Ub Iwerks has a secure place in the history of cartoons as a genius, but you wouldn't know it from this, racist or not.
BTW the original Sambo was a Tamil boy, but THIS Sambo, and his Mom, are not, they are black Africans. And furthermore the story here is hardly the same as the original tale, just the name Sambo and association with a tiger are the same.
I watched this again, trying to understand why some are so offended by it. I don't think you should be. Consider the era: the mother was typical of any housewife back then, and her happy little boy saved the day. Features are always exaggerated in cartoons. Yes, it could be Dennis the Menace and would be the same, except for the powder - a minor offense. It's a cute cartoon about a loving family and was not meant to be offensive. As for "Sambo", even that may not have been offensive back then.
thank god i was raised a white guy in this generation; i mean if i became an animator back then instead of now, i would've made some pretty racey cartoons ill bet.
Omg, back in those days they were wrong for their depiction of black ppl. Come on now black powder, whhhhaaaat! Unfortunately this is a part of the U.S. history. Ppl back then weren't the brightest bunch, look up how they treated the stooges and other actors back in the day.. The Nazi's took on the "Swas-Tika" symbol and incorporated it into their horrific treatment of the Jews. Its actually used in a few religions. Like I said ppl are ignorant and only see what they think is right, not whatis
@knight1768 You need to chill knight. If I recall people of the jews have been stereotyped in cartoons. If you are familiar with Merrie Melodies or Loony Tunes from the 30's and 40's? I recall a particular cartoon with a family of owls. And in this cartoon one of the little owls wanted to be a singer like Al Jolson. The little owl's parents weren't too keen on their son's aspiration, they wanted him to be in the same occupation as his father. Anyway I think you get my point.
I don't want to rude, like some people are on You Tube. However, you insulted me my telling me to go to college. I usually avoid bragging about any credentials, but if you must know, I was accepted at UCLA when I was 16 Years old, I got my degree at age 19.
In high school, I wrote a thesis on racism in early American and British literature. Sambo, or as it was called then, "Little Black Sambo" (NOT Little4 AFRICAN Sambo) Sambo is a Tamilese boy, a tribe with skin darker than most Africans
Sambo's sidekick was a Bengal Tiger. How many Bengal Tigers, or Tigers of any strain can you find in Africa.Maybe 10 in Zoos, other than that Tigers are indigenous to South Asia.The author,Helen Bannerman was a Scottish writer who actually lived in Madras, India,for 32 years of her early life. There were actually 3 other books in the series. Little Black Quasha, Little Black Mingo, and Quibba. What else can I offer to convince these racists that Sambo was an Indian Boy, not African!
It was never banned in the USA, but it was taken off of school reading list in thew 60s and 70s. The only books banned in the USA generally have prohibited pictures, like child porn. But if they can sell magazines with Japanese girls shitting in each others mouths, they certainly wouldn't be banning a kids book.
Actually, the proper definition of "HOMOPHOBIC" is a unusual and unqualified fear of people who are like yourself ( Homo = Same or Congruent & Phobia - an illogical fear)
In no way am I condoning the stereotypical portrayal of their appearance, but Sambo is portrayed as quick-minded and resourceful and able to outsmart a tiger.
this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage
I'm not sure if all these comments from people who claim to not see racism are sincere, [i.e. "stupid"] or a more obtuse form of willful misdirection. One need only look at the style in which Little Black Sambo and his "Mammy" are drawn: The depiction, particularly the facial features, are far more simian (that means "ape-like," for the more dumbass among us!) than human.
Whoever thinks this story is racist is an idiot. This funny cartoon is about a kid trying not to get eaten by a tiger. Doesn't matter what color he is. It could have been Dennis the Menace and still been the same story. Grow some skin people!
@lumar9 this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage the boy looks black
@Vuusteri this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage
okay...all that stuff may not be in Africa but there aren't any Africans in India either...sooo..no matter what the story was originally about this cartoon is racist as hell!
