Disney indicts its woke self with founder’s own words in newly published book

"The Official Walt Disney Quote Book" was compiled by the staff of the Walt Disney Archives – a division first established just four years after its founder’s death at the age of 65.

Paul J. Batura is a writer based in Colorado Springs, vice president of communications at Focus on the Family, and host of the "WHAT A LIFE! Lessons from Legends Podcast."  He can be reached on Twitter @PaulBatura or by email at Paul@PaulBatura.com.

History makes clear that businesses and institutions inevitably drift from their founder’s ideals unless rigorous care and attention are given to stopping the slide. That Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Dartmouth all started as Christian religious institutions is proof that it happens – and the secular "House of Mouse" is no different.