Comments on: Vintage Racist Cartoons From the Early 20th Century http://amog.com/entertainment/vintage-horrible-inappropriately-racist-cartoons/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mjazzguitar http://amog.com/entertainment/vintage-horrible-inappropriately-racist-cartoons/comment-page-1/#comment-19983 mjazzguitar Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:37:41 +0000 http://amog.com/?p=12988#comment-19983 Check out palestinian television today. Check out palestinian television today.

]]> By: mike http://amog.com/entertainment/vintage-horrible-inappropriately-racist-cartoons/comment-page-1/#comment-17159 mike Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:59:32 +0000 http://amog.com/?p=12988#comment-17159 The Flintstones cartoon was not racist. It was a typical ethnic humor piece not meant to offend or hurt. No different from the humor of Rodney Dangerfield who poked fun at everyone. The Flintstones cartoon was not racist. It was a typical ethnic humor piece not meant to offend or hurt. No different from the humor of Rodney Dangerfield who poked fun at everyone.

]]> By: jhon http://amog.com/entertainment/vintage-horrible-inappropriately-racist-cartoons/comment-page-1/#comment-16827 jhon Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:19:14 +0000 http://amog.com/?p=12988#comment-16827 got any images? got any images?

]]> By: Steve http://amog.com/entertainment/vintage-horrible-inappropriately-racist-cartoons/comment-page-1/#comment-9086 Steve Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:27:02 +0000 http://amog.com/?p=12988#comment-9086 Every culture shows racism or at least pokes fun at other cultures... it's just human nature. As to Al Jolson, he was no racist, even though his name is perennially linked to it because he performed in blackface. Jolson had numerous black friends and fought to bring black performers and songwriters into mainstream venues like Broadway. Jolson's own blackface character, Gus, was actually a parody, but not of blacks. It was a scathing criticism of white supremacy cloaked in humor. Gus was the clever servant who was constantly saving his white "masters" from their stupid mistakes. Jolson was Jewish and he understood prejudice. Once he offered to take black songwriter Eubie Blake to a restaurant that did not admit blacks, saying "The first guy who tries to stop us, I'll punch him in the nose!" Jolson was a great entertainer and I hate to see him smeared as a racist. Wikipedia has a decent article on him if you really want to learn about him. Yes, Jolson's blackface performances look awful today, but his intention was not racist he admired black culture and especially jazz. Blackface makeup was a common theatrical convention of that time, and most people never thought about it like we do today. We have to be careful about judging people of 100 years ago by our sensibilities of today. Every culture shows racism or at least pokes fun at other cultures… it's just human nature. As to Al Jolson, he was no racist, even though his name is perennially linked to it because he performed in blackface. Jolson had numerous black friends and fought to bring black performers and songwriters into mainstream venues like Broadway. Jolson's own blackface character, Gus, was actually a parody, but not of blacks. It was a scathing criticism of white supremacy cloaked in humor. Gus was the clever servant who was constantly saving his white "masters" from their stupid mistakes. Jolson was Jewish and he understood prejudice. Once he offered to take black songwriter Eubie Blake to a restaurant that did not admit blacks, saying "The first guy who tries to stop us, I'll punch him in the nose!" Jolson was a great entertainer and I hate to see him smeared as a racist. Wikipedia has a decent article on him if you really want to learn about him. Yes, Jolson's blackface performances look awful today, but his intention was not racist he admired black culture and especially jazz. Blackface makeup was a common theatrical convention of that time, and most people never thought about it like we do today. We have to be careful about judging people of 100 years ago by our sensibilities of today.

]]> By: J. Morgan http://amog.com/entertainment/vintage-horrible-inappropriately-racist-cartoons/comment-page-1/#comment-9073 J. Morgan Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:26:08 +0000 http://amog.com/?p=12988#comment-9073 Enter text right here!Remember the updated and more accurate definition of racist: Racist: 1. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive term for a white person. 2: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities, if promoted by white people. 3: a belief that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race, if promoted by white people. Enter text right here!Remember the updated and more accurate definition of racist:

Racist: 1. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive term for a white person. 2: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities, if promoted by white people. 3: a belief that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race, if promoted by white people.

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