I understand why you might view this as racist. Anything with stereotyping is considered racist nowadays. Had it been Mickey Mouse, and it could have been, there'd be no debate. The mom's clothes and powder were stereotypical at the time. But, a loving mom and a boy with his dog - not Nazi. So to say that this story makes future Nazis is to neither understand racism or Nazism. It oversimplifies serious debate. As haitpi said, Little Black Sambo was a story about a loving family in India
@fancymeflyin this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage IT WAS NOT INDIA ORIGINALLY ONLY AFTER BLACKS GOT ANGRY THE AUTHOR CHANGED IT TO INDIA. sambo looks black
@fancymeflyin this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage
hahahaaa wow so even if you proved if it was directed against indians it was make it fine? NO this is stereo typical it doesnt matter who it was directed to. its the litttle things like this cartoon that brings up children believing that people are a certain way. it brings up future nazis.
then its racist against INDIANS whatever it doesnt matter who this is directed to the fact and the point that people get mad at are stereotypes ane prejudices that poison this world. not if its directed to a black white or indian people. racism can go a long way
Ever hear of the old phrase, "Don't take any WOODEN NICKELS" ? Well, it sounds like you have one, although in the latter years they were most often used as free give-a-way promo items. Since Sambo's is or was a coffee shop/restaurant, I would risk guessing that the token was good for a FREE Cuppa Coffee or a doughnut or the like.
NIGGER NIGGER JEW SPIKE WHOP GREASY GREEK CHINK DIRTY MEXICAN OK. Now everyone stop bitching and just enjoy the fucking cartoon. The only reason racism is present is because people keep pull it out of the whole good people are trying to bury it in. Seriously stfu.
@lbrown21494 WHAT IF YOU WAS A JEW AND MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY WAS IMPRISIONED OR KILLED BY HITLER - YOU WOULDNT FIND CARTOON CHARACTERS WEARING SWASTIKAS OFFENSIVE??
@Netkiller3714 I KNOW THE SWASTIKA IS A GREEK SYMBOL OF POWER BUT HITLER MADE IT A HOUSEHOLD NAME - NO ONE LOOKS AT THAT SYMBOL AND THINKS OF GREECE NO MORE THAN A CONFEDERATE FLAG IS THOUGHT OF AS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
@allenwood100 I think you're just doing what everyone else does about shit like this. Blowing it out of proportion. Were you locked up? No. What are you whining about? A cartoon that was made in the 1930's Of course it has a Swastika. I'd be surprised if it didn't.
The NAZIS called it a Hachenkreuz (Hooked Cross). The word SWASTIKA is a Sanskrit word, and you will find them all over Hindu and Buddhist temples, without any tie in whatsoever to the National Socialist Party (aka Nazis). The Hebrew word is צלב קרס or "Haknkreyts" in Yiddisch.
It was a household word 2500 years before the Hitler family name was even thought of.
@haitipi Your point is understood; but hitler aquired the symbol from ancient Greek society representing power - no one will think of Buddha or Hindu when they see it, but WHAT?? nazis, holocaust, skinheads, genocide
SWASTIKA is a Sanskrit (India) word. The symbol is used widely in Hindu and Buddhist religious centers. A similar symbol was used by the Navaho since pre-columbian days
You are right. The National Sicialist did not use the term NAZI or the sanskrit word "Swas-Tika". The German word for the Nazi symbol is Hachenkreuz (Hooked Cross). By the way, the Aryans were dark skinned people from Northern India who did migrate through eastern and southern Europe. They did not turn into a Blond Bluer Eyed race.
When if you were a Budhist and ignorant American kids kept calling you a Nazi because the Swastikas on my Temples entrance are 300 years old, whereas the Nazi Hachenkreuz (they didn't use the word Swas-Tika, as it wouldn't agree with National Socialist Ideology . Even today I here these ignorant comments from European and American youngsters while they are visiting in Bangkok. (My 2nd Home)
Exactly! The cartoon may have a few black stereotypes, such as the blackface style. But other than that, it's a lighthearted and funny cartoon. Stereotypes don't bother me, and the people at the time, yes, that includes black people, watched these same cartoons in theaters with, I asse, other black people. And you know what, they were not concerned with the cartoon, they were entertained by it.
Re commercial: And where does the Totyota get its electricity? Mainly from natural resources coal, gas, oil. Show me the benefactors of "green" and I'll show you politicians and government seeking even more power well beyond the moral constraints of the Constitution.
Yes, the origin of the story is South Indian however our RACIST AMERICAN culture turned this story into one that POKES FUN at and demoralizes AFRICAN AMERICANS. This character is clearly drawn to be AFRICAN AMERICAN not SOUTH INDIAN. So for those of you that say this is not racist, you are living in DENIAL. Notice also that the bath water was black also. Come on. REALLY! Glad this crap is in the PAST!
