The 9 Most Racist Disney Characters
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These old Disney movies are a little bit like your aging Uncle Frank. Honestly, he means well when he points out that Will Smith is "well-spoken." It's just that he, like the assemblage of clips below, dates from a time when people were unfairly characterized by their ethnic background (the acceptable methods are, of course, religion, geography, sexual preference and income). #9.
The Merchant from Aladdin
The opening musical sequence from the hugely popular 1992 animated film had to be edited due to protest from Arab-American groups for saying about the Middle East what most of us were merely thinking.
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#8.
Sebastian from The Little Mermaid
In this 1989 film, a Jamaican-sounding crab teaches Ariel that life is better "Under the Sea," because underwater you don't have to get a job.
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Up on the shore they work all day
Are we reading too much into it? Do you see anything wrong with how they've drawn "the duke of soul" at 1:57?
Still too subtle? How about at 2:01 when the "blackfish" appears?
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#7.
The Crows from Dumbo
In this 1941 classic, Dumbo the flying elephant runs into a band of jive-talking black crows who sing, "I'd be done see'n about everything/when I see an elephant fly!"
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For its time, though, the portrayal of the crows was almost progressive. The crows band together and help Dumbo learn to fly, so they're counted among the heroes of the film. Remember, this was just a couple of years after somebody introduced a bill to outlaw lynching and congress voted it down. So, you know, you take what you can get. #6.
King Louie from The Jungle Book
Having outgrown the crude portrayal of African-Americans as black crows, in 1967 Disney decides to portray them as monkeys instead.
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#5.
The Siamese Twin Gang from Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Overt racism against African-Americans was obviously intolerable by the time this Chip n' Dale series began in 1989. Overt racism against Asians, luckily, was still on the table.
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#4.
Sunflower the Centaur from Fantasia
Of all the items on this list, this is the one Disney has tried the hardest to make us forget.
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#3.
The Indians from Peter Pan
In this charming musical number, the "Red Man" explains his people's history and culture.
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#2.
Uncle Remus from Song of the South
The tales of Br'er Rabbit are relayed by kindly old Uncle Remus, a black man happily working on a plantation in the post-Civil War South. Disney has never released this one on home video, for some reason.
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#1.
Thursday from Mickey Mouse and the Boy Thursday (Book)
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Some choice quotes: "Well, well." Mickey laughed ... "So I'm supposed to be your governess and nursemaid, and you can't even talk!" Perhaps the most depressing part is that this was somebody's idea of tolerance, back in the ideallic '40s: "Poor little guy! He just makes mistakes. He doesn't know any better. I'll just have to be patient and teach him the right way to do things," said Mickey. If you liked this article, you may also enjoy Ben Joseph's 10 Most Ridiculous Overseas Rip-Offs of American Films. Or, check out Mike Swaim's rundown of some very naked propaganda. |
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The saddest of this entire list is The Song of the South. It is a casualty of political correctness. The Uncle Remus tales are an "African" version of Aesop's Fables. These are relics of the different tribes that were pushed together by slavery. This is how people, who were so oppressed as to be property, were able to transfer their values and culture to their offspring. We have preserved their food (creole and soul food), their music, and yet because the story teller is an example of something we are rightfully ashamed, we don't allow this to enrich our culture. We need to remember all our history. The value of looking at history is remembering the the successes and failures because there is value in both. This is an example of how attempting to hide the ugly, we have lost some beauty.
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This article was bad. Whoever wrote it is very ignorant. According to them, FISH AND MONKEYS AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE BLACK-SOUNDING, and THINGS THAT ARE BLACK AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE JIVE-TALKING MORONS. You're obviously pro-black-superiority. It's people like you that are making black people superior. You seem to forget that black people are perfectly capable of being stupid, racist, or acting in a generally stereotypical manner. If we want a society of racial equality, we should be able to make fun of black people, too.
Gee here's a thought, instead of bashing Disney for representing our country's current stance on politics and social/culture understanding, why can't we just take these examples as signs of the times? For the liberal p.c. pricks out there, how about watching yourselves before judging others? Oh that's right, you aren't responsible for your own behavior. And what's up with the blond with big tits at the bottom of your article? Guess we aren't concerned with women's rights yet. Hypocrites.
