Felix The Cat: Uncle Tom's Crabbin (1920-1929) | British Pathé

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Animation. One in the series of "Adventures of Felix the Cat" cartoons by Pat Sullivan.
FELIX THE CAT - UNCLE TOM'S CRABBIN
A Yeti in the snow. Felix with knapsack journeying through the snow. He arrives amongst sunny fields of sunflowers. Uncle Tom is playing the banjo and his child is dancing. Felix joins in. The music wakes an angry man (dressed like a ring master). He uses his whip to break the banjo and threaten uncle Tom. Mammy is cooking pancakes. Felix turns her frying pan into a banjo using his whiskers as strings. The family dance again. The angry man chases them and Felix turns the banjo into a unicycle to escape. The man throws stones, but Felix turns the banjo into a tennis racket and hits them back. A little girl gives Felix her hair bow which turns into a propeller to lift him into the sky. The man turns his whip into a stair case and then into a dog to try and catch him. They chase and fight, but the dog turns back into the whip. It begins to snow.
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[@IfIPickedtheWinners]

I wonder if the creators of this ever could have imagined that 100 years later we'd be watching this in the palm of our hands.

[@Sparky5]

Probably.

[@TheSideProject]

Naaa they'd probably had thought paying for a cinema or something in the future years but basically they had no idea how the future was going to be of course.

[@jonbertocchi173]

People probably going up in smoke saying its racist nowadays lol

[@gerryquinn5224]

You might...personally, I think it's funny and doesn't offend me in the least.

[@Petrhrabal]

why? this is perfectly ok

[@Jckuz1man]

I love the way Felix dances. For 1927 the animation is so spot on

[@cntrlrb20]

It looks like a precursor to the way Charlie Brown and friends dance in Peanuts

[@maggieb7164]

I never realized how old Felix was. Wow. Me and my sister watched him in the 60's. We LOVED Felix ♥️😍

[@PSchearer]

I thought the brief scene of the chase through the ice wagon made no sense (yeah, like anything in a "Felix the Cat" cartoon does). Then I realized it was a reference to the episode in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" when runaway slave Eliza escapes with her baby across an ice-filled river (an event of great potential drama that gets only about 1/2 a page in the book).

[@maggieb7164]

Harriet B. Stowe. He house is spdown the street from me. Right next door to Mark Twains. Both amazing.

[@RainbowMilk1996]

Make a banjo out of a frying pan and whiskers. 1920s cartoons had the best logic

[@ALItm1]

And then using it as a unicycle and then a slingshot and then a bat of some sort.

[@chado3000]

@@ALItm1 I think the"bat" was a tennis racket.

[@zecle]

Creates a living dog out of a whip

[@ThomasBoyce5000]

All over the place logic, but it's still funny

[@V8Deuce]

Yeah, they're great aren't they?!?

[@Thederanged1]

Happy 100th Birthday Felix

[@CsGo-vf5dm]

102nd

[@zdproductions3903]

He's been dead for 100 years too

[@petewentzisstillbae6178]

Hey I love your profile picture

[@Lemonliquorice-pn4lr]

To celebrate Felix his 100th birthday you picked the most racist Felix cartoon

[@pokemathfan5679]

He's Becoming A Creepypasta

[@Ciaffardini]

What does not surprise me at all in this cartoon is that Felix the CAT plays “claw hammer style” banjo. And, of course, it’s typical that uptight guys with whips, who wear suits and boots to bed, and like to beat up cats, are the kind who are going to intensely dislike the banjo. But Felix knows where it’s at. Banjos rock.

[@spasticpug5209]

People will call this toon racist the slave owner is still the villain in this toon and it’s based off a story written by a female abolitionist. The character design was just standard stuff for the time and other Uncle Toms Cabin retellings would distort the message to be pro slavery. Not that this is faithful in any way it’s a cartoony parody but the slave owner is still clearly the villain and Uncle Tom and the little girl are clearly humans.

[@kevinmccabe3984]

The art style is still incredibly racist regardless of the time. It’s really not that hard to depict someone as a human

[@spasticpug5209]

@@kevinmccabe3984 a caricature of a person can still be perceived as human In no way is this cartoon any sort of propaganda

[@elliottrobbins1419]

@@spasticpug5209 animation studies will always be plagued by regressive denialism. there is no good reason you can't acknowledge the problematic elements of the films and still, to some degree, enjoy them. no one is asking you to throw the baby out with the bath water, I wish animation aficionados would stop defending racism because you love the material. those two things are not mutually exclusive.

