Okay, today my youngest & I watched Peter Pan.It was quite the eye opener. I was emabrassed. I was horrified. I laughed my ass off.
There are some scenes that had my jaw just hanging open....and I had no words. (OMG...I have no words. Thats never happened to me before *Josie Grossie*) All I could do was stare at the screen. I wasn't sure if I should laugh....sing along....turn it off...I mean really....as a parent and you come across some absurdly racist material in a kids movie....what do you do? Do I take the time and explain to my three year old what was inappropriate? Do I leave it and bring it up again when she's older and more able to understand what was wrong?
Sooo....I laughed and then just said that it was just a movie and that real Natives don't act like this.
So after my brief horror at the movie.....I was able to sit and laugh at how crazy & absurd it was. I mean come on!! LOL......the best was the song that explained how the red man became red. It was all because of how one guy was blushing. So of course....that explains how Natives changed from "Normal" white skin to "Different" red skin. *rolls eyes*
And....what is with Tiger Lily's hussy dance??? I've never seen any native girl dance like that at a pow-wow....maybe at some bar....LOL....and I've never in my life...ever heard a native woman refer to herself as a Squaw.....I've heard some refer to other women they don't like as a Squaw...LOL!
*sigh*
Its just crazy.
I bet if I watched more of our older Disney films, I'll find racial over-tures as well.
