Pixars history of cultural appropriation

is there truly a movement against Disney’s Cultural Appropriation or are these just examples of Disney sharing or bringing cultures to the mainstream?
I mean, the post is just a joke, but is the underlying theme at least something people really care about? More than they care about the representation these movies have given to these cultures?
- is there truly a movement against Disney’s Cultural Appropriation
  100%. As the first example I can think of out of pocket (and there are many more if you take a cursory look at any of their movies), they tried to file a trademark to claim "Dia de los Muertos,” or “Day of the Dead”. The backlash was pretty fucking insane.
  
  That one is shitty, but mind giving more example? As a non-white and non-westerner i'm very confused about all these "cultural appropriation".
- Pocahontas and Mulan come to mind immediately as movies that pissed a lot of people off. Pocahontas especially since they whitewashed an already whitewashed story.
  
  Yea, but I dont think that that was for cultural appropriation, but historically inaccuracy as you said and cultural insensitivity.
  
  Mulan?
- And wasn't it the whole world in the last movie, WALL-E?
  
  Yes, but it's set far in the future, long after every corner of the planet has been thoroughly Americanized
  
  The punchline is the last panel.
- Yes, but mainly within the USA.
  Cultural appropriation was a major issue with black Americans for generations, with black artists getting paid pennies on the dollar for their work. You also have Native American culture being wildly misrepresented for white people's entertainment. Since this is a part of American history, there is a sensitivity that the people who produced the culture should partake in its use and profit.
  The rest of the world doesn't care as much, since that history isn't there. If anything, other countries might see it as a mark of prestige that another country is taking such an interest in their culture.
- Do you think we, outside of the US, hadn't heard of Scotland before Merida?
  
  How many Americans had even a little knowledge of these different cultures prior to Disney making mainstream and popular movies?

I want to argue against it but I'm too fat to dispute it.
- I won't stand for this!
  plops down heavily into chair panting

Before people take this too seriously, I think Toy Story was set in America and so was Inside Out and they seemed pretty slim. I'm sure there's a lot of others too.
- I just think Americans should learn to take a joke considering they're living in one ¯(ツ)/¯
  
  I dunno maybe some fresh new material would be nice for once
- Additionally, there was no America in WALL-E, it was all Buy n Large corporation. Not that I disagree with the memes premise, however.
  
  As an American, I'm willing to speculate that Buy N Large might not even be based on my country.
  Goes back to sipping a Big Gulp
- Also Soul
  
  I never saw that! I heard great reviews though, but I think the whole Disney+ stuff kinda buried it from being a "must-see".
- Inside Out is Canada, no?
  
  Unless there's a Minnesota and San Francisco in Canada, no.
  
  Ah, you're right. They moved to San Francisco, but yes the family was originally from Canada.
  I mean, there were some slim San Francisco people in the movie there still too. From like the bus and the school kids! ... I feel like I'm fumbling ... lol
- People that take it too seriously deserve to be upset.
- I would guess that Cars was set in the post-human location of the USA.

What's the Italian one?
- Luca (2021).