I love how people are so quick to assume that anything involving characters who aren't white is racist. I personally think that those people want it to be racist, for what ever weird reason they have. cause they claim it's racist yet they still laugh. I personally think it's a light hearted cartoon that people are taking too seriously
Before anyone rants about Sambo being racist against Africans, please know that Sambo was a Tamil Boy (South Indian). His name is derived from one of the earthly names of Shiva. His friend is a tiger, there are no tigers in AFRICA except maybe in zoos. He lives in a jungle.Djungel is an Indian word, there are no
Jungles in Africa. Helen Bannerman's Story,"Little Black Sambo" clearly takes place in India.There's also Little Black Quasha, Quibba, and Mingo.
Your right, not in the book. But the book is not what set off the controversy. I used to eat at Sambo's Restaurant when I was small, back in the '60s and early '70s. The had the Boy standing with one of the tigers in friendly. But in the book, as you correctly pointed out, the tigers were SOBs and extorted Sambo's new clothes under the threat of being eaten. I should have made myself more clear. Thank you for pointing that out.
@haitipi Oh so I get it...it makes things 100% better because it was based on a South Indian boy.(LOL) give me a break. It is in most people's subconscious mind to equate anything or anyone "dark" as bad ( and most people don't even realize it that they do this based on stereotypes.) But no matter who it is based on it's wrong.
NO, RACISM is the intention, it does not about by the different use of a word over 100 years. The author grew up in India, was obsessed or at least endeared with the Southern Indian Culture. There is and was no racist intent until White Liberal Interlopers twisted everything around and convinced certain racists (liberal) that the story was hateful.
These so called "Progressives" spend too much time trying to turn people against each other so that they will think that we need them.
@haitipi listen , this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage . the author was going to be suied and she was racist. look at the book he doesnt look indian and u know it. are u white
@ihopveggan I watched all these cartoons growing up and NEVER,NEVER saw them as racist I think just A few Dumb Assed adults do now to make a point and make Whitey feel more ashamed !!! Well hell no I DON'T!!!
@haitipi what's sadder about this comment isn't that you said "There are no jungles in Africa" but the amount of thumbs up you have from idiots who agree and think like you
This cartoon is not racist. where does it indicate that Sambo is inferior to anyone?
As for the "color" being drained from Sambo due to fear - ever heard the term "White As A Ghost"? People who experience great fear lose color, black, white, all of us.
The real problem here are those of you who find the cartoon to be racist yet enjoy watching it and describing how funny it is - you're both ignorant and stupid all at once.
@earthtone101 I know aint nothin like good ole segregation! Yes-sir! OH and let not forget them big angry canines comein and havein some dark meat for a snack. MMMMhhhhhmmmm ! good times!
@earthtone101 I respect your knowledge on the South Indian character but, you should also keep in mind that the person bathing him spoke with the american slavery lingo, which was racist.
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this had nothing to do with AFRICA...this book was written by a scottish white peice of human garbage who was in south INDIA
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this had nothing to do with AFRICA...this book was written by a scottish white peice of human garbage who was in south INDIA
michelicnek 2 weeks ago
Ub Iwerks has a secure place in the history of cartoons as a genius, but you wouldn't know it from this, racist or not.
BTW the original Sambo was a Tamil boy, but THIS Sambo, and his Mom, are not, they are black Africans. And furthermore the story here is hardly the same as the original tale, just the name Sambo and association with a tiger are the same.
gnikcohs 1 month ago
@gnikcohs Well not exactly black Africans, rather black people from the American South living in Africa.
gnikcohs 1 month ago
check out our rare sambo film. search: Little Black Sambo, RARE!
tubengagements 2 months ago
Until the 70s there was actually a pancake house chain here in WA named "Sambo's" and the menus featured the story/legend of lil black sambo.
iamtheomega 2 months ago
I watched this again, trying to understand why some are so offended by it. I don't think you should be. Consider the era: the mother was typical of any housewife back then, and her happy little boy saved the day. Features are always exaggerated in cartoons. Yes, it could be Dennis the Menace and would be the same, except for the powder - a minor offense. It's a cute cartoon about a loving family and was not meant to be offensive. As for "Sambo", even that may not have been offensive back then.
fancymeflyin 3 months ago
Very different from the story Little Black Sambo.
