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   There will be a lot of this for a while as companies revert from   
   Politically Correct idiocy to common senes.   
      
      
       Disney ditches trigger warnings in major reversal   
       of diversity, equity and inclusion policies   
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       The entertainment giant has removed disclaimers on beloved   
       classics in a major shift.   
      
       Disney has scrapped its trigger warnings for children's   
       cartoons such as Dumbo in a bonfire of diversity, equity   
       and inclusion (DEI) policies.   
      
       The entertainment giant is removing disclaimers on beloved   
       classics such as Peter Pan and The Jungle Book which warned   
       viewers the films promoted racism and contained "harmful"   
       stereotypes.   
      
       Disney has announced it will abandon a series of DEI   
       policies, in keeping with a broader movement among   
       Fortune 500 companies.   
      
       It marks a major shift by Disney, which has previously been   
       sued by shareholders for what they claimed was its "woke"   
       agenda, and publicly criticised prominent Republican   
       politicians.   
      
       In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, the   
       company announced that it would flag "negative depictions" in   
       films on its Disney+ streaming platform, some of which date   
       from more than 80 years ago.   
      
       "These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now," the   
       company wrote on a webpage, which has since been deleted but   
       was widely reported at the time.   
      
       Peter Pan, released in 1953, included a trigger warning that   
       its depiction of Native Americans "neither reflects the   
       diversity of Native peoples nor their authentic cultural   
       traditions".   
      
       The Jungle Book (1968) was slapped with a racism warning amid   
       criticisms that King Louie, the jazz-singing orangutan, was   
       intended as a racist caricature of African Americans.   
      
       Viewers were also warned that the crows in Dumbo (1941)   
       "ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations" while   
       in The Aristocats (1970) the Siamese cat Shun Gon was   
       "depicted as a racist caricature of East Asian peoples".   
      
       Disney will now run a shortened description in the "about"   
       sections of old programmes which states: "This programme is   
       presented as originally created and may contain stereotypes   
       or negative depictions," sources told Axios.   
      
       Sonia Coleman, Disney's chief human resources officer, said   
       the company would scrap a series of DEI initiatives in a note   
       to employees seen by the news outlet.   
      
       Its "diversity and talent" metric has been replaced by a new   
       "talent strategy", which is said to be more focused on how   
       values drive business success.   
      
       Coleman also said that the "Reimagine Tomorrow" initiative,   
       which was used to highlight stories and talent from   
       under-represented communities, was abolished in December.   
      
       Bob Iger, Disney's chief executive, has sought to tone down   
       its political image since returning to the company in 2022   
       after a two-year absence.   
      
       In 2023, he told shareholders that he wanted the company to   
       be "entertainment-driven" instead of "agenda-driven".   
      
       Nevertheless, the following year Disney was sued by the   
       conservative organisation America First Legal, staffed by   
       allies of Donald Trump, which claimed that the entertainment   
       giant had hurt its bottom line by pushing "anti-White" and   
       "woke" content.   
      
       In 2022, Disney found itself drawn into a war with   
       Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, when it declared its   
       opposition to his "Don't Say Gay" bill banning lessons on   
       sexual orientation.   
      
       In response, the Republican revoked the Disney's   
       self-governing powers at the Walt Disney World theme park in   
       Orlando, which exempted it from state rules and gave it a   
       special tax status.   
      
       The company subsequently sued Mr DeSantis, claiming it was   
       being punished for airing its opposition to his policies. It   
       settled the case in March last year.   
      
       Disney is also the owner of ABC News, which was the subject   
       of a months-long lawsuit by Trump in 2024 after anchor   
       George Stephanopoulos falsely claimed the US president had   
       been found liable for rape in a civil case.   
      
       Iger reportedly decided to settle the dispute in December,   
       with the network agreeing to pay US$15 million ($26.6m) to   
       Trump and publishing an apology on its website.   
      
       The move is said to have blindsided Stephanopoulos and ignited   
       claims that the Disney boss was trying to protect his access   
       to the White House.   
      
      
      
      
      
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