"I was nourished on the milk of American culture: I cleaned the dwarves' house and waited for Prince Charming to bring me life..." Christensen (p.126)
- · I think that every girl has this dream, of waiting for Prince Charming. However, I do believe that this is just when the girl is a child. But even yet, there are many women that believe that they should throw their life away and wait for the perfect man, and live happily ever after. I think this is mostly because of Folk Tales and Princesses stories. As a child when I watched, Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast, I always wanted the ending to become my reality but that feeling just lasted for five minutes though.
"I start by showing students old cartoons because the sterotypes are so blatant. We look at the roles women, men, people of color, and poor people play in cartoons." Christensen (p.129)
- · I do agree with this quote because, in every fairytale, African American are the servants, or people that are really not in important in the story. I also do realize that women are always waiting for Prince Charming. For example, Cinderella and Rapunzel, waited until the prince came and saved them. Another perfect example is Sleeping Beauty. I feel that, until this problem was put out in the open, people of color would of kept on being the servants, and the buffoons in these stories.
"Towards the end of the unit, students write essays critiquing cartoons. I hope that these will encourage students to look deeper into the issues..." Christensen (p.133)
- · I had a problem with this section. I do believe that we should teach students about sterotypes, but I do not think we should hammer it into their head, only because we feel a certain way about it. I think that we should educate them, and then they can come up with their own opinion; but from that to making them a paper about it, is where I have a problem about it.
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