September 1, 2009 

Racist Gag Panel.

Now here’s a gag panel that you’re going to find offensive, but was too “amusing” to pass up:

HEY KIDS, AREN’T BLACK PEOPLE LAZY? ISN’T THAT FUNNY? BUY WAR BONDS!

Okay to be fair, that was pre-US involvmeent in the war…


  • Dierna

    They look like they could be related to Mickey Mouse or Goofy…..They don't look human at all….

  • Metz77

    That would actually be pretty funny if it were recycled in a non-racist context. Hell, I should make it about myself.

  • Megalon

    Gee, wasn't it nice back then without all that horrible political correctness?

  • http://sezaarsez.wordpress.com/ sezaar

    The Negrow is not civilised, it is not in his nature!

    Apart from the racial discrimination typical of those days, I find the joke to be funnier than the last ones you posted. Imagine Garfield for instance saying that. As a matter of fact, I think they had a similiar joke.

  • Naryldor

    Definitively, the problem was not in the joke itself (which is funny) but in the context. The ridiculous and almost animal like representation of those two black men is bad enough, and turns into a racist comment what could have been a funny joke.

    Anyway, you have to love the white gloves, they really remind of Disney characters as Dierna says.

  • http://sezaarsez.wordpress.com/ sezaar

    It is fascinating how they made a caricature of black men that has little to no resemblance of how they really look. I'd like to see how they portrayed caucasians, american natives or asians.

  • Anderson

    Hey, i thought mexicans and native americans were lazy… So all non-caucasian people are lazy?

  • Naryldor

    LOL!

    I dunno, I can tell you here in Spain we're mainly mediterraneans and we love “siestas”.

  • Naryldor

    LOL!rnrnI dunno, I can tell you here in Spain we’re mainly mediterraneans and we love “siestas”.

  • Blakeneyd

    I’ve seen depictions of Asian characters back then (old Wonder Women comics, I believe) and they were also depicted in a racist fashion. But I think I also remember seeing 40′s (and earlier) caricatures of Germans, Russians, Brits, and French people, too (not a horribly exaggerated as non-white peoples, but definitely stereotypes).

    It’s as if anyone who was non-white and/or non-American was fair game. I think it was not only a product of the times, but a product of America being much less connected to the rest of the world (no computers/internet, no televised news, early or no air travel, phones, etc.) Prejudice can be a product of isolated communities.