[@Jpimwgliv]

@@kevinmccabe3984 race is fake

[@Jpimwgliv]

@@elliottrobbins1419 race is fake

[@DaA2ICE3]

As a kid felix inspired me to use my imagination to solve problems. He in his own way was a great role model.

[@theboxerer5653]

Bruh it’s either you’re blind or your blind BRUH THIS BULL IS F”n racist we got the slaveowner whipping the banjo we GOT THE SLAVES COOKING IN THE Kitchen they even had the audacity to make the characters BLACK BLACK NOT EVEN BROWN If your role model is LIKE BRUH ARE YOU BLIND

[@DaA2ICE3]

@@theboxerer5653 Sounds like your the racist here if your gonna be stuck in the past and not look forward to how far we've come. So let me guess you'd erase history that triggers you rather than appreciate were we came so far from. That little character just had an uncanny ability to overcome obstacles placed in his way. Shame you can't appreciate it for the simple message it stood for throughout his character history of his positive mental attitude. Taught young minds they could work through anything they faced specially when kids never saw color only problems to work through. So plainly Your the Racist here buddy🤨

[@dildonius]

@@DaA2ICE3 Soooo pointing out that something is racist is now racist? And somehow all the "progress" (lol) that """we've""" made up to this point (which really isn't much) along with the fact that racism was much more prevalent in society in the past, means that old, racist cartoons with racist depictions of slaves like this suddenly aren't racist anymore? Sounds like you're just getting defensive and lashing out because someone pointed out that an old cartoon that you like is racist...

[@DaA2ICE3]

@@dildonius Looks like your stuck in a Freudian Slip trying to read more into what's really there. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Felix was a tribute to the ability to use ones imagination and inspire kids to explore problem solving. Color n Race has nothing to do with it unless that's what YOU want to see.

[@Louis-tr6uc]

@@theboxerer5653 Felix is black too so relax.

[@gregorymaggs583]

History is definitive and comedic ..I just really appreciate keeping these viewable to society. Thank you 😊

[@AngusArtEntertainment]

November 13, 1927, according to Wiki.

[@moviefiend44]

Released on November 13, 1927 as a silent cartoon via Educational Pictures. The silent version would likely have had intertitles containing dialogue and other descriptions. The version seen here is the 1929 sound reissue released by Copley Pictures, to cash in on the year's talkie craze. For this version, the intertitles were removed and sound was post-synced to the picture. This is why visuals and the soundtrack don't always match up. Personally, I'm interested in seeing what the silent version looked like. Maybe that version could better explain the purpose of the snow monster at 0:19. It took me a few minutes to realize that was supposed to be Old Man Winter walking in the North. Such a connection might have been clearer in the silent version, since the intertitles would have likely explained it.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@moviefiend44 Probably. It could have narration mentioning "Old Man Winter" has came down from the north while the Sun in the south compels Felix to come down to its warmth.

[@angelicagonzalez4482]

Oswald was release in that year

[@blinkyenjoyer]

@@moviefiend44 sadly theres only one original print of a copley re-issue available online, and thats switches witches. i would LOVE if an educational pictures print of futuritzy showed up online..

[@truthmatters-jt5up]

i love the fluidity of the impossible.

[@mrexcelsior1414]

I used to love Felix the cat cartoons so much when I was a little boy

[@lobowolf9406]

this is my first time enjoying these cartoons.

[@kinglyzard]

This is one of his older toons, before his bag of tricks. Same tricks though.

[@spasticpug5209]

I love the art in these old toons

[@MysteriousStatue]

I love how felix is defending the black, WE LOVE YOU FELIXXX

[@Justin-pe9cl]

Man got out of bed fully dressed with whip in had. Employee of the month right there.

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

Funny I was born in 1949 and I remember watching these cartoons on TV. As I was watching this I thought why was I interested in this is a kid?I figured out as you watcher you weren't sure exactly what was going to happen to get them out of trouble because all of those little inventions that the Whip made and that Felix made to get out of trouble made you think! You weren't just entertained!!!

