Bugs Bunny is a racist!

[Cazz8203]

lmao!! that was great, thanx for postin

[lordoflasagna]

lol stop taking shit seriously this is BEAUTIFULLL cartooon xoxox luv bugs

[InnannasRainbow]

People are idiots. This is a CARTOON! Before we all had to censor everything we say and do, these cartoons were made and no one was safe from stereotypical portrayas. Really, with all the shit doing on in the present, do you really have nothing better to do than get upset over a very old cartoon?

[togue777]

My brother in law is black and he thinks this stuff is hillarious. Only the weakest mind could be offended or become racist from watching these animated masterpieces. Time for some people to get a life.

[LegionIscariot]

Which part is the racist part, somebody help?

[RM85racer16]

you guys aren fighting over a 50 year old bugs bunny cartoon......thats excellent. Watching some of the greatest cartoons (Classic Bugs Bunny) ever made and seeing that people are actually arguing over them, put me in a much better mood! I thank all of you for entertaining me for a few minutes. Im going back outside now, I suggest you all do the same.

[MrFrontrowkid]

Gee, Bugs Bunny is resisting arrest by RCMP Elmer Fudd. Imagine Warner Brothers showing this to innocent children of the Forties. It might have made them all grow up and disrespect the law. Actually, that was their "hippie" children of the Sixties. Bugs, Porky, Elmer, Tweety, and all the rest made my childhood very happy. When Mel Blanc died, I thought I had lost a favorite uncle.

[sargennipple]

hitler bugs. lol XD

[ArisBates]

im black me and my sister used to love this one but i remember my parents not liking the ending but the best part was 4:54 LOL

[alexbeathaloreach]

@ArisBates how old were you?

[ArisBates]

@alexbeathaloreach 7 or 8 years old

[MrInflateAdate]

Americans shouldn't make fun aboot Canada. Canada is one of the last decent things remaining in the United States.

[mikemcgee]

great news my dealer at Reichs Kino have informed me that they have bought the masters from a whole saler of the 11 banned wb cartoons and will put them out soon

[Kanesfury12]

lol i actually have this one an old VHS tape still

[brothanick]

theres worse ones out here than this thats for sure dont bother me to much though gotta laugh at ignorance ya know lest you risk gettin draged down to their level

[rabidpensfan]

You know, if this is racist, then I should be very offended by Dave Chapelle making fun of white people. This, however, is a cartoon, that was performed by a living, breathing human being, and made me laugh my ass off, just like anyone making fun of any race's stereotypes. It's funny, get over it.

[deejaytai1]

Don't forget, BUGS BUNNY isn't racist, his writers were. But it was commonplace in those times, I ain't sweatin' it, never stopped me from watching. They still crack racist jokes on Family Guy, Simpsons, but as long as you get EVERYBODY it's cool.

That's was what Looney Tunes did.

[jsilence418]

@DwaynHicks On his mothers side!

[bclj2010]

Can we find something more to bitch about!

[CoachCaputa]

"Dixie" was one of Lincoln's favorite songs. Look it up and some of you try not to be such sissy, weak-minded, politically correct, American cowards.

[baigandine]

It's hard to draw the line between real mannerisms and racism. Certainly, if you had a black person talking that way today it would be racist, because nobody talks like that today. Yet if you had him talking like a gasta style type (contemporary), you probably would think that was less racist. Think about that.

[ferretace]

7:10 WTF I don't remember that part as a child?! O_O ...is it on DVD at least?...

[WarAndPieces37]

@ferretace no but there was a chuck jones special that showed every cartoon on how it originally was good luck finding it though

[WolfkinNorthclaw]

all old cartoons are racist..Pop-Eye was alot worse then Warner Brothers ever was.

[chadd990]

I'm black and I know I speak for all black people when I express my opinions...

[spideyfan1000]

That's racist ? Oh wait, bugs makes fun of canada by making a dope out of a mountie, and then joins the ink spots at the end singing a song with them ?

Get a Life Handjob ! You don't even know what racism is jerk off !

Im a racist, I don't like idiots that complain aboutr cartoons and that don't have no sense of humor !  I know a lot of black people that miss bugs cartoons, I guess their racist too ? You Communist jerkwater bastard !

[phlip5150]

This makes us racist? But having The Black Entertainment Channel, TV shows that has ALL black people except one white guy who is ALWAYS shown as being stupid, Movies like White Girls, sayings on TV shows like, "I'm a strong black man" all of THAT isn't racist?!?! BULLSHIT!!!!!!!