Stephen10528 4 months ago
thank god i was raised a white guy in this generation; i mean if i became an animator back then instead of now, i would've made some pretty racey cartoons ill bet.
Jayman493 5 months ago
Why doesn't B.E.T play these cartoons ?
ObamaIsRapingTheUSA 5 months ago
Omg, back in those days they were wrong for their depiction of black ppl. Come on now black powder, whhhhaaaat! Unfortunately this is a part of the U.S. history. Ppl back then weren't the brightest bunch, look up how they treated the stooges and other actors back in the day.. The Nazi's took on the "Swas-Tika" symbol and incorporated it into their horrific treatment of the Jews. Its actually used in a few religions. Like I said ppl are ignorant and only see what they think is right, not whatis
DR060810 6 months ago
0:50
I've heard of Black Power, but I've never heard of Black Powder....hahahaha.
EricSchwin22 6 months ago
Notice at 5:25 there is no doornoob. a bit racy i think??
dopplerdoesnotlikeu 6 months ago
@knight1768 You need to chill knight. If I recall people of the jews have been stereotyped in cartoons. If you are familiar with Merrie Melodies or Loony Tunes from the 30's and 40's? I recall a particular cartoon with a family of owls. And in this cartoon one of the little owls wanted to be a singer like Al Jolson. The little owl's parents weren't too keen on their son's aspiration, they wanted him to be in the same occupation as his father. Anyway I think you get my point.
afton1955 6 months ago
I don't want to rude, like some people are on You Tube. However, you insulted me my telling me to go to college. I usually avoid bragging about any credentials, but if you must know, I was accepted at UCLA when I was 16 Years old, I got my degree at age 19.
In high school, I wrote a thesis on racism in early American and British literature. Sambo, or as it was called then, "Little Black Sambo" (NOT Little4 AFRICAN Sambo) Sambo is a Tamilese boy, a tribe with skin darker than most Africans
haitipi 6 months ago
@haitipi
Sambo's sidekick was a Bengal Tiger. How many Bengal Tigers, or Tigers of any strain can you find in Africa.Maybe 10 in Zoos, other than that Tigers are indigenous to South Asia.The author,Helen Bannerman was a Scottish writer who actually lived in Madras, India,for 32 years of her early life. There were actually 3 other books in the series. Little Black Quasha, Little Black Mingo, and Quibba. What else can I offer to convince these racists that Sambo was an Indian Boy, not African!
haitipi 6 months ago
yeah my great-grandmother had a copy of this book, she told me it was banned from publication a long time ago.
irishdude69 7 months ago
@irishdude69
It was never banned in the USA, but it was taken off of school reading list in thew 60s and 70s. The only books banned in the USA generally have prohibited pictures, like child porn. But if they can sell magazines with Japanese girls shitting in each others mouths, they certainly wouldn't be banning a kids book.
haitipi 6 months ago
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hazymindstate 7 months ago
@hazymindstate
EXCELLENT, Thank You!
haitipi 6 months ago
Not only is it racist seems to me it's homophobic. Did you see the limp wrist gesture the dog made after Little Black Sambo was dressed?
afton1955 8 months ago
@afton1955
Actually, the proper definition of "HOMOPHOBIC" is a unusual and unqualified fear of people who are like yourself ( Homo = Same or Congruent & Phobia - an illogical fear)
haitipi 6 months ago
south indians are sometimes darker than black people no offence im indian
gulabjaman200 8 months ago
BAAHAHAHA fuckin Sambo. hahah that's great.
SOCHALO1775 8 months ago
In no way am I condoning the stereotypical portrayal of their appearance, but Sambo is portrayed as quick-minded and resourceful and able to outsmart a tiger.
AliaSparrow 8 months ago
Back in the good ole days when niggers worked hard, sang songs and were happy.
Too bad they don't like aspirin anymore. (They have to pick the cotton out of the bottle!)
skwiddjergensen 8 months ago
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this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage
ihopveggan 9 months ago
4:16 IS SO EFFING RACIST~
LeonidasTheBakugan 9 months ago
@LeonidasTheBakugan You are a no fun humourless sour puss.
skwiddjergensen 8 months ago
I'm not sure if all these comments from people who claim to not see racism are sincere, [i.e. "stupid"] or a more obtuse form of willful misdirection. One need only look at the style in which Little Black Sambo and his "Mammy" are drawn: The depiction, particularly the facial features, are far more simian (that means "ape-like," for the more dumbass among us!) than human.
