Mcfarland USA Stereotypes

almost argue that, had this film been directed by someone of a different race other than

In a diverse society, America is home to many types of people, whose beliefs and experiences may arise conflict among the races. To diminish discrimination and show that there is a connection that unites each and every individual, films offer a different perspective of the lives of whom may be misunderstood and enable audiences to discover that others live under similar circumstances as themselves. How might the depiction of 21st century Latino immigrants be compared to that of 19th century southern slaves in feature films? Time nor race is a boundary that can stop two groups from relating to each other, such is the case with African-American slaves and today’s immigrants in the U.S. Like slaves, most immigrants work for a low wage in plantations, both these two group’s motives are also similar: the struggle for freedom. One

Disney has shown moderate progress in including different ethnicities to be the heroes and heroines.

balanced, realistic depictions of blacks in America The film is about a Chicago family who

Are they not romantically involved with one another? Do they have any dialogue that isn’t comforting or supporting a white character? Is one of them definitely not magic? As this test was tested on this year’s best picture Oscar nominees only three of them actually passed test while three of the films didn’t have any colored person in their film. Last year statistics found out that only two out of eight of the films passed this test. “The problem isn’t just a lack of recognition come awards season - it’s Hollywood’s staggering lack of representation across all of its films” (Latif). After this test was released it proved how the portray people of color, an issue that needs to be fixed. Patt Morrison a journalist, author, and radio-television personality based in Los Angeles and Southern California has stated that as this problem gradually worsens throughout the years then movies would go out of business if it’s not fixed. Minorities make up more than half of the frequent moviegoers. “Latinos are the most moviegoing group, but you would never know it from Hollywood” (Morrison). “The industry is butting up against limits in its viability

roles would be lost to Caucasian actors so as to resonate with American audiences. I think it is

Filmmakers would be apt to make more diverse

All of the different types of characters in the film made the movie more diverse and made it a film everybody could relate to. There were stories about hispanics, chinese, african-americans, persians, and caucasians.

For this paper I want to focus on some important points of the movie McFarland because this movie for me has some really important topics it addresses. In addition, one of the these important topics that I am going to be emphasizing on and elaborating more, is on the issue of language assumption due to race. Furthermore, another significant issue that I will focus on is on how having teamwork/hard work can bring so much success and achievement not mattering in the situation you are in. These are some of the most essential issues that I found to be more shown in this movie, therefore wanted to expand on them a bit more.

“While demographic trends suggest that the United States itself is becoming more diverse, developing characters for people of all backgrounds is a smart business strategy” is the new tactic that should be followed. The world is changing, and the industry should be changing as well. They can not and should not continue this racial insensitivity that is ever so clear for people to pick up on. Not only does adding in diversity to film and music create an increased sense of unity and belonging to everyone around the world, but it also does help maximize potential, help avoid backlash, and prevent movements like #OscarsSoWhite. Companies such as Marvel, and broadway, have increased diversity to create representation for people of color and their profit levels alone show the industry what diversity can do.

We all have visited the cinema once or twice in our lives to see just released movies with family or friends. Some rather watch romantic movies, others action or horror. There are so many different movies out there, each appealing to different people, but there’s one thing most movies seem to have in common: the main cast consists mainly out of white actors. There are barely any movies with a diverse main cast. Even when the character in the movie is a non-white person, there is a white person playing that role.

The film was set in Norway in the 1840s, portraying the Sami culture of its time that were generally people of white colour however, as it wasn’t an animation that was wholly geographically nor historically correct, although unintentional, it lacked a diverse cast. ‘Frozen’ use a non-diverse cast but it is made for a modern, multi-ethnic audience. The film is already a fantasy and mystical themed movie with lots of magic, a plethora of things that doesn’t exist but non-white seem to come in as though a non-realistic feature. Despite Disney conceiving an all-white cast to follow through the Sami culture from the 1840s, it could have involved other races to avoid convolution towards children, chiefly when it comes to purchasing merchandise.

Popular films such as Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Sophia The First: Once Upon a Princess both cast white actors portraying non-white characters. This phenomenon has led to a thought-provoking debate over the appropriateness of cross-racial representation in the film industry. Activists for minority representation protest that actors should not portray characters of a different race/ethnic group because it constrains minority opportunities in Hollywood.

While many are aware of the injustices that take place in America, a lot semi-consciously choose to ignore those injustices because they can often be hard to confront for those who don’t have to face them and may even be the ones causing them. Due to it reaching such a large audience, Somewhere in America, forces those who choose to ignore the injustices present in America, to confront them. It sparked conversations about the flaws in US education system and the way the US handles it’s issues, between people who may have never had such conversations. It brought issues often not talked about into the public

I believe that any animated character of any race can fit the role of any person’s voice. The animated character is not real therefore, it should not matter what race the person is (you're not actually seeing the person). Disney mainly focus on making sure that the actors voice suits the character he is playing, they don’t care about the ethnicity of the person. I agree with them because all that matters is if the film is good. It does not matter how diversified the acting crew is. Many groups and people like MANAA, Gene Luen Yang, Lalo Alcaraz, and Laika believe the acting group needs to be diversified. If the film is good, it should not matter. Another reason why I believe acting crews do not need to be diversified is because if the producer