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A more obvious example from Aladdin: Abu was not a monkey in the original book. He was a little boy. Think of that what you will.
Save for one of the Black Crows being named "Jim Crow" and the issue of James Baskett being denied an invitation to the premiere of "Uncle Remus", I wouldn't consider these examples of blatant racism. Racial stereotypes? Certainly. People are often less likely, or might hesitate, to educate themselves on those who aren't like them; those that don't fit in their little box. It's not as criminal or shameful, as much as it's human nature and causes people to simply - albeit, very naively - think that all like people, have the same behaviors. That's natural and not necessarily wrong, until such stereotypes, if viewed as negatives, lead to a degree of actual racism, hatred, and discrimination, which are completely different from what is defined as a 'stereotype'. However, to come up with such a one-sided argument for this article, that focuses ONLY on the degrading racial stereotypes and attitudes of inferiority that majority groups project on minorities, as if the latter are forever doomed to be victims, incapable of projecting equally negative stereotypes and attitudes toward any other group, makes my skin crawl.
As a black woman, I really wonder if it's at all possible, in Western culture, for us minorities to ever stop playing along with the 'oppressed peoples' role and feeling that our bitterness toward whites, or any other majority group, is justified by what's written in our history books.
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"...dates from a time when people were unfairly characterized by their ethnic background (the acceptable methods are, of course, religion, geography, sexual preference and income)."
And weight, don't forget that. Fat people cause global warming and bankrupt the health care system, didn't you know? I'm surprised they're not rounding us all up and sending us to camps, and I don't mean fat camp either. Let's not get into stupid discussions about choice--people choose geography and religion, and tend to have a lot of wiggle room about sexual preference and income. It's all ridiculous.
Funny, but in case someone hasn't said it (I'm not sorting thru over 400 comments), couple of points for ya:
1. When you're talking about the people, it's ARAB, not Arabic. Arabic is used to refer to the language only. Yes, even with "Arab people." If you want it to sound less awkward, just say "Arab".
2. Just because someone's an Arab doesn't make them dark. Not only are there "white pieces of cornbread" like Aladdin, there are blond-haired and green-eyed ones too. Example: Lisa Halaby, better known throughout the Middle East as Jordan's Queen Noor. I don't know how long this has been true but I suspect at least since the Crusades, in which there was likely some intermixing between the European invaders and the Arabs of Palestine. But other Semitic peoples have a wide range of colorings as well; redheads cropped up among the Hebrews from time to time, for instance.
Couple of other thoughts:
3. While the differences are certainly *used against* people of color as an excuse to make them culturally "lesser," why is it a problem in and of itself to portray people of different appearances and cultural behaviors? There are white people who party, there are black people who party. There are white people who work, there are black people who work. All this complaining about partying black people makes me wonder whether reverting to some kind of default wouldn't be better, but what would that default be--everyone acting white? How does one "act white," anyway, and why do we want everybody to do that?
2. It's bad to say you don't want to have a job? Have you HAD some of the jobs available out there? If you're not self-employed or working in academia, I promise you most of what's out there is s**t. I don't blame some people for wanting to avoid it. I'm not ashamed to work, I'm not ashamed to make money, but some of the things this culture makes you do in order to accomplish either are downright oppressive.
That said, chalk me up as another parent who likes a lot of the old cartoons but who feels a lot of trepidation about letting my daughter see the more racially insensitive bits. I try to balance it out and we live in a city with many races and cultures represented in the population so I think she will turn out OK, but still...
"...he thinks he speared a roaring lion and he wants me to praise him!"
Those Darkies, always clamouring for the approval of us fine, upstanding white folk.
Not to mention Thursday clearly (and automatically) understands that Mickey, as a white person, is a superior force to defer to.
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What about the racist siamese cat from Aristocats? I would think that would rate pretty high up on the list. He basically acts like an idiot and characterizes every possible stereotype