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Amazon Prime Says 'Tom and Jerry' Cartoons Contain 'Racial Prejudices'

Shilpa Nagesh |
October 2, 2014 | 10:03 a.m. PDT

Supervising Executive Producer

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If you're interested in watching "Tom and Jerry: The Complete Second Volume" on Amazon Prime, you may notice the following disclaimer:

"'Tom & Jerry' shorts may depict some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American society. Such depictions were wrong then and are wrong today."

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Fans of the cartoon took to social media to react to the disclaimer. 

Read more on the remarks in the Huffington Post

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