Black Disney-Princess Ride Replaces Splash Mountain and Its Racist History
Black Disney-Princess Ride Replaces Splash Mountain and Its Racist History
ORLANDO, Fla. — In the summer of 2020, as a reckoning on racial justice swept the country, The Walt Disney Co. said it would rip out Splash Mountain, a wildly popular flume ride with a racist back story.
Some people cheered, saying the move was long overdue: After 31 years at Disneyland in California and 28 at Walt Disney World in Florida, the attraction — with its animal minstrels from …