Emily
So many of us have memories of waiting to get back home from school, looking at our watch every other minute just to make sure that we are home just in time to switch on the TV and change the channel to Disney and watch our favorite shows. Be it ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody’, ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ or ‘Kim Possible’; Disney made our childhood so much better with shows like these. All these shows along with many others ended up shaping our childhood and as we grew up so did Disney.
Earlier Disney focused on movies with themes like good will always triumph over evil and that pretty people are always good at heart. Such themes are not only cliché but also seem quite immature and fortunately Disney has shifted its focus to much more mature themes than before. For instance, Disney’s Zootopia, a film for children focused on casual racism explicitly.
- Question of
Do you think that you are a racist?
- Yes
- No
- Maybe
- Question of
Is the first thing you notice when a person enters a room their color/race?
- Yes
- Sometimes
- No
- Question of
Are there specific races that you do not like?
- Yes
- No
- Question of
Do you make racial remarks/comments?
- Yes
- Sometimes
- Jokingly
- Rarely
- No
- Question of
Do you know or have any friends who are of a different race than yourself?
- Yes
- No
- Well, there are a few that are not my friends but classmates/office-mates.
- Question of
What is your first reaction when seeing Caucasian women with an African American child?
- ‘Awe he/she is so cute!’
- ‘Good for them.’
- ‘That child is probably adopted.’
- ‘He is so trashy!’
- Question of
What is your opinion on interracial relationships?
- It is normal.
- It is different.
- It is weird.
- It is wrong.
- That’s cool.
- Question of
Do you refuse to participate in another culture other than yours (food, music, activities, holidays, fashion etc..)?
- Yes
- Sometimes…
- It depends on the culture.
- Rarely…
- No
- Question of
Do you consider yourself pure?
- Hell, yeah! I am 100% pure
- No, racial purity is a divisive myth
- No, I am mixed race
- Question of
Do you hate mixed raced people?
- No, I am mixed race
- Definitely, they are abominations!
- Of course not. I believe everyone is equal
- Question of
If a person from another race was insulting your race, what would you do?
- I’d just ignore them
- I’d agree with them. I’m ashamed of my race
- I’d punch them in the face! How dare they!
- Question of
Do you use racial slurs?
- Yeah, all the time!
- Racial slurs are wrong. I never use them
- Sometimes
- Question of
Do you laugh at racist jokes?
- Most racist jokes are unfunny, but I laugh at the odd one
- Racist jokes are unfunny and stupid
- Racist jokes are hilarious!
- Question of
Are you proud of your race?
- Not really. Being proud of your race is idiotic
- No, I’m ashamed of it
- Oh yes! I’m very proud of my race!
- Question of
Have you ever had a crush on a girl/boy of a different race, or do you already have a crush on one?
- Yes
- No
- No, that’s disgusting. That would be treason against your race!
