'The Jetsons' Was A Racist Cartoon??? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 05-22-2011, 09:31 PM

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One can only imagine where the immigration policy of this utopia stands. There are no minority characters on the show, which only leads one to assume that "The Jetsons" is an animated interpretation of the Nazis' expected global outcome from the Holocaust.

It's a scary thing to let your children learn.

Ooooooooookaaaaaaaay

McGillicuddy · 05-22-2011, 09:39 PM

Wouldn't Rosie be a minority character?

catlover79 · 05-22-2011, 10:25 PM

I guess robots don't have an effective lobby!!

Marvo301 · 05-22-2011, 10:46 PM

There were also characters from other planets. They would have to be minorities!

Marvo301 · 05-22-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

I guess robots don't have an effective lobby!!

I guess they weren't programmed for that!!

old grouch · 05-23-2011, 09:41 AM

There just weren't any minority cartoon characters in the early 60's. Fortunately, that changed with Franklin from 'Peanuts' and Valerie from 'Josie and the Pussycats'.

robyrob · 05-23-2011, 10:10 AM

Henry the janitor was actually Hispanic, but he changed his name from Enrique and hid it so the Thought Police wouldn't have him assimilated.

MrCleveland · 05-23-2011, 04:04 PM

Maybe the Minorities lived on the earth while the white people lived in the sky.

There's a lot of nice sky-houses that The Jetsons live in and the Minorities seem to live on the earth driving cars rather than space-cars.

catlover79 · 05-23-2011, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

I guess they weren't programmed for that!!

Apparently not!!

Regulus · 05-23-2011, 04:50 PM

Stick a sock in it! I'm tired of all these "Thought Police" who scream Bloody Murder because the see a show as not being "Politically Correct".

Read your Constitution, it says we may view whatever Programming we desire to watch, and if you do not like that, TOUGH!

Retro4Life · 05-23-2011, 05:30 PM

Yeah, as old grouch alluded to, if you are going to point at shows that didn't have any minority characters as being "racist", you might as well say just about every show from the early 50's through the mid 1960's was racist.

Things have changed, for the better, of course, but all of this retroactive name calling is counterproductive, I think. That was then, this is now. Let's move on.

tv star collector · 05-23-2011, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Yeah, as old grouch alluded to, if you are going to point at shows that didn't have any minority characters as being "racist", you might as well say just about every show from the early 50's through the mid 1960's was racist.

Things have changed, for the better, of course, but all of this retroactive name calling is counterproductive, I think. That was then, this is now. Let's move on.

I think H & B met their racial quota by having Hadji (an Indian) on Jonny Quest and adding the Great Gazoo (a green alien) to The Flintstones.

ClarenceAlabama · 05-23-2011, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Yeah, as old grouch alluded to, if you are going to point at shows that didn't have any minority characters as being "racist", you might as well say just about every show from the early 50's through the mid 1960's was racist.

Things have changed, for the better, of course, but all of this retroactive name calling is counterproductive, I think. That was then, this is now. Let's move on.

I try to tell the jews that all the time when they complain about a "holocaust". Those were different times back then. You might have been a nazi, or a slave owner if you were around "years" ago. Let's just move on.

ClarenceAlabama · 05-23-2011, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regulus

Stick a sock in it! I'm tired of all these "Thought Police" who scream Bloody Murder because the see a show as not being "Politically Correct".

Read your Constitution, it says we may view whatever Programming we desire to watch, and if you do not like that, TOUGH!

Exactly! Racism ended in the 60's. People are always playing the race card. If you don't like like it, go back to where you came from!

Retro4Life · 05-23-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ClarenceAlabama

I try to tell the jews that all the time when they complain about a "holocaust". Those were different times back then. You might have been a nazi, or a slave owner if you were around "years" ago. Let's just move on.

OH boy, you are seriously bringing up the Holocaust in a discussion about whether the Jetsons was racist or not? Ever hear of proportion? Meh, why bother, you aren't the type to listen anyway.

05-22-2011, 09:31 PM	#1
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05-22-2011, 09:39 PM	#2
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