[@albinoobama3988]

bro you are 71 ?

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

@@albinoobama3988 i will be in a few months

[@ryles5874]

That’s really cool! I’ve always wondered what it was like in those days!

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

@@ryles5874 when I was in first grade I went to my aunt's house after school every day and she had a TV that was tall but the TV screen was probably only at the most 18in by 18in and that's what we watched The Mickey Mouse Club on after school. All TV was black and white and there were all these tubes in the back of the TV and sometimes one would blow a burnout I think you have to have the TV repairman come and he'd have to figure out which of all these 30 bulbs like light bulbs in the back was burned out go to his truck and Route Around for the right one and come back for the TV to work!

[@PSchearer]

The chances are you saw a 1950s revival of the character and not the original cartoons. Wikipedia talks about it.

[@therealzilch]

Fascinating glimpse of the times.

[@TheTrippersMindTrip]

Made a hundred years ago, and still better than the trash they put out on Nickelodeon today

[@dougstanley6776]

Yes But its still racist, propaganda, i thought history in school and the Old. Books told the real truth about Slaves from Africa, they were POW from Waring tribes, sold to the Dutch traders off the Gold Coast of Africa, and brought here to The New World. You will never find that in today's history Books. And The rightful Owners of this Nation Are The Native Indians, Who were Exterminated, in lieu of Slavery

[@youthfulcurmudgeon3627]

Funnier, too.

[@itsgreat7150]

I have to admit this cartoon is pretty stupid.

[@iamhere490]

​@@itsgreat7150not every cartoon has to be the next most intelligent thing to be good.

[@dbarrett6001]

Enjoyed ,thank you

[@Bos_Meong]

I love cat cartoons!

[@heung1gong2yan4]

me too, i love tom n jerry a lot

[@mrearlygold]

We have a black cat named Felix

[@maxiepattie85]

White Castle? Too high for me

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Thatz cute

[@denisesunseri8883]

Nobody again me -cartoon cat?!

[@trebleclef169]

We did too! 😻😻

[@Tgungen]

Just a interesting fact, since this cartoon was released in 1920s, there's a very high chance that many former slaves watched this movie, since slavery in US was abolished about 60 years prior to this movie.

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

Felix was the original MacGyver.

[@pacoramon9468]

This is now a century old.

[@herr_crustovsky]

it's not tho

[@stephenholloway6893]

Not yet far as this short goes, but Felix himself is over 100 years old.

[@reubster529]

My grandfather was one at this time now he’s would be about 100

[@jgranger3532]

That kid's hairdo can be seen lots of places in the USA in 2021. The concept art is weird and abstract. I like it.

[@user-sl7ym1zq3n]

It’s an African girl hairstyle from west Africa and brought to America via slavery

[@hannabaal150]

Cat had his own TV show in the 50's.

[@luc1xx0]

Mick Jelsma and 90’s

[@hannabaal150]

@@luc1xx0 Cat get around!

[@pikachu0Z]

And an anime in the 2000s

[@deandupont5503]

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

[@jaydenlucas7115]

And to think they used that same animation process for 70 years until the dawn of computer animation.

[@starshiptrooper7670]

Surprised this one has never been pulled.

[@pinksmoke5638]

I love old cartoons 😊

[@shaylerbrooke1669]

It’s sad it portrays slavery tho but it’s nice that the protagonist is on their side tho

[@kaidkaid88]

I love old cartoons as well, though people seem surprised that I do, because Im so young. They say that the older generations are the only ones that understand these cartoons, but I enjoy them a lot too. I always watched the old fashioned Mickey Mouse cartoons, Felix the Cat, and Popeye. They were My childhood, even though technically I'm still a child...

[@amenaabdallah7035]

Bro this was made in 1927 and there are black people in a cotten filed are you dumb

[@rocktekhne]

@@amenaabdallah7035 I don't know if she is, but you certainly are. It's spelled FIELD. And slavery was worldwide, every race, age, sex, and color of people have been affected by slavery in early civilization, Europeans too. Get over it. Let's not forget to mention that Felix was the protagonist in this picture who actually helped the slave and fought the slave owner. Very progressive cartoon for the 20's in my opinion, but you're too dense to even see that.

