Uncle Remus Was Never Banned in Eatonton (Disney should be)

In the Small Town of Eatonton, Georgia Br'er Rabbit and Uncle Remus are still as popular as when Joel Harris wrote the stories heard on a plantation during the Civil War. These stories were later made into books, and Walt Disney made into a movie, "Song of the South." The artifacts of this period are preserved in the Museum along with the stories. #History #georgiahistory #Stories #Tales #blackhistory
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[@shadrach6299]

I used to be a therapist with the elderly. The Blacks wanted to listen to Uncle Remus and Amos and Andy. These programs were humorous.

[@safiremorningstar]

Yes and there was a reason for it the Uncle Remus (I never heard any of the Amos and Andy so I can't tell you anything about it) but the Uncle Remus was there for a reason because Uncle Remus is story brer rabbit represented the enslaved people the black / African-American people and how the character of brer rabbit how to deal with oppressors like Fox and Bear who were always trying to harm him... But his cleverness was humorous specially how he went about teaching those boys a lesson... When you've been most of your life in the situation which brer rabbit represents you can understand why it would be amusing to those who really understood the point of Uncle Remus... You see the whole thing is that when you're dealing with a white supremacist type society where you can be killed just because they don't like the look of you you can admire a story that says that you just have to be clever enough to know how to defeat such bullies, and you can admire the fact that the stories were written in a way that only those who are the point of the story I.E. those who are the brayer rabbits of the world will understand, in a way the message that the supposed Uncle Remus is trying to pass along is a coded one it had to be in the period of time in which a young white boy was riding the stories down he also didn't put down the names of the people telling him the stories so that there would be no possibility if the white public ever figured it out what they were actually saying, the white author knew full well that he was writing what would have been considered a subversive stories in subversive thoughts from old black people and yes it was about characters that belong to their history their mythology their culture but it was written these stories in such a way as to give hope and well even a little bit of an idea of using your brain to get out of trouble.

[@MaryHelenShumate]

A lot of valuable lessons were taught by the character of Uncle Remus. I loved them as a child and I cherish them now.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

I hope you enjoyed the video.

[@Fez4ever]

Disney is no longer Walts company.

[@susanfudge1737]

Think Walt was a good guy?

[@mcraig1969]

It doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned. They have been boycotted by this family.

[@Warriors_Garden_and_Workshop]

my dad grew up during the depression, and when I was a kid, he had a couple of those books that I loved to read, and I watched the disney versions as a kid when they were rerun, it's strange now looking back at it, but we lived in an all white town, and I never heard any racist remarks back then. people were people, my neighbor owned a corner store after he escaped nazi germany and came here, but nobody ever called him a jew, I didn't know he was until his passing, because he flippantly dismissed the number tattooed on his arm. Perhaps I was lucky, growing up in a time and place where you didn't judge people who were different, and everyone in the neighborhood helped each other out and cared for each other....every adult knew every child, and who their parents were, and we had block parties and cookouts, the good old days apparently are gone. I'm only 58, but I knew a much better world than today's kids will ever see.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Similar story growing up, but our community was segregated (not enforced, but by choice. We rode the same busses, went to the same schools. Had friends of different races. Good old days. Thanks for sharing.

[@fayebutler1503]

I have always loved anything Uncle Remus! In the early 1980's when my my son was very young I had the joy of sharing Uncle Remus and the museum with him. On our trips from SC to South Georgia to visit relatives and friends we would try to arrive in Eatonton for a quick stop by the museum where we usually made a purchase. My son took his Uncle Remus book with him to the pediatricians office where the doctor just fell in love with the stories of my childhood and now my son's. Both of us were very fond of the doctor so on our next trip through Eatonton we purchased a copy for him...he was so pleased. ❤

[@taylorchandler7058]

New Disney-Should be banned Old Disney-Absolutely should not be banned Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah won an Academy Award for Best Song as well.

[@rcschmidt668]

That song just makes people happy.

[@denisebutler618]

I still have my Uncle Remus album with these wonderful stories. Probably from 1964 🤔I was to young to think of them as anything but lessons as my parents explained them to me. I have been to the museum as my sister lives in Eatonton now. They also closed down the Tales of the Okefenokee at Six Flags some years ago. It was a great tribute to see the characters in action. So sad to me to see how these are viewed today. Thanks for the video🤗 #georgiagirl

[@melvinhunt6976]

Song of the South was a good movie! They for years would release the movie once a year and back then you never saw people in a long line to see a movie, much less one that was 40 years old! But the theater was lined around the block to see Song of the South! That was in the 60,70, 80s and even into the 90s , but then it was racist for some reason! I have a Copy of the movie and every once in a while I watch it just because I liked it as a kid! Absolutely Nothing Wrong with this Movie! I forgot. They were a bunch of black people there also!

