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- 1.The Representation of Race in Childrens Movies
172.237 Language, Discourse & Power
Assignment 3
By Lauren Wootton
2. Text One
Rationale & Significant Features
Old & New Racism
Text Two
Rationale
Significant Features
Conclusion : The Representation of Race in Childrens Movies
Reference List
3. Racism
A social system of domination, that is, of a specific kind of power
of one group over other groups, in our case of Europeans (whites)
over non-European peoples (van Dijk, 2005 pp.1-2).
We all learn to be racist (or antiracist) through childrens
literature, movies [etc] discourse plays a fundamental role in the
formation of racist beliefs and in the discriminatory practices
based on such beliefs(van Dijk, 2005 pp.9-10).
4. Text one:
Excerpt from
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4dQA_61EJI
5. Rationale & Significant featutres
Portrayal of African Americans vs European Americans
- Implicit and Explicit Racism ethnicity, social inequality and power
Contrasts between Lottie and Tianas lives
Tiana as Disneys first black princess in 72 years (Pilhofer,
2002)
Discourse:
you know how long it took me to save that money
Exactly, which is why a little woman of your background woulda had
her hands full tryna run a big business like that. Youre better off
where youre at
6. Old style racism
a negro is different from other people in that hes an unfortunate
branch of the human family who hasnt been able to make out of
himself everything he is capable of. He is not capable of being
rushed because of the background of the jungle we look upon him for
his lack of culture, as being less reliable, in business and unsafe
socially. His passions are aroused easily(Bonilla-Silva, 2006,
p.29)
7. New racism
Is democratic, respectable; denies that is racism real racism is
only existent in right wing extremists. Minorities are different,
not inferior they have a different culture, and there are
deficiencies, such as single-parent familieslacking achievement
values, pathologies that need to be corrected (van Dijk, 2000, pp.
33-34)
8. Text Two
Stereotypes & Racism in Childrens Movies
(Brunette, Mallory & Wood, n.d.)
http://nhaeyc.org/newsletters/articles/Racism_in_Childrens_Movies.pdf
9. Rationale
Discussion o f movies with racist discourse, with explanation of
why this discourse is deemed racist
Portrayal of negative stereotypes
How this effects children; the impact of this representation in
everyday life
10. Significant features
Discussion of types of racism in childrens movies with an emphasis
on those by Disney
a kind of street, inner city African American dialect (Brunette et
al. n.d, p.1.)
Effect on the children
children between 2 and 5 years of age start to become aware of
race, ethnicity, gender and disabilities. They can accurately
identify Black and White when labeling pictures, dolls and people.
(Ramsay, as cited in Brunette et al., n.d., p.1)
They learn stereotypes and attitudes about race from their parents,
caretakers and the world around them(Linn & Poussain, as cited
in Brunette et al., n.d., p.1)
Suggestion of how to combat these portrayals of racism
11. Conclusions
Racism a conspicuous feature in many forms in childrens movies
particularly Disney movies
The influence this racism has on the children watching it
How this racism is portrayed through the language, discourse and
representations of power
12. Reference list
Brunette, L., Mallory, C., & Wood, S. (n.d.) Stereotypes and
racism in childrens movies. RetrievedOctober 3, 2011, from
http://nhaeyc.org/newsletters/articles/Racism_in_Childrens_Movies.pdf
Bonilla-Silva, E. (2006). Racism without racists: Color-blind
racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United
States (2nd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
Pilhofer, F. (2002). Disney anitmatedfeatures. Retrieved October
3,2011 from http://www.fpx.de/fp/Disney/Features.html
van Dijk, T.A. (2005). Racism and discourse in Spain and Latin
America. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Walt Disney Animation Studios (Producer) & Musker, J. &
Clements, R. (Directors) (December 11, 2009). The princess and the
frog [Motion Picture].