Disney slaps its own children's movies with racism warnings - including Dumbo, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Jungle Book, and Aristocats, For good measure also Gone With The Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Lone Ranger - Kotaku In Action 2

Disney slaps its own children's movies with racism warnings - including Dumbo, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Jungle Book, and Aristocats, For good measure also Gone With The Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Lone Ranger (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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– reidj 9 points 5 years ago +9 / -0

Here's all the movies mentioned and their reasons (when given):

Aliens
The Aristocats - The Siamese cats
Balls of Fury
Dumbo - The crows, particularly Jim Crow

*Gone with the Wind

The Goonies
The Jazz Singer
The Jungle Book - Apparently King Louie perpetuates stereotypes about black people
Lady and the Tramp - The Siamese cats, Si and Am
The Last Samurai
Lawrence of Arabia
The Littlest Rebel
The Lone Ranger
Peter Pan - The Indians, particularly the song "What Makes the Red Man Red?"
Swiss Family Robinson
Tropic Thunder

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– MelisandeScott 8 points 5 years ago +8 / -0

Apparently King Louie perpetuates stereotypes about black people.

dah fuck? King Louie is based on Italian-American band leader, Louie Prima. You know, THE GUY THAT VOICES THE CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE. He was famous for writing classic jazz songs like "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" back in the 1930's and his band were known for doing all sorts of silly antics during their performances in Vegas. That's why the Jungle Book animators chose them to play the monkeys.

But I guess actual history doesn't matter anymore.

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