((Posted this on one of my other accounts and I'm posting it here as well))
Admin: Ok, this is something that might make people mad at me, but it's not my intention. Song Of The South is NOT the incredibly racist film people seem to think it is.
First of all, none of the black characters are slaves as the movie takes place after slavery. All of them are paid workers. Yes, the story may be a little saccharine for it's subject matter, but it's also a family movie. We can't show too much that would cause the rating to go up.
Second, James Baskett, the actor for Uncle Remus, has defended the film. If you don't know who he is, he's the first black man to win an Oscar. Baskett stated that "If I had for one moment considered any part of the picture degrading or harmful to my people I would not have appeared therein."