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* ''[[PAW Patrol]]'' suffered from this during Summer 2020, when it was also caught up in the sociopolitical upheavals of the 2010s-2020s particularly during the wake of the George Floyd protests, where the show was criticised for promoting "copaganda" through its positive portrayal of Chase, the police pup, and also when the show's Twitter account announced that they would go dark in memory of Floyd. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed the show was cancelled due to "cancel culture", but the show denied any such cancellation. This led to "Chase's Ultimate Rescue" episodes temporarily being pulled, and the Nick Jr. website changing an icon of Chase (used to represent ''PAW Patrol'') to an icon of Marshall, the fire pup.
* [[Walt Disney]] is hailed as the godfather of American animation, having been behind such seminal works like ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'', ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' and many others, but in recent years his legacy has been peppered with accusations of racism, sexism and antisemitism (which [[Seth McFarlane]] is more than happy to throw potshots at in ''[[Family Guy]]''), as well as the fact that the company which bears his name has infamously lobbied to keep Mickey out of public domain, not to mention that the company's sway and influence over global culture gave Walt the dubious honour of being a purveyor of [[Eagleland Osmosis|American cultural imperialism]] (e.g. the criticism towards [[Disneyland]] Paris). Much of the accusations leveled towards him were addressed by both his peers and historians, however: The Walt Disney Family Museum acknowledges the ethnic stereotypes present in at least some of his films during his heyday, and it wasn't unique to Disney either as studios like [[Warner Bros]]. has made similarly insensitive content before. In addition, Walt regularly donated to Jewish causes and hired Jewish and black people as well.
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