people get offended way too easily if anyone honestly thinks this is racist. This is Dumbo. A movie about a flying baby elephant. No one gives a shit about being politically correct because this was designed for the entertainment of 5 year olds. And a 5 year old black kid wouldn't be offended by this. Neither would a white kid. So stop overthinking it. FYI some black people do talk like this. Just like some Asians have Chinese accents. Its not offensive. Its a little more relatable that way.
Tsk tsk, i find it offencive that people depict crows like this. They dont sing like that and they dont dance like that, if Walt Disney were alive now i would tell him how ridiculous it was to create talking animals. This is on the boarder of animal cruelty, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a psychopath....
now this comment is about as ridiculous as all the other discussions bellow me. Enjoy the clip.
@ClarityandEmry "Americans who are too sensitive about our awful past." Hahaha gosh you people are so fucking clueless. Sorry about destroying your heritage and cultural, and making life challenging for you. Sorry about dehumanizing your race and still making of mockery of you till this very day, but come on don't be so sensitive!! Ok thank you so much praise white Jesus for your insight, Yay white privilege! Thank so much, enjoy your privilege.
@vavact Excuse me, youv'e made a spelling error. You spelled "you're" but I'm sorry to inform you that the correct spelling is in fact "your'e". If you could repost your comment with the correct spelling that would be ideal.
I am black and i see this an an accurate portrayal of a certain group of blacks at the time. Yes it is somewhat offensive, doesnt make it untrue. It's not different from the cartoon characters we see now going "yo yo sup".In the extra dvd features for Dumbo they even got a real black singing duo to do the poses for them to reference. This is exactly how they spoke. The only thing rude about this is that they made them BLACK crows.But in terms of language it is accurate.
These characters are actually very refreshing. They're funny, lively, loud and imperfect. Sure they make fun of Dumbo, hell I would, but they help him when it really matters. This is one of my favorite moments in the movie since it's so lively and counteracts the sadness we've seen with so far and its an opening to when Dumbo's life gets better.
I don't care what race they're considered to be, they're great!
I honestly didn't think it was racist, because I was only a kid when I saw this movie. I had no idea what kind of accent or race the crows were being portrayed as. I just thought it was weird.
this song and the music never ment to be raisest it was ment to bring out a new african american sound to white people. The hall johnson choir was invented by hall johson who made black southern music to give black people a start..... no white person at the time wanted black people involved in any thing. (it was wrong to treat black people this way. In this day and age to call anyone rasist is ignorant. do you know how far your blood line goes back)
Seriously people? You can think it's a catchy song without pretending that it's not racist. The sketchy word-slurring hobo crows? Literally named Jim Crow? Come on. Get your heads out of your asses.
It's an over reaction to call this RACIST. It is very stereotypical though. Only with todays political correctness gone mad agenda can it be seen as RACIST.
if you think the crows are racist dont watch easy as that, so how about you leave us to watch and and go about your lifes (why do you people have to ruin it for everyone else?)
And it's kind of hard to imagine but the guy that does the voice of "Jim Crow" (I hope they didn't name him that for any particular reason) is the same as Jiminy Cricket.
@crystalguada24 wait, books...... AND MOVIES!!?!? oh man then it's got to be true. lol, I'm not trying to be a jerk but if you want people to take you seriously you have to provide something to back up your claim or at least provide specifics that can be checked (book/movie titles etc.) I don't disbelieve you, I'm sure you're right. But yeah, at least my claim could be checked out on IMDB or something of the like.
And it's kind of hard to imagine but the guy that does the voice of "Jim Crow" (I hope they didn't name him that for any particular reason) is the same as Jiminy Cricket.
Cliff Edwards, Jim Carmichael, James Baskett & unknowns. Some white some black. I don't see that in-and-of itself as racist. Hell, lots of cartoons use voice actors to portray all sorts of other ethnicity's. Family Guy, The Simpsons, Pixar, it's just the voice they're after. However in this case a special effort was made to portray the stereotypical Hollywood view of black people. Disney knew better and usually avoided this stuff which is why it catches so much flak.
I still like this song. I know these crows were part of family racial entertainment due to appearances, but I know they are fun supporting characters. They did help Dumbo, but only partially due to a big moment. They are also funny characters, but still, they have that stereotyping concept. At least they make Ken Jeong's TF character look stupider.
Um folks, these crows HELPED DUMBO. How can that be a negatvie racist portrayal? Sure these crows are bit insensitive, but a racist portrayal? No.
And Walt was not a racist. If I were Walt and a racist, I would not be hiring black people and giving them money in my films period. Which Walt did quite often.
@imagineerboi Thank you white person for being all knowledgeable about everything as usual. Praise to white Jesus for enlightening all the white people so they can educate minorities about things they have no knowledge about, i'm ever so thankful. Also, don't bother responding to this I've had enough white privilege for one day. That goes for everyone who want's to respond to this as well, enjoy your privilege with someone else.
@MONKEYCATCHER i bet a million bucks you watch anime all day long and wish you where japanese and you probably watch the boondocks am i right? isn't that kinda racist since they are portraying black people very stereotypically
@imagineerboi Apparently Walt WAS an anti-Semite and was also racist towards other groups. Which is why he did not hire black people to voice these crows. They are voiced by white people. It doesn't affect my feelings towards any of his work though- I still think he's brilliant.
@elenicakes No, he was not anti-semite or racist in any way. I have read various biographies on him and most of the people who knew Walt claim they didn't think he was racist, including a black animator. Keep in mind, some of this stuff was done WAY before the civil rights movement of the 60s and long before today's high Politically Correct standards, so some of it is insensitive but not racist. And apparently only one of the crows was voiced by a white guy while the others were black.
@imagineerboi Well, most of them. James Baskett did one of the crows and the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah movie (which is about the same level of insensitive as this clip).
@imagineerboi Walt Disney was a NAZI. Google pics of him with Werner Von Braun the head NAZI at NASA that was brought over in project paper clip after WWII.
FYI white people. . THEY DID NOT USE BLACK PEOPLE TO VOICE THIS. The voices your hearing are WHITE people pretending to be black. Do you really think Walt would hire any minority for anything he worked on? And the comment about "different social standards" That comment is absurd possibly the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You're basically saying that it's okay to be ignorant as long as everyone around you is as well. Oh & @19Szabolcs91 "black accents" black people don't talk like this. stfu.
@MONKEYCATCHER Just FYI, Wald did hire minorities for quite some of his works, including Song of the South, one of the first movies where a black man was in a starring role and iirc the first one where a black person got an Oscar nomination. As for black people not talking like that, I can't say, but they might have talked like this in the 40's. And is it bad at all anyway?
