#25 Splash Mountain, Anansi, and African American Folklore
The Fairy Tellers

#25 Splash Mountain, Anansi, and African American Folklore

2020-06-19

Katrina and Geoff are surprised to find a folklore connection to current events! What does a petition to rebrand Splash Mountain have to do with folklore? Katrina takes us back through the history of this controversial theme park ride, Disney's Song of the South, Joel Chandler Harris's collection of Uncle Remus stories and the problems that arise when outsiders are the ones that record folklore and cultural traditions.

CW: Discussion of enslavement

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