Monday, March 26, 2012

Disney movies can have racial tension too?!

-The Lion King

  • hyenas 
  • voiced by black and hispanic people
  • represented as being stupid

-The Jungle Book

  • the monkey and Mowgli
  • In this movie Mowgli is learning from the monkey. The monkey also stuffs a banana in the kids mouth during part of the movie. This can be simular to the scene in Uncle Tom's cabin where they throw nuts at the black person. 
-Cars 2

  • Lewis the car in Cars 2 has a gap in the front of his mouth. This is a very stereotypical attribute.
-The Princess and the Frog

  • set in New Orleans
  • first black princess
  • Mulan and Jasmine represent different ethnicities  

Some negative things that Disney princesses teach:


I would have never though to view Disney in a negative way, but after hearing this presentation I realize how some of these films can come across.


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