@19Szabolcs91 The song of the south was an extremely racist movie which is why Disney does not sell it along with the other animated works that were completely racist that Disney denies were ever made. AND NO black people did not talk this this in the 40's this is a racist depiction of how white people portrayed black people clearly.
@MONKEYCATCHER I have personally watched Song of the South and it is not a racist film. Insensitive in some areas? Yes. But racist? Heck no. Because the movie takes place after the civil war that's why the black people in the film are mistaken as "happy slaves" when in reality they' were free which makes sense why they were happy..
@PanRysownik i think he's a troll, and I'm black and i don't anything racist about these crows, the only thing racist was in the credits they named the lead crow Jim crow
@MONKEYCATCHER Explain to me what was racist about song of the South. The black characters were portrayed by black actors who were certainly not out to degrade THEMSELVES and the stories told in it, while sometimes disturbing (like the tar baby) were actual stories passed down by slaves. The movie itself was not racist in my mind at all, but we Americans, who are too sensitive about our awful past with slavery and racisim, labeled it "offensive" and banned it, though it's really
@MONKEYCATCHER ...(cont.) rather historically acurate. Just because we are not proud of something does not mean it didn't happen, and I do not believe Song of the South was nearly as racist as, say, many jokes you hear on tv today. I own a copy of the DVD from Japan. It is, in fact, one of my closest friends favorite Disney movies. And she is black.
@19Szabolcs91 yes I dont believe that Walt Disney was racist he was a great man. Not all colored people then spoke like that either so um Monkey Catcher stop being mean to the gringos. But still sidney portier did not speak like that i think I spelled his name wrong but. It helps my point. That is just the way people were back then not all but many. Children these days need to know that. :)
@MONKEYCATCHER Wrongo, my friend. Only ONE of the crows isn't black. The others on the other hand, yeah, they're african-American. They're voiced by a African-American choir.
@MONKEYCATCHER Um, I hate to break it to you, but Hall Johnson was black and so was the choir that he formed, which was responsible for recording this track. C'mon son.
@MONKEYCATCHER Hhaha no. Only one bird was voiced by a white man, the rest were black, and maybe you see song of the south as racist, but Walt was actually good friends with the main actor, and did a lot to help his career, their families even got together, when the actor died his wife thanked Walt for what he meant to her husband, sure sounds racist to me.
@MONKEYCATCHER "Come on, blackbirds acting in a manner stereotypically assigned to African-Americans isn't that offensive. At least they didn't just get some white guy to do his best "black voice." Oh, really? They did? And, they called the lead character "Jim Crow?" Um, hey, look over there! It's a convincing, logical end to this argument!" i completely agree with u lol
In your description you mention that there are not a lot of songs in it. It is a short movie an hour and it depends on what you mean by the middle the songs from what I remember go as:
@littlesongbird1 No, what I said is that most of the songs are either at the beginning or near the end of the movie, and the middle has much less singing.
@Nemzal I agree. White people are portrayed all kinds of ways as seen in society. But if its any other race, its all of a sudden racist. I agree with you that that accusation is inherently racist.
Now, in my mid twenties, I see where I got all my dance moves from. Hate if you want, and yes disney is racist, but these crows had more swag than any disney character Ive ever seen.
I can tell how some people may be offended (crow labelled as jokers and making black men voice them). Truth be told, crows are awesome birds (smart and have strong family ties). Afrikanners (if this word is offensive, please tell me so I can use a better word) are swell people too. I mean, they were sympathizing for Dumbo as well (no one else did except for Timothy). I guess I guess I'm saying that this part is showing that Afrikanners are awesome people instead of making fun of them. I hope no
@irrati0nalnumb3r I agreee. The crows were one of the only good guys in the whole movie. How the hell is this supposed to be racist when they are clearly the only ones who helped Dumbo besides Timothy the mouse?
People can't seem to do anything without somebody being offended nowadays. i wish people would stop taking everything so personally. this is a disney song intended for enetrtainment only don't bring politics and race into it.
i love the wordplay in here. that's also why i like the morning report scene in the lion king. too bad simba's original singing actor couldn't sing the part anymore by the time they decided to add the song.
How exactly is this racest? The crows are easily the best characters in Dumbo, and the song is one of the best disney songs ever. This used to be my favorite bit of the film, until I discovered why the pink elephants were so awsome.
How was dumbo racist? The music today is Hip Hop and Hollywood has made 'the black man' into a thuggish nightmare after you're daughter with 40' rims. The popular and FAR SUPERIOR form of music by expert Black musicians (not rappers) in 1941 was JAZZ. If you think portraying a group of black men as singers with wisdom to impart is racist then YOU are the RACIST. Or do you prefer the image of a tattooed thug with no skill?
I find this HORRIFICALLY OFFENSIVE, I am a crow and for seventy years people have judged crows for being like what you see here because of this movie! Any crows on youtube who find this, join me and we will put a stop to this crow hate RIGHT AWAY!!!!
I'm surpised people make a bigger deal of racism with the crows than they do with that "Happy Roustabouts" song. At least the crows are protrayed in a postive light and help Dumbo, where as in the Roustables number black men sing about how they're just happy to work and "never learned to read or write." But don't get me wrong, I love Dumbo and don't want to see any of it edited or nothing like that, it would be wrong.
Walt Disney may be racist compared to today's standards but was not racist to his time's standards when segregation was still normal. You can't judge someone when he was living in a time where social standards were different. If he was racist for his time he wouldn't even have put african american's voices in his movies...
@Klr707 Yeah. By putting "blacks" (crows with black accents) in positive roles (one of the only positive roles in Dumbo), he was actually a lot less racist than the average back then.
@19Szabolcs91 THANK YOU! seriously, why does everyone think that Disney was racist? Seriously, WHAT proof is there? That group he was part of that hated Hebrews? He left that group!
I think this song is very racist, or at least very insensitively stereotypical, but I know this was made in time when it was acceptable. When I was younger, I LOVED these crows. They were the coolest characters in the movie. I never thought of them as stupid "black people," I thought of them as awesome characters. I wish this song didn't offend so many people, because I love it.
@19Szabolcs91 Yeah, I know they're not always bad, but it's obvious that some black people ARE offended, and I feel bad liking something that offends people. Honestly, though, if someone made something like this making fun of white people, I wouldn't be offended, I'd probably find it funny.
I hate pussies like you - sounds harsh but people like you are the reason Americans are so overly sensitive and politically correct.
You're the type of guy who would be offended if I said black people typically have bigger lips right? Or that White people are typically fatter? Or that asians have squinty eyes?
