TheMaxRebo
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- Jan 12, 2008
I may be *completely* off base with this, and if I somehow maybe offend someone, it is completely without intent. But, I really wonder how many of today’s kids would associate the crows and their voices/dialect/expressions as being stereotypical of anything other than Southern? Even as a child I thought they were just silly characters. The crow scene and song is really one of my favorites, BUT it has been a long time since I watched it. I wonder if Disney actually gets complaints about it?
I guess it depends what age you are thinking of - but young kids, say 7 and under - I fully agree. I think once you learn about the history of slavery in the United States, Jim Crow laws are a key part of that so once they learn that I think that at least some would connect them. (though it seems like the teaching of slavery in the US school systems is rather inconsistent so hard to know exactly what age kids learn about this - some might not until high school)
and I guess there is a follow-up question in that, is it ok to let kids (or anyone) just view them at "silly characters"? Personally, I think if it didn't have one named Jim Crow is might be easier to just let it go at that, but that name makes the connection much more specific
Maybe Disney could put up 2 versions, one with it edited out and one with a disclaimer/intro explaining things and let individuals/parents decide which one to view?