Discrimination In The Movie Zootopia

Movies tend to mirror our culture at the time of their production and can help audiences feel the fears and excitements of those times, and Zootopia is no exception to this trend. In the movie, Zootopia, a young bunny by the name of Judy Hopps has dreams of becoming the first rabbit cop. She goes through the training regiment required for police officers and then is assigned to Zootopia, which is the central city where all animals can live in harmony and where all their dreams can come true. However, once Hopps gets there she see that not all is as it seems and there is currently a big problem going on with missing animal cases. Since no one will help her with these cases she insists a fox she met named Nick Wilde. With his unwilling help they

At first glance Zootopia is a place where anyone can be anything but, when a closer look is taken there are a lot of limits on what can actually be done because other people limit them. Hopps became the first bunny cop in history and all her co-workers can do is try to limit her success and beat down her enthusiasm. She was forced to get help from Wilde when we wanted to run a license plate and she had to go to the city hall to check the cameras for the jungle district all because the chief of police did not want to put her in the system. And do not forget that the chief did not want Hopps on his team in the first place. To fix this he just tried to make her a meter maid to get her out of his hair. This can be chalked up to when females started entering the workforce that were traditionally male jobs. Another example of this discrimination is seen at the end of the movie. Clawhauser is another character who works in Zootopia’s police department. This lovable fat cheetah is the first face that is seen when a person enters the department. However, near the end of the movie when the prey animals begin the fear the predator animals he is forced leave his post and says this to Hopps, “They thought it would be better if a predator, such as myself, wasn't the first face that you see when you walk into the ZPD,”(Scene 30 Clawhauser). This discrimination was through for the best so people

There are subtle messages and saying in the movie that have grounds to prove this. First, “In Zootopia anyone can be anything” that basically is what the American dream is all about. Anyone can do anything they want in America and no one can stop them. However, just like in America, that is not entirely true for Zootopia. All is not glitter and gold, Hopps has to prove herself against everyone that she will make her dreams come true and she also meets many people that once had dream as well but had them crushed so they only follow their stereotypes. Take Wilde for example he came to Zootopia full of dreams and when he was younger he had high hope but eventually everyone just saw him as a sly fox no matter how he acted so that is what he became only when he met Hopps his attitude slowly changed. Zootopia, like America, makes itself seem like a place that is peaceful and equal to all. On the outside this looks true, it looks like they are the very definition of peace, but there is tension and fear in the city that can only be seen upon entering. One article states, “But what appears to be a beautiful mosaic from the outside is actually a city riddled with ancient uneasiness between species, uneasiness that is about to boil over in violent ways,”(Faraci). The tension builds in the city until the inevitable attacks and plots that the villains of