YOU SHOULDN'T CARE if something is offensive to other people, if color truly doesn't matter to you and you don't find it offensive, why care if someone else does? Grow a spine
@WillisTron I'm not, however, an asshole. If someone is legitimately offended by something, I'm not gonna go "LOL I don't give a fuck this iz funny screw you." That's not saying that I'm gonna apologize to some bitch about saying that black people generally have bigger lips. I just try to be politically correct enough that I seem like a generally friendly person. Looking back at my other comments, though, I do seem like a pussy, I can see why thought that.
@WillisTron Believe me, I have a spine (Or at least the internet definition of one). I would NOT be offended if you said that black people have big lips or Asians have squinty eyes, that's just the truth. Actually, I find racist jokes to be quite hilarious, as long as they are self-aware or and in good fun and not just made by ignorant people who actually believe generalizations. (That probably didn't make any sense, I suck at... words.) I'm guilty of making a few racist jokes myself.
@19Szabolcs91 Yeah, I know they're not always bad, but it's obvious that some black people ARE offended, and I feel bad liking something that offends people. Honestly, though, if someone made something like this making fun of white people, I wouldn't be offended, I'd probably find it funny.
EVERYONE SHUT UP ABOU RACISM.Look the crows are awesome, never once in the film did they mention they were black.Many white people used to talk like that, hell some still do.Im white, Im from louisiana.Just about everyone of my grand parents talk like that.And if the crows are supposed to be black, so what?Do they do anything bad? This was made in the 1940's. Cigars were very stylish back then as was this type of music. They wanted to make the crows fun, stylish characters, SO SHUT THE FUCK UP.
It's tricky. When I was little I never connected "Crow" with "black guy." Watching the sequence today, though? Yeesh. This has not aged well. But can you really blame them? It was the 30s! Oh sure, we don't have to like it. But we can be merciful.
I'm not even kidding. The character is called Jim Crow. I'm not trying to start any arguments, but nobody can say thats not racist, or at least suggestively racist, can you?
@19Szabolcs91 lol, its the fact that the head black crow is named Jim Crow, & the old Rhythm & Blues singing, & there black crows its racist. I think its funny it was also over 50 years ago. But I still enjoy this scene. The time it existed makes it excusable. Had it been today, it would've been messed up.
Well King Louis, the aforementioned King of the Swingers, was voiced by Louis Prima, who was Italian. And pretty much walked, talked and acted exactly like Louis in the film. The whole song was filmed live by Disney who then created the scene, after seeing Louis leading his band around the theatre and generally going wild. The clip's actually up on Youtube if you search for it.
This clip however... well, 'Jim Crow' says it all.
I think this song is one of the coolest parts of the film, and the crows are very cool characters - I loved them as a kid. Yes they are 'jazz' stereotypes, and therefore black - but why does that have to make it racist when they are so awesome?
whos this jim crow black people are always going on about ?? maybe i am wrong but when blacks were slaves they wanted to go back home to africa...well now they are not slaves maybe they can go back...i mean why stay at a place your forefathers was forced to be slaves, the rumor was that before ab lincoln was assassinated he was going to send them back home anyway, but the man got shot before he could help them go home......now i just watch the film roots backwards so it has a happy ending lol.
Wow... it's so weird for me watchin this video and reading those comments: I am from the part of Germany that was once the GDR and I never even saw a black person in real life until I was about eight years old. All the cultural sidenotes of the old Disney pictures (and other movies and TV shows for kids, mind you) just completely passed me by, because there was no way I could have known.
I alwys saw this as jive-cool, when I was a kid: as a po' white boy who liked the blues, it definitely made me more interested in black music precisely because it was clearly so brilliantly and plainly black. Not watered down, the real thing, well as close as you could get in those days when not many record shops had decent music.
Anyone who thinks this is racist is probably a real moron or an american or both...No other country would see this and think that this gives a bad image of black people. They are being depicted as black jazz musicians and notthing more. Not poor or uneducated...And to me they look cool as hell. It's my favorite song in the fuckin' movie.
Anyone who thinks this is racist is probably a real moron or an american or both...No other country would see this and think that this gives a bad image of black people. They are being depicted as black jazz musicians and notthing more. Not poor or uneducated...And to me they look cool as hell. It's my favorite song in the fuckin' movie.
If anything, this is enforcing more positive stereotypes opposed to bad ones. These crows are smart, free spirited, and resourceful. This was against the main stereotype of the time.
there is no difference from the crows in Dumbo and the crows in The Wiz.
except, in Dumbo, they help the main character, as opposed to The Wiz, in which they peck and poke at the poor Scarecrow (Michael Jackson). So... everyone can calm down.
"The crows are very specifically depicted as poor and uneducated. They're constantly smoking; they wear pimptastic hats; and they're experts on all things "fly," so it's really a team effort contributing to the general minstrel-show feel to the whole number. You could pretty much pause this video at any second and use it as evidence in your hate-crime lawsuit against Disney."
Ppl i dont think disney is that harmful, after all the characters children love the most are the etnic ones, they are always the coolest, funniest and most charmful characters, the ones no one forgets, i think they made children happy for ages and proabbly will keep doing so for a long time it's racist to think that stereotypes are always negative
True it can be seen as racist, but it's still a great movie and a fun song, and... it was scat singing in a cartoon meant for families. A huge step at the time.
LOL what's with the racist arguments? For one, it was made 70 odd years ago AND it's for kids When you're a kid you don't realise that Dumbo and the mouse get drunk, or that one of the clowns is a tarnsvestite OR that these crows are being played by black voice actors. And frankly, WHO THE FUCK CARES. It's a good film with awesome characters so jutt SHUT UP AND WATCH IT BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME <333
christ! I knew it'd be impossible for someone to post a nice kids song on youtube without the thought police polluting the boards! I'm black, and when I was little all I saw was a nice kids film with catchy tunes. If you can't say nothin nice, go away!
These are the smartest characters in the film. It would be CLEARLY racist if they were the comedic doops, the antagonists, or butt of the jokes. Yes, they are..........ruff considering reality and after going through the politically over-correct last 20 years, but if you knew animation, if you saw every big lipped, drawl talking, dumb-man-monkey animated portrayal of african americans in the 50 years pryer to this feature, then you will realize how innocent THIS is. Its practically progressive
Think of it like this, Dumbo is considered an outcast because of his ears, the other elephants consider him a freak and the human kids bullied him. The only ones that truly accept and love him are his mother, Timothy Mouse (Who scares the elephants, even Dumbo, but he later becomes his best friend) and The Crows, who feel upset by Dumbo's situation and decide to help him, its a symbol of how appearances mean nothing, and its strength of heart thats important.
Could people please stop arguing on the comments page? All I can see is unnecessary arguments that are hurtful and rude. So could you please cut it out?
how would you know. you werent an adult in the 40's so how can you say how everyone talked? .
