I think not offending the people who work at Disney is one factor, but the bigger factor is not offending a sizable chunk of their target audience.
That being said, I don't see Song of the South disappearing entirely. There are plenty of prints of the movie out there circulating, and the movie...
Only 23 more years until it enters the public domain! I wonder if there will still be prints floating around at that point?
Song of the South is definitely racist, but it's casual Gone With the Wind-style racism, not aggressively virulent Birth of a Nation-style racism.
It's also an warm...