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My BS meter is pegged on this one. It's amazing how many of Disney's "classic" releases have material that some interest group or another should consider "offensive"

The crows in Dumbo, which has seen two DVD releases in the last few years is one example. Another would be the Indians in Peter Pan ("What makes the red man red?"), which was just rereleased is another.

My guess is that Disney knows it has one heck of a controversial property on its hands ... and is holding off on release until some "critical mass" point is reached where public desire to own the movie (I've had about a dozen conversations with fellow parents on the suppression of Song of the South in the seven years since my first child was born) intersects with the expected response by "problem profiteers" like Sharpton and Jackson ... and allows profit to be maximized. My guess is that when it happens, there will be overwhelming media exposure, the Sharpton/Jackson groups will get a nice cut of the profits, the movie will include all sorts of interviews setting the "context" (read: OPPRESSION) and there will be a serious spike in the % of movies bought online at places like Amazon by people too "embarassed" to go buy the thing at BestBuy.