On the one hand, this could be looked at as him just wanting to be treated equally, but that doesn’t explain all the other issues with the character like how he conspicuously poorer linguistic skills than the other talking animals. Louie, who despite being the king of all that surrounds him, just wants to “like the other men’” because he’s “tired of monkeying around”. King Louie may have the most catchy song in the film but he’s also an awkwardly racist stereotype of what white folk thought about black people in the ‘60s. The crows are often seen just hanging about, doing nothing, and being generally stupid, which was a commonly held racist opinion among white folk of black people were like at the time. “Boy, those city folks is sho-in for a suh-prise” proclaims the crow – voiced by a white dude – in a broad southern accent whilst smoking a cigar.
Here are seven uncomfortable times Disney was racist AF.Įveryone in the burning trash fire of the comments section for the “When I See an Elephant Fly” scene on YouTube might think it’s totally fine but it’s really not. When the new trailer for Tim Burton ’s live-action remake of Dumbo dropped – which made us all realize we’ll be sobbing uncontrollably in public over a tiny elephant when we catch the film – it’s worth revisiting some of Disney’s dark past and questionable content from a time we’re sure they’d much rather forget. Wait, what? Disney used to be as racist AF! It might not be anymore, but it definitely used to be. And hey, we all love Disney movies right? The young princesses, the lions that are robbed of their rightful heir status to be the king of the jungle, and the racist crows.
By: Adam Baird ‘The Jungle Book’: All the times Disney movies were racist AFĭisney is always trying to maintain its family friendly image because – real talk! – that’s where the big money is.