Disney Disney Films: Stereotyping In Disney Films

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Casey Silva
Mr.Crosson
College Composition
March 2104
Stereotyping in Disney Films

Disney is a company that almost everybody has either seen, heard about, or been to. Throughout the years that Disney has been making movies, some people have been saying that Disney shows stereotyping through their movies. Even though some people do not notice these stereotyping images, some people do notice them and do get very offended. Disney has been around since the early 1920`s when “Walt signed a contract with M. J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies — this date is considered the start of the Disney company first known as The Disney Brothers Studio”(Wikipedia 3). In the past, Disney has had many different claims about stereotyping, but nothing was really done about the issues. Despite claims that Disney invents perfect role models for children, Disney actually creates their characters based upon stereotypes.
Walt Disney, the founder of Disney, was born on December 5, 1901. He founded Disney in January 1920. As a young child he had moved around a lot with his family due to work. Disney’s most famous cartoon was mickey mouse and the mickey mouse collection was created in the late 1920`s and Walt did the voice of mickey mouse until 1947. Some would say that this is the most successful portion of the Disney franchise. (Wikipedia 2)
Some of you might be asking what stereotyping is. According to dictionary.com stereotyping is “a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group” (dictionary 1). Stereotyping gives certain people false expectations. These expectations create anger between groups and even though Disney does not take blame for this they are part of t...

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...e claims that Disney invents perfect role models for children, Disney actually creates their characters based upon stereotypes. To conclude this is some of the ways that Disney can put slight biased roles and characters into their movies without the general population catching on to it.

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