[@amenaabdallah7035]

Rock Tekhne are u acc telling me to get over the fact that my people for over 100 years were beaten and inslaved

[@nostalgia41]

awesome cartoon

[@ursulabklyn_mia6148]

Those moves are called "chucking and jiving". Felix was my favorite cartoon. Watched in the morning eating corn pops cereal before going to First Grade classes.

[@psilvakimo]

I believe they were called Sugar Pops back then. I used to eat them too.

[@Dimitri-Jordania]

As in 'chunk n jivin, then you wheel you gotta'?! I thought they were saying 'jump drive and, then you wheel you gotta' lol

[@chado3000]

You're holding up better than I am if you can remember all this. I remember felix, mr magoo, rocky and bullwinkle, and some pretty old popeye..

[@highlandprincesseach-usige7097]

@@chado3000 do guys remember Woody Woodpecker, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Baby Huey, Richie Rich, Little Lulu, Little Audrey, Hot Stuff, Beetle Baily, and how about Dogpatch USA with Snuffy Smith and Lil' Abner? I lived for Saturday morning cartoons because those tiny cereal boxes (after cutting along the lines) turned into cereal bowls!😁👍

[@highlandprincesseach-usige7097]

The term was "shuckin' and jivin' " lol. I had never heard those words until i started watching Baretta and Starsky and Hutch.😂😂😂

[@ozymandias66]

Those fellas are still makin a hell of a racket

[@user-sl7ym1zq3n]

Educational.

[@ItsWaltherz]

Animation has come a long way since the 20’s.

[@seapacket42]

I got a video out of this Thanks Britain

[@rafaelramirez1507]

These cartoons are really well done ... I love 'em 👍

[@dancepiglover]

Does that guy sleep with a whip in his bed?

[@conceitedperson78]

... don’t you?

[@dirkdiggler2430]

Very educational cartoon

[@saraschmidt5612]

It's nice seeing a cartoon of this age that isn't horrifically racist. Felix joining in on the fun and trying to help out was rather sweet. Yes, the cartoon is still racist, but it could've been so much worse.

[@DjordjeJelic1611]

How is it racist

[@maude.]

@@DjordjeJelic1611 i think it’s the stereotype and blackface caricature

[@Mr.Zealeous]

Well duh! This isn't JUST a cartoon without out it's heavy racism

[@MarioLuigi-yz9pz]

@@maude. who cares bro racism is funny

[@HappyHalloween11]

@@DjordjeJelic1611are you being sarcastic?

[@kkkkkkk7]

Beautiful cartoon

[@Sharye2001]

Why is there an angry abominable snowman at the beginning?

[@user-pw7yz5gj3z]

3:22 this Vocie funny

[@1snowball]

Achei o final fraco ele poderia ter aprendido ao usar o chicote contra o inverno.

[@markperez8177]

Happy 100th Felix!

[@qqqqm]

1:26 N

[@MarcoJ88]

,,,,

[@angelgutierrez3943]

So awesome 😂😂

[@swiftchancellor159]

Yo, Felix and that slave owner are broken af.

[@aylinalba2950]

whoa.

[@JalakLenteng]

What's the name of the intro music?

[@malfattio2894]

"Swanee River"

[@JalakLenteng]

Malfattio Thank you!

[@bingola45]

"Old Folks at Home", by Stephen Foster, 1851.

[@abbabb8641]

Suwanee River is the very first. Stephen Foster. Listen to the Mockingbird is another of the first songs.

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

Do you know you can play way down upon the Swanee River on the Black Keys on the piano

[@danielvitullo7104]

Awesome MTV lollapaloza

[@lashaybranch9794]

Woooow

[@whodrankmykool-aid2051]

I miss the good ol days

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

Happy 100th birthday Felix.

[@richardpaull6526]

2:46-2:50 This scene has so many bad connotations it's disturbing, god!

[@samuelorozco768]

Nostalgia Cartoons

[@philwilliams2505]

Funny

[@Haaambuurger]

Not 100% sure if this is racist but it was laugh out loud funny at moments.

[@pigeonman1134]

Whats the banjo song called?

[@shmuleyloew9149]

It's a super-fast banjo bass for the song "Feeling No Pain," which was first recorded the same year that this cartoon was released (1927). Check out the version by Red Nichols on KZbin and play it three or four times faster. You will hear the banjo in the background playing what you hear in the cartoon.