[@sixmax11]

it's not the racist angle that bothers them, it's the southern thing some still don't like. the civil war lives on even today.

[@anthonycassata5152]

Good video, I have been retired for a couple of years and maybe now, my wife and I could go see the museum. I was born in the late 50’s and grew up in the 70’s watching this and all the much better, real Disney movies. And I too, believe that “Disney” went down hill after Walt died, a little at a time. How disappointing.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Try to schedule your visit for a Thursday or Friday, those are the days Mrs. Georgia is there. She is a wonderful host! Thanks for the comment.

[@fortheloveofyah]

I love the Uncle Remus museum! Thank you for sharing this story! ❤

[@mysticwanderer4787]

Disney is a commercial enterprise so it is no surprise they withdrew distribution of Song of the South. We should remember there was a very active pushback from many civil rights groups against media depicting black people in anything other than in a positive light in the contemporary sense so although many older black folks were not offended by Song of the South, many younger blacks were. It was simply a business decision on Disney's part to avoid any kind of controversy that would damage their brand. On a personal note, I am an older American who grew up in the Deep South. I never even considered it as being the least bit racist as quite frankly many of the older black folks that I encountered spoke with the same dialect as Uncle Remus in the movie and many of the black kids were proud to see a black man in such a prominent positive role in a movie directed toward them.

[@B.Hollis]

I am now 85 and grew up in Atlanta and saw the movie Song of the South, it was literally my favorite. Our school visited the Joel Chandler House in south west Atlanta in the 50ies and there were all things Uncle Remus to see , I have heard it is no longer there. I understand why there was an objection to showing that movie again but the stories that were told were really life lessons that are no longer taught, such a shame.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

I agree 100%, Thank you my friend.

[@tomray8765]

Banned for the Same reason the "Cancel culture Banned "Amos and Andy". The characters simply talked like MOST black folks "normally" spoke. Makes you wonder WHO are the actual "Racists" and what their REAL motives are.

[@sixmax11]

their motives are easy; to create division. no different than politics or religion. as to who they are, the same people that have been doing similar things for decades. the locations change, the clothes change the hairstyles change, but the people responsible don't.

[@patriciahartless2095]

Uncle Remus I watched every time it come on TV . Also sing the song along with him . I'd love to have a book of him now . Thanks for your story . Have A Blessed Day .😇

[@jackbusby9602]

I LOVE "Song of the South"! The animation is beautiful. The special effect of animation interaction with live action is perfectly done. And history is history no matter what anyone says. Racism does hurt very much. I was hated for my white skin when I did missionary work with my church in Central America but not by everyone. I love doing missionary work. A person needs to know from where he has come to know what mistakes not to make on his way to where he is trying to go. If we don't know where we've been, we don't know where we are.

[@jackinmyhoggoff807]

I have Song Of The South. I got it from a torrent site. I don't know where they got it, but it's quality is 1080p it's in the original aspect ratio, and it looks like Disney just put it out yesterday. The movie isn't what people make it out to be. People make judgments based on someone else's opinion rather than fact. It's like Uncle Tom. Uncle Tom sacrificed himself to save an escaped slave. I don't understand why people make him out to be a traitor to his race.

[@MarciaMatthews]

As a child I enjoyed the Uncle Remus stories. The way Joel Chandler Harris as a boy would visit the old man and hear his stories.

[@dannovator7798]

I enjoyed your video! I hate that Disney World re-themed Splash Mountain with the Br’er Rabbit. Great story telling!

[@janiceteeter6091]

Heading into my 80's and saw Song of the South in the movie theater. Captured my heart. No complaints from an all white town in the Midwest. Love zippidedoda and have sung it all my life when I am happy.

[@ronniewatkins]

Your channel just somehow popped up in my suggested videos and I'm glad I watched it! Now, I'm going to go down a rabbit hole and binge watch the rest of them because I love the history of Georgia, and i love the way you presented your content! I'm looking forward to seeing them!

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

You are very kind. The earlier episodes are less impressive.