[HI276]

@phlip5150 fine well trade you, you can have all of that and we will enslave your race for 100's of years Deal?

[phlip5150]

@HI276 LMAO!!!!!!!!!! Learn your history. First off they weren't slaves for 100 years and second, blacks sold us other blacks that were captured and that's how it all started so you all can blame yourselves for it.  I'm Irish but you don't see me bitching to the Brits for trying to cause a genocide on us.....

[Salvationtower]

how could you possibly find that offensive and racist?! you see cariacatures of white people all the time. is that racist too?

[Salvationtower]

how could you possibly find that offensive and racist?! you see cariacatures of white people all the time. is that racist too?

[Salvationtower]

how could you possibly find that offensive and racist?! you see cariacatures of white people all the time. is that racist too?

[alienjoe123]

I dont see how this was racist...

[DreamingReality45]

@alienjoe123 Ever heard of blackface? When white people would paint themselves black and put on shows dancing around fires and make fun of the slaves?

[SweetBrwnSuga]

@DreamingReality45 Oh and lets not forget how there were so many other cartoons, movies, comedies, and most of all Hollywood that CLEARLY displayed that as well.

[ShinyComics]

@alienjoe123 I think it was racist because the third poster on the threes was bugs bunny graffiti-ed to look like Adolf Hitler

[baldpecker66]

Cant' everyone just shut up & admit it's fun to make jokes at someone else's expense?? Just wait until some black guy tries to tell me a Polish joke!

[metal220]

there was white slaves too so what its like obama says my ancestors was slaves poor me so what there were white slaves too

[UKNightClubber]

give it up people. its a cartoon from some years ago... Racist... don't make me laugh...

[Askelad08]

Wow, what an engrossing set of replies! All I gotta say is-- Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters made fun of EVERYBODY. They were equal opportunity make-fun-of-whoever.  They made fun primarily of Canuks in this cartoon, and after they were made to stopp offending blacks, Yosemitie Sam and Elmer Fudd are caricatures of whites, not to mention Foghorn Leghorn being a caricature of white southerners, so for those that get incensed by a fun, harmless cartoon like this- wah....

[sarsattacks]

@Askelad08

You're saying that teaching kids racism is OK, as long as you teach ALL stereotypes of all races? Have you been in youtube lately? You know how many racist comments there are? You're saying that's just "good 'ol harmless cartoon" fun?

Ever play XBox Live? When was the last time you have NOT heard the "N" word over there?

[brothanick]

@Askelad08 first of all i think fog horn leg horn was a black southern stereotype thats why he studderd alot they would just love to put yesa masa in his vocab second of all elmer fud was originally black witch only leaves yosemitie sam witch i gotta feeling hes was originally hispanic just fits better with steroetypes back in that day short big mustache big hat probably a sombraro jumpin all around shootin them guns but instead of sams words it would have been HUNDLE HUNDLE AREEBA AREEBA

[MrFrontrowkid]

@brothanick You are DEAD WRONG about Foghorn Leghorn. His Southern dialect and repeating of words came from a radio character called Senator Claghorn (note the similarity in names). Mel Blanc copied the accent from Kenny Delmar, the radio actor, who had taken it from a real life Texan he met while hitchhiking. Elmer Fudd was just a loveable clod that Bugs always got the best of. Yosemite Sam was a blowhard cowboy who sometimes took different roles. Mel Blanc was a great voice artist.

[brothanick]

@MrFrontrowkid Well I guess I cant argue with none of that that if its true. That's just the way it seemed to me. I will argue that elmer fudd was definitely originally black just type in "All This and Rabbit Stew" and tell me you dont see the similarities there. I ain't talkin shit about Mel Blanc im not mad or nothin cuz like homeboy said they made fun of everybody I just though they might have changed some of these characters like yosemite to not piss no one off ..... or not i dont know .

[Munn2]

@Askelad08 But actually, I wouldn't have known they were making fun of black people, if u all hadn't said anything. They didn't even look like black people. They made them look like clowns

[EBanonymous]

Furthermore, you let your racism slip (not that we didn't know by your comments) when you called me "zip coon".

"Zip Coon" literally refers to freed blacks as "reverting back to savagery" w/o the benefit of slavery who don't work, burden society then destroy it & go round raping white women - a very common theme in minstrel & blackface.

