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Essay / Racism and Other Themes in Disney's Pocahontas - 825
The Disney Pocahontas films tell the story of a Native American tribe and English settlers who fight for the land the Native Americans live on, although the war ends by creating a moderate peace. While remaining loyal to their own sect, the imbalance of power between the two social groups prevails throughout history. Walt Disney's Pocahontas is more than a classic children's film. This is thoughtful, well-crafted storytelling that conveys the message that to fit in, you have to be of a certain race and born into a specific culture. Disney's Pocahontas suggests that the color of our skin should not matter when being accepted into social groups as well as the idea that arranged marriage should be rejected. So treating people right could ultimately have a positive outcome and finally, the film also suggests that family roles change without a mother figure. Pocahontas indirectly proclaims that race should not determine a person's position in class rankings, but the type of person they are should. The film is based on economy class classification based on skin color. A dark-skinned person is known as a "savage" who lives off the land, like Pocahontas and her tribe. A white-skinned person is known as a "pale face" who lives with many luxuries, like the British settlers who came from England in the film. If Native Americans entered British territory, they would not be welcome and vice versa. British settlers would not be welcome on the lands of indigenous tribes. But ultimately, in the end, the movie focuses on the idea that race shouldn't matter and the type of person should. Discrimination between races is resolved with time and people's knowledge. The character of John Smith, for example, is a middle of paper... of the tribe, to give him his opinion and change this idea that women don't have a say. The film gave rise to the idea that women can rise to power based on who they were raised to be and the traits they learned as children. Disney's intentions were much more than just captivating young children. They ultimately had to tell the original story of Pocahontas and the settlers and address the social issues of lifestyle and acceptance based on race and how they are treated, proving that marriage is not so important and addressing family gender roles in society. have a mother figure. Since 1995, the story of Pocahontas has served to entertain the young minds of children, but nevertheless the messages seen in the film are mentioned to highlight the problems of a series of systems in which maintain the imbalance of power within the organization social of society..