The Stereotypes In The Animated Movies Of Walt Disney

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Children are being manipulated from the start, they are growing up in environments where beauty is seen as white, but not only in dolls but also through the media, through the “amazing” animated movies of Walt Disney. The truth is that when I was growing up I never saw a princess that look like me other than Pocahontas or Aladdin and we all know they weren’t even Hispanic. The only relationship I had with those princesses was the language since my mother would often buy me the Spanish version movies. Although, that was 13 years ago, there hasn’t been a change, well based on my results. I showed my 6-year-old neighbor a picture with a list of pictures of all the Disney princesses. While she was looking at the screen of the computer I asked what

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