Amazon warns viewers that Tom and Jerry cartoons are racist

Amazon warns viewers that Tom and Jerry cartoons are racist
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Subscribers with Amazon Prime Instant Video accounts who want to watch the classic Tom and Jerry cartoons are being warned that "episodes of the iconic show may depict scenes of 'ethnic and racial prejudice.'"

According to the Daily Mail, the concerns stem from the representation of a black maid in early episodes of the cartoon from the 1940s.

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Teresa Mull