Disney is run by a bunch of shitheads. To hell with them.
Depicting blacks as slaves in a period piece is not racist. To not depict slaves as horribly abused victims isn't racist either. The use of blacks and slaves in SOTS is a device to tell folktales, and it does so brilliantly, and also boldly shows how positive life lessons can be learned by what is considered a minority group. I could see the problem with SOTS if the mandate of the film was to say "Slavery isn't bad, we should be able to own slaves". It's not. Only an idiot looking for a problem would see that in the picture.
Agreed and I'll be doing the same. While I enjoy the Blurays of the classic animation for what they are (modern remasters) the fact that they fiddle with them so much and don't offer the originals was enough of a bad taste. To have someone in charge be so completely ignorant of Disneys history as a studio and to piss so hard on Walts legacy? Screw 'em.Any Disney Blu-Ray I ever buy again will be used so that they don't get one red penny out of me.
Depicting blacks as slaves in a period piece is not racist. To not depict slaves as horribly abused victims isn't racist either. The use of blacks and slaves in SOTS is a device to tell folktales, and it does so brilliantly, and also boldly shows how positive life lessons can be learned by what is considered a minority group. I could see the problem with SOTS if the mandate of the film was to say "Slavery isn't bad, we should be able to own slaves". It's not. Only an idiot looking for a problem would see that in the picture.