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On The Help and Abilene Cooper
I have seen this article all over Facebook again and I thought I would give my two cents. The original case was thrown out based on the time it took for the woman to make her claim (the author gave her a book with a note that said she named her main character Abilene, but that it was based on the woman who raised her, a maid by the name of Demetrie McLorn). Now, Abilene Cooper did ask, back in 2011, for a judge to look at the case again, but nothing came of it. So, then, my question is why did the second time around come to naught? What…
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Facebook Post that Bothered Me
My uncle posted this on Facebook and it bothered me. Here is the image and my response. What do you guys think, readers-mine? The issue I have with that statement is that America has never had one language. We are a landmass that was settled by Native Americans with their many languages first, then we had Vikings, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and French who all settled here before our nation was one nation. Then those people brought in African slaves with all of their many languages. After that we’ve been blessed as a nation to have immigrants from everywhere come to our country and help build our technology, infrastructure, and…
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Disney, Original Stories, and Skin Tone… (Part 1)
So, here’s the thing. It bothers me that people scream “whitewashing” with Disney when it comes to skin colour. People always point out “Disney makes the good guys pale and the bad guys dark.” This statement has always bothered me because when I think back through them, I don’t see bad guys as dark. If nothing else, I think of them as lighter-skinned/coloured. So, I decided to create a series of posts using screencaps and giving a summary of the originals. Are there other things in the stories that are “whitewashed” in order to appeal to upper and middle class American girls of European descent? Sure. Do the princesses…
