Originally Posted By barboy2 I don't remember seeing any Black AA's on the ride when there were many Black pirates----- let's not forget that the 'New World', specifically the Caribbean, featured thousands of slaves. Many escaped and took up a career in piracy. And while we're at it, what's up with that 'galleon' like pirate ship attacking the fortress? Pirates wanted ***FAST*** ships so they could outrun their victims for they knew if they were caught it spelled being hanged(if they were lucky) or locked in a cage whereby they could not move and die of thirst/starvation. They liked those 'sloops' and 'schooners' because they were fast unlike those sluggish 'galleons'.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >They liked those 'sloops' and 'schooners' because they were fast unlike those sluggish 'galleons'.< They liked fast. That doesn't mean they had access to them. Pirates used whatever they had available to them. >I don't remember seeing any Black AA's on the ride when there were many Black pirates----- let's not forget that the 'New World', specifically the Caribbean, featured thousands of slaves. Many escaped and took up a career in piracy.< How dare they. In the interest of Historical accuracy they should also add black slave AAs to the ride too, right?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Since they are basically making fun of the pirates...I would think everyone would be grateful not to be included.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Is it a fact that there aren't any? I seem to remember one or two but I might have my rides mixed up. And, "brothers"? Is this 1987?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm not 100% sure about WDW, but at least in DL there's an Asian pirate in the crowd opposite the Wench Auction scene. I'm not sure how he would have gotten there in that time period (it's a long way around Argentina), but I think he's been there since the attraction opened. Of course there are several hispanic villagers (like Carlos in the well and his wife in the window), but I don't think there are any black pirates. Come to think of it, I'm not sure there are really many black AA's anywhere in Disney parks. Frederick Douglass is in the American Adventure, and there's a lady with a huge afro looking at a 70's computer in Spaceship Earth (added in the most recent redo of the ride), but I can't think of any others. With the wide variety of people represented in AA form, it is a little surprising that there aren't more black ones; other races seem to be far more prevalent, and it's not an exclusively white AA landscape.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> With the wide variety of people represented in AA form, it is a little surprising that there aren't more black ones; other races seem to be far more prevalent, and it's not an exclusively white AA landscape. << Just wait until the Parliament-Funkadelic dark ride opens at MGM. We'll see lots of African-American animatronics. Seriously, though, wouldn't a funk dark-ride coaster be cool? Someone evict Aerosmith.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Just wait until the Parliament-Funkadelic dark ride opens at MGM< I would ride this ride all day everyday.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I'm pretty sure two of the guys in the jail-cell scene are brothers... Abe and Lucas Smith...
Originally Posted By DlandDug Epcot had a lot of AA (African American) AAs (Audio-animatronics). I recall that World of Motion had black motorists, and a couple of children in the traffic jam scene. In Spaceship Earth there is a black newsboy, a black woman in the radio studio, and the woman with the afro mentioned above. Here she is: <a href="http://www.wdwmemories.com/epcot-spaceship-earth-picture-053.html" target="_blank">http://www.wdwmemories.com/epc...053.html</a>
Originally Posted By standor Thre were black people in the original ride at Mexico. (I can't remember the name of the attraction. Black people are and always have been in illuminations as well as the Disney parades in all the parks. Captain EO is only about a black man. Why make a racial issue about a fun place.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Geez...there is an Obama in the Hall of Presidents...though some question whether he really is a "brother". Joking...I'm glad he is in there even though I didn't vote for the guy. (Didn't vote for the other guy either.)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo None of the above! Lol. but agreed, and look at It's a Small world, loads of different races to enjoy there.
Originally Posted By standor LET'S CLOSE THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE AND TALK ABOUT DISNEY THE HAPPY PLACE.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I will say that Disney diversity is very apparent in the ranks of the Cast Members. On my last trip I saw scores of "mature" cast members, cast members with various disabilities (including two in wheelchairs) and obviously cast members of color and ethnicity. And, it is no secret that Disney doesn't discriminate based on sexuality.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo With video bloggers and many of the modern offerings in the park, you are not wrong Wahooskipper.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Come to think of it, why is there not a tar baby somewhere in Splash Mountain?!?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 move Sitich to DHS and re-install it as a Parliament- Funkadelic attraction - can have the spaceship landing and all.. imagine what cool vinylmations they would make !