That's why you say mistrel is black music - it isn't See "Racism in America. Who Kept it Alive?" on youtube. You'r an extreme typical racist

[rmmiller44]

UR Zip Coon because you repeat it thinking stupidity will evolve into intelligence. It is IRRELEVANT to the fact that authentic black music & dance were part of some minstrel shows, there were black performers, & minstrel shows opened the door to later black entertainers. Yes, you are a freed slave who has reverted to savagery. You are beholden to the fiction of afrocentric dogma & are ignorant of history. You are extremely stupid and resorting to "racist" proves the weakness of your arguments.

[EBanonymous]

I will leave this as your comment which clearly demonstrates 1) a poor understanding minstrel 2) your repeated insults of "afrocentrists" 3) your hatred to "entitlements" or welfare (which I never sopke about) 4) your use of racial slurs & caricatures like "zip coon" to me

All I've said here was 1) minstrel isn't black culture, music or from blacks (it isn't) & 2) that much of what you say is racist (it is), which is why you defend the openly racist blackface cartoons.

[POWinCA]

1) I know minstrelsy very well; 2) afrocentrists are MORONS who deserve insult, 3) Entitlements are living like a SLAVE, 4) I call you Zip Coon because of your repeated use of the term - I didn't know your race until now.

All you've said is wrong. 1) Some minstrel shows DID have authentic black music & dance, 2) Opposing your warped view of reality is NOT racism; calling people "racist" as a counterargument is the refuge of the weak-minded. You can't spell, you can't think. You are illiterate!

[stampede122]

nice for the holidays

[dramatatus]

Stop misleading and wasting the time of people who are looking for genuine examples of racist root veg! Shame on you.

[dramatatus]

This is ok and I love cartoons. But I searched for racist carrots. I find myself dissapointed that no racially oppiniated carrots are present here.

[AlvarezQ]

Bugs bunny the racist !!! hahaha cool shit

[rmmiller44]

Minstrel shows originally celebrated black music with white actors in blackface. After the war, blacks performed in minstrel shows and made good money. The shows had a very sophisticated approach to humor and were the first genuinely American theater art form.

[EBanonymous]

rmmiller@

No, minstrel shows are not black music. Those stereotypes were an insult, not an honour.

The "sambo" character was a lazy slave who was loyal & lovd his master, hapy go lucky.

The "Zip Coon" was a freed slave who was lazy, a gambler, rapist of whites, a burden on society etc.

Why? To say that blacks revert to savagery w/o slavery. See "Racism in America. Who Kept it Alive?" on youtub.

Few blacks did blackface; it justifid slavery & descrimination. That was only work available.

[POWinCA]

You've swallowed whole the BS of afro-centrist indoctrination. The minstrel shows were genuine black music. It was popular because people LIKED IT, much like people enjoyed the black legends of jazz, rock and roll, blues, gospel, rap, and hip hop. Talent is talent. Your prefer to feel victimized. Yes, few blacks did minstrel shows, but the ones who did made a very good living doing it. I never said minstrelsy wasn't racist. BTW, learn how to spell you ignorant idiot.

[EBanonymous]

How were minstrel shows "black music" when you yourself say "few blacks did minstrel shows"? Minstrel was performed by whites in getting popular in 1830's. That predates all the genres u mentioned.

People did like it. The racists who wanted to say blacks wre inferior & that they needed to control them w/ slavery or they'd destroy society. The blacks who did minstrel were desperate for work & demeaned themselves. Nobody honourd them.

Ur a real cynic & a racist

[rmmiller44]

If a German sings Santa Lucia it's STILL an Italian song. If a Christian sings "Hava Nagila" it's STILL a Jewish song. you freaking moron! The white actors in early mistrel shows sang GENUINE black songs. The blacks who performed their music in the post-war period became relatively rich and famous. They may have still been victims of racism but they had jobs which they enjoyed and paid their expenses. They set the stage for EVERY black entertainer which followed. You've been brainwashed.

[EBanonymous]

rnmiller44@

None of the minstrel songs were black music; neither was the black speech or make up etc. The racists who made minstrel said it represented blacks to sell tickets

Dan Emmit wrote minstrel & he was a racist who pretended to imitate blacks; he also wrote Dixie & some say Zip Coon. None of that was black music. Its message was blacks were "sub-human" & neeeded slavery or they'd revert to "savagery".

Ur racist or ignorant when u credit blacks for that

[POWinCA]

There you go, throwing the "R" word around, the typical ad hominem of a weak, racebaiting loser. I NEVER said minstrel shows weren't racist. I said, "They celebrated black music with white actors in blackface." All of the music was "black" because the famous white actors copied it. I am not denying the long history of racism. I'm pointing out that whites have ALWAYS enjoyed black music and that helped to reduce racism and discrimination. Minstrelsy was also the root of vaudeville and burlesque.

