Current Events > Disney to change Jungle Cruise ride because of "racism"

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https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-parks-jungle-cruise-ride-changes-over-racism-complaints?sf136877292=1

It's been a while since I went on that ride but I don't remember anything being racist about it?

well, in a general sense, the trope of the "African safari adventure" pushes the idea that africa is an untamed wild land that europeans must traverse, survive, and conquer and that is ultimately is a reflection of how they see the people who live there.

its kinda like Survivor. all these rich, well off people going to indonesia to "survive", acting like their life is on the line, when down the block there are folks living like that every day

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PokemonYoutube posted...

It's been a while since I went on that ride but I don't remember anything being racist about it?

And it's not really a depiction of any particular culture either, it's just a generic "tribal" design they came up with in the 50s.

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Is it even a fun and profitable ride?

I haven't been to Disney Land since they revealed California Adventure.

Hayame Zero posted...

And it's not really a depiction of any particular culture either, it's just a generic "tribal" design they came up with in the 50s.

Ah. Didn't remember those. But honestly, those are pretty tame. I've seen way worse stereotypical tribal Africans. And I'm not sure how it's racist when there are still plenty of African tribes that look similar to that. Especially in the time period that the ride is set in.

PokemonYoutube posted...

Ah. Didn't remember those. But honestly, those are pretty tame. I've seen way worse stereotypical tribal Africans. And I'm not sure how it's racist when there are still plenty of African tribes that look similar to that. Especially in the time period that the ride is set in.

Disney could have worked directly with tribal communities to design that segment of the ride to be completely 100% accurate to that tribes' culture and people would still scream racism, or cultural appropriation, or whatever other label gets them cheap likes on twitter.

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I think there's also a witch doctor with a bone through his nose carrying shrunken heads if I remember right.

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if The Jungle Book wasnt racist then I dont see how this would be

coh posted...

if The Jungle Book wasnt racist then I dont see how this would be

The Jungle Book was racist.

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Drunk Cobra posted...

I think there's also a witch doctor with a bone through his nose carrying shrunken heads if I remember right.

Now that I could understand the complaints about.

CyricZ posted...

He/him

I cant recall the specifics of that tide at all but I'm pretty confident theres some questionable material, being a 50+ year old Disney ride lol

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Welcome changes in my opinion. Jungle Cruise has never been high on my list. I don't like how everything looks cheap. People say "that's the joke" but I disagree because it obviously would have looked more convincing to guests when Disneyland was first opened.

For the record, on the other hand I'm not happy about the Splash Mountain changes.

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Doesn't seem like a terrible idea tbh. Why are MAGAheads having a cow over this?

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Turtlemayor333 posted...

Welcome changes in my opinion. Jungle Cruise has never been high on my list. I don't like how everything looks cheap. People say "that's the joke" but I disagree because it obviously would have looked more convincing to guests when Disneyland was first opened.

For the record, on the other hand I'm not happy about the Splash Mountain changes.

Of course it looks cheap. It's more than 50 years old. And I doubt it's a popular enough ride to invest in state-of-the-art animatronics for.

This is dumb but at the same time I can't even pretend to care enough to muster finger wagging

Who the hell cares what Disney's rides are?

If this wasn't in the news would a single one of you even have noticed?

I know you wouldn't because when they turned the Phantom of the Opera set into a harry Potter Ride it wasn't in the news and you didn't care. And that actually was destroying history

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Hayame Zero posted...

And it's not really a depiction of any particular culture either, it's just a generic "tribal" design they came up with in the 50s.

The whole safari angle is neat and probably fine, but that picture of tribal Africans is questionable.

s0nicfan posted...

Disney could have worked directly with tribal communities to design that segment of the ride to be completely 100% accurate to that tribes' culture and people would still scream racism, or cultural appropriation, or whatever other label gets them cheap likes on twitter.

We get it, you look Sonic the hedgehog

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Esrac posted...

The whole safari angle is neat and probably fine, but that picture of tribal Africans is questionable.

I think it's pretty tame, honestly. They don't have those neck rings, or bones through their noses, or big discs in their bottom lip or earlobes. You usually see at least one of those when they're depicting tribal Africans.

Cowthief posted...

Doesn't seem like a terrible idea tbh. Why are MAGAheads having a cow over this?

You know why.

PokemonYoutube posted...

Of course it looks cheap. It's more than 50 years old. And I doubt it's a popular enough ride to invest in state-of-the-art animatronics for.

It's popular enough to get a Dwayne Johnson blockbuster.

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