Posted on 01/28/2023 7:48:10 AM PST by devane617
America’s post-Floyd ‘racial reckoning’ has found the spectre of white supremacy lurking in many unlikely places. In recent years, everything from mathematics to Abraham Lincoln, the president who abolished slavery, has been declared ‘problematic’ by activists.
That crusade has now reached a joyless new low. On Sunday, the Splash Mountain log flume, a much-loved attraction at Walt Disney World in Florida, welcomed riders for the final time. On the ride, guests are serenaded by animal animatronics, before plunging down a 50-feet drop and splashing into water. The ride’s theme and soundtrack draw on elements from Disney’s 1946 film, Song of the South. For activists, this is where the problem lies.
According to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Song of the South – and anything associated with it, like the Splash Mountain ride – is ‘just not appropriate in today’s world’. Set at some point during the Reconstruction Era after the US Civil War, Song of the South follows seven-year-old Johnny as he visits his grandmother’s plantation in Georgia. While there, Johnny befriends old Uncle Remus, a plantation worker. He tells Johnny tales about the adventures of his cartoon animal friends. From these stories, Johnny learns how to cope with his new life on the plantation. The film has long been criticised for dealing in racial stereotypes and, as a result, has never been released on home video in the US, or on Disney+.
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This movie came up in conversation recently with my grandkids.
They are adults now.
They said the movie was racist (I doubt they have ever seen it).
I said the main character was black, brer rabbit and brer bear were cartoons, and it was fun.
well said. Bears repeating
Disney has supressed Uncle Remes for decades. It has never officially been released on any at home format in the US ever
“Yet they had to announce they shut it down because it was “racist”.
Yet again, why?”
Simple, they want to add to their anti-racist credibility score.
Yes, its virtue signaling, for them to announce a politically correct reason for doing away with the ride.
Now, Even THE word “THE” is racist- according to the mentally handicapped left who scream racism about everything
nope...
It’s not well known, but the IT’S A SMALL WORLD RIDE is based on the extremely bigoted movie MUNCHKINS AROUND THE GLOBE.
It will make you weep.
“They crave to find something, anything, to complain about, protest about, really anything to draw attention to their pathetic little lives...”
And ruin ours... And we let them.
Activisrlts run the world. Until conservatives come to that realization and start becoming activists ourselves we remain screwed.
Harris, as a young journalist, lived at Turnwold Plantation in Eatonton, Georgia during the Civil War and immediately afterwards. Harris spent hundreds of hours in the slave quarters during his time off. An illegitimate, red-headed son of an Irish immigrant, Harris felt less self-conscious with the slaves and his humble background helped foster a close connection with them.
Harris absorbed the stories, language, and inflections of the slaves. The animal tales that he learned from them became the basis for Harris's popular Uncle Remus tales. Told in dialect, Harris's work preserved and transmitted stories that Harris heard directly from slaves whom he liked and admired.
The idiots at Disney ought to have put up an explanatory plaque about the origin of the Splash Mountain characters and done the same in a modern introduction to Song of the South -- and told the woke crowd where to go. Those who make billions of dollars a year as makers and purveyors of American culture have an obligation to defend it.
But Bob Iger thinks grooming six year olds is OK? What a fool.
Is that racist?
Indeed, it's very close to swimming, which is racist--as are mathematics, milk, classical music, having the name Mike, using the phrase "cotton-picking," calisthenics and weight managment.
Yes. Between changing names, closing rides, banning books, shutting down little libraries in classrooms, both parties have made this country a mess!
.....Song of the South was a good movie........
Yup!!!!
And you can find it on the Internet if you know how to look!!!!
It’s funny, their idea of what’s not appropriate for the world is actual black American cultural stories and folklore.
She is on deck to be "cancelled." There's a scene in the movie in which soot-covered chimney sweeps do a dance--therefore, a "blackface" performance.
Surprising.
Yes. It is in fact authentic African American folklore.
They are cancelling actual black American culture b
Liberals actually hate minorities.
Since you seem to know how to look please share a link.
Just use https://duckduckgo.com/ Then look for the title under the videos. There are many useable links.
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