Date: 19/04/2026 11:15:46
From: Bubblecar
ID: 2382169
Subject: re: today I learned
Divine Angel said:
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.
I remember as a child being given free tickets to see a school holiday screening of Peter Pan (already an old film by then) in return for handing out Peter Pan flyers to other kids.