Richard Shickel in THE DISNEY VERSION briefly remarks that Disney probably shared a "mild form of the anti-Semitism that was common to his generation and place of origin" and that the studio "was notably lacking in Jewish employees and at least once he presented a fairly vicious caricature of the Jew on the screen" (Avon, 1968, p. 79). There's more in Marc Eliot's WALT DISNEY: HOLLYWOOD'S DARK PRINCE, with some material based on conversations with Ward Kimball, but the book as a whole does not have a high critical reputation. Don Larsson ___________________________ "Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!" --Herman Melville Donald F. Larsson Department of English Armstrong Hall 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 mailto:[log in to unmask] Office Phone: 507-389-2368 -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hr Greenberg Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:50 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SCREEN-L] disney's alleged anti semitism etc On another list, in the context of a discussion of Walt Disney's alleged anti semitism and racism, one correspondent who said she knew a great deal of the Disney operation in the forties and fifties said that Disney employed many Jewish executives and creators, hired african americans at a time when this certainly wasn't fashionable, and also employed women liberally. Now my understanding was that Disney studios did employ Jews -- lots of us always being around Hollywood cant say about people of color but women who were used as a sort of slave resource poorly paid in assembly line production of cells but who weren't allowed to rise higher than this into the better ranks of animators Any real info on any of this my knowledge and perhaps this is an urban legend was that Disney himself was at least a country club anti-semite in his personal life, however many Jewish employees he had All info greatly appreciated thanks Harvey Roy Greenberg MD ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html