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Seasons of the 1940s classic cartoon are now for sale on iTunes and Amazone Prime.

However, the childhood favorite now comes with a racist warning label:

“These animated shorts are products of their time. Some of them may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society.

These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While the following does not represent the Warner Bros. view of today’s society, these animated shorts are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.”

"Tom and Jerry" gets a racist warning label on iTunes.
“Tom and Jerry” cartoon gets a racist warning label on iTunes.

Do you think the warning label is necessary?