I just saw "Happy Feet" and couldn't help but feel that it shows just how far our society still needs to come. It wasn't one big thing, but a lot of little things that many will probably people ignore as irrelevant. Yet all these little things send messages to children that they pick up on, even if not consciously. For example, Happy Feet had blue eyes, why? None of the other penguins had blue eyes, there were other ways you could tell him apart from the other penguins. It's just like how most children books have white children in them, not minorities, showing that these are the people who count in the world. Also the Mexican penguins, how would you describe them? Short, loud, funny and not characters who would seriously think through a problem and solve it. Is this true? No, but it conforms to a lot of the stereotypes people have about Mexicans. As a white person, it can be hard to see the stereotypes because I myself have not been a victim of them. It's time we wake up...
2006-11-24
12:35:11
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kasejenn
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