The podcast “You Must Remember This” continues its series on Disney’s song of the South. Walt Disney knew he was going to get criticized as a racist for his film depicted African Americans during Reconstruction as happy to stay on the plantation where they had once been slaves. To create a more “racially sensitive” movie he decided to hire a…….Jewish Communist who was Blacklisted to massage the script! Bet you weren’t expecting that. This episode looks at how a “woke” white guy became a collaborator in a film that was almost universally condemned by organized black America. Click the player below to listen.
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