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While I grew up in predominantly white neighborhood and went to private school, I never felt that I couldn’t relate to the characters in Disney. I never thought about how the few black kids felt going to a white school. Then when they got home and turned on a Disney movie, they never could find refuge in the characters. The only ones who were meant to portray other races in the beginning of Disney were those of animals. They were made with mannerisms and spoke differently to represent a different racial group. Disney is starting to change this though. Princess and the Frog has come out, but it did take 70 years for this growth to happen. Mulan and Moana have also represented different races. Disney Pixar did make Inside Out with a white family. This leads me to wonder who Disney’s target market really is. They say they are all inclusive “wish makers” but are they really?  

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Reading Reflection #4  

From Evil to Good  

 Most movies and television shows have been focused on portraying the “American Dream” or within that the idea that “love conquers all.” movies are used to normally make people feel better. They show a life that is better than the one people are currently living. Every movie set in New York shows it as a place that is full of hope and love, while this might be partially true it fails to show all the horrors that take place every day. Romantic comedies set in New York especially show that love conquers all. Maid in Manhattan, The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days are three examples of this. They start with a woman who falls in love with a man she cannot have. Then they go through a magical love story and end up happily ever after. Maid in Manhattan especially tells woman of low income that falling in love with a man of higher power will bring them to a better life. Woman have trouble raising in the workplace for multiple reasons so the answer is to just marry a man who can do that. This portrayal of The American Dream is going against what woman are trying to do in the real world. Create their own American Dream. Men and woman need to be pictured equal in the media to help them be pictured as equal in the real world as well.  

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Men and woman have constantly been portrayed in the media based off the gender normative stereotypes. I watched That 70’s Show to take a look at these stereotypes. This show was aired in 2006 but it portrayed a family living in the 70’s. The father was named red and he was the average angry dad who expected his son to be the most “mainly.” Red seemed to be lacking in all other emotions besides anger and the occasional happiness. Kitty was his wife who was the loving, optimistic mother. The show took a change on stereotypes with the two children, one male and one female. Lory is the older daughter she could be described and the “dumb blonde.” This becomes interesting because unlike most woman in that time she does not want to settle down with a family but rather have fun with all life has to offer. The younger son was named Eric. He was a skinny boy who could be easily pinned by his girlfriend Donna. Eric lacked in the department of manly strength but thrived when it came to caring about people and being a good person and friend. I enjoyed how this show took a step away from the regular gender stereotypes when producing the next generation of children.  

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The American Dream I grew up with. 

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The Connections, Reflection 1

90 percent of the population falls into the category of living in an unicultural world. This means they grew up with people similar to them in ways such as race, religion, age, and economical status. I was a part of that 90 percent. Having gone to private catholic school for the first 14 years of my life. I was not exposed to different beliefs or live styles until high school but even then my friends were very similar to me. Most of us celebrated Christmas and played sports. One difference I noticed was how my friends addressed adults, most did this by calling them their by their first name which was a new concept for me. I grew up respecting adults with firm handshakes and addressing them as Mr. and Mrs. I was raised in the image of the American Dream. My parents had three kids and were married. My dad climbed up the corporate ladder to fund the whole family while my mom had a part time job and watched after the kids. They believed men should be strong gentlemen and woman should be treated with respect. Us as the children are expected to finish schooling and get married, continuing this American dream.