Streamingtjänsten Disney+, som ägs av Walt Disney Company, förser flera filmer, vilka anses ha ”rasistiskt” innehåll, med längre varningsmeddelanden. Meddelandet spelas i 12 sekunder innan filmer börjar. Bland filmerna som förses med varningen finns klassiker som The Aristocats, Dumbo, Peter Pan och The Jungle Book.

Enligt varningsmeddelandet innehåller filmerna ”negativa framställningar av folkslag och kulturer”:

”This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together. Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.”

Vissa filmer har försetts med specifika varningar som tar upp exempel på ”rasism” i filmen. Varningsmeddelandet som inleder filmen The Aristocats varnar till exempel särskilt för en scen där en av kattfigurerna imiterar en kines:

”The cat is depicted as a racist caricature of East Asian peoples with exaggerated stereotypical traits such as slanted eyes and buck teeth. He sings in poorly accented English voiced by a white actor and plays the piano with chopsticks. This portrayal reinforces the ‘perpetual foreigner’ stereotype, while the film also features lyrics that mock the Chinese language and culture such as ‘Shanghai, Hong Kong, Egg Foo Young. Fortune cookie always wrong.'”

Läs mer i New York Post (15/10 2020) här