Nickelodeon is just the latest company to pull its own content seemingly over changing norms and in light of a growing number of high-profile hate crimes against Asian-Americans, even though it is not clear that those crimes are in any way related to cartoons, young adult graphic novels, or the novel coronavirus. An older episode of the Nickelodeon cartoon, “Spongebob Squarepants” has been pulled from circulation over concerns the epidemic-themed episode - that predates the COVID-19 pandemic - could stoke “anti-Asian” hate.Ī second episode, which depicts a cartoon “panty raid” was also pulled from streaming services over concerns that a single scene, where several main characters steal a pair of underwear from a woman’s home, could be too racy for children.
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