racist til someone told me it I need to see it such. I wonder why they didnt tell me mice cant really ice skate
Very good observation. I couldn't agree any more. Especially the part that most children would never have seen any of this as being racist unless an adult or someone older tells them so and tells them they should be offended. Thanks for pointing that out because it's so true!
We are Asian, we dont understand english back then.
Hahahaha best cartoon EVER. 10/10
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Very sad that this is what generations were taught and had to look at. I believe GEN Z is the start of a turning point for the better though. Hopefully. Everyone should be able to enjoy life without being ridiculed for who you are.