Stereotypes In Disney World

Stereotypes are uneducated opinions towards a certain group, most commonly used within races, skin colors, and cultures. Stereotypes are usually from a majority group towards a minority group. Most of us do not think about it much but, Stereotypes are in our everyday lives, and everyone has taken part of a stereotype, either they have been the one stereotyping or they have been the victim of a stereotype and has been stereotyped. Throughout my life, I have heard a lot of stereotypes towards my kind, and more than likely it is always a negative stereotype. Some stereotypes through time die-off but as they die-off, new stereotypes flood or society. I am a minority, I am Mexican-American and classify myself and embrace myself as one. The stereotype that I have experienced the most is that all Mexicans are unintelligent delinquents. The stereotype of Mexicans being unintelligent and lazy was influenced by the media. Media sources in our lives skew the way we judge people. This stereotype may be taken lightly by everyone who iterates it but what is not taken into account is the effect this stereotype has in the community for those of us that are Mexican. It has a negative impact on my community, I noticed that the negative effect of this stereotype starts by influencing a couple of individuals and then expands to the community as a whole. The stereotype that Mexicans are these unintelligent delinquents gets planted in our heads at a young age and that affects the way some of

The story “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin’s involves romance that gets crumpled up and burned with racism. It all begins when Madame Valmonde went to go visit Desiree (her adopted daughter) and her baby. Realizing after taking the baby to a window that was the lightest and scanning the baby while looking at Zandrine (an African American slave), the baby shares similar features to Zandrine. It was that moment where everything began to go down hill. This story was not just about one small, happy family, but instead, it was about prejudice, love, and racism. Racism does not come from within, it is manmade or taught.

In Desiree’s Baby, Kate Chopin shows how over valuing of white race and status can destroy a relationship and a family. Race and status are intangible ideas humans make up to segregate one another and should not be valued higher than a human life, but this is not the case in "Desiree’s Baby.”

shows just that. The use of racial slurs and discrimination strongly shows judgement. This example is just one of many from Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby”. In the story, Chopin includes examples of judgement even when the main character is a baby.

Racism still exists in some forms today, and it was still prominent when Chopin wrote “Desiree’s Baby.” Armand throws Desiree and the baby out for being black, even though Desiree is clearly white, thus destroying their relationship. As the story closes, the reader finds that it is Armand who is of African ancestry. “Desiree’s Baby” helps the reader realize how pointless and destructive racism can be. Racism often undermines reason, and clouds judgement.

In Chopin’s piece, ‘us’ is Desiree, her husband Armand and their child. In their time, ‘them’ was the African American race. They were seen as unimportant, and unworthy. The fight between a figurative border begins when their baby begins to change. His skin shows black, insinuating that one of his parents carries the inferior race. Armand goes on to confirm, “It means, that the child is not white; it means that you are not white” (Chopin, 3). He says this to Desiree, and is immediately jumping to the conclusion that she must be the one with the black background. He is a man, and he can do no wrong. There is no possible way that he is the one who gave that child the dreaded curse of black skin. He now has built this boundary between himself, Desiree and the child. Armand is not one of ‘them’, he is white,

Grouping people based on looks alone is unsuitable. Many races have similar traits which is hard to decipher. Also grouping people based on looks does not take into account on their self-identity (Alderman, 2003). This exercise demonstrates race as a social construct, by labeling people based on their looks from what we have been told by society.

First of all, what are stereotypes? A stereotype is a quality assigned to groups of people related to their race, nationality, and sexual orientation, but there is not only one type of stereotype there are actually two types of stereotypes. There are positive and negative ones. For example, a positive stereotype about asians would be that they are smart and polite. A negative one would be something like asians have small eyes or they’re short. Some people may get offended by these and other people will not care about it at all. These are effects from the stereotypes.

In the new age of technology, it is easy to get influenced by media. The film, Mickey Mouse Monopoly, explains how Disney is exposing children to unneeded messages of stereotypes, sexual context and many other things. However, I do not entirely agree with the explanations this film gives, also I do not think Disney films are as bad as this films claims they are. After viewing the film, I do believe that we should consider Disney to be “just innocent entertainment” but, I also believe it does alter perceptions of different groups of people but not to be racist, but because these movies were made at a time in society where racism, sexism etc., were at their high.