LeshaAnn 10 months ago
7egfg
grrvcool 10 months ago
Whoever thinks this story is racist is an idiot. This funny cartoon is about a kid trying not to get eaten by a tiger. Doesn't matter what color he is. It could have been Dennis the Menace and still been the same story. Grow some skin people!
lumar9 10 months ago
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@lumar9 this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage the boy looks black
ihopveggan 9 months ago
So energeti, so fluid. Today's animation is nothing bu at bunch of still pictures made by flash.
Vuusteri 10 months ago
@Vuusteri this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage
ihopveggan 9 months ago
okay...all that stuff may not be in Africa but there aren't any Africans in India either...sooo..no matter what the story was originally about this cartoon is racist as hell!
aesmith2009 11 months ago
I understand why you might view this as racist. Anything with stereotyping is considered racist nowadays. Had it been Mickey Mouse, and it could have been, there'd be no debate. The mom's clothes and powder were stereotypical at the time. But, a loving mom and a boy with his dog - not Nazi. So to say that this story makes future Nazis is to neither understand racism or Nazism. It oversimplifies serious debate. As haitpi said, Little Black Sambo was a story about a loving family in India
fancymeflyin 11 months ago
@fancymeflyin this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage IT WAS NOT INDIA ORIGINALLY ONLY AFTER BLACKS GOT ANGRY THE AUTHOR CHANGED IT TO INDIA. sambo looks black
ihopveggan 9 months ago
@ihopveggan WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION ..WELL THAT SETTLES IT!!!!
utfan52 8 months ago
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fancymeflyin 11 months ago
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@fancymeflyin this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage
ihopveggan 9 months ago
hahahaaa wow so even if you proved if it was directed against indians it was make it fine? NO this is stereo typical it doesnt matter who it was directed to. its the litttle things like this cartoon that brings up children believing that people are a certain way. it brings up future nazis.
hellokittyaura 11 months ago
then its racist against INDIANS whatever it doesnt matter who this is directed to the fact and the point that people get mad at are stereotypes ane prejudices that poison this world. not if its directed to a black white or indian people. racism can go a long way
ex 1: the holocaust.
puentesalmundo 11 months ago
@haitipi *I ...damn autocorrect :/
TheChatterpillar 11 months ago
@haitipi actually u had never heard if the term, but after a bit of research I learned why:) theyre worth a few bucks! Lol
TheChatterpillar 11 months ago
I have little wooden coins from Sambos restaurant for free coffee lol are they worth anything?? (the little picture os a bit different)
TheChatterpillar 1 year ago
@TheChatterpillar
Ever hear of the old phrase, "Don't take any WOODEN NICKELS" ? Well, it sounds like you have one, although in the latter years they were most often used as free give-a-way promo items. Since Sambo's is or was a coffee shop/restaurant, I would risk guessing that the token was good for a FREE Cuppa Coffee or a doughnut or the like.
haitipi 1 year ago
NIGGER NIGGER JEW SPIKE WHOP GREASY GREEK CHINK DIRTY MEXICAN OK. Now everyone stop bitching and just enjoy the fucking cartoon. The only reason racism is present is because people keep pull it out of the whole good people are trying to bury it in. Seriously stfu.
Netkiller3714 1 year ago
@Netkiller3714 PRETENDING THAT RACISM DOESNT EXIST IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
allenwood100 1 year ago
@allenwood100 No. It's not pretending. Making a big scene about it just hammers the hatred more in the mind.
Netkiller3714 1 year ago
@Netkiller3714
Thank you for the inoculation , now everyone has it out of their system and can now continue intelligently.
haitipi 7 months ago
@Netkiller3714
Love it. Your point is well taken and understood over here!
haitipi 6 months ago
@lbrown21494 WHAT IF YOU WAS A JEW AND MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY WAS IMPRISIONED OR KILLED BY HITLER - YOU WOULDNT FIND CARTOON CHARACTERS WEARING SWASTIKAS OFFENSIVE??
allenwood100 1 year ago
@allenwood100 You're an idiot. The Swastika isn't a Nazi thing. They just used it. If you look most of the ancient civilizations used it.
