Looking Pretty, Waiting for the Prince
Cartoon are supposed to be bright, wacky animations meant to keep children entertained, but they can also be used to reinforce society’s ideals unto children when they are still at an impressionable age. For the author of “Looking Pretty, Waiting for the Prince” becoming more socially aware has given the childhood memories she has of watching cartoons with her brothers a slightly different feel. While she may still find pleasantness in these memories she now realizes it was during these fond moments in front of the television that she first started to internalize toxic messages about gender and race. She now realizes the cartoons she enjoyed often depicted people of Color based on racist stereotypes such …show more content…
Though teachers need to understand how and in what ways their future gay and lesbian students are disenfranchised in order to help them. This can be difficult because most educators are heterosexual and reside in the dominate group. Those in America who are heterosexual benefit from the oppression of homosexuals and often time have a hard time admitting they have unearned privileges in society just by being straight. A word use to specifically describe the privileges and power heterosexuals have over homosexuals is heterosexism. When a person constantly puts down homosexuals in order to uplift heterosexuality they are being heterosexist. When the term homophobia is used to describe the fear people have of presence of homosexuality within themselves or others. Homophobia runs so rampant in American society that it is seen as a part of masculinity. Boys are taught at a young age that being associated with homosexuality is the worst thing possible. In schools across America about seventy percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual student students are bullied physical and verbal in school. This means educators cannot just ignore the fact that they will have lesbian and gay student in their classrooms who might face hardships because of their sexuality. Teacher should not silent bystander as a student is harassed into dropping out or worse
Cartoon are supposed to be bright, wacky animations meant to keep children entertained, but they can also be used to reinforce society’s ideals unto children when they are still at an impressionable age. For the author of “Looking Pretty, Waiting for the Prince” becoming more socially aware has given the childhood memories she has of watching cartoons with her brothers a slightly different feel. While she may still find pleasantness in these memories she now realizes it was during these fond moments in front of the television that she first started to internalize toxic messages about gender and race. She now realizes the cartoons she enjoyed often depicted people of Color based on racist stereotypes such …show more content…
Though teachers need to understand how and in what ways their future gay and lesbian students are disenfranchised in order to help them. This can be difficult because most educators are heterosexual and reside in the dominate group. Those in America who are heterosexual benefit from the oppression of homosexuals and often time have a hard time admitting they have unearned privileges in society just by being straight. A word use to specifically describe the privileges and power heterosexuals have over homosexuals is heterosexism. When a person constantly puts down homosexuals in order to uplift heterosexuality they are being heterosexist. When the term homophobia is used to describe the fear people have of presence of homosexuality within themselves or others. Homophobia runs so rampant in American society that it is seen as a part of masculinity. Boys are taught at a young age that being associated with homosexuality is the worst thing possible. In schools across America about seventy percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual student students are bullied physical and verbal in school. This means educators cannot just ignore the fact that they will have lesbian and gay student in their classrooms who might face hardships because of their sexuality. Teacher should not silent bystander as a student is harassed into dropping out or worse