But it’s also a shockingly deficient piece of entertainment. Song of the South is shitty because it’s racist, of course, with an understanding of race rooted in the era the Uncle Remus stories were first published rather than when the film was made, but it’s also terrible to the point of being unwatchable on its own merits. The racism rumors stem primarily from racial stereotypes embedded within several movies including, Dumbo's black crows, Fantasia's black servant centaurette and "Song of the South," a film so embarrassingly racist the Disney company has locked it up in its infamous vault. In his biography "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination.