The Jungle Book

 

 


 

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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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Initial Release:
1967-10-18
Directed by:
Wolfgang Reitherman 
Produced by:
Walt Disney 
Rated:
PG (USA)  G (USA) 
Sequel:
The Jungle Book 2 
Production Companies:
The Walt Disney Company 

 


 

 

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First of all, the title is Jungle Book, so you're already walking a thin line. Second, the jive talking ape (King Louie) was voiced by a white man. Finally that ape says, " "I want to be like you. Oh, yes, it's true. I want to walk like you, talk like you do. ... An ape like me can learn to be human, too."

 


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by cicada300 at June 09, 2010 16:44 about The Jungle Book on Seven Racist Disney Cartoons | Disney Racist Cartoons
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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