Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 The classic "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" episode A Night of Fright Is No Delight aired recently on Cartoon Network and I was APPALLED by how blatantly racist it was. In the first case, the character of "Colonel Sanders", whom Scooby had saved several years earlier from a swamp was an avid collector of Civil War memorabilia and (seemingly) a "fan" of the Civil War and the Confederates in particular. However, he was anything but vilified for his beliefs, instead his lawyers (Mr. Creeps and Mr. Crawls) were turned into the so-called "bad guys" -- a clear shot at the Jewish community. Joseph Barbera's and William Hanna's hate knew no bounds however, so they made this "Night of Hate" even less of a "Delight". The "ghosts" in this episode were clearly meant to portray the spirits of African-American slaves that had (presumably) died while enslaved by Colonel Sanders' forefathers. However, the designs of these "ghosts" were clearly based on the racist theater makeup style known as "blackface", which was meant to portray certain African-American stereotypes. Pictured here is one of the so-called "phantoms": After being confronted with evidence this damning, I certainly hope you will all revise your views on this "wonder pup". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 How is he African-American? He's blue. With a red face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 It's a BOO, everyone run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 How is he African-American? He's blue. With a red face.he has a black face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 he has a black face I bet it's Robert Downey Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 I bet it's Robert Downey Jr. iirc it was mr. crawls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 iirc it was mr. crawls.And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yar-El Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Hmm... I sense the censorship of such phrases as -- Black Sheep -- Black Mail -- Black Balling. Tune in next week for another Scooby snack attack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 If Scooby Doo offends you, then I would suggest never watching the "censored" buggs bunny episodes that were released on the DVD collection... alot of which were my favourites. Ill let you make of that last part what you want, but I doubt youll be right. As for Scooby Doo itself... it was pandered more for kids... and pot smoking hippies. They arent going to be paying too much attention to stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids! more like meddling racists speaking of where is the black/asian/latino mystery inc member? OH RIGHT THERE ISNT ONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inyri Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I nominate Niner for azn minority member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 I nominate Niner for azn minority member. no we need a throw away azn in case scooby mauls him where's that csi kid who used to post here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawathehutt Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I watched almost nothing but scooby doo and gilligans island from probably kindergarten through 3rd grade, and some how, despite all of the blatant racism that you seem to think damns the series to hell, I have managed to keep myself from joining the KKK and burning all of the african american blue ghosts in my community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Rider Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 You know, jokes are supposed to be funny. They generally don't involve trolling either. This topic is full of FAIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrtoken Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I remember some of those episodes scared the crap out of me when I was a whippersnapper. Especially the one with the space ghost with the cackling laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Who said the ghost was African? I think he's Jamaican myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 You know, jokes are supposed to be funny. They generally don't involve trolling either. This topic is full of FAIL. well you are the master so i guess i'll take your word for it :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 White people yo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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