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Is Disney Bringing Back Jim Crow?

Apparently four black teens were ejected from Downtown Disney for... wait for it.... loitering under Disney's new "anti-gang, no-loitering policy." Read here. One also "made 'kind of smart remarks' to Disney security." For this, they were detained, photographed and fingerprinted. The penalty for not respecting Walt's authoritah? Banned for life from Disney property. Seriously, how in the hell can you bust anyone for loitering in Downtown Disney? Isn't that what the place is for? Well, looks like the Fascist Mouse really stepped in it this time. While four black youths being harassed by bigoted peckerwoods isn't anything rare, this time they just might get called on it. One of these "dangerous" youths who refused to respect Disney's authoritah is the son of a civil rights lawyer. That's right. If Mickey wants to sing "Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta," he had better make sure that the kids he is mistreating are actually powerless and poor. Oh no Pluto! One of their dad's is a lawyer! Nobody has organized a boycott yet... but I avoid that place anyhow. Talk about pre-packaged, shrink-wrapped, garbage culture. Disney is the kind of place that makes me wish that the movie Fight Club was real. Interestingly enough, I was prowling around Disney's corporate offices the other day, and found this document in a folder marked "Classified." Top Ten New Ideas for Disney World! (after the jump)