Cartoons that have dealt with racism

That ending came out of nowhere for me. When I first saw the episode, I was utterly confused. Maybe because I live in a densely black populated neighborhood (with a few hispanics here and there) and never had to deal with racism...
 
Patchwork said:
That ending was embarassing to watch. Seriously. It was tacked on, had nothing to no with the storyline at all, and was rediculously preachy. And I usually like badly done social commentary (because I'm a masochist), so that's saying something coming from me.

[nitpick]Also, they weren't Indian, they were just Muslim. Never mentioned their actual nationality[/nitpick]

I'm pretty sure there was a comment about someone in the house watching a show in Urdu (spelling?) which would more than likely mean that they were from Pakistan.

Did that episode come out before or after 9/11? I saw it after.
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Regarding Val-Yor in Teen Titans: I think it's interesting that he doesn't seem to think of himself as a racist, which is true of many people with such a mentality in real life. And yeah, the "So why does it still feel like an insult?" is a great line.
 
well, no one will ever out and out admit that they are, and most people that are racist never think they are. They just view people a certain way, usually negative, but it's been ingrained in them. They may not be bad people, but it was what they were taught or learned from experiences.
 
I think it came out afterwards which sort of made the topic relevent. Since I always assumed the people who tagged the pakistan family were those who thing "All Middle-Easterns are evil/terrorist/can't be trusted" ultra-extremist Americans, and a reason to give that "motivational speech" at the end to fit the moral. Also the first act had a character making fun of them, while another told her to shut up. (I haven't seen the show in a while, so I'm not going to bother to look up their names)
 
There were two episodes that dealt with racial prejudice in 'She-Ra' and 'He-Man'

In 'The Crystal Castle' & Troll's Dream' there was a deep prejudice against the Etherian Trolls by other Etherians when the Troll king, told She-Ra about his people's offer to aid the rebels against the Horde was met with distrust,fear, and hate, which resulted in the Trolls becoming xenophobic, and when a Troll was sent by the said King to see Adora and her shock at the rebels behavior as a result, in the end, they worked out their differences and became allies and friends.

'Sky War' & 'Underworld' were episodes which also dealt with the racism between two species: the Adreenids and the Avionans, the Subternian races, the Caligars and the Speleeans and how with the help of the Masters, they resolved their prejudices with each other.
 
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