“It’s a small world after all,” according to the folks at Disney. But it’s now a more diverse and inclusive one as well.
Leah Asmelash of CNN has reported that, after years of criticism, the popular Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland has finally been rethought and revamped in an effort to eliminate the numerous racially insensitive stereotypes and controversial depictions of Indigenous people it used to contain.
“In January, the corporation announced it would rethink the classic Jungle Cruise ride, in which a skipper ferried visitors along a waterway while making jokes and funny comments. One of the sights visitors were taken past involved a scene featuring ‘Natives,’ depicted as primitive and threatening,” Asmelash said.
