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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!
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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.

The Black Fish and The Duke of Soul in the LIttle Mermaid

"The black fish, she sings." "The fluke is the duke of soul." Notice anything stereotypical?

Disney Princesses and Villains

When you think of Disney princesses, which one comes to mind first?


When you think of Disney villains, which comes to mind first?

Another blog

Hi! This is a blog some of our classmates made. They handed out fortune cookies with Hollywood racism facts. This is the blog where people post their responses to the facts. It's really interesting!

THE FORTUNE PROJECT BLOG

Racist Disney Charaters

This is another good article about racism in Disney. You can find the article here

The censored scene from Fantasia

This video was made by Guernicaman and can be found here

This is the scene that was originally put into the first release of Fantasia. When the movie was re-released, this scene were cut. What do you think of the scene that was cut?

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

This video was made by mmossc51782 and can be found here

This is from Song of the South. In this clip, a black man is being protrayed as he is a jolly fellow who is happy to work. What do you think about this?

Article

Here is another article about the most racist Disney characters. Do you agree with what characters that are mentioned are racist? Who is not on that list that you believe is racist?

You can find the article here

Racism in Disney Examples

The first video was made by danubata24 and found here
The second video was made by 47claytonic and found  here

Sarah and I found these videos that show all the racism that can be found in Disney movies. What do you think about the clips?

Racism in Aladdin

This video was made by aummg and can be found  here

This clip is from Aladdin. What did you think about clip after you have seen if versus when you first saw Aladdin without seeing this clip?

Princess and the Frog Controversy

One of the topics that I have heard of is whether "Princess and the Frog" is racist because Disney's first black princess spends the majority of the movie as a green frog. What do you think?

Pocahontas

This video was made by Crankycaz and can be found here
One of Disney's better moments in terms of racism was Pocahontas. They showed white people as oppressors, which was reality. In many ways, it still is.

We asked the Junior High about the specific quotes, "They'e not like you and me, which means they must be evil. We must sound the drums of war!" and, "They're different from us, which means they can't be trusted."

Here are all of the responses:

I think the lyrics actually reflect how people are afraid of the unknown. It is showing how wrong it is to hate someone because they are different. However, kids might take this to mean that if people ARE different, they should be hated.

I think these lines say that people are immediately un-accepting of people who look or seem different. People dislike new people at first and try to see if they can trust the new people, instead of liking new people at first and deciding later if they can trust them.

This is how some people thought of each other in real life. At the end of the movie, they realize they have been mean to each other. I DON'T think it's racist because it points out real feelings that people have for each other. If they didn't fight, there wouldn't be a point to the movie, and it wouldn't show a realistic agreement between two people.

I don't think this is racist because if the writers pretended these two people lived each other, they would be lying.

Arabian Nights video

This video was made by correu30 and can be found here

This is from Aladin. Make sure to listen for the lyrics of "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face. It's barbaric, but hey, it's home!" How does this represent the Arab culture and society?

We asked the Junior High what they thought about this specific quote, and here are all of the responses we received:


This makes kids believe that people from the Middle East are all barbaric.

This does create a very bad stereotype that all Arabs are barbaric people which is not true.

I think that for the most part, this is overanalyzing the the quote. If "Arabian Nights" was written by someone from the Middle East, it might not be the best representation of Arab culture, but it's what the author knows. I think the bigger point is loving your own culture even with its faults.

This person brings up a very interesting point of stereotypes being all the author knows. They may not intentionally be representing people in a bad way, but maybe that's all they know the culture to be. Maybe the solution to this is a more diverse industry.

It makes people think all Arabs are violent barbarians, which they are NOT! This is where the stereotypes come from: movies everyone sees.

What do you think about this quote?

Nine most racist Disney characters

This website has a video and description about why the character is racist. What do you think is the most racist character?

Link to article

Clip from "Dumbo"

This video was made by 19Szablocs91 and can be found here

 This clip shows the Roustabouts singing and working. Is this the correct portrayal of the struggle of slavery?

We asked the Junior High about a specific quote: "We work all day. We work all night. We've never learned to read or write. We're Happy-hearted roustabouts!" These are all of the responses we received.

I don't think it's racist or wrong. If they want to know about slavery, then this is spot on, but if this is unintentional, then they could've had a more mixed group of kids.

I think that is somewhat racist, and when little kids are observing the people and hear the words, they are going to expect all black people to do this and work for them, which we DEFINITELY AREN'T going to do.

We work hard all day and night, but we're still happy? No, that is NOT a good portrayal of slavery.

This makes people believe that black people that had to work a lot are happy to work. In truth, you wouldn't be happy if you had to do hard labor, but this movie makes it look like you do.

This makes kids believe that African American people like to work and don't care about freedom or racism.

Asian Sterotypes

The first video was made by Rikufanboy and can be found here
The second video was made by Urchatnoir and can be found here


This is from Lady and the Tramp where the Siamese cats sing.

Skip to 2:50

Clip from Peter Pan

This was made by sadistisob and can be found here

This is a clip from Peter Pan. Make sure to listen for the quote of "What makes the red man red? Let's go back a million years to the very first Injun prince. He kissed a maid and started to blush, and we've all been blushing since." 

We asked the Junior High about this quote, and these are all of the responses:

No, this is definitely NOT a good message. 'Indians" or Native Americans are often portrayed as 'red'. This is NOT something kids should think because it is not true. Also, these lyrics suggest something had to happen to change a person to make them Native American.

This is just a story, but it makes kids believe that Native Americans are darker skin-colored because they kissed someone. Because they are young, kids will believe it.

Sounds racist to me.

It makes it sound like Native Americans aren't human.

What makes a black person black? That is what I am thinking of when I'm reading that. In other worlds, I don't think that's a good message to give to anyone. It shouldn't matter what color they are.

I love this movie!

That song is racist.

People are dumb sometimes.

Disney Princesses Statistic:

Disney Princesses; Snow White, Pocahontas, Belle, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Tiana, Ariel, Jasmine and Mulan.

Only four out of the ten Disney Princesses are people of color: Pocahontas (Native American), Tiana (black), Jasmine (Arab), and Mulan (Asian). Is there a Latina princess?
How do you this impacts young kids who watch these Disney Princesses?

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