Since my childhood, I have been watching Disney Movies and really enjoying them. I liked that the good guy always won and the girls always found their prince. Moving forward, I was able to take my first trip to Disney in my late twenties when I had the extra money for the plane ride, hotel and the entrance gee to Disney World. I enjoyed my time for a week.
Years later, I took my nephew when he was six years old because my sister and I thought that he should have the experience with his sister. Off we went to Disney World for a week. We had a good time, were able to make sure that we visited all the parks and stayed at night to see the wonder of Disney World. I must say that I had never seem my nephew so excited as he was that night. He really had the best time ever!
We watched many Disney movies after our trip and I must say that the Lion King was my favorite. The following year he wanted to go again but I was not interested after watching 15 disturbing hidden messages in Disney Movies. I stopped purchasing anything with a Disney thee on it and I don't give pieces to my students with the Disney logo attached.
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In reading the book Rethink Popular Culture and Media, I wish that I was informed of this information before. I took all my nieces and nephews to see many Disney movies prior to seeing the hidden messages on Youtube video. Now, I realize that they were affected by the characters in the movies because they were not represented in a positive way. I have always tried to be the supportive auntie that they could talk to. I also share many books that had people on the cover that represented them and were diversified and inclusive of others.
After viewing the slide deck, I realize that I am human. I called my nieces and nephew and shared the information that I learned. All they said was "WOW." I explained that I knew that we enjoyed the movies but we watched them in ignorance.
I am conflicted about taking my nephew and nieces to see new movies and wished that I was more informed in the past. I look forward to knowing that before I leap into one their wish list, I must be an investigator first. I also need to teach them how to be a detective in the future, so that they are not going things because it feels good but because it is good for them. They don't have to make the same mistakes that I made with them.
There are other destinations that we can travel to. It is not necessary to go to the same place twice.
I really enjoyed reading your blog post. I think it's really cool how you shared Christensen's reading with your nephews. I think that continuing to enjoy the pleasures of Disney is okay, as long as you continue to educate others on what you know and continue to critique what needs to be critiqued.
ReplyDeleteHi Elvira, We ARE human and what we think it best is ever changing based on the new information we learn. I think its great that you shared what you learned with your neice and nephew to help them become critical consumers. Thanks for sharing!
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