First the cancel culture got Dr. Seuss, now they have Walt Disney in their sights..Disney has put up warning measures on six of it’s most beloved films – Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book, Dumbo The Aristocats and Swiss Family Robinson..The Aristocats, brought out in 1970 now contains the following warning: The cat is depicted as a racist caricature of East Asian peoples with exaggerated stereotypical traits such as slanted eyes and buck teeth. He sings in a poorly accented English voiced by a white actor and plays the piano with chopsticks. This portrayal reinforces the “perpetual foreigner” stereotype, while the film also features lyrics that mock the Chinese language and culture such as “Shanghai, Hong Kong, Egg Foo Young. Fortune cookies always wrong.”. Screen-Shot-2021-03-10-at-10.31.18-AMAristocrats .Those watching Lady and the Tramp, from 1955, also get a warning for its Siamese cat characters Si and Am, along with secondary canine characters each depicted with exaggerated ethnic stereotypes..Viewers of Peter Pan, released in 1953, are warned over its stereotypical depiction of Indigenous people “that neither reflects the diversity of Native peoples nor their authentic cultural traditions.” It also uses the term “redskins.”.The The Jungle Book from 1967 is on the naughty list because of King Louie, a music-loving ape that has racist stereotypes of African Americans.. Screen-Shot-2021-03-10-at-10.30.55-AMKing Louie .Swiss Family Robinson, a live action movie from 1960 makes the list for its “yellow face” and “brown face” nasty pirates..Dumbo, the beloved children’s’ classic from 1941 is slammed because: “The crows and musical number pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations. The leader of the group in Dumbo is Jim Crow, which shares the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. In “The Song of the Roustabouts,” faceless Black workers toil away to offensive lyrics like “When we get our pay, we throw our money all away.”. Screen-Shot-2021-03-10-at-10.30.27-AMDumbo .Disney also addresses the issue on it’s website..“These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together,” said a statement..“Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.”.Earlier this month it was announced six Dr. Seuss books out of the 60 he wrote will no longer be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
