Posted on 06/30/2021 11:21:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
Hollywood has a reputation for being a liberal bastion of political correctness. But as these appalling movies show, it wasn't always so. Some of them—such as 1975's Mandingo—are almost fetishistically racist.
Others are fantastic movies degraded because stereotypical characters such as Long Duk Dong from "Sixteen Candles" or Mr. Yunioshi from "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
We've compiled a list of the worst racist indiscretions made in Hollywood from the very birth of film.
And there are a lot. Warning: Some of this material may be upsetting.
21. "North" (1994) had Inuit/Eskimo racism in one ridiculous scene. In this strange and terrible film, Elijah Wood plays North, a child prodigy who "divorces" his parents and sets off on a cross country trip to find a new family. On the way he meets cowboys, Amish people and Inuits played by Kathy Bates, Graham Greene and Abe Vigoda.
The portrayal of Inuits was racist and the movie as a whole was a huge flop despite the star-studded cast and director (Rob Reiner).
20. "The Last Samurai" (2003) is a prime example of a "white savior" film. Tom Cruise plays an ex-soldier who takes a job in Japan to help suppress a Samurai rebellion. However after he is captured by the Samurai, he learns their ways and saves them from being destroyed by the Japanese army by teaching them how to properly fight using their own techniques.
19. "Fantasia" (1940) features a half-man, half-donkey centaur who is black. Sunflower-Pastoral Symphony-Racist Screenshot The "Pastoral Symphony" section of this classic Disney film used to feature a scene with a centaur named Sunflower who acts as a servant for the rest of the characters.
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If I recall correctly, Admiral Halsey said after Pearl Harbor, “When this war is over, Japanese will only be spoken in hell.”
Honky lips!
“You think these guys know The Commodores?”
I saw the NFL portray some people as apes in years past...especially half time at the super bowl.
Look up in the, “Trivia,” section of that movie on IMDB. Richard Pryor had a pretty strong opinion about that particular scene.
(It’s not what one would think it was)
Thank them for compiling this list. Now where can I find these movies for enjoyment and entertainment?
Richard Pryor - “Thank God We Got Penitentiaries”
Language Warning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTyNbtSQ7Q
Did anyone else notice Tara NOT getting burned in “Gone with the Wind”?
This movie is satire and it makes a very important point which is impossible to articulate in today's woke world. It's stupidity not to realize that "affirmative action" is itself racist.
How many people bought into Rachel Dolezal's lie about being black? So why is it so far fetched that a white kid could pass for black?
Idiotically list. Clearly written by a millennial female.
Rd later.
I think what they didn’t like about Soul Man was the professor , played by James Earl Jones:
You’ll get no special treatment from me, Mr. Watson.
Do you hear me? No special treatment.
And if that means you’ve got to work twice as hard...
As these little white s...., then you damn well better work twice as hard.
actually the author got James Masons part wrong..its his son , played by Perry King, who rejects his wife.. “etc”...Mason plays the plantation owner...iv’e seen the movie..its a scream...lol...
yep, so many recent movies. because black and white movies (or even color movies pre-1970) are too “slow” and “boring.
Actually the last time I saw NL Vacation On TV, they had scrubbed those scenes.
People with too much free time and no ability to read
Not once did I ever think those weirdos were Hindus.
One thing all of those movies have in common is that they can be rated and reviewed on the Internet Movie Data Base. The 2021 movie Karen, about a white lady who terrorizes a black family that moves into her neighborhood, is the only IMDB listing I have ever seen that has ratings and reviews turned off.
I'm surprised they even put that one on the list, since it's okay to make fun of white people.
8. "The Passion of the Christ" (2004) made it very obvious that Mel Gibson was anti-Semitic long before any drunken mistakes or angry voicemails.
Uh ... try reading the bible.
Tarzan’s New York Adventure sure did poke fun at the blacks.
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