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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, 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.
* The newly-renovated dark ride based on ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' gained controversy<ref>[https://www.distractify.com/p/disney-snow-white-ride-canceled Disneyland's Snow White Ride Might Be Canceled Because of One Scene]</ref> for depicting what is seen by some as an inappropriate, non-consensual romantic interaction. A ''San Francisco Chronicle'' editor ran an op-ed about how supposedly inappropriate the "true love's kiss" scene is (as Snow White is unconscious and thus could not consent to the Prince's actions towards her), and soon enough, right-wing news outlets such as [[Fox News]] picked it up and made the situation bigger than it should. There were however those who came to Disney's defense and argued that the supposedly problematic scene was taken way out of context and viewed in an overly cynical light without taking into account the customs of the era the film was released (or the fairy tale itself for that matter), and an editor for the ''Toronto Star'' opined that the outrage is "a kiss of death for common sense".
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