Walt Disney World regrets the "scalp em" performance of the "Indianettes" drill team.

[Demovictory9]

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Officials at Walt Disney World said Friday that a performance by a visiting Texas high school drill team that used American Indian stereotypes, including chants of “scalp them," doesn't reflect the Florida resort's values.

The performance this week in the Magic Kingdom by the “Indianettes" drill team from Port Neches-Grove High School “did not reflect our core values, and we regret it took place," Disney spokeswoman Jacquee Wahler said in an emailed statement.

An audition tape that the school had provided in order to be selected to perform at the theme park resort was inconsistent with the actual performance, the statement said.

Wahler said new measures have been implemented to prevent that from happening again. She did not elaborate.

In a video of the performance posted on Twitter, members of the drill team are seen tapping their hands over their mouths and whooping, as a drum pounds in the background, in what is stereotypically called a “war cry.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/disney-regrets-performance-by-visiting-school-drill-team/ar-AAVfq4U

What century is Port Neches Grove school system living in??

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[Coventina]

1. That is certainly regrettable! In Disney's defense,they didn't know the visiting school was going

to do an offensive performance like that. According to the article the video they sent ahead of time is not the routine they actually performed.

Someone at the school should be fired.

[Demovictory9]

2. the school is all about the whooping and scalping stuff... its their thing

[Coventina]

3. Even more regrettable...no consequences, I guess.

[SoCalDavidS]

5. Well, It's Not Like They Were Selling Loose Cigarettes Or Trying To Vote nt

[bluecollar2]

9. Good point...n/t

[North Shore Chicago]

10. Hah!

[Celerity]

14. now the school is calling the Cherokee Nation extremely dishonourable.. WTF

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[Cobalt Violet]

7. They must have disclosed the name of the drill team during the audition.

That alone should've been a disqualification.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. What Do You Expect From A School In The Shithole State Of TX? nt

[Paladin]

11. This life-long Texan expects better. (nt)

[edhopper]

17. Why would you?

How long has it been since Texas was anything but an embarrassment? 1994? Face it, you are the State of Bush, Perry, Abbott and Cruz.

[Solly Mack]

6. Another apology after-the-fact from Disney.

[Jedi Guy]

13. One rarely apologizes before doing something wrong.

Also, the audition tape the school sent didn't reflect the actual performance they put on, according to the article. Pretty reasonable on Disney's part to expect the routine in the audition tape to be the one they'd actually perform.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Racist cheerleaders should be banned.

[Celerity]

12. My first guess was Florida, my 2nd was Texas. Number 2 'won'. The steroid-sized shithole twins.

The gutless racist fuckstick school deleted their Twitter account after getting rightfully roasted.




the 2nd video here is freakishly horrifying when you let it loop play

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[Luz]

15. I attended PN-G ISD for 12 years. Let me tell you more.

#1 there were no POC in the district at that time.
#2 there was a giant wooden Indian named Geronimo in the main hallway.
#3 there was a totum pole in the courtyard we were told to bow to.
#4 young boys were "kidnapped" in 9th grade and their heads shaved into mohawks. It was an honor for them.
#5 being the "Indian spirit" dancer was an honor. Dressed in full Indian regalia (full headdress, shield and long spear) and doing the war dance, leading the band and team to victory.
#6 and most importantly i think. When you live in a racist bubble, you can't see the racist. It wasn't until I moved away that i could see clearly.

[Demovictory9]

18. I looked at the website..its clear student life is infused with purple native amer mockery

I can see that its a bubble

[Bettie]

19. This is kind of a tangent, but another thing that needs to go

is calling girls' teams at high schools by "Team name-ettes" or "Lady ".

We need to move beyond racism and misogyny.