"Disney Studios is stiIl struggling with controversial cartoon characters from its past"

A buck-toothed, squinty-eyed Chinese cook. A pickaninny centaurette
who shines hooves. A tar baby. A red-faced Indian Chief who says "Ugh"
and "How."

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What do these characters all have in common? They were created by
Walt Disney Productions artists for inclusion in feature-length animated
films that this Studio released in the 1940s and 1950s. But as
America's attitude toward racial stereotypes began changing as the
country entered the 1960s, Disney started making trims to the
productions that these controversial characters appeared in. And in the
case of 1946's Song of the South (i.e. the live-action animated Academy Award-winner which served as a precursor to Disney favorites like Mary Poppins, Bedknobs & Broomsticks and Pete's Dragon), it's been a quarter century since that movie was last shown theatrically in the United States.

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