ANALYSING AND UNCOVERING “INTENT” The racial stereotypes present in Disney/Pixar movies are intentional because the dialects used by the characters of the said stereotype promotes negative connotations. If a person unconsciously and without intentions draws a character that looks like a racial stereotype then it can be truly seen as an accident, but if that person also says they “unconsciously” and “without intentions” gave that character a voice that perfectly fits the stereotype as well can one really say it was an accident? In the movie “The Jungle Book (1967)” where King Louie and his tribes of apes ask Mowgli to teach them how to be “human”. This is a racial stereotype against African Americans in which people would say were a bunch of
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Stereotyping is bad because it can leave mental scars on people, and the longer it lasts the deeper the scar gets. This African American as a child wished to be like the princesses she saw in this Disney movies. One year, for Halloween she begged her mom for a Cinderella costume for her to wear, all of her friends were going to go as her. She wanted to be a princess for the night, but that dream to her shattered when she saw herself in the mirror. She did not have that long pretty blonde hair, but short and curly black hair. She was not fair skinned, but dark skinned. At the moment she felt inferior and knew she could never be like the “real” Cinderella (Hill, 1-2). If the portrayal of race in Disney movies has gotten so bad that even little girls like her felt her dream crushed because she was black and not white, then this depiction of race in media is a problem, especially in children’s …show more content…
No matter how subtle the stereotype we can find them, such as the more subtle ones like the Siamese cats in “Lady and the Tramp (1955)” which are about Chinese stereotypes (Young) and also the more apparent ones like the red Indians in “Peter Pan”. How can one tell they are intentional? Some were made that greatly shows stereotypical intent, such as the shorts made during war times like “Commando Duck” defaming the Japanese and quite openly too. Many even used the most racial dialects to represent the stereotypes, making it even harder to refute the racial undertones. If even the language of the extremely racist characters fit the stereotype, how can you say it’s not intentional? Why are these stereotypes being depicted in our movies bad for the audience? It changes the way we see ourselves and the way we see others. Whites Americans start seeing themselves as more superior, even going so far to denounce the readings of other ethnic groups as subpar despite being the same skill level as the whites. It makes those of the other Ethnic backgrounds to see themselves as inferior, and even as inherent troublemakers. If you think you cannot ever amount to anything, will you ever put in the effort to test that theory? If you always think you can never be anything but a criminal, will you ever try not to be one? It is these reasons that these stereotypes are there,
Stereotyping is bad because it can leave mental scars on people, and the longer it lasts the deeper the scar gets. This African American as a child wished to be like the princesses she saw in this Disney movies. One year, for Halloween she begged her mom for a Cinderella costume for her to wear, all of her friends were going to go as her. She wanted to be a princess for the night, but that dream to her shattered when she saw herself in the mirror. She did not have that long pretty blonde hair, but short and curly black hair. She was not fair skinned, but dark skinned. At the moment she felt inferior and knew she could never be like the “real” Cinderella (Hill, 1-2). If the portrayal of race in Disney movies has gotten so bad that even little girls like her felt her dream crushed because she was black and not white, then this depiction of race in media is a problem, especially in children’s …show more content…
No matter how subtle the stereotype we can find them, such as the more subtle ones like the Siamese cats in “Lady and the Tramp (1955)” which are about Chinese stereotypes (Young) and also the more apparent ones like the red Indians in “Peter Pan”. How can one tell they are intentional? Some were made that greatly shows stereotypical intent, such as the shorts made during war times like “Commando Duck” defaming the Japanese and quite openly too. Many even used the most racial dialects to represent the stereotypes, making it even harder to refute the racial undertones. If even the language of the extremely racist characters fit the stereotype, how can you say it’s not intentional? Why are these stereotypes being depicted in our movies bad for the audience? It changes the way we see ourselves and the way we see others. Whites Americans start seeing themselves as more superior, even going so far to denounce the readings of other ethnic groups as subpar despite being the same skill level as the whites. It makes those of the other Ethnic backgrounds to see themselves as inferior, and even as inherent troublemakers. If you think you cannot ever amount to anything, will you ever put in the effort to test that theory? If you always think you can never be anything but a criminal, will you ever try not to be one? It is these reasons that these stereotypes are there,