Snow White

 One of the latest firestorms of outrage from the anti-woke folks on Facebook concerns Disney's latest film version of Snow White, which, though I haven't personally seen the film, would seem to have had the audacity to suggest that a young woman does not necessarily need a handsome prince in order to fulfill her own potential. That's what I gather anyway. Oh, and apparently there are far too many people of color in the movie 🤪 The surprising thing to me is that these people seem blissfully unaware that Snow White is not an original Disney creation. Why have you made these changes to the original? they shriek. Some do seem marginally aware that this tale came from the Grimm's Brothers, and yet all together unaware that the Grimms Brothers got the material from their review of pre-existing folklore. In fact, the Snow White story has been presented in any number of variations over the centuries, each telling being tailored to the attitudes and sensitivities of its time, including the Grimms' retelling of the tale. They do not know that the seven dwarves had no names in the Grimms version and they do not know that in earlier versions the dwarves were not dwarves at all but malnourished children who worked in the mines. There is much these folks do not know, but lack of knowledge does not appear to bother them in the least. Which is actually not surprising.