Saturday, March 12, 2011

Disney whitewashing

Someone brought up the subject of raceisim from Disney. And it reminded me of a report a friend of mine did in high school about some of the racist things Disney does to subjugate people who aren't white. In the film aladin the main character is called Al, a much more Americanized name than this original. In the lion king the Simba, Nala and Mufasa are all very light. But scar the evil charecter is far darker than all the other lions physically showing the viewer that he is supposed to be the bad guy. These were just a few examples of what Disney did but there are quite a few more about how they make characters who aren't white look whiter, or use more Americanized nicknames.

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