Yep. Black Americans have been getting called apes and monkeys since the slave ships. Same thing with being called uneducated (again, this is nothing new, as black Americans were denied a proper education and any education at all sometimes). The crows in Dumbo are representations of old, unoriginal stereotypes of African Americans. I said nothing about blackface and minstrel being acceptable and likable. I said specifically Jim Crow and his pals are more likable, and I’m sticking to that. I actually do like the crows, to an extent, despite the obvious caricature crap.
That’s the biggest “sin” for you in SotS. Remus as a whole is, once again, personally unbearable for me. He is the epitome of an Uncle Tom, house *****, and they are the worst. Even worse than members of other races who are racist against white people. I’d rather watch old and tired minstrel-like depictions of African Americans than watch an African American character who capes for white people, abandons their own, and is still supposed to be seen as a good, moral person. The message that something like this sends out is more dangerous than a minstrel-like performance. Remus is even worse in Harris’ texts. Disney toned the character down, but he’s still a big no-no for me.
No, thanks.
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