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Racism in Disney is not completely unheard of. Disney Racism goes back to the beginning. Disney has racist cartoons dating back to the 50's. Disney's "The Princess and The Frog", opening December 11, marks the first time the Disney hero is African-American. When I watched the preview I thought, "This should be interesting". Disney isn't exactly known for it's cultural sensitivity. Granted, they've gotten better over the years, but I did notice that the African-American heroine in this film is only slightly darker than a white person with a good tan and was colored using the same paper-bag litmus test used to cast African-American women in hip-hop videos. And her prince is white, so way to promote positive Black love. This has been discussed in several forums, with Cracked.Com recently compiling a list of racist Disney characters, and star tribune discussion the films listed below. It will definitely be interesting to see people's reactions after the film's release in December.

 
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  1. Fantasia

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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.

    It hints at the list of disney villains as solely being the writers and animators.
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  3. Dumbo

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    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.
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  4. Song of the South

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    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.
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  6. Peter Pan

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    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 nevermind.

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  7. Lady and the Tramp

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    Siamese Cats. Despite the complaints of the typical Asian stereotype of slanted eyes and pidgin diction common to films of this era, Disney still featured similar characters in 1970's The Aristocats.

    It's a good thing we've moved past stereotypical portrayals of Asians. And it's good that McDonald's has embraced diversity and shown their support of the Asian community with this insightful tribute: http://www.myinspirasian.com/ Yeah. It's not a joke.
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  1. Joshua
    Aladdin at 8/11/2010 9:30 PM
    Tell that to the family of the man whose head was slowly sliced off on camera.
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  2. JennyAndersen
    The Jungle Book at 5/13/2011 4:59 PM
    did anyone keep in mind that Jungle Book is a child's movie
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  3. Squigibo
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 8/03/2010 5:10 PM
    I have an ORIGINAL 8mm copy of Disney's Uncle Toms Cabin printed in 1933. Paper reel. Grandfather gave it to me before he passed.
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  4. JennyAndersen
    Peter Pan at 5/13/2011 5:07 PM
    Wow, 'can anyone say look for for some thing in a child's movie" can we grow up please!
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  5. Alex
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 1/06/2012 1:45 PM
    Racism is stupid.. For anyone to single out a specific 'people group or race' and say that they are being racist towards another race is ridiculous! Everyone does it. Everyone is racist towards some other race. Blacks are racist towards whites, just as whites are racist towards blacks- just as an example... Blacks shouldn't blame our ancestors for what they did to them..
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  6. JennyAndersen
    Aladdin at 5/13/2011 4:51 PM
    Aladdin was made in 1992 it is a wonderful love tale it is not racist
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  7. JennyAndersen
    Aladdin at 5/13/2011 4:52 PM
    people who think it is your crazy it's a child's movie
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  8. brian
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 12/13/2009 3:12 AM
    good points....

    Reel Bad Arabs: book and film show how Hollywood finds it very hard to make films about arabs that arent stereotyped..

    AND why has Hollywood never made a film about the jewish-palestinian conflict in palestine?

    Racism has not died..its alive and well in Hollywood.
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    1. girl
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 7/16/2010 1:16 PM
      I know exactly what you mean and you know its not only disney, its also in tom and jerry.
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  9. Timothy Williams
    Aladdin at 11/12/2010 3:25 PM
    Oh, really? I watch and listen to Glenn Beck quite frequently and have never heard him go on some diatribe against "Arab-Americans". Unless, criticizing terrorists is suddenly a bigoted act. So, please provide some facts to back up your provocative opinion, M'kay? Same goes for Mr. Limbaugh, too.

