Blackness in the media is equated with animalistic behavior and barbarism. The animators’ choice to portray Black characters as less than human, sub-human if you will, reinforces this idea.

You know how every once in a while, when a music artist gets a little older and runs out of ideas, he or she will put out an album of standards? No need to write anything new, just throw together some Sinatra, some Nat King Cole, maybe some Billie Holiday and voila! Everyone over the age of 35 buys the new album, smiles and hums along, reminiscing about the “good old days.”