If I write someone a death threat then kill them, should everyone get scared of mail?
Netkiller3714 1 year ago
@Netkiller3714 I KNOW THE SWASTIKA IS A GREEK SYMBOL OF POWER BUT HITLER MADE IT A HOUSEHOLD NAME - NO ONE LOOKS AT THAT SYMBOL AND THINKS OF GREECE NO MORE THAN A CONFEDERATE FLAG IS THOUGHT OF AS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
allenwood100 1 year ago
@allenwood100 I think you're just doing what everyone else does about shit like this. Blowing it out of proportion. Were you locked up? No. What are you whining about? A cartoon that was made in the 1930's Of course it has a Swastika. I'd be surprised if it didn't.
Netkiller3714 1 year ago
@allenwood100 Are you even Jewish? being like 1/8 Jew doesn't count.
Netkiller3714 1 year ago
@allenwood100
The NAZIS called it a Hachenkreuz (Hooked Cross). The word SWASTIKA is a Sanskrit word, and you will find them all over Hindu and Buddhist temples, without any tie in whatsoever to the National Socialist Party (aka Nazis). The Hebrew word is צלב קרס or "Haknkreyts" in Yiddisch.
It was a household word 2500 years before the Hitler family name was even thought of.
haitipi 7 months ago
@haitipi Your point is understood; but hitler aquired the symbol from ancient Greek society representing power - no one will think of Buddha or Hindu when they see it, but WHAT?? nazis, holocaust, skinheads, genocide
allenwood100 7 months ago
@allenwood100
SWASTIKA is a Sanskrit (India) word. The symbol is used widely in Hindu and Buddhist religious centers. A similar symbol was used by the Navaho since pre-columbian days
haitipi 6 months ago
@Netkiller3714
You are right. The National Sicialist did not use the term NAZI or the sanskrit word "Swas-Tika". The German word for the Nazi symbol is Hachenkreuz (Hooked Cross). By the way, the Aryans were dark skinned people from Northern India who did migrate through eastern and southern Europe. They did not turn into a Blond Bluer Eyed race.
haitipi 6 months ago
@allenwood100
When if you were a Budhist and ignorant American kids kept calling you a Nazi because the Swastikas on my Temples entrance are 300 years old, whereas the Nazi Hachenkreuz (they didn't use the word Swas-Tika, as it wouldn't agree with National Socialist Ideology . Even today I here these ignorant comments from European and American youngsters while they are visiting in Bangkok. (My 2nd Home)
haitipi 6 months ago
Respond to this video...
NO. I would realize that any monsters using stolen symbols of other cultures, should not change my view of the symbol or the monster.
haitipi 6 months ago
haha cute
flowerpower1nr1 1 year ago
I remember all these old cartoons - love them still, i know it's wrong now but when you were a kid who cared! Thank you xx
Angelface590 1 year ago
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centrosphere 1 year ago
@siranthonyz
Exactly! The cartoon may have a few black stereotypes, such as the blackface style. But other than that, it's a lighthearted and funny cartoon. Stereotypes don't bother me, and the people at the time, yes, that includes black people, watched these same cartoons in theaters with, I asse, other black people. And you know what, they were not concerned with the cartoon, they were entertained by it.
lbrown21494 1 year ago
Re commercial: And where does the Totyota get its electricity? Mainly from natural resources coal, gas, oil. Show me the benefactors of "green" and I'll show you politicians and government seeking even more power well beyond the moral constraints of the Constitution.
newjerseybt 1 year ago
Yes, the origin of the story is South Indian however our RACIST AMERICAN culture turned this story into one that POKES FUN at and demoralizes AFRICAN AMERICANS. This character is clearly drawn to be AFRICAN AMERICAN not SOUTH INDIAN. So for those of you that say this is not racist, you are living in DENIAL. Notice also that the bath water was black also. Come on. REALLY! Glad this crap is in the PAST!
terrellisimo 1 year ago
the tiger likes dark meat ...... yeah ... this pushed no envelopes ... this was socialy acceptable then .... wrong as hell regardless
ShauKenshin 1 year ago
I like they she applied black baby powder to his little brown butt :)
all4uromeo 1 year ago
I love how people are so quick to assume that anything involving characters who aren't white is racist. I personally think that those people want it to be racist, for what ever weird reason they have. cause they claim it's racist yet they still laugh. I personally think it's a light hearted cartoon that people are taking too seriously
redhouse1091 1 year ago
Before anyone rants about Sambo being racist against Africans, please know that Sambo was a Tamil Boy (South Indian). His name is derived from one of the earthly names of Shiva. His friend is a tiger, there are no tigers in AFRICA except maybe in zoos. He lives in a jungle.Djungel is an Indian word, there are no
Jungles in Africa. Helen Bannerman's Story,"Little Black Sambo" clearly takes place in India.There's also Little Black Quasha, Quibba, and Mingo.
