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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

He's sleeping in Jerry's bed. He's meant to look like Jerry. It's not an Asian caricature.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

I was about to say this. The cheese is by the table.

[–] Lag@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That person is wrong here, but I think they were thinking about other scenes. There's a few of them on youtube if you search Tom and Jerry stereotypes.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Definitely. I won't defend racist caricatures, but this is not one.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social -5 points 3 months ago

Since the racist caricature is based on equating east Asian people to rats, it was a reasonable assumption.

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