[EBanonymous]

Look. The issue is whether ot not minstrel is black music or not. he asnwer is no it isn't. It's actually taken mostly from Irish & Scottish music. There are pleny of scholarly studies tha look at this if ur serious. Slaves weren't allowed to speak African languages or practise religions much less do songs from there.

The whites doing those shows said they were copying blacks, but they weren't. They invented those images of the docile & happy to serve black. They argued FOR slavery

[POWinCA]

Look, you are a racist afro-centrist who has been brainwashed by your teachers to walk around with a sense of victimhood and entitlement. The "plenty" of scholarly studies to which you refer were done by these racist afro-centrists. I've researched minstrelsy too. The slave songs were AMERICAN in ENGLISH. That doesn't make them less "black." Whites in the South lived around blacks every day. I think they'd recognize inauthentic black music if they heard it.

The songs came FROM the black slaves.

[EBanonymous]

Thomas "Daddy" Rice who called his dance "Jim Crow" & preformed it. Other white men like Dan Emmett who wrote Dixie also did minstrel.

They said they copied blacks for 2 reasons: to say blacks were "sub-human" & needed slavery. That is the point of minstrel. You say its from blacks to say "this is how they are". Ur wrong.

There were no black preformers at that time either. That depravity came later. That's from PBS Ken Burns, hardly an "afro-centrist". Go join ur neo-Confederate buddies.

[POWinCA]

It's obvious all you know you read on Wikipedia. What's informative is what you didn't say. If blacks adapted Europe folk music it was still "black music" because they made it their own. The jubilees of the 1870s were UNDENIABLY authentic black music. Black minstrels debuted in the 1830s. Some shows berated blacks. Others showed the suffering of slavery which is why they were BANNED in the South. They argued AGAINST slavery. The Turkey Trot & Buzzard Lope were AUTHENTIC black dances. Shove it!

[EBanonymous]

Blacks in 1830's in minstre?  No.Rather, they were white men like George Washington Dixon & Thomas "daddy" Rice, Dan Emett, EP Christy w/ the Virgina & Christy Minstrels, among others. Not until th mid 19th century were blacks allowed. Most refused.

Music & dance r not the same. So whilst a Turkey Trot may be isnpird by slave dance, minstrel isn't & is more than dance. Minstrel "Zip Coon" & "Sambo" are pro slave arguments.

So the Confederate army had backs fighting too? Please...

[POWinCA]

Your obsessive repetition of cherry-picked & irrelevant info earns you the name of Zip Coon. If you see only that which you wish to accept, that is confirmation bias. Since the dawn of our nation, people opposed slavery. The evidence is in our Constitution, books, laws, wars, and yes, even in minstrel shows. Men like John Brown, Dirksen & Humphrey were as important as MLK in the long road of civil rights. Entertainment was the FIRST door to prosperity for blacks and that began with minstrelsy.

[POWinCA]

My mistake, it was the 40s and 50s when blacks began to perform.

"Most refused"? Where do you get this from Zip Coon? They were forced to pick cotton - I think they could be forced to sing and dance.

FREED slaves in Brooker & Clayton's Show, and Kersand, Bland, Lucas, & King were all famous black minstrels. Minstrel shows, for better or worse, opened the door for all black entertainment which followed.

[EBanonymous]

@POWinCA

Many did oppose slavery, but not the Constitution; it says blacks were 3/5ths a person; Supreme Court said Dredd Scott wasn't human. So opposition came not from slaveowners like Washington or Jackson, but Harriet Jacobs or David Walker etc

I can't agree that minstrel helped blacks. Some preformed in it cause they could only get those roles, much like Sydney Portier who had to demean himslef to get work in hollywood. Calling oneself inferior isn't progress. Minstrel always did that.

[rmmiller44]

Again you show your ignorant indoctrination. The Constitution NEVER declared blacks 3/5ths a person. The issue was APPORTIONMENT for taxes and representation. Slave states wanted to count blacks as a WHOLE PERSON for representation. Free states wanted to count them as ZERO persons. Clearly, this was not a valuation of their worth as human beings. The 3/5ths Compromise demonstrated the strong desire by many to end slavery at the advent of our nation, but forming the Union was a higher priority.

