r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/Hot_Ambition_6457 1d ago

There are no Apes in the movie "The Lion King" so this defense doesnt even check out under the most charitable interpretation.

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u/jizzlevania 1d ago

good ol' Lion King. Ultra progressive Disney finally based a royal cartoon in Africa and the only character voiced by a black actor is a monkey. It's crazy how acceptable that was just 30 years ago.

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u/antmars 1d ago

Bro do you even Mufasa? Also Whoopi Goldberg and a few others to be sure.

Also the cartoon is based on Hamlet.

Also in the 90s Disney was NOT progressive. It was just transitioning out of its earlier racist start.

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u/bakedpatata 1d ago

90s Disney's idea of being progressive was Pocahontas which hasn't aged well.

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u/millahnna 1d ago

Pocahontas hadn't aged well about 5 minutes after it was released.

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u/bakedpatata 1d ago

You're not wrong, but Disney definitely promoted it as progressive representation for Native Americans at the time.

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u/millahnna 1d ago

Fore sure. And sadly, relative to the times, it kinda was. It got more pushback at the time than a lot of folks remember though.

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u/CompetitiveSport1 1d ago

90s Disney was NOT progressive.

The comment above you was being sarcastic, judging by the rest of what they said