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He also hated Jews.
He was a man of his time, a very typical man of his time.
He was a man, and just that.
goodyusernameNovember 5, 2023
Disney was not an anti-Semite. No evidence of this exists, nor of his being abusive to his wife.
He left 45% of his estate to his wife and two daughters, 43% to a charitable foundation, and 10% to extended family. He started the company with his brother, today the family owns just 3% of the company, which still amounts to many billions of $$.
He was a man of his time. Did racist, misogynist and anti-Semitic tropes exist in Disney films? Yes, by our standards. This letter reflects that time. I knew a lot of older women who had stories of being told, for example, why they weren't welcome to attend medical school, because "it would be a waste of time, we'll put all that effort into training you, and you'll get married, have children and quit." I knew women who were among the first to go to formerly men's only grad schools who were not warmly welcomed.
AmareldysNovember 5, 2023
Because their religion said girls can’t inherit or because the daughters were a different religion than him?
FeminaNovember 5, 2023
Because they converted to a different religion from him... They became Roman Catholics I think...
MissBehavedNovember 5, 2023
For the record, Catholics don't exclude women and girls from inheritance.
asmahanNovember 5, 2023
Inter-generational family wealth transfer is just public property theft anyway so you should be lauding that he cut his kids off.
OneStarWolfNovember 5, 2023
More likely it went to some male nephews or male cousins then? Not great.
MissBehavedNovember 5, 2023
If the government actually returned any of that to the people, for the people, then we could laud it.
[Deleted]November 5, 2023
Another post above says he spilt almost half between his wife and daughters, put almost half into a foundation he created, and the last 10% was spilt up between many extended family members. His will is actually online and copies have been sold at auction. His grandkids have actually had legal battles over the money.
She wasn’t discriminated on the basis of an imaginary inside speshul feeling. She was denied the job because her SEX is female. It’s sexism, not genderism.