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Post #996365

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Density
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Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
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Date created
28-Sep-2016, 3:54 PM

I don’t see why some people are so adamant to deny obvious racial stereotypes. It’s only NOT racist if you want to believe it was as far as I’m concerned. It’s pretty fucking obvious. It doesn’t destroy the artistic merit of the film, but it’s just willful ignorance to deny it. The fact that the crows are portrayed positively doesn’t change it either. Uncle Remus is portrayed positively too. (Which is why my entire point was that one is no more offensive than the other and both should be released.) You may just say it’s “stereotypical” along the lines of Asians being good at math if you prefer rather than “racist,” but I don’t see a valid argument that the crows aren’t racial caricatures. It doesn’t offend me, it’s just the way it is and a product of its time.