Banned Cartoons 1932 Little Black Sambo RACIST

The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children's book written and illustrated by Helen Bannerman, and first published by Grant Richards in October 1899 as one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children. Sambo is a South Indian boy who encounters four hungry tigers, and surrenders his colourful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella so they will not eat him. The tigers chase each other around a tree until they are reduced to a pool of melted butter; Sambo then recovers his clothes and his mother makes pancakes of the butter.[1] The story was a children's favourite for half a century until the word sambo was deemed a racial slur in some countries,[2] and the illustrations considered reminiscent of "darky iconography". Both text and illustrations have undergone considerable revision since.

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[Dougdenslowe]

Very interesting

[HerEyesWereWild]

Those tags... the riots in England weren't due to racism, if anything it was about boredom and no propsects. Still, thanks for posting, an interesting look into an era gone by!

[PEACEGURL19981]

i wish my kid was as smart as sambo...

[pattyayers]

*Black* talcum powder??

[dconklin100]

AFTER MY FATHERINLAW DIED WE CLEANED THE HOUSE OUT AND I FOUND A BOOK WITH CHILDRENS STORIES. AFTER LOOKING THROUGH IT I FOUND "LITTLE BLACK SAMBO". THIS BOOK WAS COPYRIGHT IN THE EARLY 1940'S

[freedom1164]

lol

[badwolf66]

Looks like looney Tunes