Self-proclaimed anti-woke Disney Parks fans across the internet are lashing out after the company discontinued a ride based on a movie that contained harmful anti-Black racist tropes.
Disney’s Splash Mountain, the original ride, was themed to the “Song of the South,” which contained racist stereotypes, the Associated Press reports. Criticisms about the ride’s racist themes came to a head in 2020, following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.
