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Brandon Gill presses Smithsonian official over declaring imagery racist: ‘Is Mickey Mouse racist?’

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which reads:

“Mickey Mouse debuted as the deckhand ‘Steamboat Willie’ in 1928, amidst a rising anxiety felt by many that modern living and city life were eroding family and community ties and loosening moral codes … But the new character’s outsized facial features, white gloves, and trickster temperament were vestiges of longstanding traditions of continue reading …

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