Why do cartoon characters wear gloves?

This is something I've asked my self serval times. And its nice to finally have an answer. In Vox 's video they explain exactly as to way a lot of our beloved characters wear these gloves.
This was mainly due to convenience for animators, during the early stages of animations the majority of characters where black and white, making it difficult to see details with characters, so adding gloves made them easier to see. Not only that due to them being so rounded and easier to see they meant less detail had to be drawn when creating them.  

Another reason, which is now not associated with the gloves is that of  minstrel shows. Something that was very relevant for the era. Now this is not associated with the shows at all, and are now just associated with that of cartoons in general.

I found this video to be really interesting as it answered a question I've often wondered about, I recommend giving this a watch as its very informative.