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He drew caricatures that would be easy for 1930s children to identify. There are very few depictions of non-white characters in the books that aren't in same wa
by lexicality 2y ago
He drew caricatures that would be easy for 1930s children to identify. There are very few depictions of non-white characters in the books that aren't in same way questionable.
It's unfortunate, but a lot of literature of the time needs to be read with the general ambient racism that was sloshing around in mind.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoThis is true. I have a couple of DVDs of old Tom and Jerry cartoons. There's no way those cartoons would be released, today.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoCome to think of it, Asterix wasn't really any better[0]. There just weren't so many black people to show. [0] https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/asterix/images/b/ba/The_main_pirate_trio.JPG https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/asterix/images/b/ba/The_ma...
- kergonath 2y agoIt’s a caricature. Nobody has those big noses, either.