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Andria J. Williams April 25, 2003 English 012 Feeders 3a-b The Truth Behind Lies: Song of the South As a child of age six or seven, I remember watching the Disney classic Song of the South and thinking how wonderful it must be to live in Uncle Remus' fantasy world; however, now after taking a second look at this film, twelve years later, I realize that if I were a part of that world, I would be a slave. Slavery is romanticized so much through this children's film that it's easy for young black children to innocently long to unknowingly become an American slave. The Walt Disney animated Song of the South is much more than just an entertaining fairy tale, it has both social and political significance, serving as a means to mold innocent children's minds by teaching white superiority and black inferiority, thus coveting very racist ideals; yet, also in underlying message, it...

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