DayDr3amer67 2 days ago
It's not racist to portray black people as they were at the time.
GreenBottleCap 4 days ago
people get offended way too easily if anyone honestly thinks this is racist. This is Dumbo. A movie about a flying baby elephant. No one gives a shit about being politically correct because this was designed for the entertainment of 5 year olds. And a 5 year old black kid wouldn't be offended by this. Neither would a white kid. So stop overthinking it. FYI some black people do talk like this. Just like some Asians have Chinese accents. Its not offensive. Its a little more relatable that way.
MissMelissxoxo 5 days ago
Back then this wasn't considered racist because they didn't live in the crazy PC age that we do.
InMyLifetime2010 1 week ago
i don't think this is that racist . . . . . people will say the same thing in the future about cartoon portrayal's of ethnicity's now
iwashko 1 week ago
Tsk tsk, i find it offencive that people depict crows like this. They dont sing like that and they dont dance like that, if Walt Disney were alive now i would tell him how ridiculous it was to create talking animals. This is on the boarder of animal cruelty, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a psychopath....
now this comment is about as ridiculous as all the other discussions bellow me. Enjoy the clip.
Melleina 1 week ago
Thumbs up if you're watching this on Martin Luther King day lol.
nooobsaibot 1 week ago 4
This was made in 1941 who cares about who did the voices and if walt disney was a nazi, i bet this was a child hood movie of everyone, its amazing!
djben101 2 weeks ago 2
like it or not guys, this scene was "subliminally" racist. i love this movie and this scene but the evidence is so clear its ridiculous
beastlansingspartans 2 weeks ago
@beastlansingspartans I just can't comprehend how people don't see it. . . no common sense with these people.
arianabcarter 2 weeks ago
@ClarityandEmry "Americans who are too sensitive about our awful past." Hahaha gosh you people are so fucking clueless. Sorry about destroying your heritage and cultural, and making life challenging for you. Sorry about dehumanizing your race and still making of mockery of you till this very day, but come on don't be so sensitive!! Ok thank you so much praise white Jesus for your insight, Yay white privilege! Thank so much, enjoy your privilege.
arianabcarter 2 weeks ago
from all songs of Disney films from the 1930s and 1940s this one is my favourite
JGstarzintheireyes 3 weeks ago
If you really thinks that Disney was a racist then you're a moron. It's as simple as that.
vavact 4 weeks ago
@vavact Excuse me, youv'e made a spelling error. You spelled "you're" but I'm sorry to inform you that the correct spelling is in fact "your'e". If you could repost your comment with the correct spelling that would be ideal.
bOStoN321123 2 weeks ago
Sickkkkk
joemchang 4 weeks ago
there crows? crows have black beaks.
arent they blackbirds
godcomplex2012 1 month ago
dudes.. it's a children's movie.. stop being so politically correct.
astal0ve 1 month ago
anyone who finds this racist,(if you wouldnt mind my language) F**K OFF NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE
raven8344 1 month ago
I am black and i see this an an accurate portrayal of a certain group of blacks at the time. Yes it is somewhat offensive, doesnt make it untrue. It's not different from the cartoon characters we see now going "yo yo sup".In the extra dvd features for Dumbo they even got a real black singing duo to do the poses for them to reference. This is exactly how they spoke. The only thing rude about this is that they made them BLACK crows.But in terms of language it is accurate.
grongrue 1 month ago
I wasn't aware that birds were a type of race
Shut the hell up, over sensitive jag offs.
These characters are actually very refreshing. They're funny, lively, loud and imperfect. Sure they make fun of Dumbo, hell I would, but they help him when it really matters. This is one of my favorite moments in the movie since it's so lively and counteracts the sadness we've seen with so far and its an opening to when Dumbo's life gets better.
I don't care what race they're considered to be, they're great!
RonnieKane 1 month ago
So which one of the crows is called Jim?
(lol)
mjn76 1 month ago
Forget the race of the bird! His lyrics are genius!
titanbaby1 1 month ago
I honestly didn't think it was racist, because I was only a kid when I saw this movie. I had no idea what kind of accent or race the crows were being portrayed as. I just thought it was weird.
thehumblepacifican 1 month ago
my teacher showed me this in school before we read "To Kill A Mockingbird". I was the only one who knew this scene...teens
OfficalDoubleJ 1 month ago
how would this be racist dumbo is grey isnt he. lololololololol the mean boys are white.
crewlla 1 month ago
this song and the music never ment to be raisest it was ment to bring out a new african american sound to white people. The hall johnson choir was invented by hall johson who made black southern music to give black people a start..... no white person at the time wanted black people involved in any thing. (it was wrong to treat black people this way. In this day and age to call anyone rasist is ignorant. do you know how far your blood line goes back)
crewlla 1 month ago
Crow with glasses = SPIKE LEE
onedeadcat 1 month ago
Seriously people? You can think it's a catchy song without pretending that it's not racist. The sketchy word-slurring hobo crows? Literally named Jim Crow? Come on. Get your heads out of your asses.
TacticusPrime 1 month ago
It's an over reaction to call this RACIST. It is very stereotypical though. Only with todays political correctness gone mad agenda can it be seen as RACIST.
TheSpaceBar90 1 month ago
if you think the crows are racist dont watch easy as that, so how about you leave us to watch and and go about your lifes (why do you people have to ruin it for everyone else?)
raven8344 1 month ago
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cemarz 1 month ago
OMG this video is SOOOOO racist cuz the crows are black just like mah skin and the leader is named Jim Crow OMG Walt disney obviously in the kkk yo.
Taurusaud 1 month ago
@Taurusaud they were just ingorant......
crewlla 1 month ago
And it's kind of hard to imagine but the guy that does the voice of "Jim Crow" (I hope they didn't name him that for any particular reason) is the same as Jiminy Cricket.
loafmasta87 1 month ago
@loafmasta87 they did name that for particular reason. ive read it in books and on movies.
crystalguada24 1 month ago
@crystalguada24 wait, books...... AND MOVIES!!?!? oh man then it's got to be true. lol, I'm not trying to be a jerk but if you want people to take you seriously you have to provide something to back up your claim or at least provide specifics that can be checked (book/movie titles etc.) I don't disbelieve you, I'm sure you're right. But yeah, at least my claim could be checked out on IMDB or something of the like.
loafmasta87 1 month ago
And it's kind of hard to imagine but the guy that does the voice of "Jim Crow" (I hope they didn't name him that for any particular reason) is the same as Jiminy Cricket.
loafmasta87 1 month ago
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loafmasta87 1 month ago
Cast of the crows:
Cliff Edwards, Jim Carmichael, James Baskett & unknowns. Some white some black. I don't see that in-and-of itself as racist. Hell, lots of cartoons use voice actors to portray all sorts of other ethnicity's. Family Guy, The Simpsons, Pixar, it's just the voice they're after. However in this case a special effort was made to portray the stereotypical Hollywood view of black people. Disney knew better and usually avoided this stuff which is why it catches so much flak.
loafmasta87 1 month ago
I still like this song. I know these crows were part of family racial entertainment due to appearances, but I know they are fun supporting characters. They did help Dumbo, but only partially due to a big moment. They are also funny characters, but still, they have that stereotyping concept. At least they make Ken Jeong's TF character look stupider.
