Are Walt Disney Animation Studios' movies racist?

Disney movies are racist because they fail to represent other cultures from the cultures' own perspective. They white-wash characters, take creative liberties with cultural stories and themes, and appropriate culture to serve their own ends.

Disney movies are not racist because they try represent other cultures fairly. They do research to ensure they are portraying other cultures accurately, and have in recent years made efforts to correct racist portrayals from their past movies.

Disney animation constitutes over 50 films across nearly a century of filmmaking. The content of Disney films has changed, as have the political and social realities of the times the movies are being made. It is impossible to assign such a varied range of works and contexts the simple labels of "racist" or "not racist."