10. The business of the frogs is interesting because there is a kind of tradition in American popular culture of seeing frogs as black.
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11. "When Froggie Goes A-Courtin'" is an ancient ballad but seems to often been performed in minstrel show voices.
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12. I think Jim Henson was aware of tradition, since Kermit's signature song ("it's Not Easy Being Green") is about race-consciousness.
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13. Yep, the great Warner Bros. short "One Froggy Evening" is about black musicians escaping exploitation by whites. https://twitter.com/voxkev/status/782812114775740416 …
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14. And of course the recent Disney movie The Princess and the Frog is a riff on this tradition as well.
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15. Aside from George Herriman, the artist who most consciously used cartoon animals to explore racism is Art Spiegelman, in "Maus"
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16. Part of what makes Pepe interesting/disheartening is that it's not a racist symbol but a cartoon in this tradition hijacked by racists.
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17. But perhaps it says something about alt-right that their avatars aren't Arayan supermen but frogs & anime girls:https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/782804232625876993 …
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18. On some level beneath consciousness, the alt-right people see whiteness as toxic, hence they disguise themselves as Pepe or anime.
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19. Of course, other explanation for Pepe/anime avatars is alt-right losers have no creativity. Are purely parasitical in appropriating art
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20. Via @notjessewalker a prime example of all this. Mickey Mouse performing in Uncle Tom's Cabin:https://twitter.com/notjessewalker/status/782811439786491904 …
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