Tyronor 1 month ago
watch this first then watch the reprise of it later in the movie
Omnius15 1 month ago
Um folks, these crows HELPED DUMBO. How can that be a negatvie racist portrayal? Sure these crows are bit insensitive, but a racist portrayal? No.
And Walt was not a racist. If I were Walt and a racist, I would not be hiring black people and giving them money in my films period. Which Walt did quite often.
imagineerboi 1 month ago 16
@imagineerboi Thank you white person for being all knowledgeable about everything as usual. Praise to white Jesus for enlightening all the white people so they can educate minorities about things they have no knowledge about, i'm ever so thankful. Also, don't bother responding to this I've had enough white privilege for one day. That goes for everyone who want's to respond to this as well, enjoy your privilege with someone else.
MONKEYCATCHER 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER Cool story bro.
imagineerboi 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER i bet a million bucks you watch anime all day long and wish you where japanese and you probably watch the boondocks am i right? isn't that kinda racist since they are portraying black people very stereotypically
cartoonkingforeever 1 month ago
@imagineerboi QFT
19Szabolcs91 1 month ago
@imagineerboi Apparently Walt WAS an anti-Semite and was also racist towards other groups. Which is why he did not hire black people to voice these crows. They are voiced by white people. It doesn't affect my feelings towards any of his work though- I still think he's brilliant.
elenicakes 1 month ago
@elenicakes No, he was not anti-semite or racist in any way. I have read various biographies on him and most of the people who knew Walt claim they didn't think he was racist, including a black animator. Keep in mind, some of this stuff was done WAY before the civil rights movement of the 60s and long before today's high Politically Correct standards, so some of it is insensitive but not racist. And apparently only one of the crows was voiced by a white guy while the others were black.
imagineerboi 1 month ago
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@imagineerboi Well, most of them. James Baskett did one of the crows and the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah movie (which is about the same level of insensitive as this clip).
loafmasta87 1 month ago
@imagineerboi Walt Disney was a NAZI. Google pics of him with Werner Von Braun the head NAZI at NASA that was brought over in project paper clip after WWII.
jerichomutant 2 weeks ago
@imagineerboi If the lead had not been named Jim Crow, I guarantee that no one would be complaining about racism.
levanyzzuf 1 week ago
@19Szabolcs91 thanks for uploading
Birtesbruder 1 month ago
FYI white people. . THEY DID NOT USE BLACK PEOPLE TO VOICE THIS. The voices your hearing are WHITE people pretending to be black. Do you really think Walt would hire any minority for anything he worked on? And the comment about "different social standards" That comment is absurd possibly the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You're basically saying that it's okay to be ignorant as long as everyone around you is as well. Oh & @19Szabolcs91 "black accents" black people don't talk like this. stfu.
MONKEYCATCHER 2 months ago
@MONKEYCATCHER Just FYI, Wald did hire minorities for quite some of his works, including Song of the South, one of the first movies where a black man was in a starring role and iirc the first one where a black person got an Oscar nomination. As for black people not talking like that, I can't say, but they might have talked like this in the 40's. And is it bad at all anyway?
19Szabolcs91 2 months ago 14
@19Szabolcs91 The song of the south was an extremely racist movie which is why Disney does not sell it along with the other animated works that were completely racist that Disney denies were ever made. AND NO black people did not talk this this in the 40's this is a racist depiction of how white people portrayed black people clearly.
MONKEYCATCHER 2 months ago
@MONKEYCATCHER Whatever, maybe they didn't talk like this, it doesn't matter anyway. I still can't see how this talk is bad or offensive in any way.
19Szabolcs91 2 months ago 2
@MONKEYCATCHER I have personally watched Song of the South and it is not a racist film. Insensitive in some areas? Yes. But racist? Heck no. Because the movie takes place after the civil war that's why the black people in the film are mistaken as "happy slaves" when in reality they' were free which makes sense why they were happy..
imagineerboi 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER the pure irony of the whole racist talking and looking at your nickname...
PanRysownik 1 month ago
@PanRysownik i think he's a troll, and I'm black and i don't anything racist about these crows, the only thing racist was in the credits they named the lead crow Jim crow
cartoonkingforeever 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER Explain to me what was racist about song of the South. The black characters were portrayed by black actors who were certainly not out to degrade THEMSELVES and the stories told in it, while sometimes disturbing (like the tar baby) were actual stories passed down by slaves. The movie itself was not racist in my mind at all, but we Americans, who are too sensitive about our awful past with slavery and racisim, labeled it "offensive" and banned it, though it's really
ClarityandEmry 2 weeks ago
@MONKEYCATCHER ...(cont.) rather historically acurate. Just because we are not proud of something does not mean it didn't happen, and I do not believe Song of the South was nearly as racist as, say, many jokes you hear on tv today. I own a copy of the DVD from Japan. It is, in fact, one of my closest friends favorite Disney movies. And she is black.
ClarityandEmry 2 weeks ago
@MONKEYCATCHER the crows were voiced by the Hall Johnson Choir, an all black choir, except the leader crow.
zchronicd 1 week ago
@MONKEYCATCHER. Yes. "Song of the South" is so racist that it made its hero black just to give us a crazy mindfuck.
rayb1987 2 days ago
@19Szabolcs91 yes I dont believe that Walt Disney was racist he was a great man. Not all colored people then spoke like that either so um Monkey Catcher stop being mean to the gringos. But still sidney portier did not speak like that i think I spelled his name wrong but. It helps my point. That is just the way people were back then not all but many. Children these days need to know that. :)
98u5 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER Wrongo, my friend. Only ONE of the crows isn't black. The others on the other hand, yeah, they're african-American. They're voiced by a African-American choir.
ShadowDJ94 2 months ago 3
@MONKEYCATCHER Actually, from what I remember, only the boss crow isn't voiced by black man.
