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good to know that we've grown as a nation since then.....
oh wait..
silly me.
Dr Seuss....wow.. kinda kills my childhood just a bit...
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good to know that we've grown as a nation since then.....
oh wait..
silly me.
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You have to understand the context behind the Dr. Seuss cartoons. Of course they are unacceptably stereotypical, but his primary purpose with those comics wasto engender support for the war cause, which he deemed more important than political correctness. He was attacking isolationists more than foreign countries.
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interesting
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damn i forgot all about this...i learned about this in hs...
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Doesn't surprise me at all.
Dude's children's books were still unparalleled.
Dude's children's books were still unparalleled.
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Every cartoon during that time frame did the same thing.
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i guess i have a hard time understanding your point here? what exactly offends you about these?
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Dirty don't tell me this is the first time you saw this. I remember in high school (about 4 years ago), Barnes and Noble had a book of all of his drawingslike this.
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My teacher showed us some of these. Kinda crazy
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seuss books were whack to me from the start....
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are you kidding me?
btw i know you're being sarcastic.
cues the NYT's Obama/Gorilla comic
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Yes, he was kidding you.
EDIT: PHAIL.
Good job.
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really?
curious...do you see anything wrong with this scene?
and yes, this is the 1st time I've seen these...at least the one's by Dr. Seuss of all people.
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/thread.
and frankly as a fan of blaxplotation movies....i find the sheer audacity of these highly amusing and shamlessly indulging from a pure nostalgic factor.
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Thanks Pooh Bears.Originally Posted by HarlemToTheBronx
Yes, he was kidding you.
EDIT: PHAIL.
Good job.
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gee..thanks Sherlock..
point being that these cartoons are by Dr. Seuss.
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I learned about all this in my History of Motion Pictures class.
Hella cartoons were mad racist back in the day.
Hella cartoons were mad racist back in the day.
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So before this you thought of Dr. Seuss as some mythical figure who was somehow above the pitfalls of his time period? I think your offense comes from yournaivety, not the content.
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I'm appalled at the negative portrayal asians receive on screen to this day, and i'm mexican.
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never heard that before....
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