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⦻𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛⦻ :
A orangutans=monkey. Black people were described as monkeys. Plus the jazz music, which was primarily used by black musicians. In an unfiltered way, this song translates too “I wanna be a man, a white man, and stroll into town. And be just like the other men, I’m tried or being assaulted and discriminated on. I wanna be like a white man, I wanna walk like you, I want to have “proper speech” ((as people say black people do not talk properly)). You see it’s true, a black man(person?) can learn to be ‘sophisticated’ too.” This is racist or meant to show racism (I’m not entirely sure the premise of the movie ✌️) . Even if it’s reworded. While the trend with the remix song or something has devolved a dif meaning for glow ups etc, this original song clearly does have this meaning. Anyone who ignores this is ignorant and blatantly ignoring the underlying meanings within songs
2026-11-11 23:07:24
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Insertname🇺🇲🇯🇲 :
I don't think I've ever thought of race once when watching this song
2026-11-11 20:33:51
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Perform, Angel 🪽 :
Let’s consider the era here.
2026-11-11 18:14:59
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arry :
tiktok js ruins EVERYTHING
2026-11-12 00:36:44
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Sha4owss₉⁹₉𖣂 :
Mfs just be bored looking for things to complain about
2026-11-11 18:33:14
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aaron’s little bunny 🐇🩰 :
disney literally admitted it had racist undertones.
2026-11-12 01:47:02
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jake :
the only unsettling part was the live action
2026-11-11 17:36:44
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not_ellennnn143 :
Idk abt yall but I’ve never thought abt race listening to this, I love the jungle book
2026-11-12 00:51:49
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? :
I hate when mfs act like they don't get it.
2026-11-11 21:51:48
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Ariana :
“Too woke” but this is literally played right before the movie starts
2026-11-12 02:46:23
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ƘOOP :
King Louie and the monkeys are not in Rudyard Kipling's original book. Disney created them as "jive-talking" swing musicians whose speech is noticeably less refined than that of the other jungle animals. Pairing jazz an art form pioneered by Black Americans with apes singing about wanting to be "human" draws on a painful, centuries-old racist trope that equates Black people with primates.
2026-11-11 21:31:40
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layah🐰🩷 :
mind you there’s literally a disclaimer when you first watch the movie about the racist undertones 😭
2026-11-12 00:04:22
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Opal :
bruh i played this mf in a play in 5th grade
2026-11-12 02:23:39
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rai 🪽 :
right. disney just put a warning about racist undertones on it for no reason
2026-11-11 22:00:47
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☕️ ও ' sհíოოҽɾ 🍂 :
i find a lot of things unsettling, it sounds fine when it's the full song, but just cut to be the I wanna be like you part I find it unsettling
2026-11-11 16:30:38
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Abby 🌴 :
White people when it isn’t completely obvious that theres micro aggression
2026-11-12 06:59:08
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dearyrants (nami) :
yes there is lmao
2026-11-11 18:32:09
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D :
I dunno man, i just like the "ooo oooby doo"
2026-11-13 11:08:39
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payten :
This was unsettling when I was little
2026-11-11 15:32:00
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𝒞ℴ𝓎ℴ𝓉ℯ𓃦 :
Me when I’m woke and bored
2026-11-12 05:47:11
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Eli.thegeeker :
Not saying Thats the case but I lowkey could see the lyrics being about wanting to be seen as a regular member of society while being black during the Jim Crow/segregation era js a lil bit
2026-11-11 20:06:54
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₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊ :
honestly this song creeps me out but this song has no racist themes he explains why he wants to be a human and he's literally an animal, I personally feel like people go looking for things to be mad at
2026-11-11 20:27:41
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AceK :
disney actually chose a white singer to sing this so that it wasn't interpreted like that
2026-11-12 16:08:18
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Belle 𑣲 :
Isn’t this song just about that orangutang wanting to be a human
2026-11-11 20:27:19
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Nato :
there is and isn't, the song at face value isn't unsettling and if anything is a good song. but digging deeper into it it becomes unsettling for it's Undertones
2026-11-12 20:25:05
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