Merry Melodies: Racist beyond belief

[Professor S]

In my mind there is a difference between stereotypical and racist. Loony Tunes and Meery Melodies used stereotypes, but those stereotypes normally were portrayed in a positive light, so I don't think they were racist (at least not in the modern definition).

Quite honestly, I've come to ignore claims of racism, sexism, etc. These terms are bandied about so freuently and without regard to context or severity of offense that they've lost all their power. They've also been abused to the point that they're used as a means of gaining power in the work place and as a means to intimidate others.

[Bond]

Speedy is so not racist. At the time I used to watch cartoons like this I had no concept of "racism" or anything like that. I'm afraid what is happening is that our society is in a phase where it is way too critical of things that might appear racist or sexist, and this is because previous to this phase our society enslaved blacks. So basically we were on one far end of the spectrum before, and now we're on the other far end. Eventually we'll find a happy medium... I hope.