I'd be uneasy raising a kid in a society where kids are only allowed to dress up as characters of their own race.http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a13069023/moana-halloween-costume-racist/ …
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Abt knights. And it isn't going to change how kids think about Europeans-as-a-whole. Idk that the same is true when the costume...
Comes from a minority group, you know? I'd be uncomfortable with a kid's whole idea of Pacific Islanders coming from outside that culture.
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I'm pretty sure 5-year-old me didn't understand knights any better than he'd have understood fantasy-Polynesian culture from watching Moana.
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And I think telling white kids they can't identify with Moana defeats half the point of Moana...
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Ah. Thank you, I was thinking from the POV of "I only mean good", but part is obviously how it's going to be perceived by the minority
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I guess that means we're depending on disney to have done their homework so that the representation will have been positive
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In many cases, that will still be true. Isn't a hook to watch Disney's generally positive image better than deeper ignorance?
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