Cartoon's affect on children

Cartoons are animations aimed towards children and whether subconsciously or consciously it has a great affect on how they view things as they grow up.  Lehman describes that animators took the simplicity of a few certain black characteristics and focused on these racial-profilings to entertain children.  Cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse were examples of this and black stereotypes of dimwitted, lazy, and comical troublemakers were emphasized.  A personal experience with the subconscious affect of cartoons involves a memory of my brothers making a joke about a certain cartoon that I do not recall at the moment. What I do remember was them laughing and saying "Oh you will understand someday!" At the time all I cared about was being in the know but in reality what my brothers could have been joking about some stereotype that the animator is using as a joke whether or not it was a black stereotype does not matter.  The fact that it was something I would understand one day exemplifies the power of reinforcing stereotypes. I found a picture that exemplifies the simplicity of cartoons of the time.  They use improper spelling to coorrelate with minimal education, sexual factors about the girl, and the typical black face with big lips.  I have learned through my education to question everything I see, but children do not think these things through. They except things at face value unless there is an outside force such as a parent to sit down and explain it