Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips- 1944

This cartoon, released in April 1944, portrayed classical Western racist stereotypes of the Japanese – short, buck-toothed people wearing thick eyeglasses and talking jibberish.

At one point in the cartoon, Bugs hands out ice cream bars saying:

Here’s yours, bow legs
Here, one for you, monkey face
Here ya are, slant eyes

 

The racism of this cartoon was largely ignored until the release of  the laser disc  The Golden Age of Looney Toons, Volume 1, when Japanese-American protests forced its withdrawal from the series.

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