{"id":197846,"date":"2021-03-09T18:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disney-forbids-kids-from-watching-racist-classics\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T18:14:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:14:52","slug":"disney-forbids-kids-from-watching-racist-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-forbids-kids-from-watching-racist-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Disney+ forbids kids from watching ‘racist’ classics"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Disney+ forbids kids from watching ‘racist’ classics<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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More like Disney minus. <\/p>\n

Months after flagging classic flicks over stereotypical portrayals, Disney+ has now decided to go whole hog and drop several of the once-loved, now-controversial titles from their kids\u2019 menus.<\/p>\n

Per the initiative, children under 7 will be forbidden from watching \u201cDumbo,\u201d \u201cPeter Pan\u201d \u201cSwiss Family Robinson\u201d and the \u201cThe Aristocats.\u201d Settings on the app<\/a> will prevent the movies<\/a> from even showing up on the young viewers\u2019 profiles. Disney explained its rationale behind each film\u2019s removal on the kid-focused Stories Matter section<\/a> of their website. <\/p>\n

They cited \u201cDumbo\u2019s\u201d (1941) infamous singing crows, which \u201cpay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Disney cites the racist portrayals of the crows in \u201cDumbo\u201d (1941) as a reason for removing the flick from kids\u2019 profiles.<\/figcaption>
The Walt Disney Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe leader of the group in Dumbo is Jim Crow, which shares the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States,\u201d per the site. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeter Pan,\u201d and the \u201cSwiss Family Robinson,\u201d were axed, meanwhile, for their negative portrayals of native Americans and foreigners, respectively. <\/p>\n

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Peter Pan (1953) has been criticized over stereotypical depictions of Native Americans.<\/figcaption>
The Walt Disney Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The \u201cSwiss Family Robinson\u201d has been flagged for portraying the pirates as a \u201cforeign menace.\u201d<\/figcaption>
The Walt Disney Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even \u201cThe Aristocats\u201d \u2014 a flick about musically-inclined felines \u2014 was deemed problematic due to the Siamese cat\u2019s \u201cexaggerated stereotypical traits\u201d such as \u201cslanted eyes and buck teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added that the cat \u201csings in poorly accented English voiced by a white actor and plays the piano with chopsticks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Aristocats\u201d (1970) includes problematic stereotypes of Asian culture.<\/figcaption>
The Walt Disney Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Adults will still be able to access \u2014 and thereby show their children \u2014 the taboo movies with disclaimers warning viewers of \u201cnegative depictions and\/or mistreatment of people or cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,\u201d the advisories read. \u201cRather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move follows a nationwide cancellation campaign that heated up recently with the Dr. Seuss company discontinuing six titles over alleged racism. The books were subsequently dropped by Ebay and other literature purveyors, much to the chagrin of online pundits, who analogized the measure to book burning<\/a> in Nazi Germany. <\/p>\n

The \u201cSpace Jam\u201d sequel, meanwhile, is on shaky ground after an outcry over stereotypically Mexican mouse Speedy Gonzalez, and Pepe Le Pew, whose handsy antics have been accused of fostering rape culture.\n <\/p><\/div>\n