[EBanonymous]

@rmmiller44

True that some wanted to count slaves so they'd have more say in Congress, but they were all slave states; some just had less.They didn't use the word black, rather they said "three fifths of all other persons", hence counting blacks as 3/5 human. Article 1, Section 2 Clause 3.

There was no desire to end slavery. Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Henry) etc all owned slaves. They all opposed Lord Dunmore's Emancipation of slaves in 1775 & included slave return in surrender treaty

[rmmiller44]

You are so full of CRAP. There wouldn't have been a 3/5ths Compromise if there was no desire to end slavery. The abolitionist movement was strong and remained strong up to emancipation. You say "all" and then mention a FEW. There were NUMEROUS attempts to end slavery between 1787 and 1862. Have your forgotten John Brown and Bleeding Kansas? Forget about Lincoln and the Republican Party? You're a fkng idiot. Talking to you is like arguing with a hickory stump. You are dismissed, Zip Coon.

[EBanonymous]

@rmmiller44 There were over 250 slave revolts - but that came long after the constituiton was written. John Brown was 1859 & had nothing to do w/ the constitution

Penn in 1780 had gradual abolition (a few did) but slaves were still there for decades, including Washington's who worked in President's house in Penn. The northern economy didn't rely on it as much, but they weren't opposed to slavery. 3/5ths was about Congress seats, not abolishing slavery & it's racist

[rmmiller44]

Oh, the "slave revolts" - the afrocentrist fantasy of blacks rising up against their condition. Yes, I'm aware of Nat Turner et al, but it was WHITE POLITICIANS who decided to go to war, end slavery, give civil rights to blacks, and ultimately ban discrimination. John Brown was a CONTINUATION of the abolitionist movement started in the 18th century. The US BANNED the importation of slaves in 1808 in the first year they were allowed. You have no idea what type of government you live under.

[rmmiller44]

3/5 was about Congressional seats and had NOTHING to do with valuation of human life. It was a political compromise which reflected the ardent discord between abolitionists and slaveholders. You don't know history. You just eat the corn out of the crap of afrocentrist propagandists.

[EBanonymous]

@rmmiller44

Further it clearly is a "valuation of their worth as human beings" for remember Patrick Henry "Give me liberty or give me death" & the "no taxation w/o representation.

Who represented the slaves? Their owners who brutally beat, tortured & raped them? No taxes so no representatives. But their forced labour built the wealth of the country.

The Constitution also made the slave trade legal in the new country. Keeping permament prisoners at gunpoint for the wealthy was the goal

[rmmiller44]

No Zip Coon. If the SLAVE states wanted to count slaves as a WHOLE PERSON for representation it clearly did NOT represent their valuation of their humanity. The debate was about APPORTIONMENT, not human value. Note they were called PERSONS. The Constitution did NOT make slavery legal - it already was in the states. It deferred FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS of slavery until no sooner than 1808 as a COMPROMISE. The fact there WAS such a clause meant that there was ardent opposition to slavery in 1787.

[EBanonymous]

@rmmiller44

The constituotion allowed 2 things: 1) slavery & 2) the slave trade. They're not the same, but they're related even though they began long before. The point is that there was no attempt to end slavery by these leaders or in constitution

People who owned slaves, recaptured them, were slave traders & created laws for this are not against salvery anymore than a theif is against stealing.

[rmmiller44]

WRONG. Our Constitution set up a federal republic. The federal government was NOT EMPOWERED to do anything about slavery which already existed under state law. The Constitution prohibited any federal law against slavery until 1808 as a COMPROMISE between abolitionists and slaveholders to form the union. But there most certainly was vehement opposition to slavery, otherwise these restrictions WOULD NOT EXIST in the Constitution, idiot!

[EBanonymous]

@rmmiller44

No, the constitution only alowed no action against the slave trade until 1808, not slavery; they did limit slavery when Lincoln issued the Emanc Procamation. So suddenly the power to limit slavery appeard?

Anyway, the 3/5ths was about who had more votes in Congress, not about ending slavery

Civil War wasn't to end slavery. Read Lincon's 1st address & support for the 13th amendment which in 1861 said no limits on slavery. He only said not westwards. U just hate balcks u racist

[rmmiller44]

YOU said 3/5 was about the value of human life. Now you submit it was Congressional power. Power to do WHAT? To preserve SLAVERY! The South seceded when Lincoln became president as an ABOLITIONIST. Don't tell me the War wasn't about slavery. I don't hate blacks. I hate ignorant lackeys like you bowing to black massa & living in your fantasy world of slave revolts, government entitlements, & black Cleopatra. UR stupid, can't spell, type or think. People like you prove the racist minstrels right.

