Showing posts with label Disney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disney. Show all posts
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Da Tar Baby
I came across this story in a Disney Book I had a child, after an episode of Futurama prompted my brain to refer to Nibbler as a Tar Baby. And in my head I thought what a random and racist thing to say, but then I remembered this story and why the phrase Tar Baby would even be in the back of my head. So I dug out the book and re read the story, and it is horrible. Absolutely horrible and violent and racist, of course the story in the book is preceded by another story titled UNCLE REMUS about 2 white kids who live on a cotton farm and like to listen to the black Uncle Remus smoke his corn pipe and tell stories about Brier Rabbit. It is amazing that 30 years ago, these stories were acceptable and commonly published. I would say Disney has come a long way since then, but their only black princess in the last 30 years, was a Poor Cajun maid from New Orleans.
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