    P.S. Here's a clue for you. Throughout history, the "Arab" culture has not exactly been perfect and there nothing more racist than treating one race as purely heroic and without flaw. We all have flaws and goofy quirks, some even ugly. Whether it was stealing Judeo/Christian lands to being the greatest threat to modern world peace- "Arab" people have never been innocent or some gold standard.
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  10. mr bad kitty
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 5/28/2011 12:40 AM
    how long did it take for disney to create a black princess? I mean why got white girls, asians and even fish-girls long before the black princess ever hit the movie theather? it's not racist, just underlined racism. I guess we should wait for a while before disney comes out with a hispanic princess...does Zorro count?
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  11. Fenis
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 1/23/2012 9:26 AM
    I don't agree with the Jungle Book one - King Louie doesn't seriously believe what he's saying. He's being manipulative.
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  12. dude
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 1/14/2012 8:55 AM
    Shut up ang grow up racist my ass
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  13. JennyAndersen
    Lady and the Tramp at 5/13/2011 5:08 PM
    I didn't hear anyone saying anything when they came out!
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  14. bella1989
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 10/04/2010 8:59 AM
    I totally agree with you I was so dissapointed when I watched it I told my boyfriend what I bad movie why can't she date a dark black man why does he have to be light skinned??
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    1. harte123
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 5/21/2011 7:09 PM
      Why couldn't she date a white guy? Why would she automatically have to date someone her own color? Wouldn't THAT be racist?
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  15. Sakurairis
    Lady and the Tramp at 9/13/2011 12:29 AM
    This is grasping at straws. I've had five siamese and the breed standard DICTATES their eyes are slanted. Now if you want to pick on this, I agree it is slightly racist when you listen to them. I admit "we are siamese if you please" could be considered very racist.
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  16. TheComingMoon
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 1/14/2011 10:15 AM
    I agree with Randy, and yes I'm Black.

    I 'm not offended by the Song of the South movie and I don't consider it racist. The movie simply depicted a historical way of life...

    P.S. his dialect wasn't nearly as stereotyped as other "black character dialects" that I've heared in other movies- both vintage and modern.
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    1. denial
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/11/2011 3:51 AM
      Neither you or "Randy" are black folks. I'm about as racist as they come and I probably know more real blacks than you do. Of course the movies are racist; what do you expect from that era? When you guys do the constant, arrogant denial it just makes all of us seem ignorant of reality. Your denial 'erases' the heritage of your fore-bearers and how they felt about things. You two are the type of guys who blatantly say something racist in conversation and then immediately deny that it was racist. Well, if you are going to say something; say it. Don't you have a spine? You guys prob deny the Holocaust, as well.
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      1. Libby
        Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/12/2011 8:59 PM
        Dumbest s**t I ever read.
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        1. Libby
          Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/12/2011 9:00 PM
          @denial NOT Thecomingmoon.
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  17. Pears Partyface
    Song of the South at 12/03/2009 1:15 PM
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  18. coop
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 6/15/2010 12:16 PM
    pocahontas was too.



    she wasnt allowed to date the white man.
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  19. steph
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 1/03/2012 5:44 PM
    Americans invented racism. The world is full of stereotypes. I'm latin and we are so estereotyped as well. But I don't care as long as violence doesn't involve. I see that people make big deals about "racism" only in the USA. Let's live a happy life and stop ponting at eachother!
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  20. Randy
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 12/07/2009 5:02 AM
    god what a load of c**p, i loved Song Of The South when i was a kid & uncle remus was my favorite character & im black, sure some sterio types are bad but h**l some people actually did talk like that back then