[EBanonymous]

3/5ths referred to blacks as 3/5ths of a person or as "sub-human" which was used for Congress seats - its racist

Linclon was no abolitionsit, mate. In his inaugural speech said he had no intention to end slavery, just to limit it westwards. The war was about the south fearing orth would try to end slavery, as western states outnumbered their votes w/ the north. Read their "Declaration of Causes"

US Congress in Joint Declaration in July 1861said they weren't ending.

entitlements? ur racist

[POWinCA]

WRONG. There was a long history of disputes over apportionment between North & South. The crux was always slavery. There were no anti-slavery bills in the early 19th c. BECAUSE the 3/5 gave too much power to the South.

Lincoln was certainly an abolitionist. Are U on drugs? He COULDN'T end slavery with Democrat control of the House & the Supreme Court.

Racist? That's your weakness & ignorance speaking. I am a proud fan of Brown, Lincoln, & Douglass. Sing for your slave massas Zip Coon lackey.

[EBanonymous]

@ Pow & Miller

You have the right to disagree w/ people. But to say to others "Sing for your slave massas Zip Coon lackey" shows that you really agree w/ the racism in blackface, which you know came from whites & slaveowners.

You repeat the familiar racist themes of "entitlement", which many right wing extremists do now in the media. I never spoke about welfare or entitlemnt - you did & you attack me because I said minstrel is from whites & is racist. You blokes are the extremists

[POWinCA]

Great, you are the GEICO fkng gecko! Get this through your thick skull. I called you Zip because you repeated it ad nauseum in irrelevant ways. If you prefer, I will call you Polly as in "Polly wanna cracker?" You think if you say things over again your ignorance will become truth. Entitlements, cries of racism, etc are the hallmark of the NEW slave class, happy to live in slavery and to dance for their rich, white, liberal masters. That's where you exist, Polly.

[POWinCA]

"What shall we do with the Negro?" Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us...And if the Negro cannot stand on his own legs, let him fall also. All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone! - Frederick Douglass

THAT is the connection to entitlements. You are a minstrel for the NEW slave class. Sing, dance, and squawk, Polly.

[EBanonymous]

Frederick Douglass specifically denounced minstrel for its racism referring to blacks w/ make up & using the "zip coon" caricariture

Further, entitlement ot welfare has nothing to do w/ Douglass; it is the same racist streotype used in minstrel saying that blacks are lazy, don't work, take public money & cause lots of crime. That's not how blacks are, but you and minstrel shows say that - clear racism

Endinig the slave trade wasn't part of abolition. Slavery continued until 1865.

[POWinCA]

Many minstrel shows WERE racist but some were abolitionist which is why they were BANNED IN THE SOUTH.

Entitlements are a form of slavery - dependency and fealty to a new massa. Douglass recognized this.

Blacks ARE disproportionately on welfare, taking public money, and committing crime. Blacks make up 13% of the population and commit 52% of homicides. This is reality, not stereotype or racism.

"Squaaaawk! UR racist, UR racist., UR racist (whistle)"

Polly wanna fkng cracker?

[EBanonymous]

No. the north wasn't interested in ending slavery until about mid-1862 when they 1) realised the Republican party coalition would collapse & 2) the south wasn't going to return.

The Congress & Prsident gave rebels until Jan 1863 to return or only then would they free some slaves - as a threat to their economy & deprive them of labour. Read the 1st release of the Emancipation Proclamation.

[POWinCA]

You are equivocating on the word "North." The "North" was millions of people: many who supported slavery, opposed it, or were indifferent. The same is true for the South. Abolitionism existed before our Constitution and the evidence of it is IN it. There wouldn't be a 3/5 Compromise or an 1808 clause unless LOTS of delegates wanted to end slavery. You need to learn about abolition, but you prefer to live as an oppressed minority with a debt chit in your pocket claiming we owe you something. FU!

[rmmiller44]

Yeah, and notice how nobody notices the stereotypical depictions of Italians, Irish, and Canadians, speech impediments, mental retardation, obesity, Bugs in drag, and the sexual innuendo. Get a life, race baiters!

[roxxas5]

Yeah, what is up with that? It seems as though people only focus on Black and white. Never the other races.

[Munn2]

@rmmiller44 Well I can understand Jews and blacks getting upset... I think they've been oppressed enough.

