/continues threadjack...
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The story was originally published in Harper's Weekly by Robert Roosevelt; years later Joel Chandler Harris wrote of the tar baby in his Uncle Remus stories. A similar tale from African folklore in Ghana has the trickster Anansi in the role of Br'er Rabbit.
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Now, how did a story originating from West Africa end up getting turned into a derogatory reference towards African Americans? That's something I'd like to know.
And about Splash Mountain (one of my favorites):
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The ride Splash Mountain which is in three of the Disney parks, is based on the stories by Uncle Remus. However, instead of the Tar-Baby, Br'er rabbit is captured in a beehive. The changes were made most likely to avoid similar racial controversies that plagued Song of the South from being released on home video.
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