Wierdperson31 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER James Baskett was one of the crows so it wasn't all white people and dude seriously its fucking Disney man, get over it
corkman666 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER Um, I hate to break it to you, but Hall Johnson was black and so was the choir that he formed, which was responsible for recording this track. C'mon son.
phuturephunk 1 month ago
@MONKEYCATCHER Hhaha no. Only one bird was voiced by a white man, the rest were black, and maybe you see song of the south as racist, but Walt was actually good friends with the main actor, and did a lot to help his career, their families even got together, when the actor died his wife thanked Walt for what he meant to her husband, sure sounds racist to me.
MoonlightPlaylist 3 weeks ago
@MONKEYCATCHER "Come on, blackbirds acting in a manner stereotypically assigned to African-Americans isn't that offensive. At least they didn't just get some white guy to do his best "black voice." Oh, really? They did? And, they called the lead character "Jim Crow?" Um, hey, look over there! It's a convincing, logical end to this argument!" i completely agree with u lol
beastlansingspartans 2 weeks ago
In your description you mention that there are not a lot of songs in it. It is a short movie an hour and it depends on what you mean by the middle the songs from what I remember go as:
Mr. Stork:
Casey Jr's back:
Round abouts: (the workers song).
Casey Jr reprise
Baby of mine:
Pink Elephants
When I see an Elephtant fly.
When I see an Elephant fly (reprise).
When I see an Elephant fly end.
littlesongbird1 2 months ago
@littlesongbird1 No, what I said is that most of the songs are either at the beginning or near the end of the movie, and the middle has much less singing.
19Szabolcs91 2 months ago
I was brought by HD: Mozart's SONATA for TWO PIANOS - Anderson & Roe!
The title of this song is written at the very end of their video
LauraG2406 2 months ago
im offended by this
guyofda90s 2 months ago
This isn't racism. It's stereotyping. There's a difference.
RedheadedRapunzel 2 months ago 3
@RedheadedRapunzel In this case, positive stereotyping.
RedheadedRapunzel 2 months ago
So if they're good guys, friendly and funny...
Good characters, on Dumbo's side...
Then according to basic logic they're only racist because they have black mens' voices?
Christ, that makes the accusation that it's racist racist.
Nemzal 2 months ago 4
@Nemzal I agree. White people are portrayed all kinds of ways as seen in society. But if its any other race, its all of a sudden racist. I agree with you that that accusation is inherently racist.
sov6rulz 2 months ago
I could hear that Jim Crow sing that chorus over and over again
tuanphong15 2 months ago
Now, in my mid twenties, I see where I got all my dance moves from. Hate if you want, and yes disney is racist, but these crows had more swag than any disney character Ive ever seen.
BlueberryDoughnuts 3 months ago
I can tell how some people may be offended (crow labelled as jokers and making black men voice them). Truth be told, crows are awesome birds (smart and have strong family ties). Afrikanners (if this word is offensive, please tell me so I can use a better word) are swell people too. I mean, they were sympathizing for Dumbo as well (no one else did except for Timothy). I guess I guess I'm saying that this part is showing that Afrikanners are awesome people instead of making fun of them. I hope no
irrati0nalnumb3r 3 months ago 3
@irrati0nalnumb3r I agreee. The crows were one of the only good guys in the whole movie. How the hell is this supposed to be racist when they are clearly the only ones who helped Dumbo besides Timothy the mouse?
19Szabolcs91 3 months ago 21
@19Szabolcs91 You still don't understand the point it is positive sterotyping, Still mocking black people during the time
TheKanoKanKid 2 months ago
@irrati0nalnumb3r will look at this as offensive but may look at this as a compliment.
irrati0nalnumb3r 3 months ago
People can't seem to do anything without somebody being offended nowadays. i wish people would stop taking everything so personally. this is a disney song intended for enetrtainment only don't bring politics and race into it.
insanelikedru 3 months ago
Come on, the Crows are the shit. Stop being dumb everyone.
TheBeccable 3 months ago
Why do people on Youtube always play the race card. Dumbo is a classic. Just enjoy the clip!
patrick9648 3 months ago 5
When I was a kid, I thought that they were just crows.
evilcrash666 3 months ago
how is this racist?
and hows is this scary?????? O_O
realdogsoupandnuts 3 months ago
Very fun.Disney is great
gaja11gaja11 3 months ago
I hate to say it but the crows are right.
Elephants can't fly.
fenhen 3 months ago
i love the wordplay in here. that's also why i like the morning report scene in the lion king. too bad simba's original singing actor couldn't sing the part anymore by the time they decided to add the song.
TheJayman213 3 months ago
This used to scare me as a kid :( Still does a little!
UTUbELuVeR77 3 months ago
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UTUbELuVeR77 3 months ago
I've seen a penis dance! :')
MrDuBears 3 months ago
How exactly is this racest? The crows are easily the best characters in Dumbo, and the song is one of the best disney songs ever. This used to be my favorite bit of the film, until I discovered why the pink elephants were so awsome.
blackskullthunder 3 months ago
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How was dumbo racist? The music today is Hip Hop and Hollywood has made 'the black man' into a thuggish nightmare after you're daughter with 40' rims. The popular and FAR SUPERIOR form of music by expert Black musicians (not rappers) in 1941 was JAZZ. If you think portraying a group of black men as singers with wisdom to impart is racist then YOU are the RACIST. Or do you prefer the image of a tattooed thug with no skill?
donnely138 3 months ago 4
"Hehehehehehe, that's good old fashioned family racism."
-Peter Griffin
TheHumbleFellow 3 months ago
0:59-1:12 i love that part
comprimiser 3 months ago
I absolutely adore the play on words in this song
basktbalG 3 months ago
to all those who say this is racist, wouldn't you tease someone if they said they had an elephant that could fly? :P
D3V1L3 3 months ago
Y'all say what you want about it being racists. I didn't see any brothas turn down that check from Walt Disney
jmouton337 3 months ago
The crow with the striped shirt was my favorite character out of the whole movie.
xxxTheXgenexxx 4 months ago
@xxxTheXgenexxx His hat was awesome. lol
NPC514 3 months ago
I really don't get all the rumpus. Are the crows supposed to represent black people or something. They're BIRDS, for christ's sake -.-
apekoppeke111 4 months ago
wouldnt have been any good with White Doves because White Doves cant dance & sing with style
730M 4 months ago
I find this HORRIFICALLY OFFENSIVE, I am a crow and for seventy years people have judged crows for being like what you see here because of this movie! Any crows on youtube who find this, join me and we will put a stop to this crow hate RIGHT AWAY!!!!
Japanesebanzai52 4 months ago 7
I'm surpised people make a bigger deal of racism with the crows than they do with that "Happy Roustabouts" song. At least the crows are protrayed in a postive light and help Dumbo, where as in the Roustables number black men sing about how they're just happy to work and "never learned to read or write." But don't get me wrong, I love Dumbo and don't want to see any of it edited or nothing like that, it would be wrong.
