Cartoon Gets Racism Warning

B2 – Upper intermediate

Amazon, has put a warning on some of the ‘Tom and Jerry’ cartoons.  They have said that that the scenes were wrong when the cartoons were made 70 years ago, and are still wrong today.

‘Tom and Jerry’ cartoon gets racism warning

Discuss:

1. How would you define the term “racism”?
2. Do you think that racism can be seen in some cartoons?
3. Do you witness racism in your workplace or in your community? How about in other TV shows?
4. Why do you think racism is present in our society?

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