Childhood Ruined: 15 Classic Kids’ Shows You Didn’t Realize Were Racist
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Meg Butler
The Jungle Book
Get ready to get real mad about just how many times you sang along with this monkey from The Jungle Book.
Why is he racist? Well for starters, everybody in The Jungle Book — even the little boy who was literally raised by animals — speaks in British English. That is, except for the monkeys. They talk like black people, sing in jazz scat and dance about how they want to be real people.
Oh, oobee doo. I wanna be like you…
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