After reading Christensen's article I thought about the messages that are being sent through cartoons and also movies. Disney is a big part of this issue of racism and sexism that is being sent through cartoons. I know that we are suppose to wait until after the class discussion, but this is one thing that I needed to get out right away. Here is a video that I found on Youtube that shows different points that Christensen was talking about in her article. Enjoy :)
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Hey Mike,
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean. They show all the Native Americans looking exactly the same except for height/ weight features. They have the traditional smaoking in a circle and teepee in a background. It's so true how it makes it so much easier for kids to stereotype people.
-Pat
Sometimes I wonder if it really was put there on purpose, and i know the sexual stuff was but i dont know its a hard thing to decided..
ReplyDeleteTo go off Becca's point, I don't think that the racism is on purpose but that doesn't make it less racist! (BTW, i want you to post your TPs BEFORE class not after. And you are free to add stuff like this at anytime you think of it!)
ReplyDeleteThis video is really bad! I wonder if they meant to put it in as well. I think that they did. I think that they knew it was racist but they could get away with it at the time. If something like that came out today I bet people would be much more angry about it.
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