Disney, a company often tied with childhood innocence, is guilty of marketing to children. Within its animated films and cartoons, Disney can generate commercial interest in film merchandise and promote racial stereotypes. For example, the release of the Toy Story film coincided with the release of Toy Story related merchandise. Furthermore, Disney’s Aladdin teaches children the underlying themes of “Arabian barbarity” “Aladdin clearly portrays the ‘bad’ Arabs with thick, foreign accents, while the anglicized Jasmine and Aladdin speak in standardized American English” (Giroux 109-10). With films like Aladdin, children are subconsciously taught about “bad” other cultures. Not only are children exposed to racial stereotyping in Disney’s films,