[Flarriet]

great cartoon no way hes racist

he kissed elmer??

eh id otn care for god sake he's a F*kn Rabbit he can do wht ever the hell he likes lolbut seriously hes my hero

(sorry for language)

[ReeceyBoy94]

1:14 its bugs hitler! :D

[phantomgromus]

hello;

any one whos life is that shallow, as to confront a classic  cartoon figure

[ hey ! he's fake...he''s NOT real, people !! ] and say he is racist....needs to chill out.

we have much more important issues to confront...such as the economy or health care.

peace

[esr0na4u]

i love you..............(no homo)

[pwnedeful]

at 1:14 look at the picture

[prinnylord3]

it's a cartoon and it is still funny as hell

[Diabsoule66]

The thing I notice is that the "Black" People singing appear to have faces that are monkey like therefore huge racial slur there, however I grew up with these cartoons, seem them all and I love them. Its not really that big of a deal, The people that search out for racism are usually the racists in that they are the ones that notice and search for what we cant say nextEnjoy these Cartoon classics for the comedy dont try and point out all the flaws and just plain ruin it

[CyanideFilledCandy]

I couldn't agree more!

[grreyham]

they always make black ppl look fucked up,n thre was no need for them to change anyways

[RWEngle]

Great cartoon a classic. Wish they put them back on TV.

[Thealiano]

i am agree with the idea that "Bugs Bunny is NOT a racist!" people who search rascim in all , finally found it !

[faustolg]

Black people music is really cool!!! old ones and some of the new ones.

[adedamex]

then why insult and stereotype us?

[faustolg]

Why Americans (black and white) stereotype everyone else: French, Germans, Italians, Mexicans, Colombians, Brazilians, British, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Russians , Arabs, Australians, etc...

Because they think that the USA will become the next roman empire or British empire... but that wont happen, they are too proud, lazy and racist (American stereotype) to make it happen.

[adedamex]

ohhh, u people never learn!

[Monique13666]

But the Romans and British were lazy too, Queen Victoria and King Henry the VIII 300 yrs before were both fatties

[batfuckinsane]

At least this cartoon shows black people as good singers who are fun to be with... This aint racist...

[heres22]

is he gay?lol

[DrTrac]

The REAL question is, what is Elmer Fudd using as the trigger on Bugs when he decided to pretend to be the gun?? 5:42

[MSkull01]

I never saw the ending to that. Every time I saw it, the ending was cut off. Do I think that's racist? Probably to our standards, but back then it was perfectly suitable, but there are FAR more racist things in the world.

[iloveretro77]

I agree, in today's world it is racist, not back then. I grew up watching this cartoon and the ending even back in the 70's was cut off. People should just get over it, it is just a cartoon. That's they way the world was back then.

[yoshiroshi88]

im black and this is not racist. Im not offended. A lot of black people dont care about this stuff they call racist...media makes it seem that way.

united we stand...divided we fall

lol

Everyone thinks everyone is racist! I'm tired of that word. :/

[Duvali]

how the hell do we know your black?

[znotty]

whats this we crap?

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@yoshiroshi88 racist is a polite way of saying "evil"

Honestly, prejudice and superstition, are side effects of the learning process.

The only question is whether the person realizes when they've "learned" something which is false :)

[watchmyshoes22]

@yoshiroshi88 If you look at this guys username He's obviously not black lol. If you wanna troll youtube pretending to be black at least don't have a Asian username xD

[tocool474]

@yoshiroshi88 And alone, we are American... Mostly...

[jdESQUE]

@yoshiroshi88 I wouldnt be racist to you unless you know your history. The end is racist because he is singing how he wish he was in dixie. Dixie refers to a region of people who wanted slavery to continue to exist. So yes a confederate flag (which represented dixie) and a cartoon character singing about dixie is extremely offensive. It should also be offensive to you.

[darkmyro]

@jdESQUE I'm from Alabama the state that is called "the heart of dixie" not everyone from dixie is racist, the term itself orginated from louisiana curency, and the civil war wasn't purely about slavery it was also about state and federal rights the slavery just gave it more fire and emotion. not only that there was a county in alabama that didnt succed from the union point is everyone in the region did not want slavery to exist

[Madams1977]

This cartoon is much less offensive then many of the "black" shows that I've seen over the last 10 to 15 years or so. I'm not talking about the classics like Good Times and Sanford and Son. The only reason that race is even an issue anymore is that there are certain groups out there who won't let us forget about it (on both sides). I hope that by the time my daughter reaches High School that she won't have to deal with that kind of nonsense.

