• aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Sliiiiightly racist by today’s standards.

    I don’t remember where I saw it, possibly Loony Toons, but there was some old skit where the sidekick got shot in the first five seconds and the hero walks over to a huge gumball machine filled with people and gets a spare sidekick for the remainder of the show.

    • stingpie@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      I’m not sure I’d classify this comic as slightly racist, since the tonto-like character is being treated the same as the other two white sidekicks.

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      15 days ago

      It reflects the racism of the Tonto character, since that’s obviously who the Native American is inspired by.