With live-action ‘Snow White,’ Disney finds itself again in culture war crosshairs

Initially, there was a response that suggested racial bias when the casting choice for the title role, Rachel Zegler of Colombian heritage, was announced. Originally, the character’s skin was described as “as white as snow.”
At first, there was an apparent reaction based on racial prejudice following the announcement that Rachel Zegler, who has Colombian ancestry, would play the main role in a production where the character traditionally had very pale skin.







