The eccentric miasma of political correctness is unstoppable. Walt Disney’s live-action Snow White film, released on 21 March, has cast a Latina actress in the lead, unlike the original Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Snow White, who was supposed to be literally ‘white as snow’ in the original story, has been changed in this film to a woman with a strong heart who can withstand a blizzard. Not only that, but the image of the characters has also been altered, with a young bandit instead of the prince and the seven dwarfs depicted in a different form than ever.

Rachel Zegler, who starred in the film, was criticised for calling the prince ‘who literal stalks [Snow White]’ in Disney’s 1937 animated film of the same name and declaring the work ‘[w]eird’.11. Stephanie Kaloi, ‘“Snow White” star Rachel Zegler angers conservatives and Disney fans, insists the movie’s Prince “stalks” her character’, TheWrap, 13 August 2023 (retrieved on 23 March 2025).

Peter Dinklage, an actor with dwarfism, described the live-action film as a ‘backward story’ that, on the one hand, was avant-garde in casting the Latin actress in the lead role, but on the other hand, left the seven dwarfs still living in an uncharted cave.22. Ryan Parker, ‘Disney responds to Peter Dinklage’s “Snow White” live-action criticisms (exclusive)’, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 January 2022 (retrieved on 23 March 2025). This was countered by another dwarfism actor, who said that he should not take the jobs of other dwarfism actors by bringing the concept of progress into a fairy tale.33. Jeremy Dick, ‘Peter Dinklage’s Snow White criticism draws ire from actors with dwarfism’, MovieWeb, 31 January 2022 (retrieved on 24 March 2025).

Disney has made numerous live-action films of fairy tales, each time—just like the fable ‘The miller, his son, and the donkey’—ruining the worldview of the stories at every turn with this and that ‘diversity’ consideration: the 1997 TV film Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the unusual casting of a white king, a black queen, and their son, the prince, of Asian descent, met with a contemptuous laugh.

I never thought I would witness what looked like the Cultural Revolution in the United States, belonging to the free world. Respecting works of art and advancing values are two different things. Nevertheless, it is pretty horrifying that they think they can alter classic fairy tales as much as they like to express their values in an avant-garde manner. Most of the objections to the lack of consideration for minorities are of the kind of accusations that can be made.

There are immense losses by giving in to the clique derisively known as wokists, who dare to claim to be at the top of every age. The harm is manifested in the form of denial of culture and customs in the private sphere, and of the denigration of neutrality and justice in the public sphere, for example, in the form of feminism, affirmative action, quotaism, gender redefinition, and quotas for ‘former male’ athletes to compete for women. These are nothing less than the breakdown of a long-standing tradition of discipline. The spectacle of self-proclaimed environmental activists going around destroying works of fine art one after another is an allegory for wokism. Vandalism is their essence.

Today, we are witnessing a worrying undermining of fairness and order under the diversity imperative. If even the law, which is supposed to be the guardian of order, gives in to the mob, it is only natural that those left should launch rebellions. There is no room to dispute that intolerance, which in recent years has long been called a rightward shift in Europe, is in line with this trend. They have been continually betrayed and disillusioned by all the ideals of human society.

Democracy, the rule of law, due process…these wisdoms that our predecessors built up in the hope of human reason, are beginning to be no longer expected. Nothing could be more indicative of this than the fact that it is almost only the former great powers that are objecting to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The majority of human beings have already forsaken the wisdom that the West has developed after long suffering, regarding it as degenerated into the extravagance of hypocrites. Even the West are beginning to abandon its great wealth, led by the US under a benighted leader. The world will soon face an uncivilized society dominated by tyranny and disorder. We will witness the return of barbarism in an age of information technology and rockets flying frequently through space.