“It’s only when they say that white lives don’t matter when rewriting the story that it matters.”
That’s what they are saying when they decide to “dewhiten” Snow White. There’s no way around it. Disagree all you want, I don’t care, it’s blatantly racist to do that.
The way they are doing it, you are right. They are just inserting things, without regard to the original story.
However, the simple act of reinterpreting the story for a specific audience, such as Latinos, I disagree with you. Disney’s retelling is not even the original story.
Here is what Disney removed when he retold the story of Snow White.
THE REAL STORY BEFORE DISNEY
Here are some key differences from the original tale to the Disney version that are worth noting:
The story begins with Snow White’s real mother, longing for a daughter who would be “as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood [of a frame she was holding]”. She was blessed with this daughter whom she named Snow White, but died immediately after giving birth.
Instead of asking the huntsman to bring back Snow White’s heart, the Queen rather asks for her lungs and her liver, so she could eat them to become immortal, and be sure Snow White was dead.
Snow White was the one to suggest she runs off into the woods if the huntsman spared her. He agreed and took the liver and lungs from a boar near by.
There was no “whistle while you work” sequence at all, as the little house in the forest was actually extremely clean and perfect.
Snow White took a bit of food from each plate that was sitting on the table already, then went up to sleep in one of the beds that actually was the right size for her.
All 7 dwarfs spoke in this story, unlike Dopey in the Disney version.
When the dwarfs found her asleep in their bed, they all allowed her to sleep and greeted her in the morning.
The Queen did not give an apple to Snow White right away, instead she gave her a lace bodice, and tied it so tight to Snow White that she couldn’t breathe. Snow White passed out on the ground in the house. The dwarfs saw her, cut the ties, and she told them what happened.
The magic mirror explained that Snow White was still alive, so this time, the Queen offered to comb Snow Whites hair, and she agreed. The comb was riddled with poison and when it made contact with her hair, Snow White fell unconscious again. The dwarfs found her again, pulled the comb from her hair, and warned her not to let anyone in.
The Queen went again this time with the apple, and proved that it would be okay by eating the white part in front of Snow White. However, it was the red part that was poisonous. Snow White gave into temptation and took a bite, falling seemingly “dead”.
The dwarfs placed Snow White in a glass coffin since she didn’t look dead as her cheeks were still flush, so they didn’t want to bury her.
The prince came across the coffin and asked the dwarfs for it as he loved her so much. The dwarfs reluctantly gave it to him. He didn’t kiss or touch her.
As he carried the coffin away, he tripped, and the piece of poison apple came up from Snow White’s throat and she woke up. The prince and her went back home to the kingdom to get married.
The prince was wary of the Queen, as she attempted to kill her again, so he punished her at their wedding by forcing her to wear hot iron shoes that were in burning coals until she died.
So Disney adulterated the story.