I’m pretty sure it’s everywhere you see now in our society…woke and cancel cultures have pretty much taken over our way of life as human beings. The values that we have been taught and values we have cherished are either being removed because people are just plain sensitive or they feel that those values are woke.
As a neurodiverse individual, it both infuriates and saddens me to see this happening. The recent closing of Splash Mountain at the Disney Parks has really brought about whether or not we as a society are forgetting the fact that stories associated with cultural icons like Splash Mountain are something to be talked about because they are a part of our history.
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Now, as you know, I embrace history greatly. Children today need to learn every aspect of history especially if they are of great importance. The problem is that as someone who works in the general public, I see plenty of kids who are going to be denied the option to learn parts of American history simply because someone was too sensitive. Sure, there are some areas that I feel embarrassed about such as vaudeville and stereotypes, but simply pretending they don’t exist is bad. You experience something and then you talk about it afterwards.
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Sometimes I feel that it is impossible to go about my day and not hear something about cancel culture or woke culture. Am I sensitive? Yes, but I don’t go demanding that something be changed entirely like the M&M mascots being replaced by Maya Rudolph. Me and Change is like a two way street…sometimes I embrace change and sometimes I resist change.
But when you go erase something of history because you are sensitive, it sends a message that perhaps you are entitled to get rid of something simply because it upsets you when it doesn’t upset others.
My nieces will never get to ride Splash Mountain in the United States because of the cancel culture that is going on in our world right now. I first heard “Zip a Dee Doo Dah” as a kid and I still hear it today. Will I obtain Song of the South on DVD or Blu Ray via eBay so that they can see Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and all the others?
Of course, because by watching something like Song of the South or experiencing a video on YouTube of riding Splash Mountain and then having a discussion about why something happened during the time Song of the South takes place is just as important. You gain an understanding for what went on during that time in our history as a country and you gain respect for those who had gone through such adversities.
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Now people are embracing woke and cancel cultures at a rapid pace which is such a shame because while we have to be open to change because it’s sometimes good and refreshing, you cannot erase something of the past that may hold great value. In other words, we need to sit down with those who are embracing this unnecessary change and they need to understand that they are in the wrong when they think they are in the right.
In conclusion, I think that maybe these two scenes from “Mary Poppins” explains it best:
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Catch you all later!!
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