Musiclover19 4 months ago
Walt Disney may be racist compared to today's standards but was not racist to his time's standards when segregation was still normal. You can't judge someone when he was living in a time where social standards were different. If he was racist for his time he wouldn't even have put african american's voices in his movies...
Klr707 4 months ago 39
@Klr707 Yeah. By putting "blacks" (crows with black accents) in positive roles (one of the only positive roles in Dumbo), he was actually a lot less racist than the average back then.
19Szabolcs91 4 months ago 28
@19Szabolcs91 THANK YOU! seriously, why does everyone think that Disney was racist? Seriously, WHAT proof is there? That group he was part of that hated Hebrews? He left that group!
ShadowDJ94 2 months ago
@ShadowDJ94
cracked.com/article_15677_9-most-racist-disney-characters.html
here's just a small taste of the proof you were asking for. NOW STFU.
MONKEYCATCHER 2 months ago
@MONKEYCATCHER I don't really trust that website, and the page didn't even show. So...yeah...your argument is null and void.
ShadowDJ94 2 months ago
@Klr707 so true, we learnt this in our A-level history work on civil rights in the USA.
gRime47MX 4 months ago
XD before i saw some comments I thought people were offended cause the crow was smoking a cigar LOL
Animehem 4 months ago
I think this song is very racist, or at least very insensitively stereotypical, but I know this was made in time when it was acceptable. When I was younger, I LOVED these crows. They were the coolest characters in the movie. I never thought of them as stupid "black people," I thought of them as awesome characters. I wish this song didn't offend so many people, because I love it.
Locadelly 4 months ago
@Locadelly That's the point. If you thought it was cool, then they are cool, not stupid. Stereotypes aren't necessarily bad.
19Szabolcs91 4 months ago 3
@19Szabolcs91 Yeah, I know they're not always bad, but it's obvious that some black people ARE offended, and I feel bad liking something that offends people. Honestly, though, if someone made something like this making fun of white people, I wouldn't be offended, I'd probably find it funny.
Locadelly 4 months ago
@Locadelly Almost everything offends SOME people, that's why I never care.
19Szabolcs91 4 months ago 6
@19Szabolcs91 very well said
apekoppeke11 3 months ago
@Locadelly
I hate pussies like you - sounds harsh but people like you are the reason Americans are so overly sensitive and politically correct.
You're the type of guy who would be offended if I said black people typically have bigger lips right? Or that White people are typically fatter? Or that asians have squinty eyes?
YOU SHOULDN'T CARE if something is offensive to other people, if color truly doesn't matter to you and you don't find it offensive, why care if someone else does? Grow a spine
WillisTron 3 months ago
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Locadelly 3 months ago
@WillisTron I'm not, however, an asshole. If someone is legitimately offended by something, I'm not gonna go "LOL I don't give a fuck this iz funny screw you." That's not saying that I'm gonna apologize to some bitch about saying that black people generally have bigger lips. I just try to be politically correct enough that I seem like a generally friendly person. Looking back at my other comments, though, I do seem like a pussy, I can see why thought that.
Locadelly 3 months ago
@WillisTron Believe me, I have a spine (Or at least the internet definition of one). I would NOT be offended if you said that black people have big lips or Asians have squinty eyes, that's just the truth. Actually, I find racist jokes to be quite hilarious, as long as they are self-aware or and in good fun and not just made by ignorant people who actually believe generalizations. (That probably didn't make any sense, I suck at... words.) I'm guilty of making a few racist jokes myself.
Locadelly 3 months ago
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@19Szabolcs91 Yeah, I know they're not always bad, but it's obvious that some black people ARE offended, and I feel bad liking something that offends people. Honestly, though, if someone made something like this making fun of white people, I wouldn't be offended, I'd probably find it funny.
Locadelly 4 months ago
This used to scare the shit out of me as a kid! I even had a dream about it last night! :(
UTUbELuVeR77 4 months ago
It's not racist, just very stereotypical.
FlamingBat 4 months ago
Awesome music. nuff said.
badgeroverlord073 4 months ago
LOL the crows are not racist hell they had crows in the WIZ which was a black movie
EvilQueEvil 4 months ago
EVERYONE SHUT UP ABOU RACISM.Look the crows are awesome, never once in the film did they mention they were black.Many white people used to talk like that, hell some still do.Im white, Im from louisiana.Just about everyone of my grand parents talk like that.And if the crows are supposed to be black, so what?Do they do anything bad? This was made in the 1940's. Cigars were very stylish back then as was this type of music. They wanted to make the crows fun, stylish characters, SO SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Fedoracrow97 4 months ago
It's tricky. When I was little I never connected "Crow" with "black guy." Watching the sequence today, though? Yeesh. This has not aged well. But can you really blame them? It was the 30s! Oh sure, we don't have to like it. But we can be merciful.
ThePhantasist 5 months ago
Oh hey, it's Jim Crow!
I'm not even kidding. The character is called Jim Crow. I'm not trying to start any arguments, but nobody can say thats not racist, or at least suggestively racist, can you?
TheStealthX 6 months ago
They're suppose to be black? Well, I missed that. All I see is a bunch of funny crows.
Tigerlady248 6 months ago in playlist 5 Star
also what about King of the Swingers (Jungle Book)? tell me that's not seen as racist?
snivelling 8 months ago
@snivelling
I don't know who sees what racist, there always exist some idiot who thinks everything is racist.
I definitely don't see anything wrong with Jungle Book, or Dumbo, or any other Disney animated classic.
19Szabolcs91 8 months ago 10
@19Szabolcs91 lol, its the fact that the head black crow is named Jim Crow, & the old Rhythm & Blues singing, & there black crows its racist. I think its funny it was also over 50 years ago. But I still enjoy this scene. The time it existed makes it excusable. Had it been today, it would've been messed up.
LittlJohn 5 months ago
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ediddy501 4 months ago
@snivelling
Well King Louis, the aforementioned King of the Swingers, was voiced by Louis Prima, who was Italian. And pretty much walked, talked and acted exactly like Louis in the film. The whole song was filmed live by Disney who then created the scene, after seeing Louis leading his band around the theatre and generally going wild. The clip's actually up on Youtube if you search for it.
This clip however... well, 'Jim Crow' says it all.
Sp8d8 6 months ago
@snivelling its not "racist" but it is on the offensive side.
Don't forget they still had separate bathrooms when these films were made.
I don't like it but I feel like we just have to leave it because it is old.
We shouldn't say that its alright but we shouldn't ban it.
Dumbo has a lot of good parts too.
The people who made this were people from their own time.
In a sense it wasn't their fault.
They were simply didnt k any better.
