Was Hans Christian Anderson a racist when he coined the name "Snow White" and did it affect the minds of some women in a negative way so as to think that to be pale-skinned is to be beautiful?
2006-09-12 07:31:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
For heaven's sake
2006-09-12 07:34:47 · answer #1 · answered by toietmoi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hans Christian Anderson lived in Denmark in the early 1800's, grew up very poor, became a beloved personality, and died in 1875. It's doubtful he ever laid eyes on a person of color, and with his imagination and gentle soul, probably would have been delighted if he had.
Why must people insist on pretending the world was the same decades and centuries ago as it is now, and trying to judge the actions and beliefs of people then against what people believe now? Cripes!
2006-09-12 07:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Anderson was not writing stories for Africans. He was writing stories for Europeans when everyone in Europe was WHITE. It is a different world now. View the story in that context.
2006-09-12 07:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The way women of color was treated by racists affected women in a negative way not a "fairy tale" cartoon.
2006-09-12 07:36:21 · answer #4 · answered by sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, he was speaking more to her 'purity' and virginity than to her skin color. And if it had an effect on women to think that pale skinned is beautiful, why are there so many tanning salons and people trying to darken their skins?
2006-09-12 07:36:30 · answer #5 · answered by s p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snow White was more of a reflection upon her soul than it was her skin color. She was pure of heart hence the name snow white.
2006-09-12 07:47:01 · answer #6 · answered by jane d 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Come on now. That was a story and think about it. It was the times of that era.
2006-09-12 07:37:27 · answer #7 · answered by mcbrian2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't a racist, his stories were for kids
2006-09-12 07:38:32 · answer #8 · answered by jo k 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never made that connection.
2006-09-12 07:34:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