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Disney Plus Five-Month-Old Decision to Block Films With Racist Depictions From Kid Profiles Draws New Cancel Culture Ire
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Disney is taking fire from conservatives complaining about so-called “cancel culture” for a change the company made to Disney Plus five months ago.
In October 2020, Disney Plus added a new content warning that appears as a slate prior to several older movies on the service that contain racist depictions, including “Dumbo,” “Peter Pan,” “Swiss Family Robinson,” “The Aristocats,” “Fantasia,” “The Jungle Book” and “Lady and the Tramp.”
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“This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures,” the advisory label says in part. “These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversat
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