LA Times article on Disney the "racist"

alphabassettgrrl · 11-24-2009, 08:29 PM

Yeah, I don't think Disney was any more racist than anybody else at the time. Seems at least he tried. Sometimes.

Yeah, I get tired of revisionist history, too. Can't apply today's standards to people living in the past; we can say the standards of the past were unenlightened, or whatever, but we can't fault people for living under them. People frequently didn't know better. A few individuals may be more enlightened than their peers, but for the most part, people are the product of their time.

11-24-2009, 08:29 PM	#5
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Yeah, I don't think Disney was any more racist than anybody else at the time. Seems at least he tried. Sometimes. Yeah, I get tired of revisionist history, too. Can't apply today's standards to people living in the past; we can say the standards of the past were unenlightened, or whatever, but we can't fault people for living under them. People frequently didn't know better. A few individuals may be more enlightened than their peers, but for the most part, people are the product of their time. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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