But the theme of Splash Mountain is based only on the animated part — only on the Brer Rabbit black slave folk tale. Brer Rabbit can be admired, and Splash Mountain enjoyed, without endorsing ...

Brer Rabbit’s history is controversial, too. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, he was a figure in African folklore that traveled with slaves to the US.

The "Brer Rabbit" African and African-American folk tales were chronicled more than 100 years ago by Joel Chandler Harris and more recently adapted by Newberry Award-winning author Dr. Julius Lester.

Retheming the Briar Patch — named for Brer Rabbit’s trap in the Uncle Remus stories — removes the last remaining reminder of the “Song of the South” from the Anaheim theme park.

The ride, based on the 1946 film ‘Song of the South,’ will reopen next year as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, themed to 2009’s ‘The Princess and the Frog’ ...