Well of course Pocahontas isn't historically accurate. I was thinking even more recent than that though like post 2005.
I guess we just see it differently. Movies overall have changed overtime. Society has changed overtime. When those historically incorrect or racist, etc. type movies came out they were okay in those time periods. Society didn't reject them and they were accepted. I'll use song of the south as an example. When that movie came out it was considered fine and people didn't go nuts about just how bad it is. Now it wouldn't be allowed to come out.
The world and people has progressed and changed. It will continue to do so because that's what humans do.
I think Disney has done an amazing job moving forward and being ahead of the curve with these types of things.
Accepted and okay are two different things. Slavery was accepted, but that didn't make it okay.
You can't be both ahead of the curve and accepted by society. That's not how it works. And the thing about coded racism is that it slips under the radar. It's not supposed to be obvious, otherwise it would clearly be Not Okay. A racist movie isn't less racist just because of when it came out.
Disney may have been ahead on technology, but not their themes
I brought up Princess and the Frog (2009)
Tangled (2010) takes place in an imaginary kingdom that's completely white excepting maybe two of the ruffians who are unnamed and have no lines
Elena (2017) is a Hispanic princess, as if all Hispanic or Latin cultures can be grouped into a single characterization. (and lets not forget the fact that they tried to pass off Sofia as being Hispanic)
There is still no major character on the LGBT+ spectrum. We kind of got LeFou in BATB, but that was what, a 1 second interaction? And there's also this history of coding villains as on the spectrum.
Quasimodo is the only major character I can think of presented with any sort of disability, and how much can you find with him in merchandise?
Here is a question I have. If it's not okay to have the slavery and selling of women, is it okay for the redhead to have a shotgun and boose in her hands? Obviously different subjects but both can be bad.
Because selling human beings as property is not okay.
It's not that both can be bad. It's that human trafficking is bad. That's it.
Just one other comment - I did want to thank you for bringing this up as I think this is the type of discussion that in general should happen in society and opening ourselves to how other people might view things is important
I appreciate that. It's not an easy topic. I recognize that I'm not going to change anyone's mind today. But if it gets people thinking, then that's whats important.