[@jimrobinson6426]

As a young boy atound 1950, I listened to Uncle Remus on our local radio station. I loved those stories and retold them to my schoolmates. I didn't know about the movie until several yeaars later. Before TV, we listened to several radio programs that were later adapted for TV.

[@powell4661]

In my kindergarten in the 1960s, the teacher read us Uncle Remus stories if we behaved.

[@Elizabelle79]

My Grandpa would put the VHS on for me when we'd go to stay with him and Grandma - nearly every weekend! I remember loving 'Song of the South' and, as a 3 year old little English Australian girl, not understanding why the children's mother was so mean to Uncle Remus. He was a lovely, old man, who enjoyed spending time with the children and telling them delightful stories. I loved the stories so much! I wanted to jump inside the screen and play with Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus. It really saddens me how the modern world sees this film and this character. I have loved him, and his stories, my whole life, and I'm grateful my Grandpa shared them with me. Learning the history behind them is fascinating and makes the stories even more special. Thank you very much.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Love to hear the stories like yours! Thanks😀

[@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg]

One Of Disney's Best!!!

[@Music_is_Breathing]

I loved the Uncle Remus stories. I loved the film too. Sorry if it was "politically incorrect". Get over it!! The tales were delightful. I had no idea they were bigoted. It never occurred to little me (8 or 9) that there was anything wrong with the books and the movie. People have different skin colors, eye colors and hair colors. In an ideal world, color has nothing to do anything. But some people just have to be *ssholes and screw it up for the rest of us. "Songs of the South" was a wonderful movie.

[@yodapapavintageamericana]

Great video

[@tomray8765]

They LOOP play "Song of the South" on the video in the Gift shop at "Beauvoir" Museum The last home of Jefferson Davis, on the MS gulf coast. Not racist at all. Indeed, it teaches a visiting "uppity" white boy a lesson. Still, I suppose, the dorks that want to label stuff like Milk and Mathematics, somehow "Racist" also would not be pleased.

[@rcschmidt668]

A dangerous movie? The lessons could end racism.

[@ginaeaton6680]

I LOVE Uncle Remus!! Br'er Bear- You said this wuz a laughin' place! Br'er Rabbit - I didn't say, this wuz yo laughin' place. I said this wuz myyy laughin' place. 😅

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@colleenkeener9412]

Please don’t throw me in the briar patch……

[@terrybarnhill9037]

I love this movie. It is a part of our American heritage, and it is disgusting that Disney is ashamed of the great talent that made this movie. I look forward to visiting Eatonton.

[@southronjr1570]

Ms. Georgia is an amazing woman and one of the nicest women I have ever had the honor to know. My family has been in the area for over 200 years and my father, who was a historian and writer, donated several items to the museum back in the 1980's and I grew up going to the museum.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

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[@jamesking6502]

Uncle Remus tells teaches how to live a good respectful life never thought otherwise been to Eatonton many time in my life .someone stole Barerabbit statue thought nothing was sacred .

[@rad7965]

I have VHS and DVD copies of "Song of the South". I've had the VHS copy since the early 1990's. Have watched the movie numerous times and enjoy it every time I see it.

[@testingtesting4534]

I just bought the DVD while traveling through Georgia 3 weeks ago. Great movie for the kids!

[@mikedoran4763]

Lived & went to school in Eatonton for sometime, many years ago, and I'm so pleased to know the legacy of Uncle Remus and his wisdom is still held in high regard there. Unfortunately the morals of his stories are being lost to the ignorance of those who throw a saddle on "racism" and ride it in their crusade to erase these valuable lessons.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Thank you for telling this story and History of Uncle Remus. it is a shame that we all have to cow tow to those who are not in the majority....most people would never even think racist if it wasn't crammed down their throats every day. What a way to bring up children today. I loved the stories, the movie, as well as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Thanks again and thank you to the people of Eatonton for keeping this memory alive. May y'all have a Blessed day.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Thank you for your kind words. Bless you also.

[@donnakennedy3763]

I found a copy a year ago, perfect. Not racist at all. I watch it often.

[@BrocandRollOutlaw]

LOVE UNCLE REMUS❤

[@bebeandjohnnotsonomadiclif5287]

I was raised on Uncle Remus and Amos and Andy, love'm.