[@Juuxr]

@@shmuleyloew9149 Thank you for the information!!

[@galacticwarlock2271]

My life feels threatened.

[@HH4nn4hh]

Are you ok????

[@clutchnshift1]

Aunt Jemima, lawsee!!!

[@stevegooding9575]

This cartoon started the Montgomery Brawl

[@michaelaverill8069]

And 2 think all these years black ppl r still playing their music 2 loud and now white ppl just call the cop's lol...if anything else at least the animation was good 4 tht time period and revealed how fresh the racial wounds were and tht the creators of these cartoon's still had discrimination in their hearts...nevertheless these r still classics and a time capsule of tht era and shows tht there has been significant progress on racial relations to the point where ppl of all races r confused trying to imitate something their not...its sad...~Yours truly: Some random White Guy~

[@ChatGPt2001]

I believe there may be a confusion in your inquiry. "Uncle Tom's Crabbin" is not a known title or episode associated with Felix the Cat from the 1920-1929 period. Felix the Cat is a classic cartoon character created by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan. The character gained popularity in the silent film era and continued to be a beloved animated figure for decades. If you have a different title or specific information you're looking for within the 1920-1929 timeframe related to Felix the Cat, please provide more details, and I'll do my best to assist you.

[@elvisdawson7404]

Everybody has rights

[@A.Peshkov]

Тут негры изображены карикатурно, но они добрые

[@RandomPerson-cl4fr]

Amazing

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

To think, Felix retooling a banjo out of a frying pan and his own whiskers inadvertently pointed the way towards the rock and roll movement some 3 decades later. A young cat listening to a black bluesman in the early days eventually paying it foward through his own version of rocking and rolling music (wink, wink!) 🤔🇵🇷🇺🇸🗽🦂📽😎

[@kefteris89]

1:48

[@micheller7442]

Today, this would cause roots..

[@Ciaffardini]

Those pioneering cartoonist were geniuses, despite perpetuating offensive racial characterizations. One thing I agree with them about is that if we’re going to make our world a better place for EVERYONE, we need MORE BANJO.

[@user-yq6ti7hm7e]

What with the sound?

[@frankprovasek5394]

This was a 1927 silent cartoon. Jacques Kopfstein was hired by Pat Sullivan to add sound and music in 1929.

[@evelynbutler7026]

There is a reason we don’t see cartoons like this today. A very good reason

[@jinym.9181]

Agree!!

[@GD-jc3wx]

Why? They are funny yet simple.

[@lucille.4744]

@@GD-jc3wx Do you even know what this is saying/showing?

[@kizukun001]

@@lucille.4744 it is showing a open depiction of a not too removed time from its air date, and showing that actions which were accepted as common were not accepted as respectable actions you mean? 1920 is a scant 50 years removed from open slavery and is over 30 years before ending segregation. so given its time frame and culture it is a considerable step forward in actuality. one can not judge the past based on the present, and much look at how things were with acceptance to move forward.

[@Petrhrabal]

@@lucille.4744 so?

[@2150dalek]

Back when cartoons had imagination, no pc lectures. Thx for posting, was mesmerized.

[@dodapictures2141]

Why are you so racist?

[@alexbartley3610]

@@dodapictures2141 lol

[@itsgreat7150]

Yeah, this cartoon is about as dumb as comment.

[@user-sl7ym1zq3n]

Please tell me what cartoons have pc lectures in it?

[@johnbradley5236]

Blacks could always dance .

[@rfletch62]

white men can't jump.

[@DelOk85]

Я одного не понял, почему девочка и мужик играющий на балалайке чёрные.

[@Juuxr]

It's a banjo! And the cartoon is based on a actual story, written by a female abolicionist at that time (~1927)

[@aidenmccullough6919]

What the What?!

[@kewlztertc5386]

oooooh

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

Good example of how we've improved as a society

[@autisticpain1960]

No offense but I'm pretty sure your statement is false

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

@@autisticpain1960 it isn't.

[@NoMoreWhat-Ifs]

no it definitely is

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

@@NoMoreWhat-Ifs no it definitely isn't

[@autisticpain1960]

@@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904 you'll learn someday

[@chloehughes292]

The comments saying how it’s racist because of it’s depiction of black people. This was the 1920’s!!! They wouldn’t get away with depicting of black people now.