    who ever wrote this list needs to harden the f__k up & look at it from a historical point of view
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    1. sydneyola
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/11/2011 3:49 PM
      Yes what youre saying it true but it still stands that some of this IS racist. Just because some people talked in that way dosent make it any less racist. And Hi? Are you serious!? "Just forget it" you want people to forget the hundreds of years of oppression that Black people went through? Please dont insult my culture by saying "i'm black too" because a truly proud black person would never say such a thing. Any person proud of their culture: Indian, Jewish, Native American, etc. would NEVER tell people to "just forget it".
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    1. hi
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 7/16/2010 1:18 PM
      I'm black too and all this stuff happened like years ago, just forget it.
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      1. be realistic
        Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/11/2011 3:35 AM
        "god what a load of crap" sounds pretty white-bread, actually. I don't believe that either of you two chaps are black folks. "Randy" trying to put on literary 'blackface' by writing without punctuation is a dead giveaway of how someone as ignorant as he is REALLY feels about African Americans. "hi", got the 'too' correctly, but is dead wrong about forgetting things; no one needs to forget anything. Stop being ashamed of how you were raised, racist or not. Yes, the films are racist ...and yes, racism was VERY popular then. Stop lying about it because you want to be accepted. Accept your racist attitudes and the racist things you say as something else handed down through your family. Your constant denial just looks weak and effeminate.
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        1. shoshfor
          Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 10/10/2011 7:32 PM
          Why should we forget? The fact that it is not acknowledged is what it allows it to go on. Racism is real. Deal with it. The worst kind of people are the ones who deny racism. And as a black people who wants to forget, how pathetic
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  21. Anonymous
    Song of the South at 2/22/2010 6:10 PM
    I viewed a DVD of "..South" with a featurette included, titled "Coal Black and Da Sebben Dwarfs"....looked to be produced by Merry Melodies, ala Bugs Bunny, etc. The dwarfs were actually WWII-esque soldiers...filled with not-so-flattering stereotypes.
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  22. james
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 11/30/2011 12:47 PM
    So a movie comes out that puts blacks in a very loving and warm light, and starred the first black man to ever win an Oscar for his role IN said movie and everyone thinks its a racist film? Oh, sorry, ever WHITE politically correct person thinks it is racist. Please.
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  23. JimHickson
    The Jungle Book at 1/24/2011 5:48 PM
    The Jungle Book is the name of a book of stories set in the jungle. Hence Jungle Book.
    And! When Louis Prima talks jive, it's because he does talk jive! Jive or hep, or hip, whatever you wanna call it, weren't dialects of race, they were of subculture, that of "jazz musicians, hipsters, beatniks, juvenile delinquents and the criminal fringe".
    jazz is not about race, and nor is jive. Methinks that thinking this is racist...is possibly closet racism itself?
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  24. JimHickson
    The Jungle Book at 1/24/2011 5:48 PM
    The Jungle Book is the name of a book of stories set in the jungle. Hence Jungle Book.
    And! When Louis Prima talks jive, it's because he does talk jive! Jive or hep, or hip, whatever you wanna call it, weren't dialects of race, they were of subculture, that of "jazz musicians, hipsters, beatniks, juvenile delinquents and the criminal fringe".
    jazz is not about race, and nor is jive. Methinks that thinking this is racist...is possibly closet racism itself?
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  25. LaToya
    Song of the South at 12/08/2010 3:17 PM
    First of all, this was based on a book, so if ANYTHING is racist it'd be that. Second, the man who plays the lead in this movie was the FIRST African American to ever be the lead in a mainstream movie. This role is groundbreaking, but no one in the US ever gets to see it because of PC-oversensitivity. Third, this movie takes place in the ante-bellum South. It isn't racist, it's just a snapshot (an albeit ROSY snapshot) of a particular time in history.



