Except in the original story, he does meet with natives. They kill his mother, which begins a feud. Tarzan introduces himself to Jane as a killer of black men.
So you can kind of see why they left that out of the Disney version. Edgar Racist Burroughs, more like.
Granted that’s part of the story, if Tarzan met with natives at any point he wouldn’t exactly be a monkey man anymore would he?
Except in the original story, he does meet with natives. They kill his mother, which begins a feud. Tarzan introduces himself to Jane as a killer of black men.
So you can kind of see why they left that out of the Disney version. Edgar Racist Burroughs, more like.