Racist Disney Fan Site Exposed

[schoolofsoul]

Popular Disney fan site MiceChat.com likes to think of itself as tolerant, particularly in light of the fact that it's run by two gay white men, but it has a secret history of hypocrisy and racism at its core, and a tremendous intolerance of Black and other non-white perspectives, especially when those perspectives come into conflict with white

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[tamburlaine]

OOOH. Thanks for posting this. I think it was with you that I had a conversation with a little while ago about how, though we loved the Tia Dalma character, the whole "magical negro" aspect and colonialism clichés were such a turn-off and borderline motherfuckin' offensive.

But I'm not gonna go join that site, because I don't need anymore internet fights under my belt. But if people start talking about the characterization of Tia Dalma, let me know, cause I'll get in on that.

[deepseasiren]

I also thought there was the aspect that she was seen not only as magical/voodoo queen but as overtly sexual...something which black women have been portrayed as since the days of slavery.

[schoolofsoul]

Nah, actually most of the folks there were cool with the Tia Dalma character; some were saying she was their favorite and all - although when the rumor that Tia Dalma might be added to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland (in the Blue Bayou section at the start of the ride) was mentioned in one of their sister sites' articles (MiceAge.com), many thought it would ruin the ride and make a lot of noise, where it's currently very quiet. I thought that type of knee-jerk reaction was a bit telling, and probably not a little bit racially tinged

[deepseasiren]

Interesting. Thanks for posting this, SchoolofSoul. I'll have to check it out.

[collectingbees]

Mice chat I've discovered to be completely a worthless little shit hole. just because it's run by two gay white men means nothing, there are racist homosexuals, too. (Trust me, living in the Bay Area, SF, you've seen EVERYTHING.)It's obviously trying to piss people off.

My biggest problem with it is that it is non-tolerence for non-white views, but it's not saying that whites can't have tolerated and left wing views. These people are racist and that's the long and the short of it.

[schoolofsoul]

Agreed. The really amazing thing is that they accuse someone with non-white views of being racist because those views are non-white, yet fail to see that taking such a stance is, itself, racist. Then they accuse that person of being "divisive" (who exactly am I dividing?) and claim, on their own part, to "not see color." Their actions and inactions belie their words.

I've been informed that virtually all other Disney fan sites exhibit some form of this as well, from subtle racism on the AllEars website to the Disboards, where apparently they laugh and play about the white supremacist organization National Vanguard.

I'm beginning to wonder if there's not an opportunity for a POC-friendly Disney fan site.