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[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

It was NOT just his art style. Consider it racist or not, then or now, Sambos and Japs/Nips were common unflattering comical stereotypes of the era.

Disney's 1940 Fantasia featured the stereotype, later censored, during Beethoven's 6th Pastoral:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Disney+Fantasia+censored&iar=images

Fantasia ~ The Pastoral Symphony - UNCENSORED VERSION (8:56) ~ Princess Meg