Meryl Streep Slams Walt Disney as Being Sexist, Racist & Anti-Semitic While Honoring One 'Saving Mr. Banks' Star Meryl Streep accused Walt Disney of being sexist, racist and anti-Semitic in her speech presenting a National Board of Review award to Emma Thompson on Tuesday, Jan. 7, for her work as the novelist P.L. Travers in the movie Saving Mr. Banks.