[@jockellis]

My father and his siblings from nearby Jasper County loved to go to Eatonton and wore their Sunday best. Pop’s father’s blacksmith, Clemons Robinson, was the son of former slaves of a Mr. Clemons who may have been the Mr. Clemons mentioned in Harris’s book of his Civil War years, On The Plantation. Clemons was a genius. Mr. Clemons sent him to school - for six months to, I believe, get the Robinson to return to work for him - but he kept learning and taught himself calculus.

[@mcraig1969]

I always loved going through here and seeing the museum as a child. I love this small town! Rock Eagle an ancient Indian formation and 4 H camp with lake is located there. Thanks for sharing part of our proud history - A Friend from Middle, GA

[@shannonsneedtheactress]

Thank you for this GREAT program. Very interesting.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Thanks. It's been fun.

[@theresahatfield2105]

Wow ty I remember being read those stories in school I couldn't wait for story time I had forgotten about them till now

[@Yallquietendown]

I remember watching song of the south in kindergarten at Louisville Academy (Jefferson county GA) it would have been around 1993 or 94. Our teacher didn’t think anything of it

[@bruceschaub]

I love this song when I you a child, "zip- a- Dee-Doo-Dah What a beautiful day...... Love the story and we ran around singing this song! It's part of our culture, we as Americans should embrace all our wonderful history! We read the story in school!

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Thank you for sharing your story, kind sir.

[@safiremorningstar]

He may have been the first black man to win an oscar but he was not the first African-American to win an Oscar that went to Hattie McDaniel for her portrayal as mammy in Gone with the wind.

[@JamesWicker-ps4gq]

I knew a car salesman he said Disney was a worn out fair

[@robertmiller3810]

I’m 81 and own an original Disney DVD of the movie. I also own a DVD of Disney songs that includes the film clip of the movie which includes Zippy Do Da. I also had the pleasure of getting soaked with water in Disney World’s famous mountain singing along to the song depicted near the end of the ride. And I also have multiple videos of the ride attraction inside to remember a mountain of LOVE.

[@dereklucero5785]

I have a banned copy of ‘Song of the South’ I got from the UK that I watch occasionally in New Mexico. You won’t find that one in the Disney Vault……ever.

[@panthercreek60]

I have a bootleg! Older slaves, retainers, were free enough to go if they wanted to, but most chose to stay on with their " people" , both black and white

[@72PRODIGALSON]

I own Song Of The South, on DVD. It's not that hard to find, here, in the US. Just search for it. Always loved the Uncle Remus Stories, growing up and remembered seeing that movie as a child and loved it.

[@biketech60]

I have a DVR-R of this , bought on the internet , which stated it was a copy from a Japanese Laserdisc . The technical quality was below commercial DVD standards , but it is enjoyable and the sound is acceptable for any movie this old . I love the stories and the respect all the characters show one another ( except some of the mischievous children) . This deserves a full 4K digital restoration and Blu-Ray release by Disney from the Technicolor original . Maybe Disney will go bankrupt & a new owner will oblige ?

[@johnwarner6909]

I have that movie on DVD! I remember watching that movie at the theater as a kid!

[@bobk80]

Thanks for this video. As a young boy in South Georgia I also enjoyed these stories and then the movie. As an adult when the opportunity came to provide service to the ATM in Eatonton. This ATM back in 1981 was named Tar Baby, wish I had a picture.

[@rw2629]

Disney didn’t ask James Baskett. He was a tremendous actor and no doubt wouldn’t like his portrayal of Uncle Remus being viewed as somehow racist or an insult to his race.

[@stephenbrinckerhoff3510]

"Song of the South" can be found in Europe. I have seen it listed several times.

[@user-nk2mc1ye7n]

With a little research, a DVD of this movie can be purchased online from overseas. I have a couple from different sources, not Blue Ray quality but pretty good.

[@JamesWicker-ps4gq]

I love Uncle Remus all the good stuff is goan

[@mcraig1969]

You can get a Japanese subtitled copy of the movie on DVD in some shops and flea markets all around Georgia or on eBay.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

The ‘Uncle Remus’ stories are not made up. They are authentic African American folklore, gathered on the spot, from the people who told it. That authenticity is what makes them interesting. A lot of folks spoke in dialect then, and there are folks still doing it. It is the form these stories come in, and if it is real, and not a stereotype caricature, should not be offensive. Any more than any accurate report should be. The two best known are the Tar Baby and Briar Patch stories. They talk about survival when you are outmatched in force, and need cunning to survive. This spoke to a lot of people then, and should be preserved. Notice they both involve outwitting superior forces. Brain, not brawn. How is that a bad image? I think these stories are positive views of the people that created them ( yes, they are about animals, but it is clear who is meant). In censoring a part of history, there is the danger of losing what is positive in that history. And sometimes, you have to take your African American history as you find it. If you can find it. Let’s not make it harder to find than it needs to be.

