Elijah Wood caught in scandal over buying “Jungle Freaks” NFTs by George Trosley, who depicted blacks in racist cartoons for Hustler

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— Elijah Wood (@elijahwood) November 1, 2021

The Lord of the Rings star is a committed collector of NFT art, and the work he posted about — a golden bust of a zombie — seemed innocuous enough. The zombie bust was by George Trosley, a 74-year-old artist who had previously published racist cartoons. https://t.co/V9miJ9ZX9f
— Input (@inputmag) November 2, 2021

Well, you wake up for the latest NFT news and find a racism scandal. Elijah Wood bought an NFT from the “Jungle Freaks” collection by 74 year old cartoonist George Trosley.
The only problem: Trosley, when a cartoonist for Hustler magazine, depicted blacks in cartoons that were downright racist. (Trigger warning: racist cartoons).
In that light, even the name of the NFT collections gives pause.
When Wood learned of the racist cartoons, he immediately sold off his Trosley NFTs and donated the money to LDF and Black Lives Matter.
The Trosley family has issued an apology.
Wow, just wow.

Elijah Wood caught in scandal over buying “Jungle Freaks” NFTs by George Trosley, who depicted blacks in racist cartoons for Hustler

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