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Wind, TCM host Eddie Muller notes Malcolm X s mention of the film in his 1965 autobiography. I was the only Negro in the theater, and when Butterfly McQueen went into her act, I felt like crawling under the rug, the activist wrote. Some intros examine the expectation of who an audience for a film might be in the case of classic movies, producers were thinking almost exclusively of white audiences. It s important to come face-to-face with that uncomfortable idea that what many of us have considered safe is the opposite of that for other people, says TCM host Alicia Malone. One person s safety can be another person s trauma.
Disney s PC police: Company holds monthly meetings with race and gender advocacy groups to decide which of the more than 500 films on its Disney+ streaming service gets a disclaimer for offensive material
The Walt Disney Company meets with third-party advisory council every month to determine which content could be deemed culturally insensitive
Disney consults with coalition including African American Film Critics Association, GLAAD, and groups that speak for Native Americans, disabled
The council is tasked with combing through hundreds of hours of content on Disney+ streaming service to search for insensitive material
Disney+ has placed a disclaimer before several of its classic hits including Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats and Swiss Family Robinson
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