[ryderyderyder]

its reverse redneck...

[dyablito6]

Hehehe do you like pie?

[stabbedinthecunt]

Well if thats your logic then every thumbs up i get means your a worthless douche bag.

[wraithfire79]

Sure if you say sweet so sweetcheeks, how did you like getting trolled douche nozzle lol *wink*

[zjg5001]

hahha it's "Saw" at 2:20

[gamephreak5]

huh...I always wondered why they seemingly ended the episode early at the end when they used to play this on TV and it always left me confused because the song didn't seem to have anything to do with what was going on. It's neat to finally see what they cut out, though I think they should've just left it in. It wouldn't be the TV network's fault if there's oversensitive people out there, besides the whole minstrel thing is so outdated it really doesn't have any meaning in today's world anyway.

[bunnybeaner]

You really are that stupid, huh?

[feelinluckypunk97]

only reasonit was pulled is because in one of his posters theyve made him look like hitler

[acla9000]

It was just a gag, this doesn't make Bugs a Nazi.

[jdaand]

One of my favorite things about the ol' Looney Tunes is they were short and sweet and had no restrictions to keep the oversensitive subdued

[lgman83]

I found the song entertaining. I don't know where in that video you see "I Hate blacks" or "Join the KKK"? Maybe the tweens have a keen eye on seeing things that are not really there. *cough

impendingrevolution cough*

[damatrixisreal]

He's just gay (05:53). He loves to kiss on guys.

[SnawsBall]

That's fucking gold.

[Xirus5]

stupid fucks keeps comenting "thats rasist" retards.. its only rasist if you go around and keep saying its rasist.. oh sure its ok for blacks making fun of white people..but make fun of a black person even tho its just supposed to be funny? "hell no thats rasist.." retards wake the fuck up.. its rasist if 3 white kick the shit out of 1 black cause of the color ok.. but me laughing at a black or blacks for the way they act,dress or cause i find them stupid is not rasist..mean..but not rasist

[slipknotfool182]

To a degree.... its not racist.... it all depends on the standards...

[swordsmanhunter]

i dont get it, theres nothing racist about this one, why would they take it off?

[Caveman7091]

the ending was racist because it was a minstrel show with the blackface and all. It pokes fun at African Americans. They would still show the cartoon up until Bug sings then they would turn it off. But I have the original cartoon where they show the whole thing and I'm an African American and when I was younger I never knew what it was until I became educated

[jezus92191]

but do u find it racist i really don't there not hanging anybody there not killing anybody there don't make any racist remarks to me there jest expressing cultural differences

[mexchico17]

oh wow, they kissed and held hands! He may be racist, but he is an advocate for gay rights.

[Chonchopidas]

WHOAAAA!!! i never seen that last part... i mean i seen that episode in chile like a thousand times and its never been shown...

[thegothmog]

That is racist. And I'm against the death penalty.

[FelineIce]

Fault one. The thing was never lit. No sound effects no red no nothing.

Also the part edited out [note they kept the show just ended the last part out...me thinks.] The end...er...you don't miss much and Im 100% clueless here. Rather stay that way infact.

[mattalika7]

Seriously!!!??? You guys are all wrong as to why this cartoon was banned> First of all everyone thinks that just cuz you don't see them any more that they are banned! Untrue. No one shows bugs anymore on TV. And as far as the "black" minstrels go... they are supposed to be white guys made up to look black. They are not black stereotypes they are imitating a popular entertainer of the time named Al Jolsen. He was actually in the first sound movie "The Jazz Singer". Get the facts straight PLEASE!!

[50percentGrey]

6:05

You think Jessica Rabbit was cast as an extra at this point?

[dexterity44]

it got banned because they were all, including Bugs and Elmer, dressed in black face like a minstrel show along with other reasons.

[babygunit1911]

XD that is stupid.

[koolkay6]

how the heck was that banned

[xthexrealxgamex]

Because the way they showed the black musicians at the end;considered racist stereotype.

[musicalmike235]

I was wondering what those things were. They weren't even drawn to look like people.

[Queenofhearts05]

They were imitating a Minstrel Show. It's isn't because it's a stereotype it's what helped Reinforced them.

[Queenofhearts05]

And the song at the end is Dixie, which was PRIMARILY used in Minstrel Shows. Take a look in a history book before just deciding it is just a stereotype. Look up Thomas Daniel "Daddy" Rice, he created the Jim Crow character that was modeled for Minstrel shows.