Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

Long Duk Dong

From: Sixteen Candles, 1984

Played By: Gedde Watanabe

Groups Offended: Asians, exchange students

Speedy Gonzales

From: The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, 1981; various Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies animated shorts

Voiced By: Mel Blanc

Groups Offended: Mexicans, mice

James ‘Buffalo Bill’ Gumb

From: The Silence of the Lambs, 1991

Played By: Ted Levine

Groups Offended: Gays, transsexuals, lesbians, serial killers, cannibals

Dick Hallorann

From:The Shining, 1980

Played By: Scatman Crothers

Groups Offended: African-Americans, mystics, Lady Cleo, Dionne Warwick, most of the Psychic Friends Network

Jar Jar Binks

From: Star Wars: Phantom Menace, 1999; Attack of the Clones, 2002; Revenge of the Sith, 2005)

Voiced By: Ahmed Best

Groups Offended: Jamaicans, nerds

Pagoda

From: The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001

Played By: Kumar Pallana

Groups Offended: Indians, hipsters

Grand Vizier Jafar

From: Aladdin, 1992

Voiced By: Jonathan Freeman

Groups Offended: Arabs, street urchins

Caiaphas

From: The Passion of the Christ, 2004

Played By: Mattia Sbragia

Groups Offended: Jews, Jews for Jesus

Mr. Yunioshi

From: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961

Played By: Mickey Rooney

Groups Offended: Asians

Mammy

From: Gone With the Wind, 1939

Played By: Hattie McDaniel

Groups Offended: African Americans