![]() ![]() was a jazzy ape whose language skills were considered much less refined than those of the film's other animals and who sang "I Wanna Be Like You" to the orphaned human boy Mowgli. But the monkeys and King Louie speak a brand of slang clearly meant to mock African Americans, as Amanda Bell wrote for Yahoo Movies: King Louie, an orangutan, rules the monkeys in Disney's "The Jungle Book." But it's clear in the iconic 1967 animated version of the film that he and his underlings aren't like the other animals in the jungle.įor one, most other characters speak clear English or have British accents. Here are some of the most racist cartoon characters of all time: King Louie from "The Jungle Book" My love and appreciation for animation hasn't waned much since I've been "a grown up," but my awareness now is a lot better than when I was 10. This expanded consciousness has led to the realization of a painful fact: A lot of cartoon characters I enjoyed were pretty racist - and there's scores of other characters before my time that make those characters look like card carrying members of the NAACP. ![]()
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