Disney + removed access to classic films like “Dumbo” and “Peter Pan” from menus for children under seven because of racist stereotypes.
Those over the age of seven will still have access to the films, which include “Swiss Family Robinson” from 1960 and “The Aristocats” from 1970, the New York Post reported.
The popular streaming service placed content warnings on the films last fall, which said, “These stereotypes were wrong at the time and are wrong now. Instead of removing this content, we want to recognize its damaging impact, learn from it and start conversations to create an inclusive future together. “
The films will not appear on the profiles of young children on Disney +, but parents will be able to show the films to their children from their own profiles if they wish, the Post reported.
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The crows in “Dumbo”. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)
In the Stories are important section of the service, Disney explained its reason for removing the content.
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“Dumbo”, made in 1941, features a group of crows that “pay homage to shows by racist minstrels, where white artists with blackened faces and tattered clothes imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans”. The main crow is called Jim Crow, which were laws that imposed segregation in parts of the United States until the Civil Rights movement.
“Peter Pan”, 1953, includes exaggerated racial stereotypes of native peoples, including a song called “What Made the Red Man Red”.
“Swiss Family Robinson” reinforced “otherness” by portraying the barbarian pirates who attack the family as a “stereotyped foreign threat”, with many of the pirates with “brown” and “yellow” faces.
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In “The Aristocats”, a Siamese cat named Shun Gon is voiced in bad English by a white actor, plays the piano with chopsticks and has exaggerated stereotypes, such as slanted eyes and protruding teeth.