Is Disney back to putting families over politics?

Published February 12, 2025 4:38pm ET



One of the hopes from the 2024 elections is that major corporations such as Disney would reevaluate to whom they are trying to appeal. It appears that the House of Mouse is finally starting that self-reflection.

In the aftermath of the election, Disney has changed course on some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. The changes are modest, but they include reorienting performance factors for executive compensation away from diversity and inclusion and toward values that promote business success. Disney is also taking off the condescending trigger warnings from the beginning of classic films such as Peter Pan and Dumbo, instead exiling them to the details sections of those films.

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