globubjoy's comments

The Frog Princess--Disney's First Black Princess

09 Nov 2007 09:52 PM

"Thanks for your comments! I guess I would've thought differently if the stories had all been original Disney. . .but they chose to characterize fairy tales that I would consider classic children's literature. I do see your point. But we are minorities where we live, and I guess I've always had a hard time making the connection between self-esteem and children's play things. My kids play with everything, often choosing ethnic dolls over white ones because in their world that's how people look. Am I to believe that they do/can have self esteem problems because there are not white dolls available to them?"

i think the difference here is that EVERYWHERE you look there are white/Caucasians being portrayed as something positive. there are very few minority characters in cartoons/children's shows. So if you are Caucasian living in an area largely populated with minorities..you turn on the tv and there are shows upon shows of positive white images for you kids to look up too. Minorities, especially African Americans, can't do the same.

its an indirect way of directly showing children who CAN be someone and who CAN'T. kwim?

i think its they type of situation that you have to be fully apart and affected by to truly understand it. you're children can play with black/brown dolls...and have perfectly fine self esteem cuz everywhere ELSE they look...society is tellin them that they're "princesses"...kwim?