Racism in Disney Movies

     Every child's favourite Disney movies seem like such  nice, family-friendly films that are genuine heart-warmers, but did you ever stop to notice all of the racism. One of the most racist movies of any Disney movies, is The Jungle Book. All of the characters have perfect, white people, British accents, except the monkeys who have accents of African-American people. In this movie the monkeys are shown as gibberish-speaking, and always wanting to be "real people". The racism is very strong and evident in this movie, although it may not be evident to all of the viewers.

      Another very racist Disney movie is The Little Mermaid. In this movie, Sebastian is crab with a Jamaican accent that teaches Ariel that living "under the sea" is better because you don't have to get a job there. He sings this to her in everyone's favourite song Under the Sea. Racism can also be seen in this movie during the same song by the way that the fish with the "black accents" are illustrated. 
Here is how one of the "black" fish are illustrated:

Click the link for the Under the Sea video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgA2xo0HYrE






Both of these Disney movies, along with many other ones can be seen as extremely racist and offensive. Walt Disney created these movies simply for entertainment and pleasure for an audience of children. Most children just accept these movies the way they are, and do not question anything about them. However, when an older audience views these timeless classics you can not help but notice the incredible amount of offensive racism in them. These movies were not created to teach racism to children, but in some cases that is exactly what is happening. Fortunately, most children just view them for enjoyment and to not learn anything from them.