Racism in Dumbo
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@h00dsurge0n I see what your saying, but I'd have to say that even though it might be better to try to leave racism out of childrens movies as much as possible, it is important at some age for the kids to see some stuff like this to better understand what it was like back then.
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When I was little, this was my second-favorite Dumbo song, right next to "When I See an Elephant Fly." I didn't even know what they were saying, or even that they were black. I thought it was just too dark to see their skin color. I still enjoy the tune, but I know it's racist.
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@h00dsurge0n the problem is that you have the wong perspective of the song, as long as i remember when i was a kid this scene was about little dumbo helping to set up the canvas and now that im an adult when i hear this song , i think is about do the best you can no matter what are the life that you got, thats why they are the "happy-hearted roustabouts"
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@KayValo87 Walt Disney really was a raging racist and sexist though....
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@h00dsurge0n Racism is not okay. But it has consisted of a huge chunk of U.S history. And often times the only jobs that were available to minorities payed them very little, ver degrading, and back-breaking work. This song and scene in general is a reflection of the times. Don't like it? Well, there's nothing you can really do about it.
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Does anyone remember Song of The South? James Baskett, the BLACK man who played Uncle Remus, won an Oscar for the role. And this was in the 40s. Proof that Disney was/isn't racist. Walt sure didn't regret that.
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@jacoblgames no, not just thet. the combination of that, plus "jim crow"plus that character being a white guy who acted like black people for comedy. plus the hairy ape and the rustabouts song, plus the several other black people stereotypes like the big ear thing. a lot of evidence pointing to racism. they showed black people in not such a bad light sometimes... if you dont pay attention to what they actually do in these movies in some cases
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@h00dsurge0n He didnt say it was right that this was the case, he just said the view wasnt racist because it wasn't one based on prejudice or ignorance,it was just the way things were. Walt Disney wasnt nesseserily making a point that white were better then blacks, theres nothing there to suggest that, people are always going to try and twist peoples words and find hidden meanings because people are far to sensitive.
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@LucifersSweetAngel Then why bother replying?
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For crying out loud people! Don't you know history? This movie came out in 1941, more then TWENTY YEARS before the Civil Rights Act passed.
At this time, this WAS the kind of work black men did. And, sad but true, many of them worked very hard and could not read or write. The fact that the men doing hard labor like this are all black doesn't mean Disney was racist, it means he was authentic.
KayValo87 3 months ago 4
@KayValo87
when making children movies, isn't a little better to show the good of life rather than portray all black people the way he did? or do you think it's okay because it's "history". the entire raping and genocides of entire continents by whites is completely okay, because it's "history". the matter is that it is racist, placing another race over another. unless of course, you define racism differently..
h00dsurge0n 3 months ago 11