[@nvrsrydoll5886]

I think the reason why they added the blackface because they were easier to see the mouth expressions.

[@fancy_one9261]

WHY SLAVERY, HE MADE A HAMDMADE BANJO, GOT CHASE DOWN BY SLAVE GUARD, END STORY.

[@user-sl7ym1zq3n]

Black people invented the banjo!

[@deezytroop5275]

Love this..

[@joemccay9978]

I'm surprised KZbin in their wokeness allows this. Usually, black-face gets a lot complaints.

[@thewordkeeper]

@hitler did noting worong Yeah. The banjo player not allowed to defend himself so somebody who "knows" he's being treated badly has to do it for him.

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

As it should get

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

@hitler did noting worong no its not at all thank you.

[@kinglyzard]

Take into consideration the time period in which this was created. This was the unfortunate norm to stereotype African Americans this way. But this toon does have a positive message. Felix hopped right in and joined in the fun. There was acceptance all around. Felix showed courage in defense of his new friends. The dude with the whip was obviously the villain of the story.

[@chickenflavor9880]

It's not black face if they are black.

[@autoguy57]

I thought that one was Beyoncé...

[@annimerethenilsen8888]

Very good and very ,, black,,. they saw the sosiety!

[@AllenSymonds]

Poor guy just wanted to sleep

[@kinglyzard]

Yikes.

[@kthevsamig4958]

Imagine saying “Yikes” to a 100 year old cartoon

[@rsouzam]

Cu

[@kinglyzard]

Copper??

[@dougstanley6776]

Good old Felix The Cat they don't make anything like that thease Sad Day's, the Trash that don't even come close to A cartoon Nowadays, It's nowonder kids are screwed up.

[@amandah.5880]

Oioi

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

It is so great to see analytical people in the comments discussing the obvious things about this cartoon, racism and the historical setting in relation to it. However we then have the racist fueled stupidity of others in this comment section demanding that they shut up for speaking about the obvious history of the cartoon and comparing it to today. Just so you know, it has not changed very much. Still we have those keeping racism alive, still we have those who have been bathed with such ignorance that they do not even realize the wrongness in this cartoon as they have been conditioned not to. Just an FYI, this cartoon was just as much of a problem then as it is now and was complained about too. Slavery and Racism are certainly the most vital genes in the DNA of this country and the single most important event that we have ever been through here. And yet here we are still being condemned for even speaking of it.

[@huntergray3985]

Surely you are not trying to claim that this cartoon is pro-racism?

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

@@huntergray3985 what the hell is pro-racism? I am not having this discussion with somebody who wants to make themselves out to be a fool. Why would you think so low of yourself? I do not need to explain the racism in the cartoon because you see it, and I see it. Only one of us, yet, decides to act ignorant and pretend that it is not there, gaslight those effected by it into also believing that its not. Good evening to you.

[@huntergray3985]

@@grammaticalchainsaw7318 So, the only white person represented in the film is the villain - is that the racism you are talking about? Or are you claiming that black people do not like making music and dancing? Every time I turn my TV on I see black people singing and dancing. Are you claiming that many black women are not large, or even obese ? If so I think that statistics might not agree with you. Are you saying that cartoons should always present black people in a way that does not caricature them, when all other people are caricatured? Or are you in fact saying that that I must agree with you or I'm a racist, and with that you will not argue your point because you... What? Have no argument?

[@Mamaluigi13]

@@huntergray3985 bro what

[@HH4nn4hh]

This was a painfully stupid response.

[@gamerito100]

Americans crying about caricatures looking like caricatures xDDD

[@TheIreshaDeSilva]

The fact this cartoon is racist and anti racist at the same time

[@isleling5191]

It's not really racist

[@fleetway_iz_3000_goda]

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[@drmoonrat]

The depiction of the black characters? . . . Yeah, kinda racist. . . But Felix pumbling a slave owner in the face with rocks? . . . That's pretty badass progressiveness for 1919. Imagine . . . Real life slave owners were alive when this cartoon was screen in theaters.

[@Mario-kj1ix]

Black people are a different breed in these cartoons i swear

[@kinglyzard]

Felix thought not.