He liked Pancakes thus the restaurant.
haitipi 1 year ago 16
@haitipi
no his friend was not a tiger.
Harleyquinn191 1 year ago
@Harleyquinn191
Your right, not in the book. But the book is not what set off the controversy. I used to eat at Sambo's Restaurant when I was small, back in the '60s and early '70s. The had the Boy standing with one of the tigers in friendly. But in the book, as you correctly pointed out, the tigers were SOBs and extorted Sambo's new clothes under the threat of being eaten. I should have made myself more clear. Thank you for pointing that out.
haitipi 1 year ago
@haitipi
no prob xD
Harleyquinn191 1 year ago
@Harleyquinn191
In my response I meant to say that it was not the book that set off of the biggest controversy.
haitipi 1 year ago
@haitipi But its still racist! lol black powder and tigers that like dark meat? xD
snorreproductions 1 year ago
@haitipi Oh so I get it...it makes things 100% better because it was based on a South Indian boy.(LOL) give me a break. It is in most people's subconscious mind to equate anything or anyone "dark" as bad ( and most people don't even realize it that they do this based on stereotypes.) But no matter who it is based on it's wrong.
Yozi6414 1 year ago
@Yozi6414
NO, RACISM is the intention, it does not about by the different use of a word over 100 years. The author grew up in India, was obsessed or at least endeared with the Southern Indian Culture. There is and was no racist intent until White Liberal Interlopers twisted everything around and convinced certain racists (liberal) that the story was hateful.
These so called "Progressives" spend too much time trying to turn people against each other so that they will think that we need them.
haitipi 7 months ago
@haitipi listen , this was in africa the orginal book was in africa. go to college and take a history course and maybe ull learn something. the author changed and revised to india but the word samboo if u look it up means black. on wikipedia Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage . the author was going to be suied and she was racist. look at the book he doesnt look indian and u know it. are u white
ihopveggan 9 months ago
@ihopveggan I watched all these cartoons growing up and NEVER,NEVER saw them as racist I think just A few Dumb Assed adults do now to make a point and make Whitey feel more ashamed !!! Well hell no I DON'T!!!
utfan52 8 months ago
@haitip Just for the record, there are forests in Africa...
53C7012X 8 months ago
@haitipi what's sadder about this comment isn't that you said "There are no jungles in Africa" but the amount of thumbs up you have from idiots who agree and think like you
YoYoBlazeShow 6 months ago
@haitipi Equatorial Africa most certainly has jungles.
oldstock1607 5 months ago
@haitipi Why do you call the tiger his friend?
Stephen10528 4 months ago
This cartoon is not racist. where does it indicate that Sambo is inferior to anyone?
As for the "color" being drained from Sambo due to fear - ever heard the term "White As A Ghost"? People who experience great fear lose color, black, white, all of us.
The real problem here are those of you who find the cartoon to be racist yet enjoy watching it and describing how funny it is - you're both ignorant and stupid all at once.
siranthonyz 1 year ago 3
This is not racist. It is a cartoon of the times. Some of my best friend were white. So there, all you Racist watchers.
zeak62 1 year ago
@zeak62
Thank You
haitipi 1 year ago
6:16 tiger is trapped.
sharkserious2 1 year ago
racist when he scares the color out of him.
Deerc99 1 year ago
LMAO, this is SSOOO racist, lol....
Old times......
earthtone101 2 years ago 19
@earthtone101 I know aint nothin like good ole segregation! Yes-sir! OH and let not forget them big angry canines comein and havein some dark meat for a snack. MMMMhhhhhmmmm ! good times!
SweetBrwnSuga 2 years ago
@earthtone101 I respect your knowledge on the South Indian character but, you should also keep in mind that the person bathing him spoke with the american slavery lingo, which was racist.
CarterSamantha1 8 months ago