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7. Yeah, they had a history. I had to leave out the majority of the discussion to which I linked.

Wed May 13, 2026, 07:12 AM

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The author went into that briefly.

You have to wonder, even in 1941, didn't just one of the animators ask himself, "Should I be doing this? Is this right?"

It wasn't that long ago that the local TV stations ran the "Charlie Chan" movies. You want jaw-dropping awful stereotyping, you've got all you can handle right there.

Audie Murphy used the term "cotton-picking" too, just after the war. He was from Texas. Looney Toons might have picked it up from him.

And good morning.

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