New Disney Attraction Rights a Racist Wrong and Scratches Our ‘The Princess and the Frog’ Itch
Since it opened in 1989, Splash Mountain has been one of Disney’s most popular theme park attractions. The water-themed log ride was based on the controversial 1946 film “Song of the South,” which follows a seven-year-old boy as he befriends a former slave while visiting his grandmother’s plantation. Along with deeply…