Tag: racism

How Walt Disney Pictures Teaches Race Culture to Children

“I know now that race culture is, at least in part, perpetuated by unconscious ignorance displayed through modern day media.”  Rev. Renee

Walt Disney Pictures Introduced Its First Black Princess to Little Girls in 2009. Maybe They Shouldn’t Have.

Many white people say they are not racist….period.

In light of all that is going on in our society with the recent death of George Floyd at the hands of police, I thought it timely to educate the public about how race culture is taught to children through media.

Walt Disney Pictures has done its part in introducing a number of different cultures to the world in the form of its paradigm-forming movies and animations.  They have given us white, asian, hawaiian, middle eastern, indian and black protagonists, however for the purposes of this post, I will focus on the black princess, Tiana, leading lady in the movie The Princess and the Frog. Continue reading How Walt Disney Pictures Teaches Race Culture to Children

How Does False Religion Perpetuate Fascism, Racism and Genocide?

By the time most children in America and Europe are old enough to understand their own native languages, they will have heard of the term ‘God’.

These children will see and be introduced to a book that is called ‘holy’ and will see images of the saints and God of this holy book in the form of coloring books, pictures, etc.  These images will typically NOT be people of color.

When the children get old enough to feel uneasy about what the holy book teaches, they will seek to understand the history of the holy book and where it really came from. Continue reading How Does False Religion Perpetuate Fascism, Racism and Genocide?