Feminist Theory In The Proud Family

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• Feminist Theory and/or Feminism is the fight/support of equality for women and men. I am a Feminist and I wanted to refer this term to the best cartoon that reminded me of feminism before I knew what feminism was when I was younger. The Proud Family is a show that was originally piloted for Nickelodeon and eventually ended up on Disney Channel and ran from 2001 to 2005, starring 14 year old Penny Proud, a young African American woman who lives with her family in a middle class neighborhood. The show was created by Bruce W. Smith I believe and was marked as one of the first animated “Disney Channel Original Series”. One of the reasons I genuinely have fond memories of this show is because of how progressive it was. In the episode “She’s got I have 3 examples of social inequality however a major example of social inequality is racism and sexism. Being black and a women in America is like having the most followers but the least likes. In my opinion a good example is Donald Trump’s campaign, if a black man were to react to his unjust statements he’d be called “Irrational” and “Uncivilized”, if a woman were to interject she would be called “Bitchy” or “Emotional” however when a white guy is to make a statement on the topic he is “Honest” and “Direct”. My second example is natural hair in the workplace. They deem our hair as unkempt, nappy and unprofessional. However they want us to conform to European standards and have us straighten our hair. Last but not least while the average white woman gets paid $0.77 to every non-Hispanic white man earns, black women are paid $0.64, and Latina women are paid $0.55. These are prime examples of Social School is a perfect example of structure. Almost every school consist of the same thing which is desks and a board to demonstrate the lesson. All the desk are facing one way so that the children have a more likely chance to pay attention to the instructor and Proper room arrangement provides predictability in students, which has a calming effect I presume. When students are better able to understand their environment and anticipate what is coming next, they tend to be less apprehensive. Their mental states are more conducive to learning new material and also a decrease in misconduct

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