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Disney warns viewers of racism in ‘Dumbo’ and ‘Peter Pan’

Peter Pan poster [Photo: Courtesy]

Classic Disney animated movies “Peter Pan,” “The Aristocrats” and “Dumbo” have been given content advisory notices warning viewers that they contain outdated or stereotyped depictions of people of color. The advisories, the latest example of Hollywood’s reckoning with racism, come in the form of a short graphic on the Disney + streaming service as some of the older films are selected for viewing.

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