10 Disney classics that have been called for racism

From Dumbo to Pocahontas, these Disney movies have racist pictures and themes.


The Black Lives are hiding events that have emerged from the murder ofGeorge Floyd has alreadymassive change inspired. But in addition to the reforms of the police and the abolition of the confederative statues, the movement has also forced many of us to take a difficult aspect of the means we have condes or at least ignored racism throughout of our lives. Brands like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben areAccount with their names and historically racist mascotsBut the problem barely ends there. Take the numberDisney Films We know and love This has also been called for racist representations and themes, for example. Although this is nothing new, it's time to look more seriously with uncomfortable racism in some of these classics of the family. And for more things to re-examine, check these7 common sentences that you did not know how to have racist origins.

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Peter

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Disney does not deny racism inPeter. In fact, when Disney + launched,Peter was one of the movie handles that included a sensitivity warning: "This program is presented as originally created. It may containObsolete cultural disappointments. "The offensive portrait of an Amerindian tribe is not unique to the disney non-it movie comes from the original room and the novel ofJ.M. Barrier. But asSmithsonian magazine Notes, "The 1953 Disney MovieDoubled on racial stereotypes; One of the movie songs is 'What made the red red man.' "And if you want to support movies by black filmmakers,These classic black filmmakers are free to broadcast right now.

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Dumbo

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AsPeter,Dumbo is one of Disney's classic movies for a content warning on Disney +. The most controversial moment of the film arrives when the elephant holds a group of crows. "Black birds areportrayed using African-American stereotypes From the time, with Jive speech schemes and jazzy-gospely songs sung by harmony, "like theWashington Post Remarks. "The main bird, named Jim Crow, was expressed by the white actorCliff Edwards, which engages in the vocal equivalent of Blackface. "

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Aladdin

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There is no sensitivity warning attached toAladdin On Disney +, but that does not mean that the film has not been criticized for racism in the past. Shortly after his release in 1992,Aladdin has been called for negative andFamous representations of Arab culture. Disney has indeed changed two lines in the film for his home video release as a result of the pressure of the American-Arab anti-discrimination committee.

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Southern song

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A movie you will not find on Disney's streaming service - or anywhere else, that is to saySouthern song, easily the most notorious movie as the studio ever done. TheThe racism of the film was well documented, which is why Disney is trying to pretend that the film does not exist, aside of the sustainable popularity of its most famous song, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah."

In light of the recentBlack lives of the protest material and the cultural calculation that followed on racism, however, some disney fans suggested aComplete reorganization of the Mountain Splash Ride, which includes characters fromSouthern song. And for more means, racism in Hollywood is underlined, check6 celebrities who have been dismissed after being accused of racism.

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The jungle Book

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Another movie with a content warning on Disney + isThe jungle Book, a film whose racist history goes back to the novel on which it is basedRudyard kipling. The main problem here is the racial coded porter of King Louie, which is clearly different from that of one of the other anthropomorphic animals exposed. AsAtlantic Notes, "The Walt Disney Studio mids midst of the 1960s seemed to have been unconscious of the idea that anyone else wouldOpposting the character of King Louie, an orang-anangutan to the discussion that sang in Mowgli about "wanting" to be like you. '

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Aristocats

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Aristocats Win a Disney + sensitivity warning for his inclusion of a Siamese cat who speaks in aOffensive stereotypic stereotype accent. The cat, which is pulled like a racist cartoon, sings on Chinese food.

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the Lady and the Tramp

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A little likeAristocats,the Lady and the Tramp Includes Siamese cats with similar racist images and stereotyped accents. But in this case, cats get an entire song: "The Siamese cat song." While the number is included in the movie as it appears on Disney +, with the sensitivity warning, the live action adaptation of the continuous dissemination platform ofthe Lady and the Tramp cut the racist song entirely.

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Pocahontas

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Everyone does not believePocahontas is racist and the representation of Aboriginal culture is certainly more respectful than anything inPeter. But the most complicated film designates and romp is complicatedactual story ofPocahontasandJohn Smith. And while the song "Savages" is clearly designed to subvert negative stereotypes from Native Americans, it is filled withViolent and offensive language and imaging which undermine his progressive intentions.

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Fancy

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At one point,Fancy Offered one of the clearest and most unfortunate discoveries of racist images in a Disney movie: sunflower, a dark skin centaway that takes care of other cores with light skin. However, despite a content warning on Disney +, the character in question (with other racist images in the same way) wasedited out ofFancy There are decades ago. And for more information up to date,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

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The little Mermaid

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You will not find a warning attached toThe little MermaidOn Disney +, but the film broke the controversy in the past. While some have taken over the stereotypical stereotype accent of Sebastian, a more important point of discussion is a blow of the duke of soul, a black that is represented in a way thatlooks like historical racist images, in "under the sea".


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