ChristineScholz 4 months ago
I think this song is one of the coolest parts of the film, and the crows are very cool characters - I loved them as a kid. Yes they are 'jazz' stereotypes, and therefore black - but why does that have to make it racist when they are so awesome?
snivelling 8 months ago
whos this jim crow black people are always going on about ?? maybe i am wrong but when blacks were slaves they wanted to go back home to africa...well now they are not slaves maybe they can go back...i mean why stay at a place your forefathers was forced to be slaves, the rumor was that before ab lincoln was assassinated he was going to send them back home anyway, but the man got shot before he could help them go home......now i just watch the film roots backwards so it has a happy ending lol.
savantkid1 8 months ago
Wow... it's so weird for me watchin this video and reading those comments: I am from the part of Germany that was once the GDR and I never even saw a black person in real life until I was about eight years old. All the cultural sidenotes of the old Disney pictures (and other movies and TV shows for kids, mind you) just completely passed me by, because there was no way I could have known.
Watching this now is just... wow...
senetiinsanity 8 months ago
Mommy, why do those crows have yellow beaks? Did uncle Disney get them confused with male blackbirds?
MrShannonite 9 months ago
@MrShannonite Mommy? how come the birds are TALKING?
AngelBiLove 9 months ago 2
@AngelBiLove
my child, they talk but in a language that most cannot understand.
darkcanuck 9 months ago
I alwys saw this as jive-cool, when I was a kid: as a po' white boy who liked the blues, it definitely made me more interested in black music precisely because it was clearly so brilliantly and plainly black. Not watered down, the real thing, well as close as you could get in those days when not many record shops had decent music.
1953Excalibur 9 months ago 4
Honestly... if you're offended by this segment, you're just trying way to hard to be offended.
onionbreath002 9 months ago
@onionbreath002
kinda but come on crow...jim crow...it was in poor tastle by todays standards
HolyAlric 8 months ago
tonight im watching classic disney toon songs, just one of the nights
sonep511 9 months ago
So that crow's heard a a rubber band?
Big deal...
I've seen a falcon punch.
MrNauran 10 months ago 5
Anyone who thinks this is racist is probably a real moron or an american or both...No other country would see this and think that this gives a bad image of black people. They are being depicted as black jazz musicians and notthing more. Not poor or uneducated...And to me they look cool as hell. It's my favorite song in the fuckin' movie.
KhaosCreator 10 months ago
Anyone who thinks this is racist is probably a real moron or an american or both...No other country would see this and think that this gives a bad image of black people. They are being depicted as black jazz musicians and notthing more. Not poor or uneducated...And to me they look cool as hell. It's my favorite song in the fuckin' movie.
KhaosCreator 10 months ago
Carter Hulsey's cover to this is amazing! People defiently should listen to it!
LissaHuff 10 months ago
I always liked this scene
crakerjacker2005 10 months ago
If anything, this is enforcing more positive stereotypes opposed to bad ones. These crows are smart, free spirited, and resourceful. This was against the main stereotype of the time.
nagaking07 11 months ago 8
seriously, i luved this movie when i was a kid but i never saw the rascism till now so thnx a lot everybody. -_-
anyways this song was my favorite out of the movie
bluepolkadots412 1 year ago
there is no difference from the crows in Dumbo and the crows in The Wiz.
except, in Dumbo, they help the main character, as opposed to The Wiz, in which they peck and poke at the poor Scarecrow (Michael Jackson). So... everyone can calm down.
anoecker 1 year ago
"The crows are very specifically depicted as poor and uneducated. They're constantly smoking; they wear pimptastic hats; and they're experts on all things "fly," so it's really a team effort contributing to the general minstrel-show feel to the whole number. You could pretty much pause this video at any second and use it as evidence in your hate-crime lawsuit against Disney."
ByeByeBieber 1 year ago
Ahhh Old Fashion Racism where its not extreme to start a fight and its all about the fun where your loving it too much to care
OGICHI21 1 year ago
Ppl i dont think disney is that harmful, after all the characters children love the most are the etnic ones, they are always the coolest, funniest and most charmful characters, the ones no one forgets, i think they made children happy for ages and proabbly will keep doing so for a long time it's racist to think that stereotypes are always negative
LGalloman 1 year ago
Isn't it wrong? Should be "When I see a elephant flying"
Ale7it 1 year ago
True it can be seen as racist, but it's still a great movie and a fun song, and... it was scat singing in a cartoon meant for families. A huge step at the time.
JonasClark 1 year ago
This automatically makes anything epic.
overpwnage17 1 year ago
mika brought me here :)
Annasbackcharaaa 1 year ago
LOL what's with the racist arguments? For one, it was made 70 odd years ago AND it's for kids When you're a kid you don't realise that Dumbo and the mouse get drunk, or that one of the clowns is a tarnsvestite OR that these crows are being played by black voice actors. And frankly, WHO THE FUCK CARES. It's a good film with awesome characters so jutt SHUT UP AND WATCH IT BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME <333
LadyMackeral 1 year ago 4
I prefer the Danish version, but this one is good too
ForglemMigEj9900 1 year ago
one of my favourite Disney Songs, the harmonies are beautiful!
SilverHammerMax1 1 year ago
christ! I knew it'd be impossible for someone to post a nice kids song on youtube without the thought police polluting the boards! I'm black, and when I was little all I saw was a nice kids film with catchy tunes. If you can't say nothin nice, go away!
jamesjonesrocket 1 year ago
These are the smartest characters in the film. It would be CLEARLY racist if they were the comedic doops, the antagonists, or butt of the jokes. Yes, they are..........ruff considering reality and after going through the politically over-correct last 20 years, but if you knew animation, if you saw every big lipped, drawl talking, dumb-man-monkey animated portrayal of african americans in the 50 years pryer to this feature, then you will realize how innocent THIS is. Its practically progressive
butchdeadlift10 1 year ago 5
Oh my god, I absolutely love the animation in those crows. I don't care if they're based on stereotypes, they're awesome.
BanjoBoy123 1 year ago
Oh my god, I absolutely love the animation in those crows. I don't care if they're based on stereotypes, they're awesome.
BanjoBoy123 1 year ago
Think of it like this, Dumbo is considered an outcast because of his ears, the other elephants consider him a freak and the human kids bullied him. The only ones that truly accept and love him are his mother, Timothy Mouse (Who scares the elephants, even Dumbo, but he later becomes his best friend) and The Crows, who feel upset by Dumbo's situation and decide to help him, its a symbol of how appearances mean nothing, and its strength of heart thats important.
Besides, I love this song
ArsenicBlackgammon 1 year ago 5
Could people please stop arguing on the comments page? All I can see is unnecessary arguments that are hurtful and rude. So could you please cut it out?
gleefulhorsey97 1 year ago 11