However, it should be noted that after viewing the film, as a 6 year old child, my impression of Uncle Remus was nothing but loving. I had no negative feelings toward U.R. All I wanted to do was hug him and hang out with him.

When I have since viewed the film as an adult, I can understand the reactions elicited in our PC culture but I still love U.R. and the image of an old man who resembled my own grand father in every way but color (and a much nicer personality), did nothing but raise my opinion of blacks. Appalling?, hardly. Compared to the roles played by "Buckwheat", Stepin Fetchit and the characters on Amos and Andy, U.R. was a black superstar.

When you get down to it the hyper sensitive types should be appalled at nearly every flick produced before 1960, since the Black race was virtually none-existent or portrayed in a negative way.