What a blah,blah,blah article. David Carridine played a Chinaman. ( A half one anyway) I think Jerry Lewis did too. Who cares???
Well, those were from almost the same era. People had issues with Carradine. Breakfast at Tiffany’s has always been one of my favorite films although I believe that character is unfortunate. His part isn’t big. Some day I will read the Truman Capote novel and see if the character appears in it.
But yes, lots of old movies contain things we wouldn’t do today. Any old star who worked as much as Andy Rooney did will have had some associations with these. Heck, plenty of people have issues with Gone With the Wind.