Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us

             Argument- This author Linda Christensen argues that from young we are molded by television and children stories. One kiss of her students states "when we read children's books we aren't just reading cute little stories, we are discovering the tools with which a young society is manipulated." These cartoons and stories we read to our children shows them how society wants us to be. they show the children stereo types and what people should feel is more important like money in Duck tales, which before this reading i didn't realize their was anything wrong with it. The author talks about the cartoons Disney makes and how there are not any person of color playing the lead role. The person of color is almost always some type of servant. When you watch a Disney cartoon you also see how the make characters look how people are stereo types for example a black character always has bigger hips and body. She also talks about how this needs to be stopped and parents should pick what their children watch wisely.

        

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