Sarah and Kate's Disney Racism Blog

Friday, February 17, 2012

Welcome to our blog!

We want this blog to be educational for everyone. We want to help people have a better understanding of racism in movies, especially Disney movies. We hope that you can use these clips and articles to help yourself or others to have a better understanding of racism in Disney Whether you want to improve your knowledge on racism or help a younger sibling or child have a better comprehension of racism, we believe that you have come to the right place.
We hope that you will comment on any of the clip or articles as we want to hear your reactions to them. If you have any questions about the clips or articles, please leave a comment in the post where you are either confused about or want to know more information about. We asked junior high students about lyrics in certain songs, and you can see their responses underneath certain videos. Follow us on Tumblr at disney-racism.tumblr.com!
Thank you so much for visiting our blog and make sure to press "older posts" at the bottom of the page so that you may see all of our posts!
Thanks! Sarah and Kate

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Follow us on Tumblr!

Here is the Link to our Tumblr blog about racism in Disney:
disney-racism.tumblr.com

Movie Posters Blog

This blog is not fully up and running, but it will be by Saturday, February 18th. Check it out!
Movie Posters Blog

Latinas in America blog

Here is another blog and video our classmates made. It has awesome video called, "Stuff White Girls Say to Latina Girls." Check it out! Thanks!

Latinas in America blog

The Crows from Dumbo

The crows from Dumbo. This is a group of bird which have caused some controversy. There aren't many stereotypes presented about how black people act, but there are some visual stereotypes along with a stereotypical black accent.

Not only that, one of them is named "Jim Crow", referring to the laws that limited freedom of black people.