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The intent and impact of the word was a lot different back then, certainly so outside of the US, but still, using a subset of humanity as a stand-in for an adjective is pretty grim stuff. Shows how little was thought of them. Like if the characters had instead become white from a flour mill explosion, it’s unlikely they’d have been described as being “as white as scampering little crackers”.
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There was that Barney coloring book that advocated for blood orgies but they caught it and recalled it fairly quick
https://www.scribd.com/document/899239966/Henry-the-Green-Engine-1951-Scanned-by-ThatERTLGuy
Page 60. Published in 1950, and retracted in 1972 from my quick research.
Came for the n-word, stayed for the story. Those silly trains.
That author was definitely a Diesel.
p64 of the document, p60 of the book
For the lazy who don’t want to look it up
It feels so out of the blue, so unnecessary. Like the writer had been bored. It’s difficult to imagine that this didn’t jolt readers out of the story, even at the time.
I wonder if Carlin ever tried sneaking that past the censors.
I’m too lazy even for this. I need a red circle and perhaps some Family Guy to get my attention.
I genuinely don’t even understand what this means. Black people aren’t charcoal black.
I’m just spitballing here but maybe back in the 1950s and earlier there wasn’t as much mixed race couples or children from those interracial marriages? Like today we have so many shades of “black” that maybe wasn’t as popular nearly 100 years ago.
Just a random thought
In the 1950s … to average white people who might have never seen a black person before … they would imagine this
Black people aren’t charcoal black.
According to old-timey racists, they are.
Exactly … according to old-timey racists in the 1950s … this is what they imagined about black people
Remember the meme about the guy being immune to BnW filter?
Alright, that’s actually pretty funny.
They « were » in theatre and movie production at the time. Black American weren’t allowed to play a role so they used white male with charcoal and show shine
Fun fact they were some black actor that did black face as a kind of protestation IIRC
Well done, Henry.
I’d imagine anyone involved with that decision is dead today. Granted thats around 75 years ago. Still a crazy stat though. Mr. Roger’s TILL I DIE.
And it wasn’t either of the yank ones.
He’s old and senile so he gets a pass … right?
No.
Oh boy. Here come the cancel train again
Awesome now I have to hate Thomas the Tank Engine
Eh, pretty sure it’s referring to books published around 1945, after WWII (273242 days is ~75 years) so of course it’s going to contain inherently racist shit. I don’t think one should hate a whole series because it wasn’t talking about civil rights and equality in an era where those barely existed unless you were a white man. Heck, if Thomas & Friends was talking about that it probably would’ve been banned.
And you didn’t already hate them for the dark and depressing messages they made by saying if your friends or family get old and unable to take care of themselves, the best way to deal with them is to seal them in a concrete tomb still alive, and let them die in there as they cry out in horror?
That part never struck a chord with you?
No that made perfect sense as someone whose retirement plan is wandering into the wilderness.
That part never struck a chord with you?
No because the last time I seriously thought about Thomas The Tank Engine was when I was 3 years old
Really? You’re just going to sit there and claim you never watched Thomas The Train bondage porn with Ringo Starr impersonator narrating?
Your friends and family are railway locomotives?
If your friends aren’t down for trains, are they really your friends?
You guys are getting paid?
If I were a train in the Thomas the Tank world I would be.
For the love of god, Montresor!
The franchise was originally started by an avowed fascist … and it really shows through sometimes.
Citation needed. He was a committed pacifist following his Brother’s death in WWI.
You sound like you don’t want to produce capital for your overlords, time to be sealed into a railway tunnel and left to rot. I bet ringo starr would even say you deserved it.
sorry
