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Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories QUOTES

Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories QUOTES

1 " As the character of Uncle Remus says in the movie: 'You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far. "

― , Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories

2 " So them who can't learn from a tale about critters, just ain't got the ears tuned to listen."
-Uncle Remus in Disney's Song of the South "

― , Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories

3 " Song of the South was not a malicious attempt to reinforce the foolish stereotype of the inferiority of the black race, but rather an attempt to show that children of all races and different social statuses could play together as friends, learn important moral lessons from stories, and survive times of trouble by finding a place to laugh. "

― , Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories

4 " There is a Japanese proverb that translates as 'the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. "

― , Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories

5 " Maybe it's not to much to hope that the Disney Company might one day get over its self-imposed fears and finally find its own Laughing Place.
-Floyd Norman
Disney Legend
June 2012 "

― , Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories