Editing Looney Tunes (section)

== Racial stereotypes and censorship controversies ==
[[File:Hittin' The Trail For Hallelujah Land.webm|thumb|''[[Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land]]'']]

[[File:Friz Freleng - Merrie Melodies - Jungle Jitters (1938).webm|thumb|thumbtime=299|''[[Jungle Jitters]]'']]

[[File:All This and Rabbit Stew (1941).webm|thumb|left|''[[All This and Rabbit Stew]]'']]
Due to content considered offensive, [[stereotype]]d or insensitive, in 1968 [[United Artists]], then the owners of the pre-August 1948 color cartoon library, removed the "[[Censored Eleven]]" episodes of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons from broadcast or distribution. Depictions included those of [[African Americans]] (as in ''[[Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs]]'' and ''[[Jungle Jitters]]''), [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], [[Japanese people]] (especially during WWII, as in ''[[Tokio Jokio]]'' and ''[[Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips]]''), [[Germans]], [[Italians]], [[White Southerners]], and [[Mexicans]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="The Warner Brothers: Albert, Harry, Jack, and Sam Warner". |url=https://www.german-way.com/warner.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018170049/http://www.germanhollywood.com/warner.html |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=January 23, 2008}}</ref>

In 1999, [[Cartoon Network]] ceased broadcast of all of Speedy Gonzales' cartoons, due to concerns about stereotyping of Mexicans.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/speedy-gonzales-caged-by-cartoon-network Speedy Gonzales Caged by Cartoon Network], www.foxnews.com, March 28, 2002</ref> Many [[Latinos]] protested that they were not offended, and expressed fondness for Speedy; the character's shorts were made available for broadcast on CN again in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Emling |first=Shelly |date=June 21, 2002 |title=Cartoon Network Putting Mexican Mouse Back in the Lineup |work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=070aAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719,566640&dq=speedy+gonzalez+cartoon+network&hl=en |access-date=November 6, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Many Warner Bros. cartoons contain fleeting or sometimes extended gags that make reference to racial or ethnic stereotypes, or use [[ethnic humor]]. The release of the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3]]'' includes a disclaimer at the beginning of each DVD in the volume given by [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. She explains that the cartoons are products of their time and contain racial and ethnic stereotypes that "were wrong then and they are wrong today", but the cartoons are presented on the DVD uncut and uncensored because "editing them would be the same as denying that the stereotypes existed."<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2008 |title='Toon 'Types: Animated Stereotypes |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2008/02/20/toon_types_animated_stereotypes/ |access-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019223509/https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2008/02/20/toon_types_animated_stereotypes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A similarly phrased written disclaimer is shown at the beginning of each DVD in the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4]]'', ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5|Volume 5]]'', and ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6|Volume 6]]'' sets, as well as the Daffy Duck and [[Foghorn Leghorn]] ''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars]]'' sets, the ''[[Porky Pig 101]]'' set, and the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection]].