A Man of Constant Sorrow wrote:
I must admit I'm struggling to find the racist element in Tom and Jerry myself...

Violent, yes. But racist?
I agree - but the issue was really one of stereotyping (the Big Black Mama) rather than racism - to me, at least, racism requires malice and there wasn't a trace of it in T&J. Right-on types don't seem to grasp that distinction.

Dumbo, on the other hand.....