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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…