There will be a lot of this for a while as companies revert from Politically Correct idiocy to common senes.
Disney ditches trigger warnings in major reversal
of diversity, equity and inclusion policies
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The entertainment giant has removed disclaimers on beloved
classics in a major shift.
Disney has scrapped its trigger warnings for children's
cartoons such as Dumbo in a bonfire of diversity, equity
and inclusion (DEI) policies.
The entertainment giant is removing disclaimers on beloved
classics such as Peter Pan and The Jungle Book which warned
viewers the films promoted racism and contained "harmful"
stereotypes.
Disney has announced it will abandon a series of DEI
policies, in keeping with a broader movement among
Fortune 500 companies.
It marks a major shift by Disney, which has previously been
sued by shareholders for what they claimed was its "woke"
agenda, and publicly criticised prominent Republican
politicians.
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, the
company announced that it would flag "negative depictions" in
films on its Disney+ streaming platform, some of which date
from more than 80 years ago.
"These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now," the
company wrote on a webpage, which has since been deleted but
was widely reported at the time.
Peter Pan, released in 1953, included a trigger warning that
its depiction of Native Americans "neither reflects the
diversity of Native peoples nor their authentic cultural
traditions".
The Jungle Book (1968) was slapped with a racism warning amid
criticisms that King Louie, the jazz-singing orangutan, was
intended as a racist caricature of African Americans.
Viewers were also warned that the crows in Dumbo (1941)
"ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations" while
in The Aristocats (1970) the Siamese cat Shun Gon was
"depicted as a racist caricature of East Asian peoples".
Disney will now run a shortened description in the "about"
sections of old programmes which states: "This programme is
presented as originally created and may contain stereotypes
or negative depictions," sources told Axios.
Sonia Coleman, Disney's chief human resources officer, said
the company would scrap a series of DEI initiatives in a note
to employees seen by the news outlet.
Its "diversity and talent" metric has been replaced by a new
"talent strategy", which is said to be more focused on how
values drive business success.
Coleman also said that the "Reimagine Tomorrow" initiative,
which was used to highlight stories and talent from
under-represented communities, was abolished in December.
Bob Iger, Disney's chief executive, has sought to tone down
its political image since returning to the company in 2022
after a two-year absence.
In 2023, he told shareholders that he wanted the company to
be "entertainment-driven" instead of "agenda-driven".
Nevertheless, the following year Disney was sued by the
conservative organisation America First Legal, staffed by
allies of Donald Trump, which claimed that the entertainment
giant had hurt its bottom line by pushing "anti-White" and
"woke" content.
In 2022, Disney found itself drawn into a war with
Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, when it declared its
opposition to his "Don't Say Gay" bill banning lessons on
sexual orientation.
In response, the Republican revoked the Disney's
self-governing powers at the Walt Disney World theme park in
Orlando, which exempted it from state rules and gave it a
special tax status.
The company subsequently sued Mr DeSantis, claiming it was
being punished for airing its opposition to his policies. It
settled the case in March last year.
Disney is also the owner of ABC News, which was the subject
of a months-long lawsuit by Trump in 2024 after anchor
George Stephanopoulos falsely claimed the US president had
been found liable for rape in a civil case.
Iger reportedly decided to settle the dispute in December,
with the network agreeing to pay US$15 million ($26.6m) to
Trump and publishing an apology on its website.
The move is said to have blindsided Stephanopoulos and ignited
claims that the Disney boss was trying to protect his access
to the White House.
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