7 Racist Disney Movies
Racism in Disney is not completely unheard of. Disney Racism goes back to the beginning.
#7 Fantasia
In the original 1940 version of this film, there was a scene depicting a group of playful characters with a black centaur with exaggerated features cleaning the hooves of a graceful white centaur. Since 1969, that scene has been removed from the film.In the original 1940 version of this film, there was a scene depicting a group of playful characters with a black centaur with exaggerated features cleaning the hooves of a graceful white centaur. Since 1969, that scene has been removed from the film.
#6 Dumbo
Oh man. I think this one might be featured in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. Take your pick, there's the crows, one named "Jim Crow" who has such great lines as "I be done seen 'bout ev'rything when I see an elephant fly," or the faceless black men who perform menial labor and sing about how they never learned to read or write.
#5 Song of the South
I think this cartoon has inspired two of my favorite Saturday Night Live sketches, Uncle Jemima's Pure Mash Liquor (featuring Tracy Morgan) and probably my favorite Saturday TV FunHouse, "The Disney Vault" ( http://www.hulu.com/watch/1521/saturday-night-live-disney-vault-vt#s-p12-sr-i2 )Well maybe more than one racist Disney film inspired that short... Song of The South features Uncle Remus, speaking in a dialect reminiscent of post Civil War setting (think how blacks were portrayed in Gone With the Wind) and inappropriate for modern day viewing. Disney stopped releasing the film in 1986.
#4 Peter Pan
The portrayal of Native Americans in this film is what gives it a position on this list. Thankfully, we have moved light years ahead and there are no more racist stereotypes of Native Americans in modern day society, not in the names of our sports teams or mascots, or...oh wait. Well at the very least, Native Americans are healthy and happy with health rates that don't rival those of some developing countries...oh never mind.
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In the original 1940 version of this film, there was a scene depicting a group of playful characters with a black centaur with exaggerated features cleaning the hooves of a graceful white centaur. Since 1969, that scene has been removed from the film.In the original 1940 version of this film, there was a scene depicting a group of playful characters with a black centaur with exaggerated features cleaning the hooves of a graceful white centaur. Since 1969, that scene has been removed from the film.
#6 Dumbo
Oh man. I think this one might be featured in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. Take your pick, there's the crows, one named "Jim Crow" who has such great lines as "I be done seen 'bout ev'rything when I see an elephant fly," or the faceless black men who perform menial labor and sing about how they never learned to read or write.
#5 Song of the South
I think this cartoon has inspired two of my favorite Saturday Night Live sketches, Uncle Jemima's Pure Mash Liquor (featuring Tracy Morgan) and probably my favorite Saturday TV FunHouse, "The Disney Vault" ( http://www.hulu.com/watch/1521/saturday-night-live-disney-vault-vt#s-p12-sr-i2 )Well maybe more than one racist Disney film inspired that short... Song of The South features Uncle Remus, speaking in a dialect reminiscent of post Civil War setting (think how blacks were portrayed in Gone With the Wind) and inappropriate for modern day viewing. Disney stopped releasing the film in 1986.
#4 Peter Pan
The portrayal of Native Americans in this film is what gives it a position on this list. Thankfully, we have moved light years ahead and there are no more racist stereotypes of Native Americans in modern day society, not in the names of our sports teams or mascots, or...oh wait. Well at the very least, Native Americans are healthy and happy with health rates that don't rival those of some developing countries...oh never mind.
