For the last few years, we’ve written the digital equivalent of reams about Disney’s descent into wokeness. From the company’s strong stance against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill to the increase of LGBTQetc characters and storylines, nearly every week brought new opportunities to point out Disney’s far-left turn.
As someone who grew up on Disney and loves most of its output, it was painful to call out a company that has meant so much to me. But I also knew how far the company had strayed from Walt Disney’s original vision of family entertainment based on American (and Judeo-Christian) values.
The times may be changing at Disney. We’ve already seen Disney-Pixar abandon an LGBTQ storyline in an upcoming project, and now Fox Business reports that the company is dropping diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from its latest SEC filing.
Disney didn’t mention its “Reimagine Tomorrow” project in its 2024 SEC filing, even though it featured prominently in the 2023 filing. The initiative was full of left-wing buzzwords and devoted to “amplifying underrepresented voices and untold stories as well as championing the importance of accurate representation in media and entertainment.”
One page of the website boasts about how the company slaps warning labels on content that doesn’t meet today’s standards of political correctness:
As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are in the process of reviewing our library and adding advisories to content that includes negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures. Rather than removing this content, we see an opportunity to spark conversation and open dialogue on history that affects us all. We also want to acknowledge that some communities have been erased or forgotten altogether, and we’re committed to giving voice to their stories as well. […]
— Read More: pjmedia.com