[@cliftonbanks5590]

Wonderful stories.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

Glad you like them!

[@christinebeavers9913]

My children where read Uncle Remus Stories I had the book that can from the museum

[@thejewishredneckprepper4675]

Thanks for posting this.Shalom

[@tomeverett2212]

There is a lot of wisdom in the Uncle Remus Stories. There is not much wisdom in Disney today.

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

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[@ebobbyclaire]

In America today it's about keeping us divided. Growing up in the sixty's I had friends of every color and background. We loved each other and new our differences and embraced them as making us unique. Our parents did the same . Large parties , picnics , outdoor music events ,school and church . I see the division today instigated by politicians and the media and it sickens me . I walk in love with the intention to encourage everyone. That is what I was taught back then . But of course in today's world we are taught to be angry and offended . I can only say to everyone on that politics is crime and the media are liars . Love you fellow human and protect them from harm .

[@safiremorningstar]

I was about 5 years old when I actually saw song of the South I can see why African-Americans would find it offensive but I never did because of the fact that it's very obvious if you're really looking at it objectively that Uncle Remus is trying to teach that white boy how to be a better person and how you know it's not written about the here and now it's written about a time in which slavery was still in existence and he's trying to teach this boy how to be a better person so that he might be the kind of person who might free his slaves... His stories are always subtle overtones about the bullying of those in power to those who are little more than things to them it's obvious that brer rabbit is in fact technically when you think about it a black man and that he is being picked on by the other two who are obviously the bullies and who are obviously White maybe it's because I was a child and an outcast myself that I could relate to it from a perspective of what is he trying to tell me and he is trying to tell something very subtly it's almost like he is trying to tell something in a secret way like he's trying to tell the fact thatthere will always be those who get away with treating you like crap and it's how you handle the situation that matters.

[@kenlodge3399]

Thanks

[@safiremorningstar]