    And before anyone thinks I'm racist, I'm a young, black woman.
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  26. neighbor
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 6/03/2010 7:04 AM
    Aren't we all politically correct and proper. This article was obviously written by a self hating white man. Get over it. Everything in life isn't based on racism. Look at it with a little context. Consider the time. The fact that we've moved beyond this should mean something to you but it doesn't. You're probably the one that wrote about how racist star wars is.
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    1. come out
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/11/2011 3:06 AM
      Aren't we all politically correct and proper? The comment above was obviously written by a self hating racist. Get over it. Everything in life isn't based on glossing over what you REALLY think. Look at it with a little pride. Consider your upbringing. The fact that we've moved beyond this shouldn't mean something to you have to be ashamed of how you really feel. You're probably the one that did the circle jerks in Junior High but not hates gays now.
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  27. lionkingmad
    Aladdin at 7/28/2011 4:06 AM
    right lets straighten things out all these films you claim are racist are wrong seriously wrong they a child movies made for little kids that like to see flying carpets and magic things and hapy endings i dont think they care that how the characters are portraid because children couldnt careless if the charters talked in any accent or were shown to be a stereotype they just like the storys of love and adventure people are too sensitive about racism these days .
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  28. lionkingmad
    The Jungle Book at 7/28/2011 4:01 AM
    how is saying "i want to be like you" any sign of being racist ! its a childs movie. i watched this film when i was younger and you dont try to read within the lines of the words said. Because ita a film about animals how can that be classed as racism!\nit seems to me that all films are accussed of being racist when in fact they are not. people need to learn that not every thing is racist .
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  29. kristen1985
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 12/01/2009 10:52 AM
    Unbelievable. I wish I didnt look at this list. Now im going to have to think about this when i watch these movies
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  30. lionkingmad
    Lady and the Tramp at 7/28/2011 3:55 AM
    i dont think this film shows any racism. siamese cats are know to be sneaky and are asian so i dnt understand how this is classed as being racist
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  31. Ms.Cece123
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 6/14/2011 3:06 PM
    wow i just realized that about the princess and the frog. And its the producers that throw in there worldviews secretly by doing something like making him lighter. And i wouldn't have caught that if it wouldn't have been for this post. And many kids won't realize it (focusing on african americans) and growing up having to be okay with that.
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  32. crabbyone
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 4/27/2011 11:25 AM
    I don't think Disney meant to be Racist, It is time for people to grow up, This politically correct stuff is causing more trouble than it is worth, People should be worried about what is happening now. not what happen 50, 60, 70 or 100+ years ago. You need to worry about what is going to happen to our children and the future of the world. If you think the movies are racist then don't buy or watch them. by the way I am a human being and it doesn't matter what color your skin is as long as you treat people with respect and dignity then color should not matter.
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  33. Tara
    The Jungle Book at 12/08/2010 3:12 PM
    Ummm..."The Jungle Book" is the name of the book by Rudyard Kipling that this movie was based on. Not racist.
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  34. harte123
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 5/21/2011 7:23 PM
    I'm pretty sure almost none of this is racist...and i can say that because if you really want to know who is being racist here its the person who wrote this. Why is it that its always the white people who's racist...when really you targeted them about being racist because THEIR WHITE thats pretty racist. Every day in school someone would get in trouble and go "Is it because i'm black", "is it because i'm Asian" or "is it because i'm Hispanic" just because the teachers white. So just shut up majority of the population really doesn't care anymore.
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  35. Stop crying
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 3/18/2010 6:52 AM
    Wah wah everything is racist, shutup and get over yourself.
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    1. honesty
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/11/2011 3:19 AM
      Let them cry. Uh... some of us racists are PROUD of the things we did in History. It is our heritage to do so. Damn straight the films are racist, and a whole lot more movies that aren't on this list. Why am I not ASHAMED like YOU to admit it? Because at the time, racism was PROUD --everybody felt that way. These 'racist notions' were quite popular. And when you go 'down home' now, you and your family STILL talk that way; racist remarks flying freely. You just want to disown those same racist kinfolks out in public forums like this. That is very cowardice and dishonest of you.
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      1. LOOOOL
        Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 2/12/2011 9:02 PM
        Will you admit then, that your family lives in a trailer?
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  36. gigi
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 7/20/2011 11:41 AM
    WOW....what a load of BS..... Like seriously

    1. why get offended when they just made a movie about a African American princess....they are not the only race, Hispanics haven't gotten theirs yet and it doesn't bother them.... I watch these movies because of the story line not because i like watching movies about white people...

    2. i like how you didn't mention that most of the time the villains in movies are darker than the good guys... Like in the Lion King Scar was darker than Mufasa and Scar was voiced by a white man and Mufasa by a black man and in The Little Mermaid Ursula wasn't white like Ariel, and in Aladdin Jafar was a shade darker than Aladdin

    3. Lady and Tramp....The cats eyes have a really close resemblance to actual Siamese cats

    4.Lastly the movie fantasia was released in 1940.. when racism in america was 1.Legal 2. still occurring on the streets... so when it was made the producer didn't make a huge deal out of it...