Not only do corporations take over individual will’s they use this power to create a new culture. Bartyzel offers a lot of negative influences that Disney has on individual will and that will lead them to create new culture. Bartyzel writes, “The Disney Princess franchise doesn't celebrate the increasingly diverse world of princesses; instead, it pulls back the progress the company had made, pushing more forward-thinking female characters back into the reductive feminine stereotypes of the past” (Bartyzel 468). The fact that Mulan came out for the fierce warrior aspect was later covered up by Disney through redesigns. The author writes, “The redesigns come after the films-which means that the ultimate message is that these characters have found happiness in this restrictive femininity, as the nonstop Disney marketing that young children are subjected to on a daily basis begins to act as a real- world sequel to the films themselves (Bartyzel 469). Therefore, the changes that princesses can be strong was undone by Disney through remodeling and thus new culture where girls are considered girls if they match personality similar to that of princesses. Likewise, Lopez notes that a similar effect is happening in the society through the use of Social Networking. He claims, “Facebook- a group of linked pages on a giant Web site- is constraining and not very powerful. In order to use it, you have to use it the way they want you to, and that's not a whole lot of ‘using’” (Lopez 484). Like Bartyzel, Lopez believes that Social networking corporations are controlling the lives of individuals without them noticing the change and since its popular with teens everyone wants to try it. He also claims, “[the information] will [be] use[d] in marketing studies and advertising profiles, and it will turn that information over to any government agency that asks for it. You have no control over that. It's in the user agreement. It's published and it's no longer yours. It belongs to Facebook and anybody Facebook wants to share it with (Lopez 484). Facebook has authority over individuals information and that information can be passed on to anyone Facebook wants was not the original purpose of the internet. Internet was developed so

Introduction For many of us, Walt Disney Pictures have played a large part in our childhood. Giroux (1995) even goes as far as saying that Disney are just as useful as school teachers and parents at teaching values and morals to younger children. For the past century, many kids have looked up to Disney characters with great admiration. Although these characters may have taught us lessons and inspired us to aim for our dreams, they have also exposed us to the 'beauty goodness' stereotype (Dion, Berscheid, & Walster, 1972) Whenever we hear someone describe another person as being 'beautiful', we automatically visualize a tall, slim woman with a curvy bone structure, long, blonde, glossy hair, smooth, sallow skin, crystal blue eyes, peachy lips,

When we talk about gender roles we refer to the ideas or stereotypes that are assigned to us by our sex with which we were born. However, throughout our lives, there are roles that are transmitted and acquired innocently through our socialization with family, school, friends or even the media. Maybe we think that this phenomenon of gender roles is something new, however, it is surprising to see how since we were children we were inculcated to certain norms classified by society as "normal". On the one hand, it is sad to see how our society reinforces our gender roles and penalizes those people who do not meet certain expectations for society. Therefore, I would like to investigate how certain Disney films may have influenced the way we thought about the difference in genres.

Once the plot revealed the black heritage of the main characters, they are faced with uncertainty and their lives became meaningless and not worth living. The author indicates the white objects as being portrayed positively and black objects negatively, defining the person’s skin color as the main factor that determines the character’s value of life. With that said, we can see how Chopin writes of

“ Labels are for clothes, not people - unknown (Al - Husaini). Labels, or stereotypes, have the potential to harm and negatively impact society even when the label does not correctly apply to the individuals they were placed on. Judging people without getting to know what kind of personality they have often leads to misjudgment. There are a lot of people who are under an untrue stereotype and it affects everyone. Stereotypes can be defined as an image given to people based on the type of person they are or something they belong to and is believed by a lot of people, and they impact our society in many ways (Stereotypes).

Since 1923 the Walt Disney Company has been entertaining children around the World with its larger than life cartoon characters and animated films (Cite this). Without a doubt Disney is the largest entertainment and media conglomerates in the World and their primary audience is children and teens (Cheu, 4). Nearly everybody, both parents and children alike have seen a Disney animated film and experienced a Disney character whether it be a doll or action figure or a firsthand encounter at Walt Disney World. Disney Films are full of imagination and they take their viewers from the sometime harsh reality of everyday life and place them into a fantasy world where anything is possible, and every story has a happy ending. The Disney company is family oriented, and they take great pride in producing product of value that accurately reflects their “Disney Values” for their loyal customers. Disney goes above and beyond the call of duty research and study the ethnic background and history of all its protagonist to accurately represent race and culture in their films. Disney films accurately represent racial groups by portraying real World stereotypes as they are interpreted by the public for the time period in which they are produced.