People say aladdin disney is racist !

[gwynplaine]

I haven't seen Aladdin.

 

[Fans of Reilly]

In addition to the "white-washing" of the main characters and Jafar's skin being darkened already mentioned, Genie is meant to somehow be a Jewish slur because of his nose. And much of Agrabah is stereotypically Arabic. There's also a claim a line in a song was offensive to Arabs ("Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face," in the original release to "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense.") and if I dug deeper into the pit of "everything Disney is racist" I'd probably find an entire thesis' worth of claims to post.

I'm sorry but this is ridiculous

1- let Talk about the white-washing Seriously Why everyone thinks every Arabic are like Jafar's skin Yes, there are those who have skin like this But aladdin look Arabic White skin and black hair, brown eyes Wait this is how I look and I am an Arabic and I know many people look like Aladdin

2- about Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face

I read many books on the history of the Arab and Islamic Believe me, things like this happen, and worse when some one do not like your face

 

[Teelie]

These are all claims others made that I've heard, not ones I myself believed I should say.

 

[Fans of Reilly]

These are all claims others made that I've heard, not ones I myself believed I should say.

When I siad I'm sorry but this is ridiculous I did not mean you, I meant the claims and who siad them

 

[sueb1863]

There's also a claim a line in a song was offensive to Arabs ("Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face," in the original release to "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense.")

That's a fact, not a claim. I saw the movie opening weekend and the line was there, and somewhere I still have the original soundtrack tape with the original line in it. It was changed for the home release after people complained and it's been changed ever since.

 

[Octoberist]

There are many racist things out there, but i think there's not enough smart people to actually point the ones that really matter. The ones that are truly offensive and insensitive. Aladdin might have some stereotypes and taboo cultural troupes, but it's not racist.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

To be fair, the whole thing is rather silly. Aladdin isn't Arabic. It's not even Middle Eastern. The story was originally set in East China (modern day Turkestan), and Aladdin was Chinese (though not ethnically Han Chinese per se).

That justifies Jason Scott Lee taking the role in Arabian Knights TV film, with an all Chinese cast for that story

 

[Octoberist]

A...Linh Han!

 

[jmc]

I believe Genie's design was inspired by Al Hirschfeld illustrations.

 

[Shawn Wayne]

I'm not going to weigh in directly on if there are racist elements in the movie but I will point out that on the internet, everything is racist to someone, even if there is no justification for it.

this.