A preliminary set of drawings from Br'r Rabbit. Used for the Dutch magazine of Donald Duck. (Broer Konijn). Br'er Rabbit is the protagonist of the animated sequences of the 1946 Disney feature film, Song of the South. He is an anthropomorphic rabbit who is depicted as a trickster folk hero in the stories of Uncle Remus. Throughout the tales, Br'er Rabbit uses his wit to outsmart Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear, who plot to capture and eat the rabbit. The Br'er Rabbit stories, based on African-American folktales, are controversial due to their roots in slavery, racial stereotypes, and their promotion by Joel Chandler Harris in the 1880s. While originally representing a clever, weak character outsmarting stronger oppressors, the tales and their famous Disney adaptation, Song of the South (1946), have been criticized for romanticizing plantation life.