steph-puppylove:

waltdisneyconfessions: “I was really excited when Disney announced that Honey Lemon was Hispanic but sad that they made her lighter skinned. Not that Hispanics can’t be light skinned or have colored eyes, but because Disney had the opportunity to add a diverse look to one of the characters and still decided to make a Rapunzel” I do understand this person’s point of view, however, this is also why people still divide eachother in groups based on ethnicity. For me, I don’t care how a Disney princess looks cause I can still identify with her no matter what. I am a caucasian girl, with dark blonde/brownish hair with green eyes. I identify myself a lot with, for example, Merida. I look nothing like her! It is her personality and the choices she makes that make me identify with her. So please, stop blaming Disney for not introducing more different-looking characters. If you can’t find yourself identifying with any of them, it should be because they don’t appeal to you as a person. In my very humble and honest opinion, people who keep complaining there are not enough black/hispanic/asian/whatever Disney characters are the ones who feed the mentality of separaring people based on their looks. And it is mostly those people who do get upset when people refer to them as being a member of a separate group. We all know that who you are on the inside is more important than who we are on the outside. I hope to never have to read something again like ‘I really like this character, but she doesn’t look like me so I can’t officially like her, I hope the next one does look like me’. Do you choose your friends based on their resemblance to you? I didn’t think so. So please, don’t ever complain about a Disney princess not looking like you ever again.

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Let me get this straight. People who lack positive representation/are underrepresented in media who ask for more characters/people like them to be represented, are the ones perpetuating racism?

No. No…no… nononononononoNONONONONONONONO!

I’m just going to take this bit by bit because it is full of colorblind-ignorant rhetoric:

For me, I don’t care how a Disney princess looks cause I can still identify with her no matter what. I am a caucasian girl, with dark blonde/brownish hair with green eyes.

Good for you. Good for you that you didn’t grow up feeling less than because you didn’t see yourself in media. Know this: your experience is not universal nor is it default. There are plenty of children who grew up, myself included, who felt they didn’t belong because all the characters on tv didn’t look like you, be it their race, sexuality, orientation, body type, etc. Children are growing up like that now. There are children who ask their families about why are the characters so skinny, why are they all white, why can’t I look like this character and so on. It’s heart-breaking to hear and try to explain every time that the companies just don’t care about them; that they’re not as worthy as those other children who are always told that they’re worthy.

Not to mention, there are plenty of white women on television, movies, books, really any media that fit your description. You're not exactly wanting for representation, so really, you have no perspective on this subject.

So please, stop blaming Disney for not introducing more different-looking characters.

Stop blaming Disney because time and time again, they give us the same stock-characters who all follow the same design scheme and character traits, not deviating from them almost at all and just churning out the same thing?

No. I’ll keep criticizing a media conglomerate with billions of dollars and talented artists at its disposal who keeps falling back on lazy choices. If Disney's competitors can be creative and step outside the box on multiple occasions, then I have no idea what Disney’s excuse is.

people who keep complaining there are not enough black/hispanic/asian/whatever Disney characters are the ones who feed the mentality of separaring people based on their looks. And it is mostly those people who do get upset when people refer to them as being a member of a separate group.

I’m just going to take a wild guess and assume you’ve never had your identity dissected by others around you nor have you suffered any kind of diaspora based on your culture/race.

Identity is important. Culture and race are important. For you to say that owning those aspects of yourself is not only disrespectful, but racist in itself. From what I’ve read, you seem to adhere to a colorblind ideology which is actually more harmful than helpful. You see, your view point isn’t based off of any kind of equality or tolerance, but rather white supremacy. You erase the differences that people have as it relates to their race/culture and treat it negatively. Because you live in a homogenized culture, you think that anyone who wants to keep their specific identities challenges that bland homogeneity, so therefore, they most be a segregationist.

Granted, there are people who don’t like labels, and that’s fine. But sometimes labeling ourselves can be the best way to understanding who we are. Don’t discount our experiences or identities because you find it threatening (which is really the basis for erasure and colorblindness if you get right down to it).

We all know that who you are on the inside is more important than who we are on the outside. I hope to never have to read something again like ‘I really like this character, but she doesn’t look like me so I can’t officially like her, I hope the next one does look like me’. Do you choose your friends based on their resemblance to you? I didn’t think so. So please, don’t ever complain about a Disney princess not looking like you ever again.

I hope to never see another ignorant, colorblind, thinly veiled racist comment like this one ever again.

I’m going to be very frank right now: get out of here with this idiotic bull s**t and never come back. You sound like you’re somebody’s mother telling them what to do and what to say. You sound an awful lot like an uppity racist who wants the people of color to stop talking. Really, all this little rant is is a white person telling people of color to be quiet because they don’t like what they’re saying. You didn’t come in here with a valid opinion or point of view: all you did was tell us to stop “complaining” and accept what we’re getting because what we want doesn’t matter because it makes you uncomfortable.

How dare you come in here and tell us what our experiences should be and how we should consume media. How dare you act like you have any kind of perspective on this when your comments show just how ignorant and careless you really are. You know what, just shut up. Shut up and go away. There’s no reason for you to even be here.

Honestly, I hope you never see a confession like this again, only so you never have to write another ignorant statement like the one above.

-pink