Date: 19/04/2026 11:08:34
From: Divine Angel
ID: 2382165
Subject: re: today I learned

Films like Dumbo and Peter Pan contain racist elements. Streaming service Disney+ used to have a disclaimer before the film along the lines of “instead of censoring these titles, we use the opportunity to teach” but that disclaimer disappeared a few years ago.

In Dumbo’s case, not only the explicit Jim Crow references but the elephants themselves: Indian elephant vs African elephant. With Peter Pan it’s a whole song about red-skinned Native Americans (“What makes the red man red?”) and in syndication the scene is usually removed. I haven’t watched in on Disney+ so couldn’t tell you if it’s there or not.

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