At WalMart today I spotted a collection of 150 Cartoon Classics in the $5 DVD bin. It’s, um, educational. Here are two before-and-after pairs of screen captures from “Redskin Blues,” a Tom and Jerry cartoon from 1932:
(Sorry about the quality. The DVD’s menus don’t work in VLC, and the Apple DVD player won’t allow screen grabs (thank you very much, Steve Jobs), so I had to snap the monitor screen with my toy camera.)
Comment by 
Steven Den Beste
July 17, 2007 @ 1:26 am
I think you’re trying too hard. Everyone in those pictures except the Indian maidens looks like a stereotype. (Well, the Indian maidens too, but it isn’t an offensive stereotype.)
Comment by 
Robin
July 18, 2007 @ 3:10 am
Well, my point was that it wasn’t an Indian stereotype, which would be expected at this point. Why a Jewish stereotype? (I’d have been as bewildered if there had been a black sterotype or Chinese stereotype in that spot.)
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Comment by
Robin
July 17, 2007 @ 1:11 am
Educational? I bet. That last “Indian” (with a beard no less) looks a lot like the old Semitic stereotype.