I think I should have added this in my previous comment and that is this song of the South is based on the tales that a white man who was friends with the black people involved in giving him these stories which was an uncommon thing at the time before the civil War, I am sure that he picked up on the fact that brer rabbit outsmarting his enemies was away if you will of telling the story of how black people have to think they're white enslavers you see the whole thing about song of the South and the thing that people Miss is that have Disney bother to put black children instead of white children hearing the story from Uncle Remus the whites in the South would have understood exactly the subtle undertones that there are in the stories I.E the undertones that basically are saying that you have to be more clever than the white people and out think them in order to get what you need to get done in order to be able to survive and if you do it right you might just come out of it not just alive but with the last laugh. When he wrote that book it was before slavery was abolished and the fact is that Disney did not really understand what the stories were about he just assumed that it was a black old man telling a story to some white kids etc etc but he missed the whole point of the stories the whole point of the stories was it doesn't matter we're all Brothers but sometimes you got those who don't act very brotherly who are going to treat you like crap and you bet better know how to survive in order to show them a lesson in a manner of speaking teach them the lesson instead of them hurting you. Like I said above if a white man hears a black man telling the story he doesn't hear the points of the story the central undertones and one could go so far as to say it's almost like a secret message cuz that's basically what it comes off as and that's the problem black people are upset because it portrays Uncle Remus is a happy-go-lucky slave and yeah that is a bit of a problem I'm not arguing that isn't a big problem the problem is that you're losing the baby with the bathwater, the whole point of the story is the story he's trying to teach themselves, and that could not have been done when both the movie came out and the book was published in both instances there would have been problems if the white folk had known the truth and the fact is the man who collected it I'm willing to bet he knew the truth but he didn't care for one reason because he himself was working albeit he was white but he was working as pretty much an indentured servant to the same white man, and I have no doubt that he was better treated because he was white but the fact is I think he knewpretty well that he was not too different than the slaves that he spent time with the only thing different being that if he wanted to get up and leave he technically could get up and leave, and he knew that the reason that he was trying to keep their stories and publish their stories was for the purpose of retaining the very cultural history of their past before it would be gone and if he had not published it with a new generation of their ancestors and their relation to the stories they wouldn't have they would have lost the history like so many things that are lost when you are enslaved, my father didn't like song of the South either he didn't like the way that they were portraying slavery he hated it but he did see a point in listening to the stories and he even got me the book of I had it for quite some time by the way of the bear rabbit stories from Uncle Remus... My dad only ever allowed me to watch it once and he watched it with me and he told me why he didn't like itand he asked me my opinion on it and I told him that slavery doesn't look like that they don't they were often cruel to their slaves so how could this be you know how could this slave be all that hunky dory and peachy keen and walk off in the end and my dad said that's the point that's what they're wrong about the stories themselves that Uncle Remus is telling you are more important than anything else because the stories themselves are telling what to do in a situation where you do not have control and where you have an enemy that wants to hurt you and therefore you have to outthink them it's very important in fact the whole idea of calling bre'r is a way it's a slang version of the word brother it's also to tell you that while everyone is supposed to be everyone else's brother that sometimes people forget that very point and they act like well can you act like white supremacists and Nazis do. I think it's wrong to ban this movie because it's racist I think it should be taught in schools to show not just what racism is but the fact that the man who wrote the stories down was writing them down for a purpose and the purpose wasn't for white folk the purpose was in fact for the folk who the stories were for and that is African-American children to know their heritage to understand they are the Brer rabbit they are the ones who have to deal with the foxes and bears of this world who treat you like dirt. You can be so oversensitive that eventually in 50 years from now or more there is going to come a point when this racism will come back with a vengeance and there will be nothing to teach your children how to deal with it and how to really out think those who have the worst in mind for you. He let all the white folks think that he because he was white was writing this down because these were cute little stories but the truth is I believe he was writing it down because he understood full well what it was like to be in almost the same position as these people but being blessed with not being actually enslaved yes he was kind of indentured he was working for a man who basically very rarely let him go home to see his mother unless of course he drove him there and it's 9 mi away so the kid couldn't see go and see his mother but he also knew he was making money so that his mother could have food to put on the table and he was learning a skill that he might be able to use in the future he knew that he was in a better position than those who were also servants for the gentleman and he knew that because they were old eventually all those stories would be gone if he didn't preserve them and he knew he had an advantage and that was he was white can you imagine for a moment if a black man had decided to put these stories down and then get them published where he'd be he wouldn't have been able to get them published not unless he countdown and wrote pretty much with Disney made a movie of and then he would have been harassed harangued the rated by his own people for trying to preserve their culture at the same time trying to make a living... I think African Americans need to really wake up and smell the coffee really understand what their culture is based on and really understand that there were people there who understood it and were willing to preserve it and do it in such a way that the white people at the time wouldn't try to either Lynch them or not let it get published. these are the same young people who when things changed and they could speak their mind and get a vote in her hand and harass the actors who played those characters because they did the only thing they could do to earn a living and put food on the table and that to me says they're the biggest biggest in the entire world there's no bigger bigot and there's no greater bigotry then that which comes from your own people, trust me I've seen it with my own eyes.

[@writeralbertlanier3434]

The Song of the South has long been off the market and it wasn't due to.cancel culture for that didn't exist as a media phenomenon in 2001. The Song of the South basically portrayed slavery as if it was socially acceptable which it likely was- for plantation owners, overseers and Southern Politicians. Clearly Disney didn't want the embarrassment of a pro-slavery movie in general release on video or in theaters a n d withdrew it. A wise move I'd say

[@jonedwards2107]

We’ve got the movie on DVD.

[@testingtesting4534]

It was banned because of how poorly they spoke at that time? Maybe it should have had the slaves speak with English accents. How do some people talk now? I can’t even understand how they speak! I listened to two women talking and it was gibberish! Why talk lazy talk! For some of them, it’s an act. To show they’re uneducated? Why? People need to have pride in themselves. We have lost it in our culture.

[@user-os4tz8xx8t]

i definitely think the world should boycott everything tied to woke disney. i have!

[@haroldmorey1107]

I own a cope.

[@gadiantonx8474]

uncle remus spoke "ebonics"?

[@SeekerOFknowledge65]

An old white man from the south might not be the best person to judge whether or not a film has racist elements, get back to us with that opinion, please

[@GeorgiaHistoryToday]

I am not that OLD and not from the south. I am allowed to have an opinion, even if it does not agree with yours. Thanks