    Yes maybe some references in movies may come of as racist in some way but cant we make that assumption about everything in life... Racism still occurs in 2011 and will occur til the end of time
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  37. bckkc
    The Jungle Book at 10/23/2010 3:34 PM
    How is Louis prima talking like Louis prima racist?
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  38. Greg
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 12/04/2009 12:18 PM
    this list makes me think about all those rumors of an oompa loompa hanging himself on the set of the original willy wonka, does anyone know if that's true?
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  39. StephenClark
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 8/17/2010 7:21 AM
    that mcdonalds website is absurd - learn how to say "check out my new cellphone" in a variety of Asian languages! and also "wanna do some karaoke"
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  40. Great Persian
    The Jungle Book at 4/19/2011 9:01 PM
    the fact that anyone finds racism in things that are not racist shows them as the racists that they are. Louis Prima was from New Orleans and had a thick creole accent. People expose themselves as racists when they a*******e anything with negetive stereotypes.
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  41. kpb456
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 11/13/2009 5:18 PM
    This list is very interesting. Whether or not Disney meant to portray racism, this list definitely creates speculation that they do have some racist production members.
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    1. shoshfor
      Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 10/10/2011 7:28 PM
      You're all crazy! The racist portrayal of the speech of black people was racist in every way. Furthermore, I have been watching Disney since I was young, like Little Audrey and so forth. They always portray a big black mammi with her head wrapped up like old slave days and black people with huge big lips. Alot of the things you see today are things Disney edited because it was racist. Wake up people. Google sambos and such and you will find Disney characters equivalent to that from the 30s and even to the 60s in Mickey mouse books and so forth. Talk what you know. They portrayed black characters as poorly educated, stupid with big bug eyes. All very racist drawings. You know what Disney hasn't been able to hide on a small scale. They have made children books where they openly use the "N" word. I'm black and I'm not sure if they are racist now, but there is no question they were racist in the past. And time and political correctness have nothing to do with it. And it did take them forever to come up with a black princess. No excuses.
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  42. Anonymous
    Fantasia at 1/20/2010 3:46 AM
    good
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  43. Anonymous
    Lady and the Tramp at 4/09/2010 7:39 AM
    I understand how the other movies showned above can be view racist. but lady and the tramp?? come on now... the siamese cats are asian. so arnt they suppose to have slanted eyes? i think in reality their eyes are some what slanted. if this is the only thing being viewed as "racist" in this whole movie, then i think your crazy.
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    1. Lady and the Tramp at 10/06/2010 5:10 AM
      That they are Asian is irrelevant wrt the eyes, which just happen to be very slanted in reality. So, there's *some* basis from criticism, but the eyes aren't a problem. (And Siameses are loud and demanding, if not evil.)
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  44. Dave
    Aladdin at 1/08/2011 6:45 PM
    No, they aren't barbarians. Not like they'd slam planes into buildings because they despise your culture...oh wait. Well at least they never issued death threats to cartoonists because they drew Mohammed...oh wait. Well at the very least they would never chop off some reporter's head on camera...oh wait.
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  45. Shawn
    Seven Racist Disney Cartoons at 3/17/2010 11:27 AM
    How sensitive do you need to be to think that a monkey saying he wants to be a human is racist? I never once in the 20 something years I've been watching "Jungle Book" (which by the way, how is the title racist?) thought that it was implying anything other than exactly what it says. Who cares if it was a black or white guy voiceing it? I don't think we would mind if a black guy voiced one of our white characters... I just don't understand why we need to look so deeply for racism. Yes, a couple of these are blatantly racist but you could find racism anywhere if you look hard enough.
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  46. cicada300
    The Jungle Book at 6/09/2010 4:44 PM
    I think this is where people get too sensitive and look for something that isn't there.
    1) yes he talks like a Jazzy kind of guy, does it really matter that he was voiced by a white guy -__-'. But just because that's how his voice and character is doesn't mean he's symbolically a black man whose saying he wants to be white -___- the little boy isn't even white!! The monkey King just wants to have a society like humans, that's it. And how is 'Jungle book' a racey title?! It takes place in Indian Jungles. Since when was the word Jungle racist ;:|

    but omg the panther and PaPa bear have black fur, and PaPa bear is big and stupid. Omg so racist ;:| being overly sensitive is worse than a silly stereotype and finding it offensive. Like fried chicken and watermelon...who cares D: are black people not allowed to like it or be shown liking it because it was a really weird stereoype
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