I bought a DVD of Song of the South that was produced in Europe (played fine) and a bonus was a short not even done by Disney—Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, one of the “Censored Eleven” considered insensitive now.
The blacks who made the film (musicians etc) and audiences had no problem with it at the time, supposedly.
Disney’s first black animator, Floyd Norman, says he does not find Song of the South offensive and he doesn’t consider Walt racist.
Found it interesting in Disney’s Zootopia (2016) when new bunny cop Judy Hopps is called cute by chubby cheetah dispatcher Clawhauser.
“Uh, you may not know this but it’s ok when a bunny calls another bunny cute but when somebody else does..”
“Oh!! I’m so sorry!”
I pictured that as a comment on “the N word is unacceptable but when blacks say it to another it’s a term of endearment.”
Disney’s “Song of the South” movie contains great Brer Rabbit cartoons that I loved as a child.
Here is a book by Disney telling the story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby. That story was turned into a cartoon about the Tar Baby in the movie.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qbghu
Joel Chandler Harris wrote about the old African American stories about characters like Brer Rabbit that he heard in Georgia in the mid 1800s. They are great stories. Some of those stories are featured in “Song of the South.”