Screen Rant

  • Wasn't Disney going to remove Dumbo's crow characters for the Disney+ release? They didn't! Here's why. 1 / 7

    Dumbo 1941

  • The original Dumbo was released in 1941 and includes racial stereotypes that would reportedly be edited out for Disney+. 2 / 7

  • Tim Burton's 2019 Dumbo update avoided the questionable content. 3 / 7

  • Near the end of Dumbo, a group of crows sing and dance in a way that seems to align with racial stereotypes of African-Americans. 4 / 7

    Dumbo 1941

  • The leader is even named Jim Crow - a clear reference to so-called "Jim Crow" laws. The term itself derives from racist language. 5 / 7

    Jim Crow in Dumbo

  • Disney altered the infamous Siamese cat sequence for Lady and the Tramp 2019. 6 / 7

    Lady and the Tramp 1955 Siamese Cats

  • Disney acknowledges "outdated cultural depictions" under the "Details" section for older films like Dumbo. 7 / 7

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