1. @joshtpm's noble campaign to reclaim Kermit in the age of Pepe got me thinking about anthropomorphism & racismhttps://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/782762792344576000 …
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I hope the Zootopia 2 writers are listening.
Maus was amazing
4. But for our purposes, tradition begins with stories of Br'er Rabbit (codified by J.C. Harris, but based on African-American lore)
5. In late 19th century and early 20th century popular culture, "cute" cartoony animals became ways register racial & ethnic difference.
I buy everything you said, but this. Ancient slavery was not ethnic, still less Phrygian. Nor is the stuff by him, if he existed.
I admit it's a stretch but even if legendary, the association of Aesop with a slave is very suggestive.
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