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* BlackJezebelStereotype: The titular character (a parody of Snow White) got RaceLift into a stereotypical black woman who is lusted after by every male character in the short. She has a pair of very exaggerated big breasts and a similarly large backside and [[MaleGaze the animator will focus on it]] whenever she is not singing. This is especially in contrast with TheIngenue Snow White in [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the box office hit Disney version released 6 years earlier]] that the shorts is parodying.
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''Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs'' is a controversial [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1943]] short directed by Creator/BobClampett for the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series. It is a retelling of ''Literature/SnowWhite'' with a modernized setting (for the 1940s) that uses an all-black cast and a hot jazz soundtrack -- as well as a lot of outdated dark-iconography stereotypes and [[WartimeCartoon wartime references]].

Animation historians (as well as general fans of classic animation of every race and ethnicity) consider this short to be one of the finest cartoons ever made... but they also acknowledge that it can be considered overtly insensitive racially speaking for many of today's American public (not just with its [[BlackfaceStyleCaricature caricatures]] of African-Americans, but there is some World War II anti-Japanese sentiment, though due to the Imeperial Japan as memeber(s) of the Nazi Axis coalition). It remains part of the "WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven" (a collection of 11 Warner Bros. cartoons that have been pulled from distribution since 1968 due to extensive stereotyping of African-Americans). While there have been attempts to get this cartoon released to a mainstream audience, along with ''Tin Pan Alley Cats'' (so turning the "Censored Eleven" into the "Censored Nine"), nothing has come of it.

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''Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs'' is a controversial [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1943]] short directed by Creator/BobClampett for the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series. It is a retelling of ''Literature/SnowWhite'' with a modernized setting (for the 1940s) that uses an all-black cast and a hot jazz soundtrack -- as well as a lot of outdated dark-iconography racial stereotypes and [[WartimeCartoon wartime references]].

Animation historians (as well as general fans of classic animation of every race and ethnicity) animation) consider this short to be one of the finest cartoons ever made... but they also acknowledge that it can be considered overtly is one of the most racially insensitive racially speaking for many of today's American public cartoons ever made (not just with its [[BlackfaceStyleCaricature caricatures]] of African-Americans, but there is some World War II anti-Japanese sentiment, though due to the Imeperial Japan as memeber(s) of the Nazi Axis coalition).racism). It remains part of the "WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven" (a collection of 11 Warner Bros. cartoons that have been pulled from distribution since 1968 due to extensive stereotyping of African-Americans). While there have been attempts to get this cartoon released to a mainstream audience, along with ''Tin Pan Alley Cats'' (so turning the "Censored Eleven" into the "Censored Nine"), nothing has come of it.



* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Veteran African-American animator and cartoonist Floyd Norman stated/wrote while answering some fans' questions in 2019: "Considered 'racist' today, similarly to ''Tin Pan Alley Cats'', ''Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs'' is an animation masterpiece, and meant no offense to anyone. Clampett was given a standing ovation by a predominantly Black audience in the city of Oakland".
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Animation historians (as well as general fans of classic animation of every race and ethnicity) consider this short to be one of the finest cartoons ever made... but they also acknowledge that it can be considered overtly insensitive racially speaking for many of today's American public (not just with its [[BlackfaceStyleCaricature caricatures]] of African-Americans, but there is some World War II anti-Japanese sentiment, though due to the Imeperial Japan as memeber(s) of the Nazi Axis coalition). It remains part of the "WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven" (a collection of 11 Warner Bros. cartoons that have been pulled from distribution since 1968 due to extensive stereotyping of African-Americans). While there have been attempts to get this cartoon released to a mainstream audience, along with ''Tin Pan Alley Csts'' (so turning the "Censored Eleven" into the "Censored Nine"), nothing has come of it.

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Animation historians (as well as general fans of classic animation of every race and ethnicity) consider this short to be one of the finest cartoons ever made... but they also acknowledge that it can be considered overtly insensitive racially speaking for many of today's American public (not just with its [[BlackfaceStyleCaricature caricatures]] of African-Americans, but there is some World War II anti-Japanese sentiment, though due to the Imeperial Japan as memeber(s) of the Nazi Axis coalition). It remains part of the "WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven" (a collection of 11 Warner Bros. cartoons that have been pulled from distribution since 1968 due to extensive stereotyping of African-Americans). While there have been attempts to get this cartoon released to a mainstream audience, along with ''Tin Pan Alley Csts'' Cats'' (so turning the "Censored Eleven" into the "Censored Nine"), nothing has come of it.



* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Veteran African-American animator and cartoonist Floyd Norman stated/wrote while answering some fans' questions in 2019: "Considered 'racist' today, similarly to ''Tin Pan Alley Cats'', ''Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs'' is an animation masterpiece, and meant no offense to anyone. Clampett was given a standing ovation by a predominantly Black audience in the city of Oakland."

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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Veteran African-American animator and cartoonist Floyd Norman stated/wrote while answering some fans' questions in 2019: "Considered 'racist' today, similarly to ''Tin Pan Alley Cats'', ''Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs'' is an animation masterpiece, and meant no offense to anyone. Clampett was given a standing ovation by a predominantly Black audience in the city of Oakland."Oakland".

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