If anything, this is an object lesson in the positivity of addressing systemic racism. Many white people like to complain that accusations of systemic racism are unfair and unduly harm them by dredging up “ancient history.”

Well, with this initiative, Disney is showing that acknowledging systemic racism can be about forging a healthier path forward.

Acknowledging a harmful past is healthy when the acknowledgment leads to doing work in the present to make things better.